i thought dispels were unresistable, but certain spell effects had X number
of counters and you need to dispel X number of times to get them off. but
the short answer is yes, both of our dispel songs removed effects on us
(positive or negative) other than illusions before patch. i haven't tried
since. i'm not sure if it goes in order on your effects box or what order
they were cast on you or if it's random. i thought they made it random
around the same type they made Vox and Nag AE dispel.

Shada

> The problem with using our Cancel Magic song to remove spell
> effects is that
> it checks against your MR. I think, but am not 100% certain,
> that Cancel
> Magic will always remove the first spell effect. So if you
> are rooted, in
> order to get rid of it the root icon needs to be listed
> first. Then the
> song has to actually succeed a MR check. When I want to remove my DE
> illusion, I usually have to try 2-3 times before the song sticks.