IceHowls stun and sw:p

[savethetunas]

If you hard refresh sw during Icehowls stun phase does it lock in the +x% damage for the duration on the fight as long as you don't let it fall off and only soft refresh?

[Pikapika]

The debuff just gives a flat increase to any damage Icehowl takes. You won't get any benefit from rolling a SWP put on him when stunned compared to otherwise. Kinda like a bleed effect on a target that has the mangle debuff fall off of it mid-bleed. The ticks of the bleed that hit while mangle is up will do 30% more damage, but after it falls off they do normal damage.

[Vongimi]

% damage buffs on YOURSELF will last as you reapply SW:P, such as shadowweaving and thaddius charges. Debuffs on a boss it doesnt matter however.

[rimmer]

% damage buffs on YOURSELF will last as you reapply SW:P, such as shadowweaving and thaddius charges. Debuffs on a boss it doesnt matter however.

thats not true at all. totem of wrath is a debuff, and so is scorch, curse of elements? theres lots of debuffs that affect SWP

[Chimaria]

thats not true at all. totem of wrath is a debuff, and so is scorch, curse of elements? theres lots of debuffs that affect SWP

a self debuff by the boss will not continue to affect the dots damage after the debuff is finshed. Class debuffs is a different story tbh >.>

[fabian]

a self debuff by the boss will not continue to affect the dots damage after the debuff is finshed. Class debuffs is a different story tbh >.>

Has it been tested? Please provide a source since I haven't been able to find one. If it hasn't been tested, then any answers without links are not creditable.

[Verzerrung]

Has it been tested? Please provide a source since I haven't been able to find one. If it hasn't been tested, then any answers without links are not creditable.

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[Kelesti]

*points at quote*
In before "The EJ Guy".

I believe that talented buffs will have an effect based on the first tick, but debuffs on mobs/enemies won't continue to affect damage after said debuff is removed.

The only ones that will get full benefit are spells that deal damage, then a % of that damage over X seconds, such as Righteous Vengeance. Others will deal the increased damage only while the +damage debuff is on the boss (in this instance, the debuff is the stun).

The problem with this, Chronalis, is that Shadow Word: Pain has been shown to work quite differently due to the half-assed encoding on the refresh mechanic.

[jonish]

If you hard refresh sw during Icehowls stun phase does it lock in the +x% damage for the duration on the fight as long as you don't let it fall off and only soft refresh?

short answer , no it will not hold the increased amount from the stun for the duration of the fight. In fact refreshing your Dots during his stun is a bad idea all together because that time is better spent using Mind Blast on cooldown. Using Flay and even SWDeath are your best bets.