Another perfectly reasonable AST idea

[Kabzy]

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So a SCH who keeps up Sacred Soil all the time is telling me I need to use Energy Drain more. Yeah... I suggest you learn that AF stack management IS a thing.

I just hope no one is reading your post and actually thinking it's a good mitigation strat. As Lyrica said, Sacred Soil's only use is heavy raid wide damage in which it can prevent KO's. Using it outside of that scenario is a complete waste of an AF stack (you can use it on Energy Drains ).

Also you only mention Adlo and Succor, both which do need to be used somewhat frequently, and not any of the DPS abilities. Even when using all your stacks on Energy Drain, the cost of healing, keeping up DoTs and using Broil as a filler far outwieghs the regen from Energy Drain and AF. I agree that SCHs have the most friendliest MP regen, but we also seem to use our MP the most too. MP management is a skill that ALL healers need to learn, none of us have a free pass unless you're one of those terrible healers who stands idle when everyone's topped up.

You do realize that aetherflow stacks aren't THAT precious, right? You even have two ways to gaining them now. Shadow Flare does take priority, of course, but prevention is better than curing at all times.

That's cute, maybe you should just stick to WAR.

Also you contradicted yourself big time here. If Shadow Flare, a move you should keep up all the time takes priority, why are you using Sacred Soil whenever it becomes available? ;D You're not only losing out on DPS and a slow debuff but you also waste an AF stack on something completely useless.