How to SCH in T10

Can someone share with me some tips for T10? I am having trouble applying adloquium on the target, by the time I see the rebuff mark on the party list, and select the player, I might not make it in time. Is it really necessary to use adloquium or can I just use pre cast succor?

Myself and our scholar with general healing tips can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zosvXwJ0tKQ

but in general during non add phase preys your whm should be handling the tank healing so you can focus on landing the adlo on the prey target. the trick is to learn the timing so you can keep yourself from getting caught casting, since even with a cancel you may not be able to land the adlo with consistency.

Sometimes succor is just not enough. As Pharazon pointed out, knowing the timing of prey really helps. Prey will out between mechanics usually. Once you get the timing down you will be able to adlo quicker. However, I must say during double prey, it is important that you and the WHM split up who casts on whom. The way my group does it is that I get whomever is on bottom and the WHM gets whomever is on top; Unless it's on ourselves, in which case priority is ourselves and the other covers whoever got the prey.

Here is a video if you want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RF...BrG8StVodCOZjw

The prey mechanic is pretty easy once you look into a little closer.

First up, for the bulk of the encounter prey is entirely predictable to the point where you can time it to within a few seconds accuracy. Record yourself if possible, jot down the rotation for the first two main phases and stick that to the side of your monitor or tv whilst you carry on learning the encounter.

For phase 1, it's easiest for the SCH to handle Prey with Adloq, you need to be alert and able to target people quickly for this as not being able to will pretty much guarantee a wipe in phase 3.

Initially, the double prey of the add phase feels like the hardest part of the mechanic to deal with, but frankly, it's actually the easiest. Have the WHM pop POM and Stoneskin both healers as well as all of the DPS, if you can time it so you start doing this a second or two before the adds pop, all the better as the first double prey will come right as you finish up the stone skins. As long as the tanks position the adds correctly and don't get the raid AoE'd these stone skins coupled with a pre succor will safely absorb two prey hits without issue. More gets a little risky so it's better to re stoneskin the target after the prey hit to be safe particularly on the second add phase.

Finally, phase 3 consists of a 2 move combo followed by ~20 seconds of fluff attacks, prey only ever gets used alongside critical rip as a potential 'fluff' attack. It's easiest if the WHM focuses on dealing with the critical rip hit on the tank whilst the SCH Adloq's the prey target, if you're struggling to spot the prey quick enough, remember that you can focus target the boss and watch for the critical rip cast at this point.

Good luck, and work on your targeting speed and accuracy!

Phase 1: Prey comes after Wild Charge
Phase 2 (Adds) : Double Prey pretty much immediately after adds spawn (Have your tanks pop CDs, so you can spare 1 GCD to adlo/stoneskin victims)
Phase 3 : After Heat Lightning strikes (Not HL + Wild Charge combo, just HL).
Phase 4 (Adds): Similar to Phase 2, but due to the nature of additional adds, there will be a consecutive double Prey coming up as well (not simultaneous, more like 2nd prey icon appearing 2 seconds after 1st prey icon appears)
Phase 5 : Always after HL + Tether combo, Prey will combo with Critical Rip as well, better assign 1 healer to handle Prey and another to handle Rip.

Preys are extremely scripted, just get ready when you know 1 is about to come up.

I noticed if dps have b4b up my adlo will not mitigate enough and the additional stoneskin is needed. Knowing this can help your WHM prioritize stoneskins on your physicality dps who use b4b.

Thanks for all the advice!

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Originally Posted by Hippo

Thanks for all the advice!

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Good luck and let us know how it goes!

T10 is kinda easy. Its scripted

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Originally Posted by Hippo

T10 is kinda easy. Its scripted

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Well....so is every other fight in the game I guess?
Glad to see you going from "how to T10" to "It's easy" tho :).

For Scholar you can easily capture preys with Adlo and as others have said, they happen at the same time each attempt so you will eventually get the hang of when it will come.

The first prey will happen after the first charge. What I do is I'll focus on my allies debuffs and wait to see which gets the Icon for Prey then quickly click their name and proceed to Adlo. Prey has a 6 second countdown and if you begin casting adlo at 4 seconds you are generally safe.

