My view of the high point of the job goes back even further; before the EW revamp. That's neither here or there though as it's not coming back. What I did come to identify with it, and the reason why I played it back then too, was flexibility. Being able to pivot on a near whim based on what was going on.

It sort of kept some of it across the revamp but imo it's not what I'd consider a hallmark of the job. I'm not even sure how it is from the playing side now, only what to look for when facing one, because I benched it long before the most recent changes... but on a gloss-over that's not really a thing with them anymore for sure. There's almost no prediction involved that can go either way on it. Just the silence, the rest is whatever. Vice of Thorns is cute but it's totally side-steppable most of the time. Guess we can pin most of this on PCT daring to exist huh? /simper

(No joke I migrated to PCT for a bit as it had some remnants of being able to be more choosy, but it's still mostly an illusion of choice in comparison.)