What’s the point of Physick for Summoner?

[Gruntler]

Then the solution is simple: either change SMN's Physick into an ability, or change Rekindle (its potential upgrade) into a spell.
Either way would allow the former to be upgraded into the latter.

Or leave it alone and use your other three cure/barriers. Summoner doesn't need a fourth. An argument can be made to have Physick scaled off Int. An argument can't be made that SMN lacks cures.

So is Vercure, and even if it's (mostly) used as "dualcast fodder", it's still an utility-based spell (thus, subject to CDs).

The fact that it is a spell is what makes it so that 'dualcast fodder' is, in serious content, it's only real utility outside of utter emergencies. The other thing is that RDM (until Endwalker) had nothing else as a defensive option. No regens, no shields, no ogcds. RDM had no Titan, no Manawall, it had Vercure and that's it.

If Physick can't scale to INT for balance reasons, then fine.

Honestly I don't care if it scales to INT. But no argument can be made that SMN is wanting for defensive options. Not one. It's got an embarassment of riches here.

But they could (at the very least) "streamline" it so it still serves a purpose, thus, a place in players hotbars (post-Lv.49).

Or just delete it. SMNs don't need what a better Physick would provide.