Healer Guide/Class Comparison

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As a Scholar, you have to control scholar skill from your own Gcd, faery skill from his own Gcd and Aetherflow + Aetherskill without Gcd.

I play both, Whm is a basic healing class like we know for a while, gameplay is very simple, Mp management is as it should be...

Scholar healing potency is better than Whm in single target situation and more difficult to play.

Your affirmation is truth if scholar is played in 4man dungeon without cleric stance and faery in sic mode...

I do not see how SCH is more difficult to play. In fact, most times SCH is much, MUCH, easier. Especially when you take into account the massive QoL improvements from the last patch.

Healbot auto-heals
Healbot doesn't cost MP
Healbot doesn't generate enmity
Healbot heals almost as much as physick. Combined with Physick, you're looking at Enhanced Cure II at the cost of Cure

It is true that managing Fairy can be a bit... "challenging" but then again:
You generally only have to move your Fairy around in Garuda (all) or Ifrit (ex)
4 Man dungeons, with the exception of Pharos Sirius, doesn't demand great heals
Any dungeon other than HM versions doesn't require you to have your fairy on Obey
In lower level dungeons most of the time you don't need to take action other than boss fights. Sic will do just fine, especially with Eos
Your main attacks are DoTs with long duration, giving you ample time to do something else in the meantime. The shortest one is Instant cast

You have instant 25% MP recovery every minute
You have potentially 3 instant heals every minute, at 25% max HP each

The benefits of SCH is indeed greater than WHM, and while WHM is indeed "much simpler", the QoL of SCH is vastly superior. You split your enmity in half, you split your MP consumption in half, you have control over your own MP, and you don't have to hold out your instant heal for THAT RIGHT MOMENT because you can have it back the next minute.

In contrast, each minute WHM only has Divine Seal. Shroud is at 2 minutes, Benediction is 5 minutes, so is Presence of Mind. Shroud will always heal ~1300 MP, while you have 50% max MP healed every 2 minutes

SCH indeed has a bit more buttons to play with. They are also much easier to deal with

And yes, I have both classes