Talk:Focus Magic

Stacking

• Moonkin Aura
• 13% base mana
• Instant cast
• Shapeshift into Moonkin Form. While in this form the armor contribution from items is increased by 370% and all party and raid members within 45 yards have their spell critical chance increased by 5%. Single target spell critical strikes in this form have a chance to instantly regenerate 2% of your total mana. The Moonkin can only cast Balance, Remove Curse, and [Abolish Poison] spells while shapeshifted.

  
  

  The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

• Focus Magic
• 6% base mana
• Instant cast
• Increases the target's chance to critically hit with all spells by 3%. When the target critically hits the caster's chance to critically hit with spells is increased by 3% for 10 sec.

• Combustion
• Instant cast
• When activated, this spell causes each Fire damage spell you cast to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.

• Totem of Wrath
• 5% base mana
• Instant cast
• Summons a Totem of Wrath with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases spell power by X for all party and raid members, and increases the critical strike chance of all attacks by 3% against all enemies within 40 yards. Lasts 5 min.

• Flametongue Totem
• 11% base mana
• Instant cast
• Summons a Flametongue Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. Party members within 30 yards of the totem have their spell damage and healing increased by up to X. Lasts 5 min.

• Demonic Pact
• Instant
• Your pet's criticals apply the Demonic Pact effect to your party or raid members. Demonic Pact increases their spell power by 10% of your spell power for 12 seconds.

• Elemental Oath
• Instant cast
• Your spell critical strikes grant your party or raid members within 100 yards Elemental Oath, increasing spell critical strike chance by 5%. In addition, while Clearcasting from Elemental Focus is active, you deal 10% more spell damage. Lasts 15 sec.

Which stack and which don't? Will some overwrite? I'm reading conflicting/confusing information. Here's some insight, although it still confuses me:

3.0.2 - On Debuffs, Buffs, and Raid Stacking | 2008-08-28 18:12 |  Zarhym

With the release of upcoming content patch players will see a change in the way we allow buffs and debuffs to stack exclusively in a raid. For the most part, what this change means is that many buffs and debuffs that were previously allowed to stack together no longer can...

There are thirty or so different categories into which buffs and debuffs fit. Here you will find a comprehensive list of the changes made broken down by category and which spells/talents are in that category. ...

• Spell Critical Strike Chance Buff: [Moonkin Aura], [Elemental Oath]

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• Increased Spell Power Buff: [Focus Magic], [Improved Divine Spirit], [Flametongue Totem], [Totem of Wrath], [Demonic Pact]

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Why would Focus Magic be listed with Totem of Wrath, etc? It doesn't improve spell power, but it does improve crit, but isn't listed with Moonkin Aura. And Totem of Wrath and Moonkin Aura are also listed separately - so their crit stacks? It seems like with the spirit of the rest of the post it probably doesn't.  Howbizr^(t·c) 8:44 PM, 20 Jun 2009 (EDT)