(and a quick note, spirits within potency hardly decreases as your either against non-dungeon enemies which don't do much to paladins, or your in a dungeon, where you have a healer backing you up) . Steel cyclone has the same criteria as inner beast, and as an aoe, is not as risky as inner beast in terms of enmity, as well as the fact that it provides some good damage with decent range. Circle of scorn, decent range, decent reload time, not on the global cool down, damage over time, and good for an enmity combo when combined with flash. So, with this reasoning, I can say that steel cyclone and circle of scorn are equally as good as eachother, although both can surpass eachother depending on the situation.