protector - staff vs. rod + icon

A staff provides you with 40% fast cast on your prot skills, 20% skill recharge on everything, 20% longer enchantments, and 10 energy.

Is there a staff like this

20% prot
20% prot
20% recharge all ?

I though it's maxed in staff like kephkets refuge Adept ___ staff of enchanting gives you 20% hct prot, 20% ench, innate 20% hsr all, and inscription "aptitude not attitude" gives 20% hct prot.

If you don't want to suck in PvP (or if you want to be a good PvEr and not just one of those typical monks off the streets with a high title because they spent 5 hours to finally complete a HM mission), use a staff. A staff provides you with 40% fast cast on your prot skills, 20% skill recharge on everything, 20% longer enchantments, and 10 energy. Can I ask, does double HCT actually make much difference on Protection staves? Some of the most used Protection skills (Reversal of Fortune, Protective Spirit, Shield of Deflection) are already 1/4 cast time. Granted, there have been sometimes when I've wished a couple of the others would cast faster but not enough to make me want to switch weapon mods.

Can I ask, does double HCT actually make much difference on Protection staves? Some of the most used Protection skills (Reversal of Fortune, Protective Spirit, Shield of Deflection) are already 1/4 cast time. Granted, there have been sometimes when I've wished a couple of the others would cast faster but not enough to make me want to switch weapon mods. RoF is generally something that I'd cast on any set (since it doesn't matter if you get +ench, hct, or hsr). With prot spirit and SoD, it's really nice to get the HSR on those skills (especially in HM when two guys are taking massive damage).

The biggest thing is your ability to cast SoA, guardian, and Aegis much more quickly. Getting a FC for SoA/guardian on a target that is taking a lot of damage can in turn prevent a lot more damage. With aegis, getting the FC means you'll have an extra second to prot another target if it's taking damage. HCT also helps in situations where you get arcane conundrum/frustration on you. Sure, it may be erratic, and might not seem like much, but every little bit helps.

I suppose the main question is, what else would you run instead? If you run a +5/20% with either a shield or a +30/HSR20 offhand, you get the same effect as the 40/20/20 staff, but you lose out on the HCT. That +30HP becomes dead weight when casting, and it's better off you just run a 40/20/20. With enough weapon sets (say if we could run 8 instead of 4), one can make an argument for a +5/20% with 20/20 offhand (basically you have a set for every possible energy combination), simply because you're giving up 20% HCT for 7 more energy to cast an extra spell if you ran out on the staff set, but that's not the case.

It's late, so it might not be totally clear. Let me know if you don't get it still :P

First of all, 20+20 does not equal 40, it equals 36. So the second 20% hct mod is actually a 16% hct.

Second of all, there are really only three reasons to use a 16% hct mod at all anyway, and those are (as holymasamune mentioned) SoA, Guardian, and Aegis.
So the answer to the "is an extra 16% worth it?" question depends on your usage of those 3 skills. Wrong. The first mod gives you 20% HCT. The second one adds on to give 36% HCT and 4% QCT (quarter casting time). This will equate to a long term casting time reduction of 21% with both mods equipped, compared to 10% with only one HCT mod. This is why ensign mentioned the second one is more valuable (since it reduces the CT by an additional 11% on average compared to just 10% on the first, as well as the super fast cast).

When you have stuff like frustration+migraine on you (there were a few dungeons/areas that have it), getting a HCT or QCT on 1/4 second casts like PS and SB makes it pretty nice too.

I don't think your question is the way to approach the situation. The question should be what else would you have instead?

All of this is under the best conditions. In real situations, I'd say with confidence less than 1% of PvE monks weapon switch often enough to benefit greatly from it (a good amount would ask what weapon swapping is...), but we're talking about the most optimized situations. Weapon swapping and mod optimization comes mainly from PvP, where little benefits can make or break a game. In PvE, it doesn't really matter much and you'll get along just fine without weapon swapping or taking advantage of everything that's offered to you (I mean, at the worst you can just take ursan blessing and plow through everything by c-spacing).

P.S. I also forgot to mention dismiss condition, which is a fairly used prot skill. Some monks may also use mending touch or extinguish (on the final boss).

Second of all, there are really only three reasons to use a 16% hct mod at all anyway, and those are (as holymasamune mentioned) SoA, Guardian, and Aegis. In PvE, I've sometimes needed the HCT on Rebirth for teammates who die near a patrolling mob.

P.S. Don't flame me for taking rebirth in pugs.

Wrong. The first mod gives you 20% HCT. The second one adds on to give 36% HCT and 4% QCT (quarter casting time). This will equate to a long term casting time reduction of 21% with both mods equipped, compared to 10% with only one HCT mod. This is why ensign mentioned the second one is more valuable (since it reduces the CT by an additional 11% on average compared to just 10% on the first, as well as the super fast cast). Isn't it 32% HCT and 4% QCT?

4% both proc
16% first procs but not the second
16% second procs but not the first
64% neither proc

With both mods you therefore get 4%*.25 + 32%*.5 + 64%*1, or 81% of normal average casting time, or a 19% reduction.