You may not be getting the point, or may be ignoring it, i dunno.
In a straight 1v1, or even duel setting, this template won't be quite as effective against a good pvper. Its more in a field setting, where someone can run up with sp precast, land it, and try tog et a nerve strike off. I have killed alot of people on this template by running that simple tactic, and have stoppe dplaying the template because it was too simple to play.
precast sp
nerve strike
nerve strike
trigger, chase and hit, or somethimes they are already dead.
That is why i say, 1v1, this isn't a big deal, apple, boom, persons all screwed up. In most cases, if u apple the plague, or they miss the nerve, they will run off screen to replace the lost mana.
It is just an insane amount of damage to dish out in a very short period of time, and adding it into a group severly complicates the matter. i'd recommend not denying this template is OP until you have tried it yourself.
I have to admit, i like spell plague to an extent, many people that hate spell plague and mystic in general, are generally dexers or pure mages who don't have a true counter to it in purge, plague, blood oath, etc.
My biggest objection is, and again, i have made a template like this, 4 different ways in fact, is that i can 2 hit kill someone, or 2 hit kill - trigger. If 1v1, you can drop someone in 1.25seconds, in same cases 2 seconds, it is OP. Add that into a group situation, and it is downright devastating as you may be semi focused on dumping an opponent, when this guy goes on you out of no where.
That being said, spell plague is the root of many of the complaints. I think the spell plague nerve strike combo needs looked at a little. I ran an early version of this with magery instead of bushido, and i can say, without nerve strike, the template loses alot of its punch. I tried using a spear, spell plague, para blow, armor ignore. and it wasnt as powerful as nerve strike.
Many peoples counter is saying, you should be able to fizzle it. Rightfully so, a mage should be able to fizzle it. A good mystic/mage knows when to time up his spell plague amidst a dump of disrupts however, i pull it off all the time.