Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
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LB is LB. I'm not sure how you're gonna compare an LB to burst damage from skills. It takes time to build (versus having available at start then a cooldown), it more or less carries the same risk as any other burst, as well as any risks being associated with a melee class.

A lot of those cons and risks from failure aren't exclusive to summoner's burst. A heal can render any burst unable to kill. All classes are tied to cooldowns like RS or B4B to be at maximum efficiency (except the latter is also a liability for you to get wrecked, so I don't even use that half the time as a MCH). Being able to pump out the skills reliably on 1 minute cooldown (if you omit raging strikes) is still more frequent than MCH or BRD who has 90 seconds (which again, omits their buffs but uses their effective burst damage skills)