Tried out PvP with WHM and SCH...made me reconsider PvE choice.

[cainejw]

You realize it makes no sense to decide to do PVE Scholar based on PVP, right? I mean...really.

[WhoIsTheGuest]

You realize it makes no sense to decide to do PVE Scholar based on PVP, right? I mean...really.

I guess you went straight for TLDR, without reading through all the items I listed. Not all of them is purely PvP related.
As for a summary:
- WHM once dead, no good way to regain MP without help from bard. SCH can hold on its own.
- WHM heal-procs totally unreliable, but SCH can spec to improve chance...plus extra shield with that...
- Too long cooldown for Benediction. Lustrate is more reliable.
- Presence of Mind cooldown too long.

And as I said, I like WHM so not going to switch, but SCH is much more versatile with more tricks under their sleeves, and less MP limiting. These traits are very favorable for dynamic situations, such as one in PvP, but even more icing on the cake for PvE.
The strength of WHM (AoE healing) becomes too situational to use in PvP. But as for SCH? It's only better. So much better, that I feel guilty to be WHM for my team, if the opponent team has SCH.
In PvP, WHM is totally eclipsed by SCH:
- Better mobility (more instacasts)
- Healbot+distraction (pet with hp pool)
- Much more and better utilities (enhanced virus + EfaE, blind, Miasma II, Sacred Soil + Shadow Flare)
- Better style of healing:
-- Lustrate >>> Benediction
-- Strength of WHM (AoE Heal) becomes moot in PvP: AoE heal very situational for PvP due to scattered teammates and etc.
-- Miasma II = anti-healing, which makes the team with WHM much harder to heal, handicapped, because for each target that insta-cast Miasma affected, WHM need to pull-off two cast-time spells: Esuna + Heal. FOR. EACH. AFFECTED. TARGET.

I am not asking for SCH nerf, but simply wish that WHM can be equally good.