So, a while back we were told SCH was being changed into the 'over time' job so to say, a job where doing things over a period of time would be a focus and the main aspect of the job. When this happened Helix was changed to be more dependant on Dark Arts, Regen was changed to be amazing with Light Arts, Tabula Rasa gained access to two new spells which both heavily focused on 'over time' aspects, and it was accepted as this job's role.
Now, all that being said, WHM has once again stepped on SCH's toes...
SCH has Regen V, it starts at 40, with Light Arts it goes up to 64.
These increase it to 79 together.
The duration is a full 108 seconds before Perpetuance and can be extended to something like 270 seconds(4 and a half minutes) with Perpetuance.
SCH finishes at 79 Regen, 4 and a half minutes Duration.
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WHM has Regen IV, it starts at 30, with Merits it goes up to 35.
These increase it to 79 together.
The duration is a full 60 seconds.
These increase it to 96 seconds.
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In the end, SCH has at best 79 Regen & a 270 Second duration. WHM has at best 79 Regen & a 98 Second duration. While the duration is much lower for a WHM, the potency is tied... WHM has Cure Skin, it has insanely cheap Cures, it has AoE barspells, boost spells, Cure spells, and so on, the job is strong enough. There is no reason I can think of that WHM should be now tying or beating SCH in Regen, yet unless the WHM Hands get a minor upgrade and the SCH Head a major one from the Empyrean upgrades SCH will barely be ahead.
Up till this point, Regen has been the primary reason to bring a SCH as a healer rather than a WHM. Right now, this gear is blurring the lines between their Regen and at the same time making SCH fall out of it's only true place. Sure SCH has Regen from Embrava but that's nothing to live by since it's an effect only gained around 5 minutes of any given hour. At the same time the duration factor can be easily overlooked in the end when it comes to normal spells due to the fact the duration falls into place with the Accession Recast from /SCH, which makes this very easy to maintain at almost all times.