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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:13 About the Job
1:04 Job Gauge
1:35 DPS Abilities
3:16 The Opener And Rotation
6:03 Heals, Mitigation and Utility
13:20 Outro
Useful link’s and sources:
The Balance: https://www.thebalanceffxiv.com/jobs/healers/white-mage/
Icy Veins guide: https://www.icy-veins.com/ffxiv/white-mage-guide
fflogs: https://www.fflogs.com/
XIVanalysis: https://xivanalysis.com/
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Music used:
Robert Schumann – Blumenstück, Op.19 https://youtu.be/nTmQPFP1JMo
Christian Teilman: Serenade “In The Evening”, Op.89 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3YGg_mf6hE
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Glad to see this. Love your guides.
I’m not trying to be mean but this ain’t exactly a guide so much as just reading the tool tips.
A guide would give situational examples as how to best process the skill uses.
Like for example, Seat of Sacrifice EX, EW EX1, or P3S where you have to heal the party to full in a short time frame or the entire party dies instantly, confession + cure 3 would be the fastest way back up once lowered to 1 hp, and instead of medica 2 after, set it up before the reduction so the HP regen is ticking before hand. If you feel that more healing is needed you can boost it by using asylum or temperance to further boost healing output to make the time frame but try to not to waste all resources at once.
Talking about combos or situations like that is going to give people a mental note of “oh this is good for raid wide or tankbusters” this current tier bleeds are a nightmare so while previously regen was almost never recommended to be used it has a far better pay off since it saves resources down the line (toxic crunch DoT on tanks)
I’m not trying to be mean but just offering criticism because this video isn’t really going to clarify healing to people new to it since they could have just read the tips themselves.
Like for anyone new to AST, they might look as Synastry as a way to heal 2 targets as the spell is intended (the person with the buff gets 40% of the other person that gets healed) so you could heal a double tank buster at once since the OT needs less priority healing right?
But Synastry could also be used as a solo heal buff. If you place it on Main Tank, and heal the main tank, they now get the full heal + 40% meaning they get a boost equal to having 2 neutral sects up worth of potency boost. But the skill never tells you that since it only explains the use of being able to heal 2 targets at once.
And on a final side note, I would explain the stat priority for the healer covered in the video. Something like WHM wouldn’t mind some extra piety if the current armor doesn’t provide enough to maintain MP through the fight, but a class like AST would NEVER want any piety melds/priority pieces since it has 2 lucid dreaming charges, and each card gives 500MP every 30 seconds and it has access to being able to store 2 (1000 instant MP) so piety is useless on AST and should be avoided where on WHM assize and lucid leave it in a bad spot if the WHM dies, loses all MP and and has lucid on cooldown and lilies get lost too so you can’t rely on your free heals either and only have access to 2 Thin air charges
Good job! such guides rly helps to better understand class new to you, when you switch from your main.
As a WHM with over 2k hours in the class heres the biggest essentials you need:
1) medica 2+regen=auto pilot. the regen effects stack on eachother, keep these on ur tank AT ALL TIMES and you can focus on pure dps
2) start every fight with a swift cast holy to stun, assize to heal/do damage, and give you time to put medica 2 and regen up if you have not done so
3) SERIOUSLY use medica 2+regen, i switched to tank lately and i can not believe amount of people i see that dont know this LEARN IT, USE IT, LOVE IT!
4) lillies are your friends, blood lilly is your best friend from childhood you had a crush on and you havent seen in 12 years and they looking FINE ASF, do not be afraid to burn your lillies in place of saving MP (thats actually what they're for!)
5) check yourself. WHM has the highest output of raw heal power, its versatility in this department with its obscene amount of OGCDs will ensure you have the ability to save virtually ANY situation, because of this its very easy to get an inflated ego and a god complex. There will always be someone better than you, and you are there to protect the party, not lord over them like your shit dont stink. dont make demands like force the tank to go further (thats their choice whether you are bored or not).
6) lastly and this is the ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: you MUST always use rescue on someone in dohn meg's final boss fight, Feel free to borrow my macro below
/micon "Rescue"
/ac "Rescue" <t>
/p Into the Abyss with ya! 😀
slight edit: also please be aware of how your tanks work. It's annoying asf for DRKs to use the blackest night (literally their best ability), and they get zero value off it because everyone is stunned. its easy to avoid this. just watch your tank status effs. TBN has a well known icon (look it up if you dont know it), if you see it, ease off on the holy spam.
Sch ever going to get one as well?
I don't think I would ever use this rotation as an opener. I never nor would I open up as a dps rotation. I cast regen on tank or tanks then medica 2 then presence of mind Dia glare then asylum rinse repeat on the basic other heals like planery indulgence and the wing spell