AST Sects: Should it go both ways?

[Riyshn]

I hate using outlying information to make a point as well, but the gist of it was to prove that at adequate skill levels scholar can overcome their shortcomings in raw mitigation. In my opinion they have more than enough % mitigation to make up for the paltry loss in shield potency, if not exceeding it in output. It sets precedence for content of similar intensity in the future I guess is what I was getting at, we'll see as more clears come up. Personally progressing through Ultimate on SCH I see many points where I think that N.Ast have an much harder time working through, but that's from the viewpoint of someone who's a "meh" Astro on a good day

That's not the argument you originally made, though. You said that N.AST falls short of SCH in every way, which... they don't. The fact that SCH's mitigation is potentially enough for a given fight does not negate the fact that N.AST's mitigation is objectively stronger.