Thanks, yeah it really is a great gem, I have mine at rank 9, the buff is nicely extended to close to 4 seconds. Running escape as dash in pve (daring swing is better for pvp) allows it to be triggers extremely quickly too.

I would say though, even if you don’t use haunting, it is used in bsj and howler awakening slots, so if I do ditch haunting, it goes to one of them. If/when I ditch howler, it goes to Bottled Hope awakening.

I think haunting is viable in pvp because when enemies run off, if one gets killed by bile or something, it can trigger on nearby enemies while they are likely healing, so while it may not be noticeably effective in actual combat, it’s more effective than people realize.

Since haunting does like 118% damage, 28% chance to trigger a second, you get a little under 360% damage over 18 seconds, howler getting 360% every 20 seconds. Howler crits harder and passes through multiple enemies, so I am definitely leaning in that direction.

I’m not saying haunting is good, neither is howler, but I just can’t decide which is worse. There are a few in my clan and immortal alliance that really talk up haunting as the way to go and better than many realize. I agree with them that it is better than the majority give it credit for (especially for DH and awakened with offensive stats).

I guess the thing that’s making it a hard choice for me is if I ditch haunting, I will have an unused rank 6 bsj that I will be tempted to scrap for gem power as a result. If I ditch howler, it’s an extra haunting gem I can merge into the bsj haunting and a worthless phoenix to scrap.