Succor - Impossible to get full potential?

[Seryl199]

This is in no way a complaint about scholar aoe healing. I'm aware that scholars can perform aoe heals at a perfectly satisfactory rate. What confuses me is the nature of succor. When cast before or after aoe damage, either the heal is wasted on topped players, or the shield falls off before the next round of aoe damage. Succor is like a spork. It tries to do two things at once, but really only does one thing at a time with a lot of wasted effort.

There are of course times when it's a very strong spell, like titans stomps, and it goes a long way towards keeping you alive in coil enrages, but outside of that it consistently feels underwhelming