Quote Originally Posted by Chasingstars View Post

The main way to decrease the damage taken from an engage like that is having a Scholar who can just use their own LB+Shield+Deployment to create shields to also grant themselves and their allies an 8% damage buff. In addition Expedient+Dot+Deployment causes the engaging team to suffer 8% penalty while the defending team also gets an additional 10% damage mitigation. And that expedient provides a movespeed buff which can allow allies to escape if the engaging team screws up.

Also speaking of paladins, I seen plenty that try to be annoying by themselves. They usually lack the damage potential and rarely contribute anything meaningful to their team. Especially with Onsal. Its like a lost puppy that doesn't know any better.

Also doing the scholar Shield+Expedient+Dot on a Dragoon who is trying to engage unironically is the prime target to cause more harm to the premade team. As the Dragoon's extra damage taken debuff applies to the dot which can then be spread to their teammates. How strong of a dot? The dot with shield and expedient on a dragoon is close to a 83% increase in potency as a 0BH scholar when spread to the dragoon's teammates. In general the dot spread is very potent especially on Shatter where an enemy team can be given a 8% damage penalty and therefore it basically negates a BH1 if they have it, a negative BH1 if they don't have any.
You're really hyping up the scholar. An LB and a spread shield aren't saving you from a burst. They might save the tankier jobs, but the only real use case you have is expiedent helping your team spread out faster and then again... only your party. The best advice to avoid dying to an enemy burst is scatter and mitigate losses then crack back on them while they're vulnerable.

Secondly, Dragoon naturally has a 50% damage mitigation. Getting into life of the dragon reduces that to 25%, the same mitigation that all of the range have. You're better off deploying off a range unit then trying to time hitting the Dragoon during life, especially if the Dragoon hits you with roar.