Quote Originally Posted by GrimGale View Post
WHM is the most popular because how its kit feels to play.
WHM is the only healer whose kit builds up to something. It's the satisfaction of the blood lilly that makes it so popular.

You use the lillies, you weave damage and healing and then are rewarded with a big burst of lights and numbers.

SCH's kit has no build up, just a bunch of CDs at your disposal to burn at your whim.

AST's kit has a sense of build up with the seals, but it's awkwardly frustrating to build and most of the time you are delayed by the long CD on divination which forces you to burn cards on Minor Arcana which doesn't feel good at all.
Not to mention that Misery consistently deals a lot of damage (you can very easily get 40k+ without crits, which is very satisfying to look at as a healer), while Divination takes twice as long, is still subject to RNG, and gives a weak buff nobody will notice, not even yourself.

AST's buildup is rewarded by the faint feeling that you might have done something, while WHM's is rewarded with a massive nuke.


Choose your fighter.