Pros and Cons of each Healer Role

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WHM
Pros:
Reliable
Best AoE healing
Best AoE DPS
Best single target dps
Fantastic Burst DPS for a healer

Cons:
Little to no raid mitigation or utility
Least accessible instahealing
Poor mobility
All DPS skills have a acc check
End game favors SCH DPS, so the above DPS advantages don't mean as much there.

AST
Pros:
Highest potential for total party contibution
Very accessible insta heals
Better AoE healing than SCH.
Best mobility

Cons:
Unreliable cards; therefore, unreliable contibutions
Gravity is lvl 60
Gravity cant be used prior to level 52

SCH
Best mitigation
Good DPS.
Many skills w/o acc checks
Very accessible insta heals
Critical shields.
AoE condition removal.
Faerie not impacted by Cleric Stance
Very flexible.

Cons:
Least AoE healing.
Tighter timing constraints
Pet management can be tedious