Quote Originally Posted by Trunks View Post
It's the same thing Scholars are complaining about with Aetherflow sans Energy Drain (Lilies are just discount Aetherflow). You stand around all the time with Lilies, and no reason to use them.
TBH, current Aetherflow IS discount Aetherflow. Current lilies are actually better than Aetherflow. I come to this conclusion for two reasons. The first is WHM gets access to a lily ability every 30 seconds, and are only in a situation where they need to dump lilies if they are currently full. Even then, they only need to spend one. SCH gets three charges every 60 seconds. SCHs ogcd heals are completely dependent on Aetherflow stacks and they are in an extremely bad situation if they've used up all their flows and are in need of quick healing, and it is nearly as bad if that healing isn't required and Aetherflow is about to come off of CD with no skills to dump those charges on. SCHs do have Dissipation and Recitation, but these are other resources that WHM does not need to accomplish what it needs to do.

The second is WHM at least gets Misery. Sure, lilies might operate on the GCD, but Misery still feels rewarding even if it's more of a DPS return than gain. SCH's don't get anything. WHM still have three offensive AoEs in Assize, Holy, and Misery. SCH has Art of War. Yay :/