Originally Posted by VanilleFang

I'm glad you pointed this out. I had thought about making a whole post comparing Noct AST and SCH in way of mitigation, akin to Lyrica's WHM vs SCH post. Some people seem to think Noct AST has as many mitigation options as SCH. They may be similar but there are differences that make SCH, like you said, the best at mitigating damage.

SCH really is the king of mitigation, and i really do think that people seem to overlook this fact. Nothing else competes with Adlo, Deployed adlo, Succor, Fey covenant, Supervirus, eye-for-an-eye (low cooldown compared to those that cross class it), sacred soil and stone skin - which is now the same shield strength on all classes, which is a little sad (still think whm should have some tangable benefit here other than slightly increased cast time).