Fnar

Nope... the reason is explained in depth here.

It's actually a known issue with Stun / Stifle / Daze and the icons being set. It's confirmed with several devs at this point and they are working on it.

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Laur

Can someone please give a quick rundown on what a stun cycle is and how it is done? Thanks!

Revel

A cycle is simply that - a cycle? Simply using all your stuns in an order so that they are up (almost) the entire fight. Intrepid Focus is usually your best bet to start if you have aa, because it has the best reuse time. You want to use the longest duration ones next, which should be Absolute Silence/Ego Melt combo (note the long cast time, though), Dysphoria, then Shock Wave. Mind Bend for safety/emergencies. Root or mez inbetween cool down times.

You can use different orders as long as Focus is at the start or near the start, plan your stuns so that they land very close to the end of the previous one.

Cloakntuna

I usually open with Dysphoria first. Then go to intrepid, Silence/melt, shockwave. If need be, intrepid comes up about now and then Dysphoria again if need be, though it usually dies not long after intrepid hits the second time. Sometimes if I use one too early I need to throw an amnesia or a mind bend before the second intrepid, but not usually.

I did get pretty lucky yesterday though and blew one of the dudes up before the shock wave stun wore off

agressiv

If you open with a stun, you are wasting valuable time you can land debuffs and reactives while the mob is mezzed.

The stuns should always be used right before you unload damage spells. Opening with a stun means the mob won't have any debuffs or reactives on it, and you probably won't be at perp-5.

agressiv

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Pinski

It's also annoying with 100% Spell Procs to open with a mez, and "debuff" the mob prior to attacking it tho :P

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agressiv

Yeah when I solo I drop all damage proc gear. Spell Curse will not proc on debuffs, but Tyrannous Mind will (AFAIK) so Tyrannous Mind is the last reactive I cast before stun.

If you dont need to mez and can have a stun up 100% of the time you can probably burn through stuff fast, assuming you dont get resisted.

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Cloakntuna

TMind does not proc off debuffs.

agressiv

Yep, my bad, but both hostage and spell curse will proc Tyrannous Mind, so it should still be last or near last before you stun.

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Cloakntuna

Yep, its always last one for me before tash, psyche, then stun and deeps.