Quote Originally Posted by Aramina View Post
So what would be the alternative to these spells?
It obviously can't be healing spells.

So technically, it can only be support skills, i.e. some damage reduction and some damage buff skills.

Personally, Healer Identity should be about -how- a healer heals, not what kind of support it brings. Every Healer should have support (both damage and mitigation).
AST uses HoTs for ST/AoE Healing.
SCH uses Shields/Fairy.
WHM uses big direct healing abilities.

All Healers bring support.

Their argument for WHM not bringing support is that their damage is (signficantly) higher than SCH/AST. But that argument fails on the psychological level of damage dealers. They want their numbers to be high, not that of a healer.
Therefore no DD or group would ever care about a WHM dealing damage (which is also risky, as it comes at the cost of time healing - while Stragem and Balance have no opportunity cost).