Scholar Fairy, which to use?

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Wrong they should heal for same amount as cure 1 since sch lacks in healing spells that a whm and ast have.

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LOL. Ok.

My WHM heals for over 8,000 in a single Cure I. No way should the fairy ever heal for that much in a single Embrace.

Fairy is supposed to complement your healing toolkit, not replace it.

No way in HELL an Embrace should be able to do more than or as much as a Physick - UNLESS a time came where we'd become a true pet class and most our healing be done through fairy controls, in which case our healing skills/abilities would have to be nerfed down to the bloody ground OR given to the fairy.

Our healing tools are actually quite powerful - differently so than WHM or AST, but strong nonetheless and buffing fairy to be able to have the same HPS in a cast as a cure is just. Way too much. Do not need.

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Wrong they should heal for same amount as cure 1 since sch lacks in healing spells that a whm and ast have.

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Nope. SCH is all about damage mitigation. If you use your spells correctly you don't need the huge heals whm has. Also, I use Eos in dungeons and Selene when solo. It's really up to you which to use but for me, eos is better in group content.

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Wrong they should heal for same amount as cure 1 since sch lacks in healing spells that a whm and ast have.

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Yeah it's a huge problem that they make SCH heals heal for so much less becuase "fairy" then make the fairy suck so hard.

Eos most of the time
Selene if I'm in 8-man content that could benefit from her or if theres already a scholar in the party with Eos out.

Depends. Eos for fights with a lot of AoE, Selene for fights where you need a group dispel.

However, when they nerfed the basic heal of both fairies, Selene became useless. Silence is completely useless and responds too slow, and the dispel has very limited uses.

I prefer Eos in all situations anyway.

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Originally Posted by Sylvina

I heard that a chocobo can even outheal the healing fairy now. Should I be using the buff fairy instead? need more info. I got a free 70 SCH with my 70 SMN and would like to learn to play it (even tho SE can't balance healers so it kinda sucks)

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i dont remember what i was doing ixion or a hunt
but a chocobo crt heal me for 10k

Eos for progression and to help learn the fight. Selene for when you have those fights on farm, since her Fey Wind can help speed up the clears.

For trials I'll start with Selene, cast Fey Wind as the fight starts and swiftcast Eos out for the rest. +3% skill/spellspeed isn't worth keeping a fairy with worse healing around and while Eos' healing isn't spectacular anymore a roused Whispering Dawn does heal for quite a bit and Fey Illumination helps when you know high damage is coming.

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Wrong they should heal for same amount as cure 1 since sch lacks in healing spells that a whm and ast have.

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No. Scholar's don't actually need a Cure 1, and all fairy skills are technically free heals. Scholars don't operate on the same "small heal and big heal" rules that WHM and AST do as we rely more on instant casts and mitigation.

Honestly, if you are so bad off you need to constantly micro-manage Embrace, something is wrong and you should probably peace out of that party.


As for OP, Eos is generally useful in all instances as her skills better synergize with our big heals. I usually only break out Selene in instances where I can use her AoE esuna skill, like the Odin trial's bleed stacks during the DPS checks.