The Spirit Realm

Nice to see that SSoV and IS have been mentioned in the patch notes as getting a shorter cast with a longer recast - if they're anything close to Bite, expect moaning from the usual quarters!

Down to 3.0s base from 4.2, not really anything to get the druids upset.

For the groups game it may be now, that Bite, Spear and Ice sheet, for group-setups where mobs die fast, can be more dps and better in manefficiency than bite dot dot bite. Atlest now it's worth to think about

Here some estimates for the changes:

usual sequence on groupmobs: basevalues (RKII)

time / mana / damage / name

3s (1.5) 1161 Counterbias
2.25s Malosinete
7.5s (+1.5) 1767 Lynx

0.5 (+1.5) 1366 4694 Bite (12s recast)
3.0 (+1.5) 984 5x1200 Mojo
3.0 (+1.5) 838 5x960 Pocus
..

0.5 (+1.5) 1366 4694 Bite



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startsequence timed with foci (estimate) GR=1.5 seconds global recast between 2 spells included

time / mana / damage / name
2 1161 Counterbias
2 Malosinete
5.25 1767 Lynx almost 10 seconds in fight befor we start dps


2 1366 4694 Bite
3.5 984 2x1200 Mojo
3.5 838 1x960 Pocus another 9 seconds and dots are running (8 seconds with running tribute)
5 .. now we are around 18-20 seconds in the fight (Wait 5 seconds until Bite is possible again /spellcanni)
2 1366 4694 Bite mostly the dots don't run their course but a second bite is possible

total til here 25 seconds 7428 mana 12748 damage (510 dps) (but still about 5 tics per dot "for free" with dot-extension foci which would be around 10k damage)




possible sequence with nukes (swap the 2 dots for spear and ice sheet)
time / mana / damage / name
2 1161 Counterbias
2 Malosinete
5.25 1767 Lynx almost 10 seconds in fight befor we start dps


2 1366 4694 Bite
3.5 694 2585 Ice Sheet
3.5 715 2431 Spear of Venom
3.5 694 2585 Ice Sheet
3.5 715 2431 Spear of Venom
2 1366 4694 Bite

total til here 27 seconds 8478 mana 19420 damage (720 dps)


conclusion:
If you have only 3 spellgems in your setup for dps-spells, bite/ice sheet/spear will be more dps than bite/dot/dot and cost more mana.
I run dry already with bite/dot/dot/bite if I try to apply that combo on each mob, the nuke-setup will run you dry even faster.

My guess: if the mobs last longer than 40 seconds the dot-setup might be the better still, if the mobs live shorter its worth to think about the nuke-setup.
(hightly dependend on your mannapool/gear/puller/averange time between 2 mobs inc).