Quote Originally Posted by Gamer3427 View Post
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I'm not going to really get into the whole SCH vs Other Healers thing since there's already a discussion thread in the Healer forum about it, and this is the DPS forum after all, but...

Noct AST is incredible weak right now. It's almost a none issue since Di AST is far superior, and a SCH is more reliable and safer than a Noct AST.

Virus is still a great mitigation tool, and then rotated and prioritized properly is incredibly powerful. WHM and BLM should never be using Virus over a SCH unless there is a reason.

As far as I'm aware most tankbusters in current end game content are magical. Not physical. Isn't that part of the reason DRK are the best MT right now? This makes SCH/SMN Virus far stronger than WHM/BLM and increases the usefulness of Fey Covenant.

Sacred Soil may be useful for stacking situations. Shadow Flare isn't always going to be up.

Deployment Tactics is good in stacking situations.

I was mostly talking about trash with Silent Dawn. It's not that useful, but it can still be categorized as mitigation depending on how you view it.

I can see what you are going for, but in the games current state I don't think more mitigation would be healthy. SCHs are already pretty much guaranteed a spot in end game content and giving them a further edge over Noct AST wouldn't be wise.