Comatose vs. Feign DeathFollow

I finally got the Necro/SK spell Comatose last night but I can't figure out the advantage over FD. In fact I read somewhere that if you use Comatose , you can actually stand up after a few minutes and the spell is gone, while with FD you can be AFK all day and it won't break.

I have very rarely had the FD spell not stick so I can't see the advantage. According to the wite-up the cast time is the same as well.

What is the advantage to Comatose ?

Beelze -Buub on Tribunal

Feign Death, L16 - 1.5 sec cast, 60 mana, 15 second recast
Comatose, L52 - 1.5 sec cast, 80 mana, 8 second recast
Death Peace, L60 - 1.0 sec cast, 120 mana, 4 second recast

As you can see, the trend is an increasing mana cost, shorter cast time, and most importantly, the recast time cuts in half each time.

When you get comatose, you can have both it and the original feign death in your spell lineup if you chose, as the recast are all on different timers. When you get to death peace, the recast is short enough that the separate timer isn't really a factor.

At L66, you can get the AA version of Death Peace that pretty much takes the recast out of the picture. You can also use it during your spell gem refresh, which means you can pretty much drop agro at will, allowing you to go max dps with very little danger.

I should warn you however, all levels of feign death still occasionally give you the "fallen down" message, so you'll still have to pay attention. The later levels are much more surviable due to the shorter recast, however.

Hope this helped.

I've never played a Necro, so I can't confirm this, but I remember reading a post about how upgraded FD-like spells have an increasing chance of success (MOBs losing agro).

Edit:


-Alla Spell Database on Comatose.

Edited, Mon Mar 27 18:18:50 2006 by ReofblMobile