Paladin: Reworking Niche Skills

[Carighan]

Ah I sometimes like it because it avoids more damage than most mitigation skills and it aborts all the spam AoE casts by trash mobs. But you're right of course in that it's only worth it for variety, both tank mitigation and healer oGCD output is too strong versus the incoming damage to truly care. That however is something that ought to be fixed regardless, independent of anything with Shield Bash.

I do think the skill would have more potential if it worked as a raise shield -> bash with shield 2 step move maybe, and was our form of active blocking instead of the 90s CD 10s duration selfbuff. Active blocking as a concept would be cool, regardless. But quite utopian.