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Adventures in Beta: Fun with Spellsteal

Second in our series of easily abused Burning Crusade spells is the mage's Spellsteal. This spell, obtainable at level 70, steals a beneficial magic effect from the target. The magic effect lasts two minutes.

The fun thing about Spellsteal is that it's completely random. Sure, you can steal that warlock's Demon Armor - you can also end up with his Rank 1 Prayer of Fortitude, overwriting yours. Try for that shaman's Bloodlust and you might get Lightning Shield. It's like a giant roulette game with every buff in the world available!

A group of Beta mages have started a thread listing what spells they've stolen so far. Notable highlights include:

What spells are you looking forward to stealing? Can you think of any evil uses for this spell?

  • A 50 percent increased casting speed buff from a Karazhan boss.

  • An arcane power from another mage while combustion was up. Boom.

  • A fire aura from mobs in Mechanaar that does a 1000 damage/tick AOE with plus damage gear. Our mage's tank was not amused at the effort it took to keep aggro off the mage.

  • A plus 295 spell damage buff from the Menders in the Botanica.

  • Slowfall, from another mage, immediately after chasing said mage off a cliff. Our mage floated down comfortably as he watched his opponent fall to his death. This is possibly the best thing ever done in World of Warcraft, and has made a mage friend of mine comment that he will always be defending the Lumber Mill in Arathi Basin at 70 just so he can do this.