Quote Originally Posted by Viviza View Post
Yes. So that it's inconvenient to use prior to every pull. It's nice before bosses or if you want to not have swiftcast for a minute.

If it was instant, why have it at all? Why not just make it a WHM trait that everyone around you always has stoneskin while out of battle. Automatically applied. Raises, spot healing, teleports, and buffs too. Also we can teleport to the next group of mobs automatically because it's out of battle and there's no reason not to just be there, already.
You can probably anwser your own question. Why did SE introduce SS2?

And like I talked about the other abilities, there's a reason they need cast time because you can use them in battle.