How good is a Manastone really?

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Manastone is fantastic for rezzing. With self buffs i'm at 2250 hp. With shaman buffs i'm at 2650hp (I have a +HP set for outside planar rezzing).

cheal = 400 mana
stone is 60 hp for 20 mana
1200 hp to = 1 cheal
anything above 1200hp is pure gain from stone -> cheal
so for 2250 i have 1050 or 17 ROUNDED DOWN, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ROUND DOWN =x.
17x20=340 mana per stone / cheal. Takes about 30 seconds to stone down / cheal--it vastly out paces medding.

With shaman buffs:
2650hp -1200 hp (cheal break point) = 1450 hp
24 stones
24x20=480 mana per stone / cheal. Two stone / cheals and you're beyond that of the cost of one rez in about a minute.

In summation: It's a cleric item solo, but i've seen quite a bit of use with it with a cleric +1 combo. With an enchanter partner who can turn 500 mana or so (as he's not funding the cheal but has substantially less hp) it served us quite well duo'ing efreeti lord, where resists can happen and being oom can be a huge problem.

Enjoy. I'm still waiting on sky but i may skulk around in a bit ~_~