Quote Originally Posted by JohnSpawnVFX View Post
Because it doesn't need one. Shields aren't just any gimmick. They're virtually indistinguishable from actual restored HP, with only a very minor amount of attacks that bypass them, usually reserved for enrages and dps check fails. Meanwhile regens do deserve their own category, because they can't be used the same and unless their effect has already expired, you don't have their full restored HP available at any given moment (unlike shields where the whole restored amount is available as soon as the spell takes effect)

SE even gave it the same MP cost as the other two "non-gimmick GCD single target heals", and basically the same potency (not even factoring in Critlos and Recitation). As for Emergency Tactics, its main use is mostly to heal before attacks that would take too long for the shields to stay up and a few aforementioned shield bypassing attacks who aren't of the duty fail kind. There's no reason to ET an Adlo just to simulate a Cure II, when most of time, its normal way of healing is suitable enough.

I find it ironic that you have mentioned spells that overlap in terms of category, but Adlo is not allowed to because reasons? Why can't it be both the large ST heal and the gimmick ST heal?

(Same applies to Succor ofc)
The fact that your opening line is literally "because it doesn't need one" indicates that you admit SCH doesn't have those two heals I mentioned.

As for the rest of your response. You reiterated everything I've been saying from my very first response. While SCH doesn't have a true equivalent to Cure II/Benefic II or Medica/Helios, Adlo and Succor can and do, while under ET, fill that role, but if you were to categorize them, they would fall under the gimmick/special heals, not a large or AoE heal.