I mean, has Scholar ever *really* been The Shield Healer? Yes, it has GCD shield spells which was a notable difference between the two healers in ARR, but it's also always had Whispering Dawn and Embrace, which are rough mechanical equivalents of Medica 2 and Regen. Apart from Seraph, Scholar has two shield spells, both of which it's had since ARR. I'd say SCH's big thing was its oGCD healing flexibility for much, much longer than it was "shields". It's almost like calling WHM The Crowd Control healer because it had a bind, a stun, and a sleep.