[loramin]

It's good when you have a hard fight (eg. you were fighting one mob, and got another as an add), and you're OOM but the mob still has a few HP: the Burnt Wood Staff is perfect for finishing them off.

If you're desperate, have JBoots, and are using the earth pet, you can even get the pet to land a root, back it off and run as far as you can while staying in range of the staff, and then start the staff cast. You should have time to land the spell before the mob gets to you, and then you can send the pet back on them until another root procs.

It sounds stupid, but when you're OOM and your pet is almost dead, but the mob still has just enough HP to keep it from running, those sort of shenanigans can let you turn a loss into a win.