Quote Originally Posted by VanilleFang View Post
Yeah, when I was looking at all the spells that I could include in a mitigation comparison post, I saw that Aspec. Bene has a stronger non-crit shield.

I would say, because of unreliability and the way they function, Bole and E4E are somewhat comparable. They do literally the same thing if their buff is activated, they are just worded differently (enemy does 10% less damage/ally takes 10% less damage). Granted you can buff Bole to be stronger or whatever but it is far from reliable, and E4E, even with its long cooldown and 20% of activating, is more reliable. Bole is tied to so many other buffs, and I think a 20% activation rate is better than a 16.6666...% chance of pulling a basic Bole card.

Edit: I forgot to mention something obvious. In terms of AoE damage E4E easily wins since only the tank needs it to activate while you would need an Expanded Bole to get the same effect. So yeah, they are only some what comparable.
Aspected Benefic in Nocturnal sect also makes a really nice emergency heal button, that instant cast is never to be taken lightly .