A Relic Reborn on Ifrit

[Teon]

Well just 1 paladin is needed, using shield bash. Second tank can be a war, and every other class can be picked randomly until the core formation (2 tank 4 dps 2 healer ) is ready.
Doesn't really matter if both healers are 2 scholars, for this fight.
Paladin makes things easier (and doable) with shield bash. But a jp friend confirmed me they made that boss without a paladin. Well geared (i LVL 70) made the trick.

I won this battle with 2 paladin, 2 blm 1 lancer 1 monk, 2 whm, but i can reassure you if 2nd healer was a scholar i was going to invite it, regardless of what some "guides" suggested

And i can confirm you 100%, scholars perform perfectly on ifrit HM, i partnered with them dozen times, and they performed perfectly.
Play the scholar if you like it, don't reroll just because some jerks made you think whm is "needed" Sleep is a tactical skill to make things easier. A true healer is not scared, not using sleep to keep the party up.
(Clearly if you're having difficult to keep up, BE THE JERK pretending a blm with sleep, turn their weapon against them , blm can cast sleep immediately, you have a slow cast and you waste time instead of heal)

Last but not least, if you was planning to get the scholar relic, reroll as whm will mess up your entire career, and you will not complete this quest as scholar but as whm, continuing the path to get the whm relic weapon.
Play the game as you like it, not like some ignorants wants to force you