Quote Originally Posted by YanderePrincess View Post
You're making more assumptions as well. First off, I never said SCH needs a Cure II. They do, however, need adequate compensation for not having a Cure II. They used to have that. Now, they don't.
They're definitely better off 68-70 than 65-67, but they need a bit more. They are definitely a more difficult class to play than WHM and require significantly more effort to optimize, but they don't gain any benefit over whm by being optimized. A higher skill ceiling should bring with it a higher benefit, not slightly less benefit than the lower skill ceiling job.

Oh, and OGCDs for days? You get 3 every 45 seconds. WHM can do 4 if you count Divine Benison which gives a nice shield, as well as another one that's every 72 seconds and then Bene once every 3 minutes.
WHM Benison requires gaining a lily and that means manually healing damage with Cure/Cure II to proc, and it also burns all your lilies regardless.

Dungeon-wise leveling at 65-68 is fine on SCH and it was the first job I leveled in SB during EA. Getting better healer gear beyond i270 is just as important at these levels as it is for a tank, as the treadmill stat gain at 65+ is very large.

Excog is immensely useful, and should always be used when big damage is coming, even at <50% HP for the enhanced heal. Smart Lustrate use only if someone is in dire health, not burning them for top-ups or just to make one feel better about the HP bar. One or two Adlos on mega pulls to help make tank cooldowns more potent or when one isn't up, while going back to cleric stance damage. Indom is the best AoE heal the job has, and should be used whenever possible for the situation. All the while building the fairy gauge at later levels, because Fey Union is immensely powerful for the hardest dungeon pulls in the game.

Like others have eluded, SCH is the oGCD king of healers. There is an instant button for every situation, and Eos Embrace is still as-good for single target healing.

But you can't be spamming Adlo/Succor on the job, and use of Physick should be limited as much as possible to where you are not using it normally. To the point where it has to be a button you had to reach to grab because the pull is that insane for anyone to handle.