Take the tour ×   Specifically, if I have a lot of "on hit"
effects, is it advisable to use a lot of channeled / DoT skills?
Given that Rapid Fire attacks like 10 times faster than regular
attacks, will I gain health faster if I use it with a "life-on-
hit" modifier? I'm guessing the answer is some variation of
"no", but will be happy to get more details about this.  Related
questions I have browsed while trying to find an answer:
share|improve this question My guess (and it is only that) is
that effects are triggered when an enemy takes damage. If you
turn on damage display, you can see that damage happens
discretely (at least for Rapid Fire). –  MBraedley Jun 3 '12 at
13:28 add comment  2 Answers  up vote 4 down vote accepted  It
depends on the skill in question.  First off, channeled skills
are exactly the same as normal skills in terms of triggering
things, except you do not need to re-cast the ability between
each tick. Each channeled skill has a "Tick" (that occurs more
often the faster attack speed you