New difficult content coming -- brutal programming going to rear its ugly head again

[Muzy]

Try casting Adloquium right before a mountain buster or Succor right before a Geocrush. You need to cast them 2-3 seconds before the actual ability hits or it won't absorb.

You have to cast it before the cast timer ends, preferably at least half a second before, it's nothing to do with the abilities having a delay, more to do with how the game registers damage and healing and damage prevention, which is to say, it's all done on a first come first served basis, IE, the ability is registered as hitting first by the server? The damage goes through then the healing and shield gets applied, it has nothing to do with the ability itself.