The value of Carve and Spit.

[Carstien]

Oh I am not disagreeing with that, as stated I love the skill and always use it for dps on single target but the value annoys me. 2500 mp for a 50 potency increase over plunge irks me. Nothing wrong with the skill, I'll continue to use it, but this bothers me.

[Cynric]

Oh I am not disagreeing with that, as stated I love the skill and always use it for dps on single target but the value annoys me. 2500 mp for a 50 potency increase over plunge irks me. Nothing wrong with the skill, I'll continue to use it, but this bothers me.

As Szygian stated the skill is a very good skill, But C&S goes beyond it's potency buff or mana regeneration ability. C&S is also one of the few skills you have that has absolutely no animation lock at all and can be double weaved with pretty much any other OGCD if done correctly.

There are lots of tiny niche uses for the skill as well. Did you MP floor or make a mistake in management? C&S without DA can give you enough manae to get some snap hate with an unleash or almost enough to turn grit back on if you find yourself in a troublesome situation.

In AoE situations it gives you more mana to spam Abyssal Drain, or it can make the use of DA+ Dark Dance, DA + Dark passenger not as bad. If you plan out your rotation correctly you can still get a Dark Arts Souleater and a DA C&S right after each other. With Bloodbath up C&S is one of our most restorative OGCD's in terms of raw value. Under Blood Weapon, being a physical attack it still will restore a portion of mana back that was spent.

And again that animation is one of the easiest ones to cut off with another OGCD, which lets you do things like (DA+C&S)or (C&S+DA)if you already have a DA buff on you can spend it on C&S and prepare the next one for Dark Dance,Dark Passenger, or more commonly Soul Eater, ( C&S+BW), (C&S+DP),(C&S+Reprisal) you can even do (C&S + Mitigation CD)

It's just an overall versatile move in terms of its effects +MP/450 potency(both if BW on) and an easy to double weave animation. Probably one of my favorite moves in the entire kit.