Skill Shutdown

¡®Skill shutdown¡¯ is the coordinated shutdown of individual skills. Aegis is a very common example. Most teams in the current metagame carry at least two copies and, when active, it greatly reduces your team¡¯s pressure output, and even prevents Rangers from interrupting consistently. As such, it is usually a prime target for disruption or shutdown. A typical method of coordinating Aegis shutdown is to spot and call the use of Glyphs. While the use of Glyphs is usually a good sign that the caster has an important spell coming, Monks often use Glyph of Lesser Energy before casting Aegis. Calling out a Glyph helps the midline determine who can shutdown the Aegis if the enemy tries to cast it. Once your team has disrupted the Aegis, note which enemy cast it. This does two things for you. First, you have a better idea of who will cast the next Aegis; second, you know approximately when the disrupted target will try to use Aegis again. In fact, you may implement this for any skill you¡¯re trying to keep shut down.

Coordinating skill shutdown is very important when playing against hex teams. Skills such as Migraine, Reckless Haste, Price of Failure, and Signet of Humility are all midline, priority interrupts. If you know when one of these skills was interrupted, you can countdown its recharge cycle. Because interrupted spells do not trigger weapon-assisted, faster spell recharging, knowing the time of a spell¡¯s interruption can be very useful and contribute to precisely timed disruption.