PLD Question. Does this materia setup work?

[Derio]

Trolling clearly. Considering PLD spells are based of skill speed not spell speed. If they were spamming clemency then they probably did not trust their healer.

[Mystrum]

Trolling clearly. Considering PLD spells are based of skill speed not spell speed. If they were spamming clemency then they probably did not trust their healer.

I hardly consider casting Clemency after being hit with Efface and being at 90% health not trusting your healer. Figured I was being trolled, seems I was right.

[VenKitsune]

Trolling clearly. Considering PLD spells are based of skill speed not spell speed. If they were spamming clemency then they probably did not trust their healer.

This is not true. PLD spells (Holy Sprit, Clemency) and DRK spells (Unleash, Stalwart Soul, Unmend) are all spell speed based.

Dont believe me? Boot up the game. Look at your GCD cooldown for...lets say...Goring blade, or souleater in the case of DRK. It's probably gonna be somewhere between 2.38 and 2.43 most likely. Now look at Holy spirit, or unmend in the case of DRK. See the GCD cooldown on those abilities? Its different, 2.5 seconds.

This is because they are scaled off of spell speed. This makes pulling with unmend an extremely stupid idea as it makes everything else take longer to come off cooldown by 0.1 seconds or so. (Pulling with holy spirit is fine. it takes 2.5 seconds to cast fully without requiestcat anyway)

their damage DOES scale off of STR however - It would be pretty silly if they scaled off of INT instead. Perhaps this is what you meant?