I think the remedy for branching Arcanist is simply add a trait at 30 that simply forces SCH to have a MP-only ED. Though, then we’d have to think: how would SCH spend stacks during downtime? The biggest issue is if SCH dies, they are going to have hell since they lose all their stacks AND they have to re-summon the fairy for healing/eat the fairy for stacks if they need Aetherflow NOW.

So by making ED a % MP gain, that allows things to be more forgiving provided Aetherflow isn’t on CD. It’d even allow them to have a better MP economy and give the power of choice since SCH has to decide how it’s going to plan out their stack usage in a fight.