Quote Originally Posted by Chrono_Rising View Post
On a phone so forgive me for not quoting you Aana but why not just remove the 6 potency loss and really make it a 0 net like the rest of dark arts? It is a really small difference but would objectively remove all doubt about using the shield in any situation. So what would the objective reason to not add it?
TBN as a DPS gain/loss is a lot more complex than that.
It's a slight DPS gain under certain conditions (party buffs, any downtime that causes to reset combos) and slight DPS loss under others (very linear fight with 100% uptime).

In a raid environment, there are plenty of opportunities where it's a DPS gain as long as your always pop the shield without overcapping blood.