Fade

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Fade
Fade Instant cast 330 Mana Fade out, discouraging enemies from attacking you for 10 sec.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	30 seconds
Talents
Improvement talents	Improved Fade
Other information
Ranks	7
Related buff
Magic Fade Reduced threat level. Duration: 10 seconds

"Now you hate me... now you don't..."

Overview

Fade is a temporary aggro reduction that can be used in parties. Its basic function is to reduce Priest-generated threat by a certain amount for the duration of the spell, usually taking the Priest off the top of the threat list. This allows a priest to use Fade to get enemies off of them while they heal their party members. The key is to not use Fade too soon, otherwise it will be cooling down when it's needed, and to not use it too late, or else it won't matter. It is a common misconception that using Fade regularly will help lower a priests overall threat for the duration of an encounter.

Fade is not useful in single combat, in sneaking past enemies (see Mind Soothe), or in escaping a target while not in a group. Fade only reduces your threat relative to the rest of the priest's party.

When Fade's duration expires, the next threat-generating action will generate normal threat plus all the threat that was originally Faded from the target. If the Priest is unable to properly manage their aggro while Faded, this means that the original target will attack the Priest again, this time while fade is on cooldown.

Fade uses an Arcane animation, though it is a Shadow spell.

Functionality

30 sec cooldown (24 with talents)

Rank	Level	Mana Cost	Description	Threat Reduced	Cost
1	8	40	Discourages enemies from attacking you.	-55	1 80
2	20	75	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 1).	-155	30
3	30	125	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 2).	-285	1
4	40	175	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 3).	-440	1 s0
5	50	225	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 4).	-620	2 70
6	60	275	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 5).	-820	4 14
7	66	330	Discourages enemies from attacking you. More effective than Fade (Rank 6).	-1500	8 1

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