Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
It's free, both SF and Sacred Soil can't be up at the same time, and both have CD's so you might as well use it. There's no reason not to use it.
Yes, but equating them as some major tool for DPS and mitigation isn't really much. Earthly Star should really just be prioritized for healing in the majority of cases since most fights have some big AoE (it's also really useful on those big pulls still but for healing). The damage is just like an incidental bonus. Shadow Flare just...is. It's just a little bit of extra damage. I don't think anyone is putting it down because "Oh, I need a 5% slow!"