Stone strikes usefulness is the fact that it can lodge which causes pulsing vitality damage. Just like throwing blades, arrows, and other lodgeables. The only way to remove these would be to tend them out. Well for whatever reason many years ago they made it to where all you need to do is tap the shards and POOF they are gone. No tending, not RT, no cons for taking the time to remove those mid fight. Vitality pulsing damage is a key strategy in the current pvp meta with IC being what it is. This spell should go back to being on par with throwing blades and other lodgeables. Kinda defeats the purpose when you can run a script or macro and poof all lodgeables are gone in 1 second.