Quote Originally Posted by Boomsmash View Post
Wrong. AST's Malific 4 is potency 240. WHM's Glare is 300 potency, that's 25% more. AST cannot close that gap, it's 6% buff from unminored cards, and 8% with a minored. Even if those stack they don't get you there, Divination doesn't count as it pushes everyone including the WHM in the other healer slot in the full party up higher. And that's just one skill. WHM got synergies, to heal and harm, great. Where is AST's synergies within their own skill set?

What, exactly, is the draw for an AST to be wanted? It looks like "heals are weak, damage is weak, we just bring you for Balance botting and will kick you to the curb if you can't keep buffs up constantly."
If you want to compare the potencies, you will have to take into account that malefics cast time is much faster than WHMs glare.