Quote Originally Posted by Garnatian View Post
Eye for an Eye is a terrible skill. RNG mitgation on a CD that has that low a probability is worthless. What kills a Tank isn't continuous damage, but big hits, so Eye for an Eye serves no purpose.

Virus, while better than Eye for an Eye, the version CNJ gets is essentially as good as the ARC version. It has the same CD and all it misses out on is the INT debuff, which decreases Magic Damage, BUT GUESS WHAT, WHM get an improved Protect that gives a flat reduction on Magic Damage through the entire fight.

You talk about Shields, when the best Single Target Shield belongs to the WHM.
I've yet to see a case where my Eye for an Eye casts haven't debuffed the boss with the 10% damage reduction at least once, and I consider my experiences with probabilities and odds rotten. I'll admit its design is dumb. It's quite clearly meant to be a group-wide cooldown, yet it has such a roundabout activation method... Would it kill it to simply work like Virus, apply and be done with it?

As for Protect vs Proshell, the cases where Supervirus might be useful are the cases where Fey Covenant and Sacred Soil may be useful as well.

And I'm sure you're aware that Stoneskin only scales with the target's health. That makes it nearly a waste of mana on shielding DPS, reasonable use on tanks equally geared to yourself to buffer a big hit. But even then, Adloquium has far more potential ways to be boosted. Critical Adloquium send the shield skyrocketing from 300 potency to 675, the base heal (and thus shield amount) can be increased through Convalescence, Mantra, Wrath stacks, Fey Illumination and so on. Stoneskin can be made better by... Thrill of Battle. Woop. White Mages definitely don't have outright better single target shielding. I dare say it's debatable.

(Screw you 1000 character limit)