Weird issue w/ particle system

[Technomancer]

I'm trying to make 8 summomable wisps rotate at fixed angles around a unit as I summon them, which works fine, except somewhere in there I lose some data and the angle gets set to the angle of the first wisp :x. Basically, all of the wisps are created correctly (tested this out plenty), but then jump to the same spot as wisp[0] on the first tick of the timer.

Wisp creation function:

    set angle = (bj_DEGTORAD * (360) / MAX_ORBS) * i + (bj_DEGTORAD * rkData.wispangle)
//        REF: //wispcreate takes unit wisp, unit source, real initangle returns nothing
    call wData.wispcreate(CreateUnit(GetOwningPlayer(u), ORB_ID, GetUnitX(u) + Cos(angle) * WISP_DIST, GetUnitY(u) + Sin(angle) * WISP_DIST, bj_UNIT_FACING ), u, angle)
    call SetUnitUserData(wData.myWisp, wData)
    set rkData.Orbs<i> = wData.myWisp
    set rkData.Num_Orbs = rkData.Num_Orbs + 1
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wispcreate method referenced above

  method wispcreate takes unit wisp, unit source, real initangle returns nothing
        set this.myTrigger = CreateTrigger()
            call TriggerRegisterUnitInRange(this.myTrigger, wisp, COL_DET_RANGE, null)
            call TriggerAddAction(this.myTrigger, function Collision_Detected)
        set this.myWisp = wisp
        set this.rk = source
        set this.angle = initangle
        set source = null
        set wisp = null
    endmethod

and the applicable part of the timer loop.

    loop
        exitwhen i >= MAX_ORBS
        if rkData.Orbs<i> != null then
            set wData = GetUnitUserData(rkData.Orbs<i>)
            set wData.angle = wData.angle + WISP_ROTATE_RATE
            call SetUnitPosition(wData.myWisp, GetUnitX(rk) + Cos( bj_DEGTORAD * wData.angle ) * WISP_DIST, GetUnitY(rk) + Sin( bj_DEGTORAD * wData.angle ) * WISP_DIST )
            set rkData.wispangle = rkData.wispangle + WISP_ROTATE_RATE //modifies this value for wisp creation
        endif

        set i = i + 1
    endloop
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I'm stumped... I can't figure out at what point the angle changes.

also lol at my new kitten trying to attack my monitor while I type, it's so funny

nevermind, I got it, I was double multiplying the angle by bj_DEGTORAD