Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
And yet, improving our mobility is still one of the biggest considerations for our advancements, particularly this expansion -- Umbral Soul, Xenoglossy, improved Sharpcast, and so on.

But agree to disagree on Fire 1. At the very least, an instant Blizz 1 would certainly be more interesting than Scathe, and give it a better place in the kit.
Umbral Soul isn't meant as tool for movement but unavoidable downtimes like E1 add spawn or E3 Maelstrom. It's meant to provide a tool to effectively make use of times without a target. It may be used as a last resort to prevent dropping Enochion in UI, though with how short UI phase is, this shouldn't be an issue. Triple, Swift, Xeno, Firestarter/ Thundercloud procs with Sharpcast available more often, Aetherial Manipulatio, Between the Lines and fast casts are enough mobility tools.
BLM has enough mobility tools to prevent dps drops from back-to-back mechanics but they are just limited enough so one of the main challenges of playing BLM remains minimizing movement by knowing the encounter and planning ahead accordingly. If you have to resort to Scathe, it's almost always because you messed something up and accidentally used a mobility tool too soon.

I think BLM is in a really good spot right now, not just because they rank so high but because their whole toolkit feels well-rounded and the challenges it comes with don't feel clunky. Instant Fire I would make life a tad too easy because even if someone planned poorly or not at all it will become almost impossible to ever let Enochion drop in AF and since Fire I still deals decent dps and procs Firestarter, poor planning would lead to relatively small dps loss.