What changes will push sch out of meta

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I do love how people are complaining about SCH still when it's rather obvious that AST is by far the strongest healer right now.

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If they're not adding a new tank or healer, then the least we can expect is some actual balancing that will make all three equally viable.

All healers are viable, there is a difference with being the meta and viable. I'm not sure why this is getting lost in the thread.

You can't doubt SCH is strongest, it always has a place in any competitive raid. However AST is a not-far behind as 2nd best healer. That's a far cry from when it was a distant 3rd back at 3.0. AST/SCH is the strongest combo, then WHM/SCH, and last-place AST/WHM (which didn't used to be viable at-all for progression, until the last Midas Noct buff).

This tier is the closest to healer parity as we ever been through out Heavenward, all three healers have similar clear rates for Creator Savage. It doesn't get any better than that, just because one healer isn't in the meta doesn't mean it's not viable nor is it a problem. White Mage is a way better place currently in this game compared to Paladin. There isn't a lot they need to do for WHM today, aside from buffing it's MP economy which is the worst of the three healers. However it isn't going to change the fact that AST has cards that buff.

The reality of the OP just wants AST/WHM to be so good over a taking a SCH, and that just isn't going to happen. So to make it viable, we'll make the Noct shields stronger than SCH, that's fine. We obviously have to make up for not having a fairy so lets just make the combo try to take less damage. Great. We can do this combo this tier without anyone complaining, compared to back in Midas.

Similarly on the tank combo, no sane group does PLD/DRK today. You lose out on so much. The healers are in a very good place right now.