Glossary

5 second rule The 5 second rule of mana regen is that you need to wait 5 seconds after casting any spell for mana to begin regenerating. Mana regen stops when you start to cast a spell. It resumes 5 seconds after the last spell you cast has completed casting. This means in a busy battle you will probably not have much time if any for mana regeneration, making spirit a mostly worthless stat. Aggro Aggro is a MMO term that has to do with what a monster wants to attack. A warrior wants to hold aggro so that the other less armored types don't get hit. You might get aggro when you walk too close to an aggressive NPC. DoT An abbreviation for a "damage over time" spell or the act casting such a spell. This refers to spells and abilities that do their damage in a series of small amounts called "ticks." DoTs, or simply "dots," usually allow their caster to do other things while the DoT finishes out its allotted ticks of damage. Many DoTs can be removed with an appropriate defensive spell, such as Dispel Magic or Cure Poison. The ticks caused by a DoT will bring a stealthed player back out of stealth. For this reason, it's a good idea to DoT Rogues and Druids in PvP combat as a preventative measure. HoT An abbreviation for a "healing over time.". This refers to spells and abilities which do their healing in a series of small amounts called "ticks." HoTs usually allow their caster to do other things while the HoT finishes out its allotted ticks of healing. Pointblank AoE A pointblank AoE is an Area of Effect spell that originates from the caster and usually has a radius of about 10 yards hitting everything within that radius. Unlike targeted AoE spells you have to get close to use a pointblank AoE. Examples Frost Nova Arcane Explosion Psychic Scream Intimidating Shout Proc Proc is short for "process." This term is used to describe the act of random effects going off. For example: "When Silent Fang procs, it silences your target for 6 seconds." "Paladins spend fights praying for Seal of Command to proc." Procs per hit and procs per minute are two common ways to describe proc rates. Procs per hit One of the two common ways to describe proc rates, the other being procs per minute. Procs per hit is simply the percent chance of a proc occurring each hit. This can be an attack you launch or an attack launched on you. This may seem obvious, but it's a good term to have in contrast to the less intuitive procs per minute. Procs per hit benefit greatly from faster hits. Procs per minute One of the two common ways to describe proc rates, the other being procs per hit. Procs per minute scales procs per hit according to weapon speed. Here's the formula: Procs per hit = (Weapon speed) / (60 / Procs per ninute) Which is the same as: Procs per hit = Weapon speed * Procs per minute / 60 This gives the percentage chance that the proc will go off each hit. An understandable misconception is that procs per minute guarantees that exactly some amount of procs will occur each minute of combat. As you can see, this is not the case. The term is a little misleading. Example Seal of Command tests out at 5 Procs per minute. Let's say you have an Arcanite Reaper which has a speed of 3.8 seconds. 3.8 * 5 / 60 = 31.66% chance to proc Command per hit. What about a Dimensional Blade which has a speed of 1.6 seconds? 1.6 * 5 / 60 = 13.33% chance to proc Command per hit.