Dispel Magic?

[Subaruu]

<p><span style="font-size: x-small;color: #ff0000;font-family: comic sans ms,sand;"><b>What really is the benefit of this spell? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;color: #ff0000;font-family: comic sans ms,sand;"><b>I had forgotten all about it, until a friend was making a new wizzy and was asking me about all our different spells. Being a raid wizard, I just kinda' brushed it off to the side, along with my mez.</b></span></p>

[SacDaddy420]

Nothing unless you are in a duel

[TheKraken]

I have experimented with this spell many times myself, trying to find a use for it, and have reached the conclusion that for most mages it has no real function in day-to-day combat situations.  The only exception to this is a Necromancer with the Tainted Heals Acheivement end ability that grants their pet a 18% heal each time a Tainted Healing spell is cast, of which Dispel Magic is among. 

[Zaci]

Lore and specialized useage in pve, god in pvp.

[Supp]

<cite>TheKraken wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have experimented with this spell many times myself, trying to find a use for it, and have reached the conclusion that for most mages it has no real function in day-to-day combat situations.  <b>The only exception to this is a Necromancer with the Tainted Heals Acheivement end ability that grants their pet a 18% heal each time a Tainted Healing spell is cast, of which Dispel Magic is among. </b></blockquote>You got it!

[simpwrx02]

Dispell magic is totally useless for a wizard, however the wizzy mez can save a group from a bad pull.  Your dps means nothing if your group wipes, but if that extra 20 seconds you gave the group to kill one of the mobs from the bad pull.  It is used rarely, but it has helped more than a few times in a group and as such is on my hotbars.

[Iggyvyn]

<p>Just curious, how do you know?</p><p>It seems like a very tough thing to measure.</p><p>If you cast Dispel Magic on a named and all of a sudden 4 spells land that would have been resisted if you hadn't cast it how would you know?</p>

[simpwrx02]

It dosent reduce resistability of spells from landing, it removes benficials buffs that the mob may have up just look at the mobs buff bar if you cast and a buff instantly disappears then it worked, if not then it sucks. I personally have never seen it do anythign and I have used it moer than once on different types of mobs watching thier buffs.  Not sure if it gives a message in the chat window similiar to when you cure someone, I woudl guess that it would, but I have never seen it.

[Iggyvyn]

<p>My point was that buff that was removed, could be improving a creatures resistances.</p><p>Also, just because an icon doesn't disappear doesn't mean that nothing happened.  If your dispel removes 30 levels of buffs and the creature has a level 35 buff, it should be dropping it down to 5, if I understand the spell correctly.  You won't see the icon go away, but it should be less effective.</p><p>Again, I don't really know how effective it is, but it does seem difficult to guage.</p>

[SacDaddy420]

I dont think thats how it works, and you're talking about debuffs, debuffs will make your spells land more and harder. If Dispel Magic even -is- a debuff, it's a pretty useless one in PvE. Pretty useless altogether

[Donte]

Does it remove damage shields on some raid mobs?

[0Pestilence0]

Yah yah i know im not a wizard but we get this PoS spell too...Ive tested it extensively in RoK hoping that they put some use to it in the expansion...no mob ive attempted on has had a buff removed...it is either resisted outright or nothing [Removed for Content] happens when spell lands, even on level 70 mobs with lets say defensive stance buff or whatever, nothin...mine dispels like 120 levels of beneficial effects and nothin happens...ever...period...zip...zilch....nada....u seless spell imho

[Nicoust]

<cite>0Pestilence0 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Yah yah i know im not a wizard but we get this PoS spell too...Ive tested it extensively in RoK hoping that they put some use to it in the expansion...no mob ive attempted on has had a buff removed...it is either resisted outright or nothing [Removed for Content] happens when spell lands, even on level 70 mobs with lets say defensive stance buff or whatever, nothin...mine dispels like 120 levels of beneficial effects and nothin happens...ever...period...zip...zilch....nada....u seless spell imho</blockquote>Guess you are serious about meaning nothing.;P

[Zabom]

I had completely forgotten about this spell until I read this thread. So naturally I had to dig it out and play with it. I went into duel mode with some guildies to experiment, and also experimented on some mobs. This is what I have found. There are no mobs anywhere, that I can find, that have beneficial magic on them. I suppose we should define beneficial magic. Let's start by saying what it is not.  It is not combat abilities like stoneskin or damage shields . It is not buffs granted my armor. It is not buffs granted by natural race or class abilites. DIspell Magic had no apparant effect on any of those. I did however have luck with dispelling magic granted by potions and a few clicky items. I suspect that at one time sony had planned on having some mobs that use potions to buff, and such a spell would be needed against them. Maybe there are even a few of the tougher named out there that still do. However since everyone has passed off this spell as non-functional, we have never tried dispelling them, and have just learned to overcome them with brute force. So, if anyone ever runs into a potion drinking mob let me know so I can dig this otherwise useless spell back out.

[Falcogen]

<cite>simpwrx02 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Dispell magic is totally useless for a wizard, however the wizzy mez can save a group from a bad pull.  Your dps means nothing if your group wipes, but if that extra 20 seconds you gave the group to kill one of the mobs from the bad pull.  It is used rarely, but it has helped more than a few times in a group and as such is on my hotbars.</blockquote><p>I would never use the wizard mez no matter what the circumstances hit fission numbing cold </p><p>macro /gsay rez tank... wizard pwnage time !! </p><p>and solo them all.</p>

[iceriven2]

<p>This spell has no application beyond pvp or duels.  So if your a PvE wizard It never has to go on your hotbar.  The spell only dispells player (PC) buffs.</p><p>Pre Dof i think it worked on some mobs but ever since update 13 it hasnt.  </p><p> Mob buffs can be dispelled but not by the is spell.  Crusaders and Druid AA can.</p>