Minimum necessary to ensure you hold aggro is the best way knights can functionally balance their mana. 60-200 less mana use unnecessarily per fight is a lot more important than having an extra large mana reserve. Our mana regen is poor. We really only have external buffs and meditate unless you have some high end FT items. I don’t know about the groups others roll with but I’m lucky if I have the chance to catch a few quick Med ticks between fights.
Using lots of mana always just means you have to sit on your arse that much longer to get it back. My goal is always minimum necessary to get the job done well while keeping a strong enough reserve that I can stun whenever needed, help emergency root as needed, and toss heals around (self and others) to save a life or ease the burden of the healer.
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