Tried out PvP with WHM and SCH...made me reconsider PvE choice.

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My main character is WHM, love it. Occasionally play as SCH, but still like WHM more.
Before patch 2.1, I already had all DoM classes to lv50.
Main WHM has Relic +1, average iLvl at 86.
The rest (SCH, SMN, BLM) have only Relic +0, mainly in DarkLights, with SCH sharing some of WHM post-DarkLight pieces.

This weekend, I started to try out PvP, randomly playing with all 4 DoM classes to get some taste and experience, then bought Purity and Equanimity at rank 6. Retried with SCH and WHM, until rank 7.

I must say, I nearly hop on SCH bandwagon after my lil' PvP tryouts. Playing as SCH in PvP is much more easier and "powerful"/"in-control" than WHM, mainly due to all kinds of utilities available to SCH. So much so, that it even makes me reconsider my choice for PvE.

Here's a score-list that I made when I try to decide if I should focus pvp-ing with SCH or WHM.
I ended up mixing PvE considerations in it halfway through. So not every item in this list is PvP-orientated.
This list is made with "WHM vs SCH" in-mind, for decision-making. Since I am leaning towards WHM, [1] = WHM wins, [-1] = SCH wins, [0] = neutral/note.

Here we go:
[1] Holy (AoE DPS + Stun)
[0] Holy impossible to pull-off without Swiftcast (PvP), even with Swiftcast, long animation time.
[1] Fluid Aura (knockback + bind)
[1] Protect
[1] Stonewall
[1] Stone (slow)
[1] Benediction
[-1] Benediction cooldown too long (pvp)
[1] AoE Heals
[0] AoE Heals hardly used (pvp, teammates scattered)
[1] Regen + Medica II mini-regen pre-battle (pvp).
[1] Divine Seal
[1] Repose
[0] Repose (pvp), more often than not, cost Swiftcast to pull-off. Swiftcast is very valuable.
[1] Presence of Mind
[-1] Presence of Mind cooldown too long (pvp)
[0] WHM can use 1h + shield, has trade-offs.
[0] WHM Burst DPS. SCH DoT DPS, but free to heal after setting-up DoTs.
[-1] WHM limiting MP factor.
[-1] WHM when revived, mp big prob. SCH can regain quickly.
[-1] WHM heal procs totally unreliable (can't be specced to improve), SCH crit proc is spec-able to improve chance, gives double shield.
[-1] SCH awesome healbot (pet)
[-1] SCH has alternative offensive pet if intensive healing not required, can even silence.
[-1] SCH insta-cast blind (Ruin II).
[-1] Miasma II insta-cast, reduce hp healed + slow, hit multiple targets, great when many melee chasing.
[-1] Miasma II insta-cast aoe through wall, interrupt cast-time spells (PvP). Holy can hit through wall too, but impossible to be used as interrupt due to long cast time and animation time. Even if used with swiftcast, long animation time (both swiftcast + Holy) still makes it quite impossible/highly likely to fail.
[-1] If WHM's teammates hit by SCH insta-cast Miasma II decease, needs multiple cast-time Esuna to clear before cast-time heal. 1 insta-cast = costs multiple cast-time. WHM team at disadvantage vs SCH team.
[-1] Fluid Aura affects only 1 person. Miasma affects multiples, plus decease.
[-1] Lustrate, can be used 3 times every 1 min (75% hp), or 6 times in a burst if saved-up.
[-1] Lustrate is very great for PvP compared to Benediction, because unlike PvE where boss can often nearly one-shot player or where mechanics requires healing to full (such as Pharos), in PvP it's preferable to have low cooldown sufficient heals to deal with highly dynamic situation.
[-1] Enhanced Eye for an Eye is awesome (pvp + pve).
[-1] Enhanced Virus is awesome (pvp + pve).
[-1] Sacred Soil is awesome (pvp + pve).
[0] Succor AoE less heal but has shield.

I didn't even need to weight/sum the points up. SCH vs WHM is so great in PvP, I feel as if I am handicapping my team if I play as WHM...But I still find playing as WHM more fun and rewarding, probably due to the challenges, so I have no plan of switching, I'll just train till I get better in PvP. Still, wish to put the list I made out here, to see if others share the same feeling.

Lustrate makes me hope that Benediction's cooldown time becomes 1mins, but insta-heal 50% hp.
Miasma II makes me hope WHM gets a debuff that will reduce hp healed for enemies in PvP too.

I really hope WHMs can be made on-par with SCH in future patches, both PvP and PvE-wise.


TL;DR: another blatant WHM vs SCH thread. No, don't worry, not asking to nerf SCH, because I am playing one too.