SCH lacks a single target mitigation ability

[shadowrell_d-_-b]

This.
Sacred Soil is 10% mit and a 6*100 potency regen. It's especially valuable on double tankbusters, moreso now that SE slapped a bleed on them. It costs an AF stack but you get far more for your 100 potency loss than if you'd use a plain Excog or even Lustrate. The only thing is that it needs timing (and put your tanks on a leash) so you don't lack mitigation for an aoe that absolutely needs Soil.
But the gaps between busters and aoes are either fairly short so you can catch both or so far apart that you have it up again - if you need it because no point in slapping Soil on every wet noodle aoe.
And in dungeon pulls it's a no-brainer. Just throw Soil on every pull.

This, I’ve found that soil is the answer (for me at least) on double buster mechs that require both tanks need some love, normally this with whatever my cohealer is using is all I’ve needed easily deal with any damage, it also if used at the right time will last for any subsequent raidwide for the party.

[IllyaPrisma]

As a Scholar main, I really enjoy the overall changes of SCH in EW. Now in the new savage tier, we all notice how heavy the tank buster damage can be, as they also come with heavy bleed damage. I'm pretty sure a lot of other SCH main may feel like they lack of a single target mitigation ability, when WHM, AST, and SGE all have single target mitigation abilities.

WHM and AST get Aquaveil and Exaltation respectively at level 86, which are both a 10% damage mitigation on single target (with Exaltation being a healing ability as well). SGE also gets Taurochole at level 62, which is a 10% mitigation with 700 healing potency on single target. In comparison, SCH gets Excogitation at level 62, which is only a healing ability with 800 potency.

Edit: I see some comments thought I want to replace Protraction's benefits. What I intended was to give it an additional 10% damage mitigation.

Aquaviel is 15% mitigation. Exaltation is 10% but has a heal.

Excogitation is 100 potency greater that Taurochole and has the unique trait of healing the target when they dip below 50% HP.

Protraction is already a single target mitigation tool, so your request is redundant.

Scholar's mitigation is actually so strong that it revealed major weaknesses in Sage during DSR. Sage received an additional shield on Holos because of how weak it's shielding capabilities were by comparison.

Protraction is perfectly fine in it's current state.

[Osmond]

I main SCH. One of the main problems I have with the job is fey union. A single target, tethered regen isn’t good enough. If it gives an additional effect of dmg mitigation, I’ll be fine with that. It is a shield healer after all.