SCH vs WHM

[Jyoeru]

Absolutely not. Especially with the current crit rng on tanks and how the server deals with damage and healing.
Damage gets added before healing which means a mitigation shield such as from succor and adloqium is ALWAYS better. Double crit from a Dreadnaught is a sure death with two WHMs while a WHM/SCH combo has the mitigation and then the reaction from the WHM (just to make a VERY crude example). Sure, with a group that totally outgears content it doesn't matter which combination you have but for groups who are just about right for an encounter there is NOTHING that beats a WHM/SCH combo.
Your regen medica 2 combo doesn't mitigate damage it just patches it up. There is nothing to patch up if your target is dead.

Also just because you had that bad experience with a SCH doesn't make the job as a whole less viable. WHM/WHM combo is by far not smoother because you are prone to much more spikes while a SCH/WHM duo who knows what they are doing (just saying that since you had a bad experience) will have a much more stable situation at hand.

I urge you to level a SCH so you understand the class better and see exactly how the synergy between the two healers work.

I plan to level a SCH one day. I know the pair can have great synergy depending on the fight (such as Titan HM). I am not sure I agree with mitigation potency. For example, Garuda EX: I know after the split--> jump that the MT is about to eat 2 wheels. So I cast SS on him and both healers are focused on him when they reappear. I usually start casting cure II seconds after they reappear, and 9/10 times, my heal lands in between the dual wheels, which does offset the damage. It doesn't work 100% of the time, and it might be safer to have a SCH use their shell at that point, but most scholars I run with don't seem to know how to play their class (with a WHM at least), as I rarely see that shell go up. I fear that when I level a SCH, I will only have disregard for players of that class even more than I tend to do now. A good SCH is really hard to find, I guess you could say So congrats on being in the minority of good SCHs.


And remember, 2x regen and 2x Med II = 4 ticks of healing. That pretty much means every second = a heal, which is some form of mitigation. It may not seem stellar, but watching that 50% health meter zip back up to full with 4x ticks is kind of a beautiful thing.