Scholar and Healing (ignoring the dps aspect)

[Emitans]

Scholar is the strongest healer that prevent raid damage....and always have been

AST has stronger shields that cost less MP and are instant cast.

also scholar indominity is 800 potency in 60 sec as it only got a 30sec cd.... ast earthly star is 60sec cd... for a 720 potency but u need to wait 10+ sec to even get 720

Indom isn't free. It competes with Lustrate and Energy Drain for Aetherflow stacks.

Sch can prevent mechanics from happening which a ast cannot do and sch have the best kit out of all the healers to deal with most mechanics within the game

Again, outside of crits, AST's shields are better in every way than SCH's.