AST, Underpowered?, Potential changes, and you.

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True. With the crit multiplier A.Bene would be almost identical potencies though. I think noct is like 3 pot less if my math is right. A.Helios is pretty far behind still though. Maybe they could increase the base healing of A.Helios while in noct like A.Bene does. SE really backed themselves into a corner with designing AST like this though.

That still wouldn't work, because by casting Aspected Benefic you are replacing a Benefic cast guaranteed to heal double a normal Benefic over the duration in Diurnal (790 total), vs. trying to get a crit shield isn't guaranteed and can't be relied on.

AST just flat out needs changes to their oGCD skills to measure up and be balanced between sects.

They could at least make Aspected Benefic better though. Maybe if it healed for 180 and shielded for double that? That's 189 + 378 or 567 total potency. It's still weaker than Adloqiuim in total potency but better as a shield by 78 potency and over 100 more potency as a shield than what it currently provides. That makes Nocturnal much better at proactive healing via shielding, and it would still be strong without having to copy SCH's double on crit effect.

We'll have to see what SE does to CU and CO though and see if those might make Nocturnal better as well.