How BW can cast two different skill at the same time?

[wildwindblows]

Hello Folks,

I'm trying to understand how bw can use Fireball barrage and Sear spells at the same time. I have never played bw before but when i check tooltip of these skills I saw that Fireball has 3 sec casting time and hits per sec over 3 sec and Sear has 1 sec casting time so it seems there is no way to hit these two skill less than 1 sec. You can see damages in the image below.
https://imgur.com/kDYQivy

Thanks.

[jokerspsycho]

Misread original statement, my original response would be no help sorry xD

[Jabba]

Misread aswell, but sear having a 1 second cast time basically means that you can instantly activate another ability afterwards without the GCD getting in the way, in this case fireball barrage, the first tick of which is instant

[Ekundu01]

Hello Folks,

I'm trying to understand how bw can use Fireball barrage and Sear spells at the same time. I have never played bw before but when i check tooltip of these skills I saw that Fireball has 3 sec casting time and hits per sec over 3 sec and Sear has 1 sec casting time so it seems there is no way to hit these two skill less than 1 sec. You can see damages in the image below.
https://imgur.com/kDYQivy

Thanks.

Fireball Barrage is a channeled ability it activates instantly and channels over 3 secs. So you can cast a spell and hit the channeled skill right after your casted spell goes off and both will hit at fairly the same time.

[dansari]

The actual answer is that some abilities have a delay even after they are cast, otherwise known as a flight time. Sear, though I don't remember exactly its flight time, has roughly a half second between the finished cast and the damage application. Fireball and pyro surge also have flight times, though theirs are closer to 1s (fireball is more dependent on range). Nova and fireball barrage have no flight times. This is why you can see as many as 3-4 abilities all seemingly hitting at the same time.

[adamthelc]

A Single BW hitting with multiple abilities in the same time stamp is not a problem and should be expected.

If anything is a problem its multiple BWs hitting with the same ability, Rain of Fire, in the same time stamp

[Thamor]

Hello Folks,

I'm trying to understand how bw can use Fireball barrage and Sear spells at the same time. I have never played bw before but when i check tooltip of these skills I saw that Fireball has 3 sec casting time and hits per sec over 3 sec and Sear has 1 sec casting time so it seems there is no way to hit these two skill less than 1 sec. You can see damages in the image below.
https://imgur.com/kDYQivy

Thanks.

Sear 1s cast then fireball barrage = both abilities hitting same time.

I think you never met instant cast fireballs from old game

[wonshot]

As others have said, there are different abilities on casters

Directdamage, Traveltime projectiles, channels where first tick is instant.
And this is what you have been hit by. Fireball is a longcast time with traveltime so while the projectile is in the air traveling from the caster to the target, he can do a 1sec Sear cast that will connect instantly, and while those two are now connecting withthe same secound the Channeled Fireball Barrage will apply the first tick, all combined into a burst timestamp.

Hope this helps.