Faster Casting, FCR and cast delay

What the abbreviations mean#

FC limits and actual delay#

First obtain equipment FC after the progression cap. Cap it again at 2 for Magery and Necromancy. Chivalry permits 4, but uses 2 if effective Magery is 70.0 or higher. Subtract 2 while Protection is active, subtract any applicable FC debuff, then subtract 1 for the current Stygian Abyss-or-later timing rule.

For an ordinary spell with a 0.25-second casting tick and fast scalar 1: actual delay = max(spell minimum, base delay −0.25×adjusted FC). Spell overrides can change the base, minimum or scalar.

Ordinary Magery examples, without Protection#

Recovery#

Normal Magery and Necromancy recovery is max(0,6−effective FCR)÷4 seconds. Chivalry uses max(0,7−effective FCR)÷4. A recovery debuff reduces the effective FCR before this calculation. The progression cap limits equipment FCR to 2 / 3 / 4 / 6, so ordinary recovery at those maxima is 1.00 / 0.75 / 0.50 / 0 seconds; Chivalry is 0.25 seconds longer.

Casting time, post-cast recovery and delayed spell impact are three different timers. A damage delay is not reduced merely by increasing FC or FCR.