SoA farming for monk primaries and non monk primaries post "nerf", 0 downtime

I'm sure all the monk farmers out there are concerned with SoA and the increased casting time, and how you need to invest more in divine favor to get longer duration out of it. However there's another solution, and it only requires 10 protection prayers!

Old Version: [skill]Shielding Hands[/skill]
Shielding Hands-Decreased duration to 8 seconds, Decreased recharge to 15 seconds

In the recent update this skill was buffed considerably, it now has 7.25 seconds downtime, and only 5.65 seconds downtime with an enchanting weapon. Shield of Absorbtion [skill]Shield of Absorption[/skill] has a 6 second duration with 10 protection prayers, 7 seconds of downtime, and 5.8 seconds of downtime with an enchanting weapon.

So, assuming you have an enchanting weapon (yes, I have tested this):
T=0s Cast SH
T=8.5s Start casting SoA
T=9.5s SoA finishes
T=9.6s SH ends
T=15s SH recharges, start recasting it
T=15.25s SH finishes
T=16.7s SoA ends

Meaning that one of these skills is active at any given time. Assuming you have protective spirit and 55 hitpoints, all damage you take is 0.

Enjoy

Unless it got changed, shielding hands works before prot spirit.

If you are going to use a third skill to take up the slack, you are better off with Spirit Bond.

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