Is this proof enough that this ability is useless? ( Divine Benison )

[Princess_Momoka]

Didn't Stoneskin have an annoyingly long cast time, only absorb 10% and had an AoE version that couldn't be used in combat? Yeah, I think I'll pass.

swiftcast. Also it used to be 15%, they nerfed it.

[Fyce]

swiftcast. Also it used to be 15%, they nerfed it.

I don't think I ever saw a WHM using Swiftcast for a Stoneskin. That'd be a ridiculous thing to do.
Besides, the only time where you'd put Stoneskin on someone during combat was: 1) when you are a bad WHM and had nothing else to do between your Cure spam, 2) when that idiot in your group kept dying and had a big HP reduction (but that's gone now).

So, yeah, Divine Benison is way better than Stoneskin. Because it's actually useful and usable in combat quite frequently. Stoneskin was not.

[KDSilver]

swiftcast. Also it used to be 15%, they nerfed it.

With Divine Benision now, no need to burn your swifcast for it, and it's only a 30s recast CD.

So...

[Jybril]

swiftcast. Also it used to be 15%, they nerfed it.

Didn't SS have 18% effectiveness?
WHM had that perk because it was a trait.

Scenario B)
- Mitigation scales with # of Lilies
1 Lily = 15% shield
2 Lilies = 18% shield (old Stoneskin value)
3 Lilies = 20% shield
- Consumes all Lilies

I suggested a Scale per Lily thing myself in WHM forums.
I would go: The more Lilies used, the higher the CD
to compensate a say...10/15/20 percentage? That
way we aren't spamming it to death.
The real problem is the Lily consumption though...but someone said
there's a cooldown on it, but it's already significantly low on CD anyways...
The Cooldown reductions seems redundant to me anyways.

[Kazrah]

Didn't SS have 18% effectiveness?
WHM had that perk because it was a trait.

18% just for WHM in ARR, then it was equalized for everyone in HW with the trait for WHM just cutting the cast speed instead. Problem was that factoring in the cast time, it was the worst damage absorb in terms of overall efficiency.


Although Divine Benison offers less absorption, the lack of cast time and ogcd factor makes it substantially more efficient than Stoneskin ever was. Tank taking a nosedive? Any Cure or Cure 2 spell followed up immediately by a Divine Benison, and that gives enough breathing room to top that tank off or get off that one damage spell or even heal that one moron standing in bad.