Astrologian Ravana Extreme Solo heal and Solo tank DRK

[Hypie]

Heya great Video.

While it really encourages me playing DarkKnight further i can't give you full Credit only 6/10.

Why? Well because of your DPS Setup. You have a Monk (highest Melee Output) Bard (best Support Output) 2 Summoners and 2 Black Mages. These are the best Overall DPS Output right now. Combined with the Foe Requim they are even stronger.

So while you did take a DarkKnight and a Astrologian as a Heal you choose the "easiest" Way in Terms of DPS. And on a Sidenote the SMN could have healed themselve if the need would arise.

Nevertheless a nice Proof that DRK is not weaker than PDL or WAR. Thank you for that.

[Vlady]

Astro's are far from weak and yes extreme modes are end game right now so his credit is valid as end game per gear restrictions. Astro's will become stronger and stronger as our cards scale with gear and damage output. Change one of our cooldowns to allow us to change sects once in combat and the double draw issue from shuffle and we will be good to go. Being able to pump out regen then sect change to shielding everyone is a very powerful ability.

[Fyce]

While the performance is good, after watching that video I fail to see exactly what the AST brings to the table which would make it more valuable in this kind of situation than WHM or SCH.
If anything, a WHM or SCH would have had less trouble with that fight, SCH especially with the benefit of using the Selene buff during burst windows.

So... while this video show that "it's possible!", I don't think the AST in itself (the job, not the player) does a particularly stellar job (pun very much intended) worth praising.
But if players still manage to do it... well, whatever then.

[FinalWolf]

Some major downplay going on now

[Hypie]

Some major downplay going on now

Well i for one don't want to downplay his Skill. But Player Skill and Class Output are different Matters. A average Healer with a very good scaling Class will make a good Healer while a outstanding Player with a far less scaling Class will too make a good Healer. Now combine the outstanding Player with the good scaling Class...and you have a demigod.

[SuzakuCMX]

Heya great Video.

While it really encourages me playing DarkKnight further i can't give you full Credit only 6/10.

Why? Well because of your DPS Setup. You have a Monk (highest Melee Output) Bard (best Support Output) 2 Summoners and 2 Black Mages. These are the best Overall DPS Output right now. Combined with the Foe Requim they are even stronger.

? MNK's damage output is around the same as NIN but 100-200 DPS lower than DRG and the only utility it brings over DRG is mantra and INT debuff.

"Best support output" is a lame moniker because it's not like either MCH or BRD have great DPS in the first place, and their DPS is actually really similar. MCH offers a bit different utility than BRD (5% damage from Hypercharge vs. 10% Magic Resist Foe's Req, damage debuffs, turrets still damage while moving in GB, etc).

BLM best overall DPS? In what world. They barely reach 1100 DPS in a stationary dummy fight being in Ley Lines the entire time it's available. SMN is largely considered to be better because of resistance to mechanics and ability to still DPS while moving.

Also Physick on SMN is shite healing, drops DPS, and wastes mana. They have no MND; it'll heal for about a third of a Benefic/SCH Physick/Cure.

Do you even know what you're talking about?

[Ditto]

If the Drk were eating those blinding blades solo, then I'd be impressed. But he was splitting the damage amongst the whole group. Makes solo tanking a hell of a lot easier than if you were eating the blades solo, as they are the only immediate threat to a tanks life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Kfrcp-nQ4

Save for example how fast they burned Ravana, the Paladin was eating the blades alone. Would probably be much harder had they hit the last phase, but I can still see them managing it.

The Astro solo healing however is pretty good.

[Lexarious]

Not really impressed by the solo tanking, as he was dodging the additional strikes from Tapasy and splitting the damage of the Blinding Blade with the group. Outside of that, there's no damage being dealt to the tank that might kill him. They usually share that damage of the Bliding Blade with the OT.

However, I'm truly impressed with the solo healing part. Grats on that! Got handicapped by people getting vulnerability up during the orbs and still kept it up. Nicely done there!

This

I knew some people would rush in here and be like SEE DARK KNIGHT RULES! without understanding the video or the fight itself.

With that said I don't think dark knight sucks or anything but saying this is proof that Dark Knight is as good as Paladin or Warrior makes no sense.

[PiPaHoLiX]

Some MAJOR downplay going on in this thread. Guess forum users are 99% SALTY about absolutely everything. None of you guys could solo heal Ravana extreme mode with a ilvl220 WHM so stfu lol.

[Lastelli]

Have you tried solo healing those 2 primals as SCH/WHM tho? I didn't realize how weak AST is compared to sch until I actually started levelling my sch and I'm sure anyone would say the same if only they had the chance to experience how the 3 healers play. Very impressive performance, yes, but this does not prove that ast is not inferior to the other healers. Also, solo healing primals has always been doable. I'll be surprised when I see an AST solo healing t13 synced at lvl50.