Diffusion?

Hi folks,
Aside from Mighty Guard, Magic Barrier and Carachian Verve ....are there any other BLU spells that are worth using Diffusion in a group setting? Thanks.

Depending on your set up.

If you have 2 blus and no rdm/brd Diffused flutter has value.

Harden shell.

Occultation (not really, but maybe)

A diffusion + MG with feet will last 5 minutes, long enough for you to get UL back and recast it on yourself. 5min is long enough for most short fights. Magic Barrier seems like a waste of this spell, since you're only going to get a very limited damage reduction of around 500~600. It's basically a one-hit-waste. Verve is interesting, and Harden shell wears off far too fast to waste on a 10min JA. I guess for whatever reason if your group needed a refresh and didn't have one, battery charge *might* be situational.

Still wouldn't waste Diffusion on anything but MG at this point, unless there were 2 BLUs.

Only used mg and verve.

This about sums it up. Verve is extremely useful.

Verve gives less attack than Natures Med....

aquaveil

Aquaveil at this point has very limited use, it's more of a band-aid for shitty players than a useful tool.

(when being used to diffuse. not when soloing/aoeing)

The def stacks with MG and inside escha you can pop a revit so the JA cd is no issues. Can open zergs well with a nice chunk of def /

Full merited diffusion on a master BLU can get a little north of two and a half minutes on Harden Shell which can be very powerful in a quick fight. HS basically doubles everyone's defense and can't be overwritten by defense down. Still a super niche ability. Orcish Counterstance (if MNK is around) and BT also come to mind, but those are like HS and super niche.

Thanks for the insight, the only spell I don't have mentioned here is Hardened Shell.

Change of topic: I historically played BST when I want to zerg-XP a bunch of friends from level 1 to 99. What BLU spells might help farm tons of trash mobs for XP? I've got all the DD spells mentioned in the guide here but many are single target. I did farm Anvil Lightning and Searing Tempest....but I need more than 2 spells. I'm trying to farm Spectral Floe right now.

What BLU spells should I set when I want to AOE-farm XP/trash mobs for my friends?

Trash mobs should die from 1-2 spells. All the T4 spells from elementals are useful. Floe/Entomb/Crush/Lightening/Storm and the light one. Can also use whirl of rage since its quick and stacks with caef.

I'm a huge fan of Subduction, though, since its very fast, 18MP, and adds gravity. Its probably the best to spam for trash mobs IMO

Subduction is a mainstay (super fast, deals 6-7000 damage, super low recast, applies a potent Gravity II, free MAB trait and only 25 MP per-Cast)

Tenebral Crush (if geared for Darkness Damage will be a very heavy hitter, free Magic Accuracy trait)

Magic Hammer (if it hits a target that’s aspirable, it will convert 100% of the damage done to MP making it super useful for instantly refilling your MP)