Quote Originally Posted by WaxSw View Post
Take the potencies and cd times and switch it however you feel is best, the gameplay idea of having aetherflow as baseline and fairies (not just eos) as the powerful heals + more dots and ruin 4 is the only really important thing , idm if numbers later on make sch the lowest rdps/hps healer of the game
It's the multiple DoTs and Ruin 4 that are the main things making me say, "Jeez". There's just too much HW/SB SCH (perhaps ACN) incorporated into that kit, and just feels like a blast to the past. But as I said before, I understand that this is a ShB rework, and not really a rework going forward. Nothing wrong with having some fun with some ideas, and there is some stuff in that kit that I really like.

However, the rework I envision nukes probably about 70% of that kit. They would obviously retain the bare essentials for a barrier healer, and still have Lily; I don't even know if they would still have Aetherflow after I cocoon it. At least not in its current state. I would introduce entirely new mechanics to this job that would likely involve the SCH getting something when/if their shields are broken. Shields that release a heal when broken (think a less potent version of excog, but with mitigation tied to it) can most certainly be a thing as well. The Fey gauge would get reworked as well, I am just not sure how this resource will be built or spent. I just know that I would like the skills tied to it to be somehow linked to Lily, and Lily would no longer function as a pet, but a familiar.

Of course they would get some damage abilities. Anywhere from 6-8 of them AAMOF, and they would be very satisfying to use. One such ability I thought of is a DoT that the SCH applies and after inflicting an enemy with it they can also increase the potency of damage it does up to a max. While I know Yoshi leaned towards not giving healers this kind of responsibility it actually isn't a rotation. It is simply a mech where the SCH doesn't just cast a DoT and forget about it until the timer is about to expire; they can actually increase its potency by casting it again while the enemy is inflicted with it; or augmenting it somehow to give it that effect.

That is how I am thinking when it comes to SCH changes. I want absolutely nothing to do with SCH in its current or previous states. So long as they retain their fairy and shields, their identity remains intact.