AST's weakness in end game

[Kabzy]

You're also forgetting that, AST MP costs are lower for spells of the same potency as WHM. That means you spend less MP during a boss fight as a AST than a WHM, meaning their MP management is very much on-par with each other

You could also argue that WHM get procs to reduce their overall MP costs. Freecure being a very useful and fairly frequent one. And the Ewer might be decent, but I don't know many ASTs who would actually use that if it wasn't absolutely crucial, it's usually for shuffling.

[TatoRazzino]

You could also argue that WHM get procs to reduce their overall MP costs. Freecure being a very useful and fairly frequent one. And the Ewer might be decent, but I don't know many ASTs who would actually use that if it wasn't absolutely crucial, it's usually for shuffling.

Not true. In A2S, Ewers and Spires are very valuable and not shuffled at all. Arrows are not always wanted because they burn resources too fast. Each fight has its own card strategy.