We could really do much with Sch- A Shb Sch rework

[Grimoire-M]

I gave you the living dead idea to put an example of common doom mechanic, something like TG in Orbonne or that simply forces AoE hp heal would put Sch at an insane disadvantage and with what you propose you would have to had 1st recitation ready, 2nd physick and 3rd emergency tactics just to have a chance to heal it, not mentioning how recitation even tough it works with gcd heals is used with aetherflow heals as its a dps gain, I think its an aproach too clunky when you consider SGE doesnt face those problems by default. What is keeping Sch now from using shields its not how many of hp/regens there are but how expensive shields are, we avoid gcds like a plague and 2/3 ways we have to give shields are gcd tied only 1 is not tied to any gcd and its under a 120s cooldown so thats why Sch doesnt shield that much and why at least in my rework the ogcd sourced of shielding are implemented

With the shields I'm more fond of the idea Gemina proposed of having returns from a shield breaking, reason being that when planning our heals we treat shields as part of the total potency of a heal (i.e for us a succor is 405 potency not 180) making a shield that can break after X amount of hits will mean that we have a variation factor that would make planning more weird and for mechanics that hit multiple times with weak hits basically using them would be waste.

Totally forgot about thunder 4 tbh and its something that would be fun to work with

You can fully top the party for White Hole mechanics with the current scholar kit just fine if you’re prepared for it. I’ve done it for WoL consistently. Does it take a ton of resources? Yes, but it takes similar effort for any solo healer effort. Reci-Indom + ET Succor + Soil and/or Whispering Dawn with Excog on the main tank and a lustrate for the off tank. Sequence it properly and you’ll get Dissipation for that Succor and only need to use one GCD heal (sometimes I’ve had to use a second Lustrate).

Current Scholar has enough raw throughput for those mechanics. The minimum I’d want is charges on ET for extra consistency, even if it means that gets a cooldown nerf. It’s not my go-to ability for those situations but it certainly helps. If Indom got changed so it had more throughput when used in conjunction with Physick (Ex. Indom now shares a CD with Lustrate, but its potency goes down to 300 while Phyaick grants a buff that increases it and Lustrate’s potency by 40-50%) then you’d have an easier time with Living Dead and White Hole solo while still preferring the aid of another healer to some degree.