Scholar Speculations - Nerfs and New skills

[Dyvid]

Made this in another thread but I'll post it here too since its about SCH.

I'm surprise there aren't a lot of Scholars in FF games for reference here. FFXIV's version has three main characteristics; Shield, Fairy, ACN abilities.

Obviously Shields are what define SCH so it should be untouched with maybe tweaking mp cost.

Pet A.I. needs to be overhauled with Fairy included. Embrace should be considered as an auto attack and all spells changed to instant abilities (Sorry SMN still suffers from this plague if SCH has already been fixed). Furthermore using abilities should take priority over movement, meaning the Fairy would stop, cast ability, then continue moving. Selene's skill set also needs work; Silence and Fey Caress. If I'm wrong please correct me here but seem like trash abilities that could be used for something else.

Lastly we come to ACN and trying to move it away from what SMN has. Traits can do this with great effect. Part of me says get rid of DoT and part says keep them. Maybe change / combine them into two different spells that apply a DoT and debuff like lower attack damage? I think Aetherflow is a good tool and should stay. I would love to see Libra added but since telling a monsters weakness would be a laughable skill, have it lower defense? I also liked Chain Stratagem that makes to SCH feel more like a tactician using books.