Dissipation Rework

[Nizzi]

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I use Dissipation a lot in Savage/Ultimate. Why would you want to remove Dissipation for a buffed Whispering Dawn? The value of healing you get from the Aetherflow alone is worth more than her Embraces, and the GCD healing boost is really nice for buffed Adlos or Succors if you should happen to need them. (And you can tell your cohealer to do all the work for 30s while you Broil and Energy Drain away, hehe!) Dissipation being at a 180s CD means its up for every other Deploy and Recitation, so you can use the two together for an even more powerful shield or opt to use Dissipation instead of Recitation so you can use the Recitation for something else.

I also don't think there was a single fight this tier where you shouldn't use Dissipation in your opener, and especially during SC1 in P12Sp1 it made the 2m burst + movement much comfier because Aetherflow's CD was delayed so I wasn't having to weave a ton of sh*t during it while trying to slidecast (though I also drift Dissipation and don't hit it on CD because dissipating during Para3 sucks and I would use Seraph there to cover when I'd be stuck off in Narnia to do mechanics). I feel like Dissipation is a really maligned ability - especially when people seem to think the healing magic potency is worthless. Should you be using as little GCDs as possible? Yes, but if you need to use GCDs, having the buff is way better than not having it (and more Aetherflow you're out of if you need it for 'emergencies'), and Dissipation is a very valuable button for mechanics where you are going to be using GCDs multiple times in a row, like Harrowing in P10S this tier.

If I could change anything about it at the moment, I would just make it give 2000 MP like Aetherflow does or MP regen during the duration like Lucid if Energy Drain is never getting MP back on it, so it contributes positively to SCH's MP economy and gives more function to the buffed GCD healing when you need it - being able to use Dissipation as an emergency button in ShB when you died and needed MP back was really nice in prog situations especially if you need to be raising people. Either that or make it sort of like Recitation where your Adlos/Succors don't have an MP cost during it, though IDK if SE would want SCH to be able to spam Succor for free for 30s lmao

Personally, I'd happily throw away Dissipation in favour of bringing back the Quickened Aetherflow trait, it still gives back some Aetherflow that would've been lost from Dissipations removal (not fully, but close enough) and gives us another spare button. From there I'd rather distribute that lost healing power to Seraph, she feels underwhelming as the lvl 80 capstone. Having her version of Whispering Dawn and Fey Illumination be stronger would make a lot of sense, and boosting them by that lost 20+% would make them feel good to use instead of just having her be an AoE shield dispenser.

Ehhh, while I'm all for Quickened Aetherflow, idk about removing Dissipation only to put its effects into Seraph. One of SCH's biggest strengths is in its button count that lets you not have to waste other CDs when you only need one effect in general, making it much easier to get full value out of a CD imo. SGE has the opposite issue with things like Physis or Holos because certain effects are much more valuable and you're going to use it for that. Is Physis ever used for its 2nd effect? Or when do you ever get full value out of Holos now that they've shoved a bunch of effects on it?

Removing SCH's healing boost and putting it behind Seraph would make Illumination harder to get full value out of and you'd probably never end up using Seraph for a buffed Illumination anyway unless it just reset the CD, but you'd still primarily be using Seraph for Consolation and even resetting a CD would still push its next use 2 minutes out. It also just takes away the use case of needing Dissipation for shields as if I need that boost now, I would need to not only have Illum off CD but also need to Seraph and waste the CD for 2m when I'm probably going to be putting Consolation out on a mechanic I'm not going to be Spreadlo-ing, especially with how you can stretch Consolation's value for nearly a minute which often covers two separate mechanics.

Kind of unrelated too but a funny unoptimal thing you can do if you're in Seraph and need to dissipate is to hit Away on the pet hotbar, and use a GCD resummoning Eos and immediately dissipate her. There's probably very little situations where you'd actually use this but it's possible and works in a pinch if you're stuck in Summon Seraph and need Aetherflow/the healing buff