Well maybe not but I totally disagree with you thinking it's not a great Spell...It might make you lose control but at least you become extremely fast and you could pound any monster or boss to the dust...The only thing that stops it is if enemies use dispel and uses Stop,Immobilize and slow...
And you know what???cat ear hood never worked for me...I always used bubble belt along with Berserk and Hastega but pretty good Combo Balthiersbit...