Quote Originally Posted by RitzNBitz View Post
In fact i'de beckon this combo is alot stronger then diurnal/sch. Diurnal feels like a poor mans WHM sometimes. And DPS wise on par or stronger then SCH/WHM due to cards.
The problem with NoctAST+WHM vs DiAST+SCH is the lack of stacked regens, and as such, CS uptime will be less for whoever is taking care of the MT. SCH+DiAST can very easily leave AspB + Eos handle most of the MT damage save for tank busters, and big hits on the party will always force the WHM to put up Medica II, which not only takes casting time and less CS uptime, but also big chunks of MP that, in your example, would be better spent DPSing. Whispering Dawn takes care of all that and completely ignores these setbacks.

I'm not saying WHM+NoctAST is bad, I actually think they can work pretty well and also agree that they can cooperate very well in having them both DPS, but that pairing is still inferior to DiAST+SCH by a considerble margin.