The Unofficial "Why is this still a thing" Thread

[VanilleFang]

Stoneskin has a much longer duration, can be applied out of combat, and had an aoe form that could be used prepull. It also can be used on someone outside your party. Benison is not superior, not by a longshot.

Lmao. You're joking right?

The duration on SS was generally pointless since the shield was usually destroyed long before it would expire.

It being applied outside combat was more a nuisance than anything. I had never seen SS save someone at the start of a fight.

SS2 is not the same as SS so using that as a reason that SS was better is laughable.

What does DB bring instead? It's oGCD and costs 0 MP. SS had a cast time of 3s, meaning it had a longer cast time than the GCD. It was also fairly expensive to cast, in terms of MP. DB also has a stronger shield.

So yes DB is superior to SS.