AST Sect Theory

[Apeiron]

I still don't see the point of a strategy that has two healing classes taking turns to use the same skill when said skills overwrite one another.

A WHM stacking regens with an AST? Sure. It's going to overheal like crazy if you AoE spam it and you'll be a little squishy from a lack of shields, but it's doable.

SCH and a Diurnal AST? Easy peasy. SCH's new burst ability helps cover for AST's lower healing, and AST's buff roulette is plenty helpful.

WHM and SCH? Old School.

WHM and Noct? Just fine. AST's ST burst healing and shields are plenty strong as long as its MP holds out, so keep feeding the AST the Ewer card and you should be just okay.

SCH and Noct? No. While the shields that AST and SCH are probably roughly equal, not being able to stack them means a lot of wasted MP, and AST can't burn MP like a SCH can. Much better to go Diurnal and pop regens.

This is assuming that the AST is being as proactive with their A. Benefic as the SCH is with their Adlo, which they shouldn't be according to this hypothesis. Originally, this strategy was put forward as a way to discuss how best to take advantage of the AST sects. With lower potencies, the hypothesis goes, an AST mirroring their co-healer would be capitalizing on the individual strengths of that healer (HoT, lots of single target healing). A WHM/AST(Di) would have their HoT stack, while providing the necessary quick Benefic/Cure to keep the party alive and handle mechanics accordingly. A SCH/AST(No) would have the SCH continue to be proactive with their shields, while the fairy and AST handle keeping party members well off. If for some reason the AST shields at the same time as the SCH, yes there may be a weaker shield (depending on who shielded first) but there would still be a shield, and some amount of damage would be mitigated.

.....I'm just going to pretend that you didn't make such a ridiculous assumption and ignore your post. XD

It's only a ridiculous assumption if you don't clarify. For all I know, you might be a jerk and insta-kick people. It's not all that ridiculous of an assumption when I have no working knowledge of who you are.