Enough about AST! How do I use Emergency Tactics?

It was obvious going in to Heavensward that SE thought Scholar has some major healing muscle. But while we're brilliant at keeping the bar from going down, we're weaker in the "making it go back up" department. So, fellow book nerds, tell me how and in what situations you use Emergency Tactics? I've tried it out organically but it just makes me wanna spam Physick instead of fight the server latency. What say you, dead skill or hidden gem?

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Originally Posted by Kumori_Kumo

It was obvious going in to Heavensward that SE thought Scholar has some major healing muscle. But while we're brilliant at keeping the bar from going down, we're weaker in the "making it go back up" department. So, fellow book nerds, tell me how and in what situations you use Emergency Tactics? I've tried it out organically but it just makes me wanna spam Physick instead of fight the server latency. What say you, dead skill or hidden gem?

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ET is mostly for turning Succor into Medica. Easy solution for restoring HP lost to a party-wide AoE without blowing your Indomitability.

ET+Adlo is for restoring a large chunk of HP without using a Lustrate stack. I don't find myself using this technique very often.

I generally liked it for Succor when facing large AoE hits on bosses. It's less useful on Adloquium since you're probably going to cast another heal on the tank soon anyway. But it's rather nice for situations when Indomitability is already down, or when you would need two Succors to top off the group and can't spare/don't have the Aetherflow for Indomitability.

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Originally Posted by Cynfael

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I hadn't even thought of that! That's kinda cool then, and makes a lot more sense. I didn't notice because I always end up with one extra stack for that Indom. But I guess as I find myself blowing more on the various damage-intense fights, that could end up being a much better option.

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Originally Posted by Kumori_Kumo

I hadn't even thought of that! That's kinda cool then, and makes a lot more sense. I guess I didn't notice because I always end up with one extra stack for that Indom. But I guess as I find myself blowing more on the various damage-intense fights, that could end up being a much better option.

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Indom is still great, but if the need to heal and/or move your ass isn't urgent, ET+Succor lets you use that stack for an Energy Drain etc. instead (or simply lets you keep the CD ready for when you truly want to use Indom).

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Originally Posted by Cynfael

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That's perfect then, because the one thing I always hated as SCH was seeing the party's HP drop like a Dre album while I helplessly hammered Eos to maybe WD sometime this century. It seems like these two in conjunction put some big-time Save The Party tools in the kit. Urth's Fount would've gone so differently!

Use it as a non panic button lustrate

How to use Emergency Tactics:
Use Adlo.
Use Emergency Tactics.
Use Adlo.
Repeat as desired every 30 seconds.

Its a temporary weak Cure II, that if it crits is unholy.

Didn't follow the guide? xD If your target already has a shield, use Emergency + Adlo. It saves you a Lustrate.

How do this same thing on Astro:
Use Aspected Benific (Nocturnal)
Use Benific II.

Repeat as desired.

ET is a great move and very usable, but I feel its missing something, like maybe an auto crit, instant cast, or reduced MP cost. But I guess since its on a 30sec CD that's why we don't have any of those. But, in regards to MP 2 Physicks are better than one ET Adlo, it's great for succor though.

ET is a great tool and as mentioned above
ET+Succor =medica
ET+Adlo= no need for lustrate.
The only thing i feel like it should be changed in this CD is the animation, in my opinion it is too long for an "emergency"

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Originally Posted by Muahbec

The only thing i feel like it should be changed in this CD is the animation, in my opinion it is too long for an "emergency"

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I feel that the emphasis is on "tactics." This is not the ability you hit when someone is literally about to die (Lustrate and Indomitability can be used for that already); you use it to more easily avert an imminent healing emergency.

There are 2 reasons to use Emergency Tactics:

1.) When AOE damage is taken, and players are not in danger of taking damage in the next 30 seconds. Using it with Succor here allows that Shield damage to be converted to HP instead of falling off.
2.) When trying to get a tank up quickly from low HP and using back to back Adlos. Since shield don't stack, using Emergency Tactics here on the second Adlo allows max effective life per GCD.

I never use ET with Adlo. As, people have already mentioned, I think the best use is to turn succor into medica when one succor isn't enough to top everyone up.

When you crit with your adlo on your tank and he is at low hp : ET + adlo is usefull

When you adlo your tank with low hp and the boss cast a skill : ET + adlo during the cast can be usefull

All this...lesson taught.

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Originally Posted by Escha

Use it as a non panic button lustrate

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This. Same for Indom and Succor. The end.

Emergency Tactics is pretty sweet too when you're solo healing or healing an assigned tank only. You may see more uses of it for Succor when playing with an AST as your co-healer. But its as I like to say, there is no recipe for healing. Try some methods and see how it works better for you and your healing partner.

i would say use it for succor, i found it pretty pointless using it for adlo. since SCH used to "lack" AoE heals in 2.x(only having succor) now because of emergency tactics you basically 3 AoE's. Though since none of them are spammable i would definitely leave emergency tactics for succor and AoE healing.

Emergency Tactics + Succor = Medica

Emergency Tactics + Adloquium = Cure II (If critical, DOUBLE CURE II! *maybe*)

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Originally Posted by Eul

Emergency Tactics + Succor = Medica

Emergency Tactics + Adloquium = Cure II (If critical, DOUBLE CURE II! *maybe*)

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ET + Adlo = non instant Lustrate for 1k mana that will grossly overheal if it crits , there i fixed it for you.

ET tactics succor is particularly useful when there's a ton of aoe and you don't really need the shield afterwards, or when you want to help your whm that is struggling with mp.
Some very nice examples on how ET succor is useful can be found in alexander savage clears videos by elysium and lucrezia.
Not very useful on adlo imo, but you can always use it to save one AF and slightly increase your dps /shrug

et succor + succor is very nice in huge AoE fight like a3s. Makes you not have to worry about losing HPS if the shield wasn't absorbed before the next succor.

Et adlo is super niche, a crit is usually a huge overheal, where as if it were a normal adlo the shield would be more effective since it would give more healing overall. I've only ever used it on dRk who have walking dead active.