Holy and Flare diminishing returns nerf

[Viridiana]

with assize being stronger than current flare (with mp restoration).

Your math is very wrong. Assize would never beat current Flare unless the Flare is being cast unbuffed or under Umbral Ice, which is why you don't do that. If it were under even AFI, it would be stronger than Assize will ever be for damage.

For nerfed Flare under AFIII, which is what you'll most often cast it with, it still beats Assize at 10 mobs. At 11 mobs, Assize wins by 24 potency, and wins by an additional 66 potency per mob past the 11th.

Numbers:

Flare=260 base x 1.8 for AFIII, -10% per mob after the first, minimum 50%

468+421.2+374.4+327.6+280.8+(234x6)=3276 potency over 11 mobs

Assize=300 base, no multipliers or diminishing returns

300x11=3300 potency over 11 mobs

3300-3276=24 potency difference, at 11 mobs.