Stoneskin for Scholars, is it necessary?

[kayuwoody]

From an actual bottomline effectiveness perspective, Stoneskin is not necessary. It's "kinda cute" at best and anyone who says otherwise is just trying to justify the fact that they spent the time leveling WHM. You certainly have more impactful spells that you can be casting at any given time during combat and again, 10% Stoneskinning everyone before combat has never been the difference between victory and defeat for anyone. It's something that people do because it makes them feel like they've done something.

Dude by that reasoning not many spells are "necessary". You could just cast only pys adlo and lustrate and heal through most encounters fine.

[Gilcris]

Dude by that reasoning not many spells are "necessary". You could just cast only pys adlo and lustrate and heal through most encounters fine.

And the topic of the thread was "Is Stoneskin necessary for Scholars?" You just confirmed it is not. The most anyone could say on its behalf is that they find it "kinda" useful "occasionally". That's far from the nature of necessary.