As a healer, is it my job to DPS? A new perspective.

[Lambdafish]

Well im a healer first and foremost so if people need healing i will heal and ignore the dps ones as that is my priority. Sch is not a dps class. And its doubtful that it will be made into one because thats what summoner is for

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Then you (as a WHM) shouldn't be DPSing, the SCH should. That is the pro DPS argument in raid, one person handles healing, one person DPSes and heals when they need to. If you find yourself not healing in certain phases though, then you DPS.

This isn't a black and white conversation, and is completely different in raiding than dungeons. Having two healers means that optimal play has one healer primarily healing, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't DPS when they can, only that they won't get many opportunities too.

SCH is suited as the DPS-Healer like WAR is the DPS-Tank, and they have so many skills that support them in this design space, rouse, bane, DoTs, shadowflare, 3 single target attacks, and energy drain, most of which compliment them as a healer, as they deal damage while the faily or player heals. That is how the job is designed whether you like it or not, and content is designed to allow them to be played that way.

Edit: I should add to the above is that if both Healers are 100% healing, then you WILL be overhealing and wasting time and MP, the exception being lots of deaths or a healing check.