Scholar Advice

[OmegaSinX]

Hi, I main the scholar and am looking for some advice on how to play the class better. I feel I may be missing something but I want any experienced scholars to come and share their wisdom. My most concern is how to go about using "Adloquium" properly compared to physick. I usually end up burning mana fast. How to handle big pulls in dungeons? etc

In dungeons:

- Your Atherflow abilities are really powerful: Before we pull, I like to cast Adlo on the tank that way I have some time to do a little DPS before his HP is below low. As a Scholar, you have a lot of burst healing so its ok to let the Tank get to about 70% before you start healing. Unless its a Big pull, then you have to be really on your toes. And if you need to heal quickly, Excog or Lustrate. If Excog is up, use it over Lustrate for the Bigger Potency if the target is close to 50%.

- SCH have oGCD Burst Healing Use it to your advantage : If the Tank pulls small, I will usually let him get to 60~70% HP then: Physick > Adlo > DPS. Watch to adlo to wear, let him get to 70% then repeat. If it's a small pull I don't use Excog because most of the time, it will be wasted, especially if you party with a WAR since they have multiple self Healing options.

- Prep for Big Pulls : If the tank Pulls Big, which they will in Endgame Dungeons, I recommend casting Excognition, Eye for Eye, and Adol at the beginning of the fight. This can be done in less than 4 seconds. Because E4E and Excog are oGCD. This we help you immensely because sometimes healing can get intense especially if you're under geared. Lustrate is your Oh S**T button, and Excog too if its up. When you get to level 60, you will be king of burst healing when you get Dissipation. This skill gets alot of flak but it is extreme powerful for when you need to do Burst healing. Out of stack and Low on MP? Use Dissipation. Still dont have enough healing, use Fey Union to help out. If all that isnt enough, The tank prolly pulled to big, or you may be undergeared.

- SCH are more powerful than most people thing: Most people look at SCH potentency and thing they're weaker than WHM, but in fact, the very comparable when you factor in your pet potency. For example Physick + 650 potency (well not really since pet doesnt scale as much as you do, but you get my point). This also lies SCH strength in comparison to the other healers: You can heal MP free and Heal and DPS simultaneously. Sure eos heals are pretty weak on their own, but when coupled with other abilities Eos is not laughing matter.

- Don't heal like a WHM. You should Anticipate Big Hits and protect against them versus reacting to them after the fact. Big AOE incoming ? Then Sacred Soil > Adlo > Deployment Tactic ? Know a big hit is coming and it wont kill party ? Boom indomitability > Whispering Dawn after it hits (All the Savage content is a good example of this). Tank Buster Incoming? Excog > Eye for Eye > Adlo.

- Dont Spam Succor & Miasma II (Too much) These are your biggest MP Killers. In general, you shouldnt be having too much MP issues with Aetherflow/Dissipation/Energy Drain/Lucid Dreaming in your toolkit. Seriously, The only time I have MP issues is when I spam these abilities like its the end of the world or If im back to back Rezzing people. I use Adlo quite modestly(when it wears off) and I dont have issues with MP.

- Bonus This is just a preference for me, use it if you want. Create a macro that couples Embrace with your DPS abilities e.g bio, miasma, bane, etc.:

/ac "Broil II" <t>
/pac embrace <tt>

Sure it might over heal, but its free. This allows healing and DPS simultaneously without thinking about it to much. It works well for me as I am able to dps just a bit longer before I heal. Sometimes, EoS is enough for me to dps the whole fight.