Astrologian Guide

[Jinrya-Geki]

Using a mobile device. I am not great at being a healer, but I thoroughly enjoy being a red astrologian.

That said I don't really know when to use draws effectively. When it's best to cure and not spam heals.

I am hoping people could help me out understand which cards are best use on who and which royal road. And help people who may have the same problem.

I will try to edit later when tips are placed in the thread so no one has to scour to find the info.

[Jinrya-Geki]

This is a place holder spot incase there is a limit for later.

[Ananolf]

Hold or Use -> Balance / Arrow
Shuffle -> Anything else

Did you get balance or Arrow
Yes -> Hold or Use
No -> Royal Road

Everything is super situational or useless.

Spam Heal -> Someone is drop fast
DPS -> When people aren't dropping fast.

It's EZ PZ.

[Gist]

Why would one not use cards when they're drawn (save Spear)? I find that all of my cards do good things (at my level anyway, don't know about endgame).

[Cynfael]

Why would one not use cards when they're drawn (save Spear)? I find that all of my cards do good things (at my level anyway, don't know about endgame).

Ewer and Spire are often (not always, but often) useless to cast. There are many situations where you will draw one of them and have no one who will benefit from TP/MP refresh. As a rule of thumb, if there is no one who is at risk of running out of resources, you gain nothing by buffing their resource generation.

On the bright side, Spire can be helpful for physical DPS using AoE skills on large pulls or for WARs having to spam Overpower, and so on.

Bole is almost always useless to cast since you rarely draw it when you would actually see some benefit to applying it. If using Bole doesn't significantly reduce your healing requirement or allow the target to survive something that they otherwise wouldn't, it was a waste.

[Lyrinn]

Why would one not use cards when they're drawn (save Spear)? I find that all of my cards do good things (at my level anyway, don't know about endgame).

Burn or otherwise intense phases. Then there cards like Bole that, while still (slightly) useful, are much better used as RR fodder to empower the next card.

[ViDare]

Why would one not use cards when they're drawn (save Spear)? I find that all of my cards do good things (at my level anyway, don't know about endgame).

Becase cards like spire/ewer are highly situlational, regain/refresh don't do good at the begining of a fight so better off burning them to try and get expanded arrow or balance. Bole should always be used on tank, Balance/arrow on dps.

With changes to balance and arrow spear should always be burned to double the duration of used on yourself before popping cool downs like LA + collective opposition.

Only time you'll burn bole are balance is if you've already spread something and it's in between mobs.

[Cynfael]

Only time you'll burn bole are balance is if you've already spread something and it's in between mobs.

Broken record here, but I highly suggest not to use Bole for anything other than RR unless you have a specific use for it when you Draw it. Bole doesn't do a damned thing for run-of-the-mill encounters; it's only good for tank busters and arguably for a very large pull if you suspect that the tank has bitten off more than he/she can chew. Much like Sacred Soil, Bole is a very situational buff when you can potentially Shuffle it away or use it to set up an RR combo instead.

[NorthernLadMSP]

I don't know if I agree with that. I use Bole often on tanks. Bole and an Aspected Benefic regen and I can DPS for quite a while longer before having to switch out of Cleric.

[ViDare]

Broken record here, but I highly suggest not to use Bole for anything other than RR unless you have a specific use for it when you Draw it. Bole doesn't do a damned thing for run-of-the-mill encounters; it's only good for tank busters and arguably for a very large pull if you suspect that the tank has bitten off more than he/she can chew. Much like Sacred Soil, Bole is a very situational buff when you can potentially Shuffle it away or use it to set up an RR combo instead.

it never hurts to have it spread for a situation you might need it, or if a poor tank doesnt use cd's. plus less damage = more time in clerics