Is SCH + AST the meta?

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I was curious on the world first savage race, and checking through most of the contender streams, they run SCH + AST combo.

Some don't stream so i don't know their healer combo, but it seems odd that SGE is missing, is it due to recovery issues?

Possible reasons:
1.) Expedient is REALLY strong, making SCH a tad more versatile in different utility than SGE. This does not mean SGE is weak, just that SCH has something those groups prefer.
2.) More players are more experienced playing SCH than SGE due to SGE being newer. It may also be that they simply prefer playing Scholar.
3.) AST damage buffs + SCH critical up from Chain Stratagem to increase raid dps further.
4.) Maybe they didn't bother with Sage yet.

Sage really isn't bad for healing / shielding / mitigation, it has a pretty good amount of it. It is just that it is a bit more like it is like what WHM is to AST but to SCH instead.