Would someone kindly explain how Deathfire Touch is applied between DoT, AOE, and DoT AOE, pls?

Stonington·12/8/2015, 8:31:24 PM·1 votes·891 views

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-524-notes

>Deathfire Touch DURATION3 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds (damage stays the same) AREA OF EFFECT DURATION1.5 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds PERSISTENT DAMAGE DURATION1.5 seconds ⇒ 1 second

This is the new duration effect of DFT and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. Is persistent damage, or DoT damage, only applied with spells like Swain's Q and E? Or would this extend to spells like Anivia's ult? Would MF's ult be considered an AOE or a DoT in this instance? Is Liandry's damage considered a DoT?

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ProfDrDeath12/8/2015, 10:23:17 PM1 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Damage_over_time

Persistent damage are the effects that are refered to as non-decreasable duration and tether-like. They apply the small DFT effect and the small slow on Rylai's.

Area-based multi-instance damage (refered to as Damaging area DoTs) is treated as regular AoE effects, and thus applies AoE DFT and Rylai's AoE slow. The exception is Cass' Miasma, which only applies (and refreshes) a non-decreasable duration DoT to targets inside the AoE.

Sneakyy XD12/8/2015, 10:30:30 PM1 votes

No, MF's ult and Anivia's ult are not DoTs. They are ground-affecting abilities that damage people who walk into and remain inside them. In terms of DFT (and, just for additional reference, Rylai's), they are under Area of Effect, and not Persistent Damage.