Are SCHs weak?

[Kyani]

Scholar is really hampered by the lack of scope of The Feast - things like Regen & Repose get better the fewer attackers there are; whereas Scholar's higher potency direct heals (~800 potency / gcd, before lustrate) get better as incoming damage increases. There's nothing actually wrong with Scholar in PvP specifically (just PvE things like raising with no pet or Aetherflow) but it will always suffer in the environment of Feast because Feast's sustained damage simply isn't high enough relative to burst for its strengths to show.

That said, give Scholar / Summoner their Heavy back. There's no reason for it to not be available when SCH and SMN are widely percieved as the weakest in their roles.

[Canadane]

For the first couple seasons I did pure SCH. Not sure if anyone remembers me, but I did get gold at one point (and promptly deranked back to silver lol).
I quit the feast for various reasons, but when played right a SCH holds their own to any other healer. It's not without its weaknesses but it's certainly viable.