I was under the impression there was a cap on degen. Is that the case? What is that cap? (I had 7 in mind, but no idea where I got it from) And is it possible to excede that cap with this build and be casting spells that have no effect?
Also fun when a warrior chases you across the map, just for you to dump Crippling anguish + phantasm + Faintheartedness (I use that rather than shackles) on em for -10 degen for 25 seconds then run back to the battle to harrass the rest of his team while he tries to slowly make his way back to get in healing range of his monk
I usually bring power drain instead of spirit of failure for energy regen - pretty much guaranteed the interrupt & energy when you use it in conjunction with arcane conundrum. Also REALLY funny watching the w/mo's trying to cast restore life/resurrect with conundrum on them.