Good old White Mage, the classic Final Fantasy healer! How does this franchise staple hold up in FFXIV Endwalker? Let’s find out the State of White Mage!
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I really love your transpency !! I'm looking forward to your Ast one that alongside Sage is one of my favorite healers to play !
I still don't get the whole pure/shield healer dichotomy. It's just bad. As a SCH you have the best regen in the game and as AST you have like, what, 4 shields? It's poorly implemented and shows that SE would rather cannibalise job design ruining them in the process than step one step away from balancing them so a select few can do Ultimates.
PvP does it leaps and bounds better.
WHM isn't even the strongest healer. That's AST if you discount Benediction that has a very long CD anyway. It boggles the mind.
Sorry for the tangent. Ever since ShB healers have been shafted and that's coming from a healer main.
I just want my SB cards back for my AST. 🙁
Oh the reason more people play WHM is because you press less buttons (and people think it's the strongest healer which isn't true).
As AST a lot of people say they struggle with drawing and applying cards in the heat of battle, especially when the "reward" is just a +6% damage increase along with that subpart sticker system.
A healer friend of mine once said "a WHM only needs to press one button, whereas an AST needs to press two, as opposed to SCH who needs 4 – for the same result". Kinda says it all. lol
I am indeed a green dps😎 I shall not rest until my dps is on level with tanks even if I have to solo heal ;O;
WHM being easier and less busy means you have just so much less mental load on what buttons you have to hit and allows you to focus on mechs and figuring out the healing timeline much easier. Often as WHM it feels like you're just doing less work for the same results as AST could get. Only downside is, while WHM does have good mana economy, AST is unparalleled for chain raising or if they themselves die can get their mana stable so you're not screwed when you get up, but that stops becoming an issue as you and your party learns a fight. I kinda bounce between the two and they both get the job done but after playing so much AST and SGE, I've really come to appreciate the simple but raw power WHM brings. C3 for healing raidwides when you have a dead cohealer/party doesn't mit very well also makes a lot of heal checks very comfortable if you're getting strained on lilly and liturgy/assize is on cooldown. C3 is niche but I definitely have situations where I wish I had it on other healers
Just a note, before Endwalker, SCH wasn't the only shield healer, since AST can do it in their Nocturnal Sect. And any healer can run with any healer in Shadowbringer.
RIP Nocturnal Astro 🙏
The reason why AST has higher usage in Asphodelos than later tier is WHM was absolutely horrible at the beginning of Endwalker, with their non-existence MP economy,, Misery was a DPS loss, and P3S was the big wall of the tier and AST just had a better time with the fight and healing Death tolls.