PLD and sks

[White_Devil]

As far as I know with PLD, I believe SKS to only be useful in a PVP scenario in terms of stunlocking, I've yet to put this to practice and it wouldn't matter because lolpvp.

[Februs]

As far as I know with PLD, I believe SKS to only be useful in a PVP scenario in terms of stunlocking, I've yet to put this to practice and it wouldn't matter because lolpvp.

Not even. The stun duration of a Pld in PvP is 4s > 2s > 1s. The standard Skill Speed cap is more than enough to apply a full stun lock on a target, assuming they don't use Purify. At a 2.33 (ish) GCD with standard skill speed, you're only .3 seconds slow on the final stun of the rotation. That's not enough time to really make a difference unless the target exercises their own CC on you (such as a knock back + sleep combo).

The only time additional Skill Speed would be useful is if the target uses purify on your first stun, but even then it's not overly useful as your GCD will never be fast enough to reapply the stun instantly. You already lost time on the total duration, so it's a mute point after Purify is involved.