I am disagreeing that the difference between being 1 second too late and being right on time adds any element of skill to an ability. In the context of telegraphed boss rotations anyway.

I'm not thinking ahead (or at least i certainly don't feel like i'm doing anything rewarding by doing it), I'm realizing that there is a Death sentence after every 3-ish skill rotations and then just sitting there, doing nothing until DS comes out.