Stoneskin not useful?

[AnaviAnael]

Since I don't have a healer job at 60, I figured I'd ask the ones that do.

Until about a month ago, I'd see healers stoneskin all the time in dungeons. Trash is dead/almost dead, tank's about to pull, healer tosses a stoneskin. Lately, I rarely see anyone use it though.

Therefore, I was wondering if stoneskin has lost its usefulness. Is the damage mitigation so bad it's not worth the MP cost anymore?

[Anova]

No, stoneskin still prevents 10% and 18% of all damage.

I'd like to say it's because fewer people are doing speedruns, so the need for stoneskin at the start of a pull is not needed (since you don't grab huge trains of mobs at once). Having SS up is still nice, but it's not a huge difference between pulls.

[Blitzace]

Personal preference really. Some do some don't regardless of how big the pull is

[MilesSaintboroguh]

What are you talknig about? Stoneskin no longer blocks 18% of damage when 3.0 launched. WHMs get a trait to cast Stoneskin faster instead now.

[Eye_Gore]

I'll use it almost as a cool down on myself when I know a big hit is coming and I have time to cast it.

[GideonHighmourn]

No, stoneskin still prevents 10% and 18% of all damage.

Nope.

It's 10% for everyone now, WHM's included, who now get lowered cast time rather than 8% more shielding.

[Risvertasashi]

Therefore, I was wondering if stoneskin has lost its usefulness. Is the damage mitigation so bad it's not worth the MP cost anymore?

Pretty much. At 18%, it was still worse than our worst efficiency heals. At 10%, well... now it's expensive and doesn't even always mitigate an auto attack.

[Tint]

What are you talknig about? Stoneskin no longer blocks 18% of damage when 3.0 launched. WHMs get a trait to cast Stoneskin faster instead now.

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stoneskin is only 10% now but costs still a huge amount of mana. it's still usefull to cast before a pull and if someone has weakness or some kind of vulnearability. better than nothing but not woth the mana to shield the tank in fight :x

[LStarbreeze]

I always toss SS to the tank before a pull. As a WHM, it gives me enough time to start casting Holy or DPS a little, put on dots, etc. It's still just as useful to me.

[karateorangutang]

When I'm on PLD i generally just put it on myself toward the end of a pull to save the healer mana as its not really mana efficient anymore.