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Without critical surge, what exactly are stam sorc slotting that are sorc skills? Hurricane and sometime bound armaments (if you like only playing with 8 slots)?
Negate Magic, Overload, Bolt Escape, Dark Deal, Rune Prison, *Hurricane.... All of these skills can be used well on Stam Sorc.
Bound Armaments and Surge don't really have a place in PvP, but possibly in PvE.
Surge may be useful if paired with Caltrops+Volley with 50%+ Crit to proc the heal every second. Using Vigor, along with either Rally(2H) or Healing Flurry morph+Healing Twin Slashes morph (Dual Wield), were talking a big HoT and Surge slightly adds to this (but not nearly as much as Major Mending).
EDIT: Surge is GREAT for a Hybrid Sorc without Pelinal's Aptitude though, encompassing exactly 0.00000001% of Sorcs!