Is Esuna Necessary As A Role Action?

[Gemina]

Issue with that is it has a 60-second cooldown. Not efficient for people getting debuffs within that cooldown window. But Esuna was barely needed for sub-40 content regardless, especially now with the blatant over-gearing. It’s more needed for things that have hard-ticking Poison DoTs, Paralysis, or Doom mechanics.

Also the Heavy status. Can't blame your mates for taking avoidable AoE if this is not being cleansed. The reduction to movement is drastic.

Cutters Cry is one early instance I can think of where Esuna is still needed to this day. Chimera is the first boss I can recall that uses non-telegraphed attacks that hit like a truck and also inflict a status ailment. At least one player gets nailed by Dragon/Ram's voice every time I go there, every time they go off. This is also a specific instance I can think of pre-SB that drove me crazy when I was leveling my SCH because I was below level 40 (the previous requirement for Leeches).

I want to say that it isn't until 50+ where the lack of a cleanse can lead to a player KO. Sastasha HM is one that immediately pops in mind.