WHM Spellspeed! Any value?

[Kuroyasha]

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When I top and/or go back and forth with mnks/drg (good mnks/drg who know what they're doing btw, though I wont be matching them anymore T_T) and they ask me why the hell my dps is so high you know what I say? B/c i'm a boss! lol no seriously it's b/c I have spell speed. I cast faster than normal. May not be a whole second but it's on a tier(the 460 tier) to get me at 2.38 instead of 2.5. 5.04% dmg increase right there. Constant. So I have my own version of Fist of Fire through Spell Speed. If a sch activates fey glow I shoot up to 2.25 GCD and 11% dmg inc. This is all on top of any buffs and procs(Divine Seal, Freecure, etc for you). It's significant. Just can't notice it as readily as the big number on the screen.

And don't misunderstand, I have very good Crit rate and Det as well(don't wanna hear some1 saying I dont know how to build a blm) . If it makes that big of a diff for me, I would think it does something significant for you too as a caster(I know some1 read and was like "why is he talking about blm when this is whm thread?" lol). Esp if you have it and pop Presence of Mind in those "oh god the group/tank done effed up/bout to f up" moments( and yea PoM isnt really mandatory, but it helps occasionally) xD I have a whm too and I've healed just fine without even caring about spell speed(though I still end up with gobs of it). So im not saying that it must be your focus, just saying that there is definitely value to the stat.