Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post
I think you also severely underestimate the power of Time Dilation. Throw it on the tank after all hots (Diurnal) and it will give 330 potency per tick for 15 seconds AND increased duration on whichever card buff you gave the tank. That's more powerful than Assize and PoM combined! It will basically let you dps the whole duration of a mass pull with a few ED's here and there and only requires 3 global cooldowns to set up.
This post speaks truth. The difference between a great AST and an okay AST is the usage of CU and Time Dilation more than anything, really. Most people at least figure out Synastry/cards/LA+CO but then they forget the greatness that is TD. Only thing AST really suffers is having to pull cds together but, meh, just save Synastry and Lightspeed if you intend to save anything, they don't benefit that well from extension when it comes to dungeons.