My personal opinion,i allways stay away from ai as mutch as possible.
I fell they hinder my gains,i have tryed experementing with alot of cycles to realy see if there was less gains and there was.
I agree you will get less water,but i dont see that as gains.
But however i feel that taking away most of the estrogen gives me less gains,it might sound funny but atleast no ai = more gains for me(dont say i will work in the same way for you)
The only time i use ai is when my gyno flares up to mutch,and i let it grow quite alot before i use ai.
I just finnished a diesel/tren cycle and my gyno flared up alot,about the size of a golf ball (maybe abit smaller)
I still did not use any ai and now im 1 week in to pct and my gyno is away.
I dont say this will work for you,but you should try to do 2 of the same cycles and try 1 with ai and 1 without and see if you see any diffrence.
I checked my gains after the pct ofc so all the extra water is all gone.
Is it only me or is there other people experiencing the same thing?