Nocturnal Aspected Helios and Succor shield for virtually the same amount. The 20-ish potency difference from the Sect bonus is honestly laughable due to how trivial it is, and in no way outweights the advantages of the fairies, particularly Eos. Coupled with Covenant, the frequent availability from Sacred Soil and the occassional shield buffed by Illumination, plus how ridiculous Deployment Tactics can get when stacking heal+ buffs (which NoctAST can't abuse as well)... yeah, no. NoctAST is trash at mitigating compared to SCH.

Their single target shield is okay I guess.

Don't get carried away by the seemingly higher potencies, SCH is miles ahead better than NoctAST in pretty much every conveivable way. It's the result of the hilarious overbuffing we've been treated with for the past patches ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

PD. I don't say all this to put NoctAST down. SCH is monstruously overpowered atm and NoctAST is the most inferior healer out of the three by far. That said, the healers are still the most balanced they've been for a very long time, so whether or not we need changes on any of them is errrr...

NoctAST could use some sort of buff, though.