Physick vs Adloquium

[Tolmos]

I almost never use physick anymore. At ilvl 90+ mana is literally a non issue (it was barely an issue before, but now it simply isn't even something I think about anymore), so I can drop adlo all day long and be just fine. If I need to drop big numbers, I can just drop a single lustrate rather than 2 physicks (depending on the health of the tank).

Only time I use physick is when I get stuffed in those awful awful pre level 30 dungeons where I become a regular arcanist again. But then I mostly just let Eos heal and spend all my time pew pewing

[Rennius]

At high ilevels, mana shouldn't be a concern for speed runs, given that the DPS is high, and the tank is able to properly execute cooldowns. I am a big fan of using plenty of Adloquium and Lustrates, in conjunction with the obvious pet management, E4E, Virus, ShadowFlare, etc. By the time you actually drop low on mp, the mob should be dead, otherwise the DPS isn't high enough, in which case your group should pull fewer mobs.

[Kazumac]

I don't usually use physick much at all and usually not at all on big pulls. Adlo is a higher throughput per GCD as long as the shield is used up by the time the next one lands. That said for big pulls getting your mitigation up and fairy micro makes a huge difference in incoming damage. I typically cast Adlo when needed and if the incoming damage isn't enough to cast it again right away I'll do other things or dps. Physick seems like largely a waste in my arsenal since mana is generally not an issue at my gearing level for that content.

[YanderePrincess]

He had over-pulled some mobs, Whispering Dawn was active and I had SS down, Eye for an eye, stoneskin and protect on him, and was spamming Psysick with the occasional Adloquium thrown in to stop damage for a sec whilst I reapplied stoneskin etc...
He still died, hence his bad attitude and lecture.

He says I should only have been spamming Adloquium when it's a big mob and not use Physick.

Thoughts?
All advice welcome

Generally, do not reapply stoneskin mid-fight. With a few exceptions, it's not remotely worth it for a scholar. You can give them a bigger shield adlo. Even a non-crit adlo will be on par while also healing them HP, if not better (depending on how much HP the tank actually has max).

Personally, I mostly spam adlo with the occasional physick. Imo, it works better, since we don't have the Cure>Cure II pattern with Freecure that whm's have, and even then, whms often have to spam Cure II in such situations, and the amount of health healed+blocked from adlo is significantly higher than that of physick (even if not mana efficient when non-crit).

[DistraughtKoala]

vittorino weighed in, end of thread guys. You can go home.