Duration of Bio/Poison/Elemental DoTs?

[LyonheartLakshmi]

I wanted to do some MP efficiency and time efficiency analysis of certain BLM DoTs. I can find information on the amount of damage per-tick that spells like Bio II, Poison II and elemental DoTs can do. But I can't seem to find any information on their duration.

From my experience, these DoT spells have very consistent durations. Does anyone know how long these spells last?

[Akashimo]

Re: Duration of Bio/Poison/Elemental DoTs?

Not sure, only way I could think of testing this would be in ballista in elemental gear for dots as blm, then enfeebling gear for enfeebling dots as rdm, followed by dark gear for bio2 and 3 as rdm. Preferably against someone without any magic resist traits or resist poison. And cast a few times record how long at least 5 casts of each then vary the skill/ma acc gear to get an idea to a possible formula.

[Callisto]

Re: Duration of Bio/Poison/Elemental DoTs?

Bio/Dia 60s, Bio II/Dia II 120s, Poison 60s, Poison II 120s(barring partial resists, which can happen on Poison spells but not on Dia/Bio), Bio III depends on the number of merits, when first unlocked it's 30s, then +30s per additional merit up to 150s.

Elemental debuffs I'm not sure, but I've seen their duration vary widely from partial resists, I don't use them that often as RDM so I haven't really taken the time to play with them much, but I would assume base duration with no resists is someone between 60 and 120s.

[Cotners]

Re: Duration of Bio/Poison/Elemental DoTs?

I am pretty sure elem dots last 120 secs as well. As far as dmg done (if you need it) 3dmg/tic with less than 100 INT, 4dmg/tic with 100-149 INT and 5dmg/tic with 150+ INT (which is pretty hard to reach) with -7/8/9 to the corrisponding stat, respectively.