Quote Originally Posted by Jeykama View Post
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Um...a good WHM doesn't need Shroud until after 38 anyway. Heck, even though you can say its the "lesser" Aetherflow, a good WHM can heal long battles and keep mana over 50%, especially getting lucky on Freecure procs (only free healing a SCH gets is Succor if it procs from Sacred Soil) and using Regen wisely. Divine Seal also helps a ton with mana management, since if your heals do more, you don't have to cast as many spells...

Terrified of Regen? Most mid-level dungeons Regen is my primary source of healing. Heck, I've healed almost an entire Cutter's Cry using nothing but Regen (with a few Esuna and Cures on bosses)...and it was DF'ed with a WAR as tank. I use Regen all the time post-50 as well, to supplement my Cures. Hard to rely on Eos's Regen, even when you have her on obey, thanks to the long downtime.

Yes, you can heal through all the poison and sludge that happens before getting leeches...but where Esuna is really useful is paralysis. Sure, its not all that common...but in the DF, someone getting paralyzed can make or break a fight. And if you have undergeared people getting poisoned in the DF...yeah, Esuna is your best friend. I've healed many Brayflox DFs as a WHM with no BRD and had no MP issues, even with heavy Esuna usage.

Stoneskin everyone before every pull so your tank has a chance to grab and hold aggro before you open up with heals. I call that an aggro-management win. Adlo is nice, but it only stops one, maybe two hits, regardless of who its on, whereas a Stoneskin can keep a good WAR protected for several hits, and can "heal" them better than any actual healing spell (minus heavily bonus'ed crits).


Now, I'm not saying SCH is bad (just got my SCH Relic last night. Very interesting double-SCH Titan run), but throwing WHM under the bus like that is...not right. They play VERY differently from each other, and if you try to play one like the other you will run into problems. The two jobs compliment each other really well, one's strength's is the other's weakness, and covering for each other makes them both shine.