Pros and Cons of each Healer Role

[Kaurie]

LMAO, I have to say I think it's quite amusing that some people are saying SCH has very powerful shields, while at the same time saying AST has mediocre shields - when, aside from the RNG based Adlo crit, AST shields are actually the same potency or slightly more potent due to the 5% buff in Noc stance.

EDIT: I should clarify I'm referring to Succor vs. Aspected Helios and the shields from Sacred Soil vs. Collective.

I guess I can elaborate. The reason why SCH shields are also much more powerful is due to Deploy + Fairy + Adlo Crit. You can deploy an adlo which is significantly stronger than succor/aspected helios - especially if it crits, but is not requried. You also have a fairy healing while you are shielding which is nothing to scoff at.

I'm sorry that I offended your class of choice with my statement.

That said, you are adding in RNG based Adlo crit - but the major benefit of an AST is the RNG based card system. RNG is life.

Oh, for sure, the crit Adlo + Deployment is Godly. Back when I was farming SephEX for weapons, any time I went SCH I would fish for a crit Adlo right before his super move. Any time that crit hit for like 5,000-6,000 + E4E + Deployment, it was laughable to see virtually no damage taken when the blast hit.

That seems like a pretty big waste of E4E :|


One more thing (edit if you already read the above), the biggest reason why SCH shields are more powerful has to do with the predictability and breaks in the encounter design. If damage was more consistent and less predictable, the reliability of constant shields that Noct stance would be great. However, as you mentioned in Seph EX you have enough time to cast like 10 adlo's after the Cochma dies and before the aoe limit break, that is plenty of time to land a crit and deploy (i'd crit/deploy 80%+ of the time easy). There seems to always be a nice buffer to allow you to aim for that crit when it's needed.