Toxic WHM Glare spammers

[Ashemmi]

This, I don't think people realize how useful that stun on Holy actually is.

Many don't, and yes, that stun is definitely 'healing', it translates directly and quickly. When they do, especially tanks, the dynamics of the party changes. Pop Arms length or other mitigation strats *after* the opening Holy gambit, and you have even more time with less duress. That's another discussion all together in how many tanks forget how fantastic AL is. They remember it as knockback, but greatly discount or forget about that 20% slow.

[Kes13a]

Many don't, and yes, that stun is definitely 'healing', it translates directly and quickly. When they do, especially tanks, the dynamics of the party changes. Pop Arms length or other mitigation strats *after* the opening Holy gambit, and you have even more time with less duress. That's another discussion all together in how many tanks forget how fantastic AL is. They remember it as knockback, but greatly discount or forget about that 20% slow.

The stun is exceptionally useful, but then we are also getting into if the tank is competent enough to use their mitigation and never actually SEEN one use AL. the thread is about WHM's which is fine, people can have their opinion and all, but usually if the tank is a moron, cant be bothered to repair their gear responsibly and either does not use mitigation or doesnt even have any on their tool bar... I am too busy to keep from wiping than to worry about tossing out dps. a majority of teh time with rando roulette, its a grab bag of what kind of tank I'll end up with, unless I am running with my friends. If I am, then yes, I'll dps because I know they arent morons

[Ashemmi]

The stun is exceptionally useful, but then we are also getting into if the tank is competent enough to use their mitigation and never actually SEEN one use AL. the thread is about WHM's which is fine, people can have their opinion and all, but usually if the tank is a moron, cant be bothered to repair their gear responsibly and either does not use mitigation or doesnt even have any on their tool bar... I am too busy to keep from wiping than to worry about tossing out dps. a majority of teh time with rando roulette, its a grab bag of what kind of tank I'll end up with, unless I am running with my friends. If I am, then yes, I'll dps because I know they arent morons

I certainly understand, and I was there just yesterday. The buffoon was intent on standing in every AOE, even when stacked. Mitigation was untimely, though to his credit his gear was recent...enough. That said, I still opened with a Holy gambit on his pulls. Why? That eight seconds of guaranteed little to no damage is the absolute best tool in my kit for that window of time. It feels counter-intuitive, and for the longest time, I maintained the same thought process that you have. The thing is, it is in your power to keep the mobs from hitting the idiot and shorten the total amount of time that they can. It's a big win. If they are *that* bad, you can apply your DoT and pull back knowing you just cut the time of that engagement down by 10% or more.