Protect? Really important? Low level content

[Sandpiper]

I must agree, Blizzard II is an awful skill to have. Get your protect it help a lot.
Especially if you are a SCH, because it allow the fairy to solo heal the whole time.

The best is "Protect, swiftcast, stoneskin, cleric stance, aero"

Blizzard II is really good on big mobs, when you get the chance to DPS. This is after bane-ing dots, Miasma II + Spirit Flare. A fine example is using Blizz II in A2, which can make a scholar's dps potentially hit 900 if the other healer (ideally WHM) is willing to solo-heal a huge chunk of the fight.

I never cross-class stoneskin for scholar. Because scholar's heals massively rely on their own (more efficient and faster casting) shields, it becomes somewhat useless. There IS the use of having an extra buffer on a tank before a huge pull, but tbh I'd rather have BlizzII in case I can dps, which can do massive damage on huge pulls.

[Wizarus]

Blizzard II is really good on big mobs, when you get the chance to DPS. This is after bane-ing dots, Miasma II + Spirit Flare. A fine example is using Blizz II in A2, which can make a scholar's dps potentially hit 900 if the other healer (ideally WHM) is willing to solo-heal a huge chunk of the fight.

I never cross-class stoneskin for scholar. Because scholar's heals massively rely on their own (more efficient and faster casting) shields, it becomes somewhat useless. There IS the use of having an extra buffer on a tank before a huge pull, but tbh I'd rather have BlizzII in case I can dps, which can do massive damage on huge pulls.

Blizzard 2 is flawed in a way. It's only better than Broil when there are 4+ enemies and Aero when there are 5+ enemies. But when you have that many enemies you generally don't have time to do more than Miasma 2 after you Shadowflare and Bane, and by the time you do stabilize, you have to reapply dots or the mob shrunk so much that Blizzard 2 isn't worth using anymore.