Converting from a WHM to SCH

[Garnatian]

I've downed Titan with some amazing scholars. They make Titan mechanics look like nothing. They know how to time virus and keep the whole party up over half health through 8+ stomps.

In coil my group has both a SMN and SCH. They are both amazing additions. The SCH recently leveled a WHM and will ask what I'd prefer her to run. I will always say SCH. The damage mitigating skills of the SMN are also really helpful in rotating virus and E4E cooldowns.

Virus is irrelevant. The WHM misses out on the Magic mitgation from Virus, which is more than made up for by Proshell.

A WHM trumps SCH if it is accompanied by a BRD.

[Ninix]

Virus is irrelevant. The WHM misses out on the Magic mitgation from Virus, which is more than made up for by Proshell.

A WHM trumps SCH if it is accompanied by a BRD.

Virus is absolutely relevant. With Virus (which, when cross-classed, does not effect Tumult since it's magic damage), Sacred Soil, and Fey Covenant up you can get tumult ticks down to about 420-470 dmg per which is an absolutely massive reduction in healing burden on later tumults. Then on the next round you can use EfaE, Fey Illumination, and Sacred Soil, which won't reduce tumult damage quite as much, but makes up for it with the buffed heals on both you and the WHM (if you're duo healing). Next round, you go back to the first set of cooldowns since Titan's rotation is just over a minute long.

Also, the increased magic defense from Proshell does not provide anywhere near the same amount of mitigation as Supervirus. I've had runs where I only put Fey Covenant up (20% magic defense, vs Proshell's 10%) and then on the next round only put Virus up and the difference is quite large, around 60 points per tumult.

Anyway, OP, make sure you do not neglect Eos's buffs or leave them on autocast. Keybind Obey, Steady, and Place, as well as her abilities. Always use Obey and Steady when summoning her or changing zones, and Place her within range of the tank during fights. She's much better at spamming heals when manually placed for whatever reason. If you're going to use Fey Illumination, make sure you place her somewhat close to both you and the WHM since the range is a bit small (15y). Being a good SCH healer has a lot to do with managing you and your fairy's cooldowns properly. You have a ton of them and they're quite powerful. I can solo heal well past 9 tumults without much of an issue as long as people aren't making me waste mana on healing lots of avoidable damage from plumes/bombs. Hell I find solo healing Titan easier on my SCH than my WHM because I don't need to concern myself with MP or threat generation whatsoever.

[Espon]

Virus is irrelevant. The WHM misses out on the Magic mitgation from Virus, which is more than made up for by Proshell.

A WHM trumps SCH if it is accompanied by a BRD.

Ideally you're going to have both a white mage and a scholar, so I'm not sure what you're trying to get at with this.