Quote Originally Posted by Ekimmak View Post
I'd rather use Unleash than Abyssal Drain if I'm concerned about it not hitting all enemies, since it's far easier to control my own position than the enemies. There's also how it's cheaper, both in MP costs, and how it won't eat a Dark Arts, so I can use Dark Passenger for the blind effect.
Positioning to hit entire mobs with AD is just as easy as Unleash, the only time you're not going to hit them all is if you target one on the far edge away from the rest at the other side. Instead, aim for the center of the pack, AD has the same radius AOE as Unleash does. Plus the MP cost increase for AD is more than worth it too, 1320 MP for 120 potency vs 1080 for 50 potency. It's also extremely easy to DADP in the same GCD so using it up on AD isn't really an issue if you don't want it to be.