Pros and Cons of each Healer Role

[Rawrz]

The key item is that these are generic comparisons. They're intended to outline the advantages and disadvantages of Jobs.

You can and should file "MP management" under the "pro" category for SCH
You can and should file "Highest Sustained DPS" under the "pro" category for WHM
This is by no means trying to say that WHM is always the superior choice for sustained dps.

On the other hand, saying both that "SCH has the highest sustained" and "SCH is the most flexible" implies that SCH is always the superior choice for sustained dps, which just isn't true.


One more example:
if comparing BLM and SMN, you might say BLM has higher sustained DPS, but poorer mobility. That isnt to say that in practice BLM will always have higher dps 100% of the time or that its always superior to SMN. It's only a reflection of the rotation. However, if you were to say SMN has higher sustained DPS based on the scenarios where it can pull better numbers, it misrepresents SMN has being completely superior at both dps and mobility.

That word sustained though o-o Kind of implies that as X approaches infinity, one DPS has the highest at infinite. MP is a real crutch. If you're bringing a WHM to 100% DPS, then you aren't going to be having as good of a time as someone who brought a real DPS. Selene can heal over 30% [being conservative, Ive had allot of fights where I've main healed (Total Embrace heals>Their total heals) with just Selene compared to the other healer], so the SCH really doesn't need to drop Cleric Stance to help. Burst fights like SSS really can get your mana down on a WHM, but you EASILY hit numbers higher than an SCH at that time. After those 3 minutes of spamming, youll be scraping your MP reserves even with using Assize and Shroud to their full potential, where as a Scholar will be near 100%. How you should list WHM Dps strength and SCH's DPS strength is:

WHM: Highest AOE and Single Target BURST DPS. (AOE: Aero III, Pom + Holy + ASSIZE DX.Single:Aero III, Aero II, Aero, (Assize, Fluid Aura, Pom Pick 2) Stone III
SCH: Highest Sustained and Mana Nuetral DPS. Most Capable of healing contributions while DPSing. (Super Virus, Embrace/Rouse, Possibility of consecutively weaved Lustrates/Indoms without impacting DPS)

If say during A6 when the 5 mirages sit there, and there were MASSIVE damage spikes, I would main heal that as the SCH to let the WHM push our DPS. The WHM can easily shred my DoT based damage in the amount of time her aoes allow us to kill them, because that is a WHMs strength. Front Loaded burst.