Heals for Scholors need a buff

[Miyuyu]

Cure 2 + regen heals near that amount, without the clunky pet.

There also the fact that barrier is wasted when you cast another heal.

There's a reason you keep your non-shield heal on your bars. You also shouldn't be casting another shield heal if there is a shield on the tank already. Pre \ cancelcast is a good practice to have. Scholar is a lot like Disc priest in the sense that you can pre-empt damage in prep for high damage periods \ hits you know that are coming. You can buffer a lot of damage while tank healing as well. Shields in any game that have them are very, very powerful tools.

You also have the added benefit of not being able to oom if you manage Aetherflow and Energy Drain really well. You can outlast WHM pretty easily and do equivalent \ better healing.