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It depends on the scenario. You are mixing like three different scenarios together and seemingly suggesting they must all have the same answer. Nuance seems lost on you.
1. In an XP solo/group scenario mana sustain is better, as you aren't meditating back to full mana between kills generally speaking. This means you aren't using a chunk of your max mana. You are also going for long periods of time, so regeneration has plenty of time to operate.
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Yes, this was my point exactly, and you are disagreeing with yourself in the other thread, because kill speed is directly proportional to mana sustain. Faster kills = less spells cast, less lost opportunity cost in stunted regen, lower damage taken, and minimized suboptimal positioning considerations while waiting for a long clickie cast. The contribution from 20 STR or 20 DEX, though infinitesimal, adds up over that long period of time, and it's a solo/group scenario so those stats will not be capped in 80% of players, ESPECIALLY the type of player that is asking this type of question.
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2. In a solo challenge scenario, the fight is often only going to last maybe 5-10 minutes, so sustain is less useful. This is where max mana can be more useful. You are starting at full mana, and you don't have a lot of time to regenerate mana. You also probably can't fear kite anyway, as the mobs are 55+.
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Max mana is such a bottom of the barrel shit stat for the majority of classes, especially hybrids casting bargain bin cleric/nec/druid spells, that I think even this debatable. You would have to gain a
lot of max mana and/or lose very little sustain in order for that trade-off to come out ahead across a 5-10 minute fight.
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3. In the specific case of Iksar SKs, they don't have access to Blood Ember Clickies at all. This means max mana is more useful for Iksars, as they have less sustain options.
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You also probably can't fear kite anyway, as the mobs are 55+.
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Then why is max mana any more useful for an iksar than anyone else, if your solo challenge mobs are 55+ and max mana is a shit stat for other situations, according to you (and me)? What has the iksar lost in that situation, if nobody can click their blood embers?