After that he should go into electrocharge. If you split healing with your other healer, be sure to have aetherflow stacks and adlo your tank, eye for eye and virus one of his adds. Adlo on tank should be done before they spawn and eye for an eye the second they spawn with a virus on the add ASAP. Then wait for the double Prey. The way I handle double prey is to adlo one like normally then swiftcast adlo the other. During the cast time of the first adlo you should be able to quickly spot the second target. The other way around the double prey is to use Eos' AoE healing buff for an extra +% healing. Then cast Succor. If you are over Ilvl 110 you should have enough mind to shield everyone enough to absorb the prey.

The daughter should be dead by then on one of the tanks. After she dies the next pray should be coming very shortly from the other one. After that the damage should ease up on one of the tanks and your other healer could help keep the other tank alive well and you can focus more on the last prey. Holding Lustrates is really important on this because it will help you when you need to cancel a heal and cast adlo on a preyed target instead.

The after add phases the preys come right after the first heat lightning or combo (phase 3) that the boss does. After that its after EVERY OTHER one. So basically every ODD one. If you want to help heal thru critical rip, best thing to do is use one lustrate after the prey goes off at the same time he will critical rip.

One other tricky part is during the second add phase, after you kill the first two, the second set spawn. The preys will be a bit scattered but there will be 2 1 right after another... you can get this without stoneskin, just be prepared for it.

Good luck!

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Hey everyone,

I sch for t10 and pretty much take care of all preys. My group runs with a whm as the 2nd healer. I wanted to ask you sch's, who handle preys on your own, if you ever see a 2nd pair of double preys in both add phases (2 instant preys...not the staggered one that you get in the 2nd add phase) and if you were able to cover the 2nd pair without swiftcast?

I ask cuz my grp lets dps dots finish off the 1st daughter, so sometimes I will get a 2nd set of instant double preys if the daughter isn't killed quickly enough from the hanging dots. And sometimes don't make it in time since I've used the swiftcast on the 1st set.

I DPS a lot on t10. Sometimes I'm caught in cleric stance when prey goes out. Ive found that even a CS Adlo is enough to mitigate the effect of prey. Just something I thought I'd share.

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Originally Posted by Lanesplitter

I ask cuz my grp lets dps dots finish off the 1st daughter, so sometimes I will get a 2nd set of instant double preys if the daughter isn't killed quickly enough from the hanging dots. And sometimes don't make it in time since I've used the swiftcast on the 1st set.

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Prey has a 7 second cast. Your adlo takes 1.90 seconds at most to cast and recast with your gear set. That said, ask your WHM to stoneskin one if it's causing issues. Also see if b4b is up on your target. At your item level the damage may be breaking through.

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Originally Posted by Lanesplitter

Hey everyone,

I sch for t10 and pretty much take care of all preys. My group runs with a whm as the 2nd healer. I wanted to ask you sch's, who handle preys on your own, if you ever see a 2nd pair of double preys in both add phases (2 instant preys...not the staggered one that you get in the 2nd add phase) and if you were able to cover the 2nd pair without swiftcast?

I ask cuz my grp lets dps dots finish off the 1st daughter, so sometimes I will get a 2nd set of instant double preys if the daughter isn't killed quickly enough from the hanging dots. And sometimes don't make it in time since I've used the swiftcast on the 1st set.

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You can always cover any double prey without swiftcast, provided you don't lag, but if you're slow to react or if you're mid-cast when the preys go out, the timing will be tight and you will be safer off using swiftcast. Failing that, your DPS can stop being babies and take a 5 DPS loss or whatever and just finish the daughter off.

I found the easiest way for me (as sch) to deal with double prey is for my whm to call out who she is getting then I can grab the other one. I was having trouble grabbing the 2nd person. I play on controller and it was just slightly difficult for me to get them both in time.

As whm, I prefer to simply PoM/stoneskin the DPS and both heals as the adds appear. As long as the SCH keeps succor up, Prey won't chip through stoneskin for that entire add phase. Whilst it's a little harder on MP, it pretty much renders Prey a non issue at that point leaving more time to focus on heals/dps.