How would you change Nocturnal AST to be competitive against SCH?

[Rawrz]

or.............. You could give WHM a chance to shine as the off healer.

I still feel that pushing a nocturnal AST into the off heal slot, when with a WHM cohealer, is one of the reasons people feel Noct AST is so weak. They are trying to perform a role that they aren't equipped at. Diurnal AST would make a better off healer than Nocturnal (Increased DPS and Regens.) Noct Asts have the choice between minimizing overheal and preemptive mitigation with shields or raw HP catch up with Ben II/Helios, making them efficient at main healing with Noct's healing potency buff.

They do not have as many instant cast abilities that they could pop off right after Cleric Stance, but from a main heal point of view its okay. They have 2 powerful DoTs (Combust II is the most powerful Healer DoT in the game) both of which can't miss if you don't gear for accuracy. If you do build some accuracy, you can put all your DoTs out in a single Cleric Stance lock out.

Noct Aspected Ben ~> Cleric Stance on~> Combust II ~> Combust ~> Aero ~> Cleric Stance Weave off ~> Noct Aspected Ben

You can increase DPS without risking a cleric stance lockout with cards. ASTs have the power to sustain the most DPS heavy healer in the game, WHM, into the off heal role. One ewer is a balance.

Just a few things I think about. I always love to see a good AST heal. Too bad we can't share a mind bonus just yet, as sch and ast. :c

I just find it funny that WHM is always the main heal in every party, when they have a really good DPS and HoT heal kit.

Ast does need a buff to their Celestial Opposition and Time Dilation while in nocturnal to synergize with their shielding aspect, but other than that I wouldn't touch it.