It was easier to put the danger on himself since he was more experienced with that role, and he had something like that to fall back on as a safety blanket.
With him keeping the attention of the Spirit or Evil Spirit, he could create situations that would allow others to contribute to the fight, whether it was allowing Bethany Nicole to land a ranged attack or for Jessica White to slip in and out to land a deadly close-range strike.
With such roles being given to him and the others, it allowed Sloane to know where he was needed even more, so he started to work more on spells and techniques suited to such a role, like those that augmented his physical capabilities and combat power.
The team of Balancers was still quite small, but it had a good enough number of people who would work together in roles that would support each other quite well.
