Yes, the autoconsume can be pain in balls on some encounters. However, it is more useful than not!
Soloing/mentoring - Vitality Breech & Stupefying
Grouping - Caustic & Ignorant Bliss
Raid - Caustic, Ignorant Bliss, (one of the purples, depending on who else is running them)
Raid potion - +4 Crit Elixir
I need to work on my alchemy--only 49. =(