Using Stoneskin as a paladin, should you have it?

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yes you should have it

instead of say 300 hp form cure you will be stopping 600 once you hit 6k health


that's not to say I use it a lot or anything but it is helpful to have

It isn't great, but there's no reason not to grab it. Most of the cross-class skills for PLD are awful.

There are a number of occasions where your healer will find themselves moving too, that 600 hp wall can be the diff between dying and not. Couple the SS barrier with sentinel and your healer has a few extra seconds to get re-situated.

Stoneskin is excellent and is usable waaaay more often than people think.

Probably the best cross-class skill available to PLD.

Why not have it? We have 3 cross class skills are don't fall into the "situational at best but really mostly useless" category.

It can be a great boon proving you know when to use it. Here are some scenarios I utilize Stoneskin.

-When Titan/Ifrit Jumps
-When Garuda is traveling to you after warping
-Casting on yourself and the other tank when switching during Turn 2 of Coil
-Off Tank throwing it up on everyone after the wyverns in Turn 5 of Coil, making the first Fireball more sustainable.
-MT/OT throwing it up right before Twintania uses Death Sentence.

I still need to get this on my SCH for when I heal 4mans and feel like being lazy. :/

I hear you

Yes, you should have every sub class ability that is decent for your class. It takes leveling, but it is worth it. (There are few abilities out there like Awareness/Mantra/etc that arent worth the CC spots when compared to other abilities, but they're far and few in between).