Nihilus Annhilate Cooldown reduction

Sirlagzalott

How many cooldown ticks is Nihilus' Force Drain supposed to reduce annihilate cooldown? I thought it was 2 or 3. This morning when he popped Force Drain the annihilate cooldown went from 5 to 0. Seems inconsistent.

Kyno

FD reduces the CD of annihilate by for each character it inflicts a CD increase on.

He also has an added CD reduction of 1 on annihilate if he removes a buff using his basic.

CamaroAMF

Kyno wrote: »

FD reduces the CD of annihilate by for each character it inflicts a CD increase on.

He also has an added CD reduction of 1 on annihilate if he removes a buff using his basic.

Basic actually reduces the cooldown of Force Drain, not Annihilate, if a buff is cleared.

Kyno

@CamaroAMF


The raid is different then the playable toon

CamaroAMF

Kyno wrote: »

@CamaroAMF


The raid is different then the playable toon

Well dang. Thanks @Kyno. I apparently glossed right over that.

Kyno

Sirlagzalott wrote: »

Thanks. So if I understand correctly this applies to debuffed targets. So if you keep buffs on everyone, would that essentially negate his cool down reduction?

Correct, it will slow it. Still goes down 1 per turn, and watch for the extra one reduced whe he clears your bluffs with basic.

The ideal buff is foresight, that's the key.

kalidor

You also have to watch the counter closely. He gets 2 actions. Say he starts at 7 and does Drain Force and 3 of your heroes are debuffed - Annihilate goes to 4. Then he does his basic and hits a buffed hero - Annihilate goes to 3. Then his turn ends, Annihilate goes to 2. It's those last two reductions that can really take you by surprise.