Shadowbringers RDM Wishlist

[Archwizard]

Especially with something as vague as "If a Black spell were to recover MP". What are its mechanics? Where does it fit? Is it akin to Assize? Or is it more like Syphon Strike/Riot Blade? How much Potency does it have? Will people actually ever cast the thing instead of trying to play around Lucid/Refresh? Is it oGCD?

Well, what I've been working with, refined by our more recent discussions:

Verfreeze (240 MP, 2 sec cast): Deals ice damage to the target and enemies nearby it with a potency of 50 to the first target and 40% less for all remaining enemies.
Additional effect: Ice damage over time
> Potency: 35
> Duration: 30 sec
> The caster can only have one instance of this effect active at a time.
Additional effect: Damage over time ticks inflict 60% damage to enemies within 5y
Additional effect: Refresh
> Potency: 20
> This effect persists while Verfreeze is active on an enemy.

If my math's right, Refresh 20 is about enough to double our base MP economy and allow us to break even with our main rotation, saving LD for emergencies.
Damage numbers are subject to change, but they're presently based on the removal of potency from movement skills (approx 195p/30s), replacing one Jolt II per cast, and the approximate damage difference between Thunder III and IV (40%). This isn't accounting for the effect the loss of a GCD of mana would have on our theoretical DPS, of course, but I would hope the MP generation and reduced cost would net neutral at least.
And of course, the TAoE portion allows us to save button space from gaining 3-4 iterations of the same DoT, with one button that's equally useful in ST (for the MP) and AoE (for the cleave damage).

I believe this fits all of your stated criteria, and works as a "BLM utility" given the connection to Umbral Ice. Would you not concur?