Quote Originally Posted by Crushnight View Post
If Ast holds CU for a single gcd then ED loss cost from sacred soil is peanuts compared to the 250 potency loss Ast just suffered.

It is only free if not channelled and when not channelled both versions are weaker than Sacred soil by a good amount (100 less potency HoT + 12s less 10%dmg mitigation for Diurnal, 500 less potency HoT + 5s more 10% dmg mitigation for nocturnal) to make up for no cost.

That is why I say Sacred Soil is better the cost is appropriate for how powerful it is and the fact it could be up for 50% of a fight(should never ever do this just like a fully channelled CU) also speaks volumes.
1. AST holds CU for one GCD = 250p lost, SS = 150p lost. I wouldn't say "peanuts", 100p is still less than an ED. But you shouldn't hold CU anyway.

2. If you're only mitigating a single hit (which tends to be the biggest use case), then both behave the same and CU wins. You get 500p HoT from SS + 10% for that one hit, and the same for CU. This assumes Diurnal: on Noct SS wins.

3. One of the biggest advantages (that noone seems to point out?) is that SS has half the cooldown and will give you both effects (HoT + 10%) for the full duration.

Like I said before, CU doesn't competely replace SS, but in most cases CU will be better than SS because of SS's DPS opportunity cost.