Summoner, Arcanist level 30

[Gamer3427]

Eos already has Whispering Dawn, which is a HoT, and SCHs don't need more mitigation. They already have Succor, Adlo, Sacred Soil, E4E, Virus, and Fey Covenant. You may be able to include Silent Dawn as well, since silencing a spell = no damage. And for sh*ts and giggles, they can Deployment Tactics an Adlo that crit.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with adding in a few more raw damage mitigation to SCH, particularly with Succor and Aldo barriers being unable to stack with themselves, other SCHs, or Nocturnal AST. Virus is also a short duration effect that can be completely killed for your personal use for 60s by anyone else who might have access to it against the enemy, while E4E only has a chance to activate. Add to that that Sacred Soil can't be active while Shadow Flare is up, Fey Covenant only affecting magical damage, (with the vast majority of enemies doing physical), and that aside from a few specific enemies, practically everything you would want to use Silent Dawn on is immune to silence. My suggestion is more for a fairy that specializes in adding damage mitigation in full, that can be activated at any time without interfering with other forms of damage mitigation. SCH is theoretically the "barrier healer", but our actual "barrier" capabilities are diminished if there are any other SCHs or Nocturnal ASTs around, and to an extent if there are any SMNs, WHM, or even BLM around due to how Virus works. Deployment Tactics is also fairly ineffective except before the start of a fight unless you have melee DPS standing close to the tank around a small boss, simply because the range of it isn't enough to reach other party members most of the time....

Don't get me wrong, I love healing as a SCH, but I do notice that it becomes less effective as a healer in 8-24 player content compared to WHM or AST who maintain the same level of effectiveness regardless of the party....