Scholar 5.0 Discussion

[galbsadi]

The SCH healing kit is strong because of its versatility, not because of raw numbers.

Thing is, it's not THAT versatile, really.

Sure, WD can be cast while moving, but loses the initial heal of MedicaII and has less potency after the pet tax and also has a 60s cooldown and also requires a fairy to be active and not doing something else and risks being lost to animations due to some recent bugs. (Both are now on the GCD, FYI.)

Lustrate is basically Afflatus Solace with 100 less potency and sharing resources with SS and Excog, rather than just Indom (Afflatus Rapture).

Indom is basically Afflatus Rapture with 100 more potency but sharing resources with SS and Excog, rather than just Lustrate (Afflatus Solace).

SS is arguably stronger than Asylum (10% dmg reduction instead of 10% bonus healing received), but comes with a shorter duration and shares resources with Lustrate and Indom and SS.

Excog is a slightly more powerful Tetra that you precast instaed....but comes at the cost of sharing resources with Lustrate and Indom and SS.

Aetherpact is a more powerful Regen, but comes at the cost of burning resources that require Aetherflow charges that you only generate by using the above abilities while Eos or Selene (not Seraph) are available and in combat and in range. (If any of those aren't true, using Aetherflow abilities does not built Aetherpact ability)....oh, and it can also only be on one target at a time and prevents that fairy from doing ANYTHING else while active.

Aetherflow is like part of an Assize that doesn't do damage and doesn't cure party members but restores a bit more MP and has a longer cooldown and activates the SCH equivalent of the Lily gauge that WHM don't need to do anything to activate....oh, and it can also only be used in combat, too.

Adlo is a potentially slightly more powerful Divine Benison that has less of a cooldown but requires a cast time and is weaker if not timed properly, or a less powerful Cure II that doesn't have a Freecure buff but can be cast a bit earlier.

Physick is literally a less powerful Cure that also doesn't have the chance to make Cure II free.

Succor is a potentially slightly more powerful Medica that is weaker if not timed properly, or a much weaker Cure III with a wider range.

Fey Illumination is a less powerful Temperance, unless Seraph is out, in which case it's still a less powerful Temperance.

Fey Blessing is basically Plenary Indulgence except for cast later, and costs Aetherflow, and requires the correct fairy out.

Dissipation makes SCH heals kinda like WHM heals somewhat for a bit in potency, but at the cost of no fairy (read: no gauge buildilng) and provides a bit more access to the pull of shared abilities, but on a 3m cooldown.

Seraph is a 2m cooldown that makes fairy healing almost as strong as a regen with some minor shields and enables two basically free succors within a roughly 15s timeframe (after accounting for animations)...so it's kinda like a weaker Presence of Mind, perhaps?...of course without any DPS utilization if raw healing isn't needed.

Emergency tactics basically converts the shields into raw healing, making them more like traditional WHM heals, but on a 15s cooldown.

Recitation is basically Thin Air but only for healing abilities, and (i'll have to check back again tonight, but IIRC also only works for one cast)

[Does not exist] is like Benediction.

There's a reason the raw numbers are higher, and it's quite arguable to say that it's because of WHM versatility.