Why does Holy miss so much?

Edit: Problem Solved.

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but a google search and forum search turned up fruitless.

I must be missing something here, at least I hope I am. I was really looking forward to this spell. I've been testing it for over an hour now, and it's missing 60% of the time. The level of the target doesn't seem to matter either, I missed against a level one ladybug twice in five tries.

I like to think I'm very well geared so I really don't think that's the issue.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...racter/240528/

As of this writing it hasn't updated yet, but I've replaced the head, hands, legs, and feet with AF.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've spammed Holy for the last 5 levels, and quite a bit of farming in WP. I have a hard time with it NOT missing. XD Maybe just terrible luck?

Edit: Sorry that wasn't useful at all. lol

All I can say is, are the enemies moving? It requires a cast time so like any other enemy who does aoe's against us, if they get out of thr aoe range (even though we can't see it) in time before the cast ends, they are in the clear.

Edit: sorry for the typos earlier.

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Originally Posted by Kellauchia

All I can say is, are the enemies moving? It requires a cast time so like any other enemy who does aoe's against us, if they get out of thr aoe range (even though we can't see it) in time before the cast ends, they are in the clear.

Edit: sorry for the typos earlier.

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Wow I feel stupid for not realizing this! I thought it would be the same as stone and stone two.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Healers who spam Holy don't understand that end game content needs a tonne of Accuracy rating to land blows. Heal gear doesn't really need accuracy rating. That would be why Holy misses, and it also costs over 500 MP, which you could put DoTs on instead of or cast some Stone.

Your accurancy is very low this is why.

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Originally Posted by Iroukan

Your accurancy is very low this is why.

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No it's not. This problem has already been solved.

I wasn't missing against level one mobs because my accuracy is low.

I think it's a range issue. I use holy on the flan boss in WP when the adds spawn, and they stack on the tank at first. I run to the center and cast, and it hits them all. It rarely kills any but it weakens them enough to where the fight goes much faster. If the DDs start pulling them all over the place, then it's not so effective.

EDIT: I have seen where holy did not effect the health bars at all, they still appeared to be mostly full after the cast, but they either die that way or the DDs killed them in one shot. Perhaps there is a bug with processing the health bar graphic, but they are all dead within a second of casting.

This is news to me, I never knew you could miss with Holy, lol.
And I use it quite a lot.

The mob has to be in the range when your cast ends, not the animation. I farm with it alot and it happens that i start casting it and my cast ends with the enemy in range but then he starts moving out. So i hit it and stun the mob but the second holy wont affect him because in the meatime of the animation the mob moved away and was actually stun out of range. I don't know if it works has intended, but that's how it works now.
I hope im clear enough, english isn't my first language.

Yeah the animations throw me off with Holy.

Although in a way I like it, Swiftcast + Holy then I just run away out of the mob to go back to a distance and despite being a good few meters away it still hits them all.

Swiftcast > Holy for moving mobs. Just as the person above suggested.

Holy probably misses because healing gear comes with no Accuracy. That is a stat, and it is actually important.

Hi OP,

I would recommend editing your opening post with the top line saying Solved. This is branching into the topic of Holy and Accuracy.

To people saying "Low accuracy", the only time it's reasonably probable to miss with Holy is during Coil.

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Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

Hi OP,

I would recommend editing your opening post with the top line saying Solved. This is branching into the topic of Holy and Accuracy.

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Ya good idea people obviously aren't reading any replies.

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Holy probably misses because healing gear comes with no Accuracy. That is a stat, and it is actually important.

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Then maybe you can explain to me why Stone 1&2, aero 1&2, thunder, repose etc have never ever missed for me. Not once.

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To people saying "Low accuracy", the only time it's reasonably probable to miss with Holy is during Coil.

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Do people REALLY believe it's an accuracy issue when I miss against mobs 20+ levels below me??? Sheesh!

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Originally Posted by Odd

No it's not. This problem has already been solved.

I wasn't missing against level one mobs because my accuracy is low.

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Missed the part where you did say that you were attacking low lvl creatures. But assuming I have like 440 ACC on my monk at this lvl without any effort, this is the first thing that pop my mind when i saw your character sheet on Lodestone.

:)

Holy is also effected by the 'elevation' glitch. Places like WP with stairs for example, you will miss even if the mob is right next to you. Couple key places near bridges in AK come to mind as well. Even in coil it seems to have a better then Stone accuracy for me like in turns 3/4.