Talk:Ishtar/@comment-149.152.23.130-20161129172856/@comment-29893250-20161130021318

Mana burst gems isn't bad at all. You just need to plan ahead. As long as you do (since you're using it for NP, not intentionally for buster chains), you can predict this pretty easily. The extremely low cooldown makes it pretty nice. To me, this makes up for the need to predict in that you'll usually have it well in time for your NP.

Gleaming brilliant crown is not bad either. Just think of it as either or and in the sense that either mode is perfectly good even in absence of the other text. Does the timing agree? Nope. But 50 charge alone on cd6 is fine enough as a skill. Having a pretty good invincibility chance is also close to good enough for a skill. Together, they're still plenty good. You just have to accept that there is acceptable timing most of the time and you will tend to not get full value, just enough value.

The first skill is also pretty darn good. Can you wait for Sherlock and be justified? Sure you can. However, I think your appraisal is far too harsh. The last 2 skills aren't nearly as bad as you make them out to be. Gleaming brilliant crown is still a charge skill no matter how you slice it and a buster buff even on delay is still that. I mean, you'll generally know when you're going to charge enough to hit 100% on the next turn.