What makes WHM special? Nothing anymore.

[Risvertasashi]

Remove the mana Regen component on Assize and stick it on something else, an instant AoE heal is cool and all but it can't be used like that.

To be blunt... Any WHM not using it for its heal or damage is a bad WHM. A3S is a good example here. If you use Assize where you would have used Medica, you not only get 1300ish MP back directly, you also save another 1300 MP from not having used that medica. 2600 MP thereabouts. Furthermore, it's oGCD, so you can drop cleric, pop Assize, and be back in cleric in less than a second.

[Niroken]

To be blunt... Any WHM not using it for its heal or damage is a bad WHM. A3S is a good example here. If you use Assize where you would have used Medica, you not only get 1300ish MP back directly, you also save another 1300 MP from not having used that medica. 2600 MP thereabouts. Furthermore, it's oGCD, so you can drop cleric, pop Assize, and be back in cleric in less than a second.

Every time Assize misses in Cleric Stance I die a little inside.

Anyone here actually wonders how they are going to incorperate a forth healer? They basically wedged AST between WHM and SCH, is the forth one going to have RNG buffs, AoE Regens and Shields plus something new?

[Raso]

To be blunt... Any WHM not using it for its heal or damage is a bad WHM. A3S is a good example here. If you use Assize where you would have used Medica, you not only get 1300ish MP back directly, you also save another 1300 MP from not having used that medica. 2600 MP thereabouts. Furthermore, it's oGCD, so you can drop cleric, pop Assize, and be back in cleric in less than a second.

Assize only has a potency of 300, while it has its uses in say Alex 1 for the low damage AoE, any large hit you will be casting Medica II anyway or just did and the HoT is still ticking. Letting it sit there off cooldown while waiting for a small or medium hit is a waste and yeah a cleric hit is the way to go if you do that.

[Risvertasashi]

Assize only has a potency of 300, while it has its uses in say Alex 1 for the low damage AoE, any large hit you will be casting Medica II anyway or just did and the HoT is still ticking. Letting it sit there off cooldown while waiting for a small or medium hit is a waste and yeah a cleric hit is the way to go if you do that.

Sure, there are times you don't need the raid healing... hence, 'or damage'. Stone III is only 210 potency, that's 300 and oGCD so it won't slow down the Stone III spam.

I used A3S as an example because there's a fight where a single medica II won't cut it (if you want people to live through the next hit anyways). Also, medica II is not a spell that should always be used, necessarily. Medica is cheaper if the damage is light enough and thus the HoT isn't necessary nor worth the huge MP expense. Assize can replace a medica very easily.

[SenzorialBoundries]

snip.

Assize is very strong dmg-wise 300 potency is no laughing matter, when you take into account that most skills do not go past 300 potency in dmg , only the "special" ones (fester, deathflare etc), probably the best skill WHM got in 3.0 was assize.