TLDR can be found here: http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?103245-What-s-up-with-my-bolt-DS
I noticed the other day that my bolt DS was abnormally low (mid 300s, when normally I sit at around 500 self cast in offensive) when I got blown up by an earth elemental in the Confluence.
Was checking my bolt DS later on, and long story short, my bolt DS is really low when I cast at myself, but normal when someone else casts at me:
>stance
You are currently at an offensive stance.
Friend hurls a roaring ball of fire at you!
AS: +272 vs DS: +509 with AvD: +59 + d100 roll: +49 = -129
A clean miss.
>prep 908
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Major Fire...
Your spell is ready.
>cast
You gesture.
You hurl a roaring ball of fire at yourself!
AS: +479 vs DS: +323 with AvD: +59 + d100 roll: +50 = +265
A layer of shifting stone shatters!
... and hit for 139 points of damage!
Fire completely surrounds Methais. Blood boils and heart stops.
~ Methais
