Brief Guide to How Heals Work

[Arfiel]

1. It is good practice to get a feel of each boss's attack speed so you can gauge when the next hit is coming. Unless experiencing serious MP issues, you can chain Physick if you don't trust your fellow healer. If you do, observe if s/he is inducting. Remember that in Coil, 1 Physick/Cure is about 1k heal. So if the tank is 5k out of 6k max hp and the other healer is inducting Cure, you may wait till the next hit. Remember the fairy will not top people up (from 80% to full) unless manually commanded to do so, and there's a cost to it (causing Eos to blow all her cds, for example) as mentioned in the guide.

[Arfiel]

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2. When the tank takes a big hit, ideally, use Lustrate (x2 if needed) - Adlo - Physick as needed. Manual embrace somewhere in there as well (when applicable - remember the Eos problem). Again, understand boss attack speed. For example, T4 Dreadnought will always follow his big hit (4kish pre mitigation) with an autoattack of 1.5k or so, but the tank will not be hit for 4k twice in 2 seconds. If you have no Aetherflow charges up, Aldo - Rouse - Physick (or Adlo again if shield drops) and during the second cast, manual embrace (if using Selene) or Fey Illumination/Whispering Dawn (Eos). It is generally a good idea to have at least 1 charge up within the last 20s of the Aetherflow cd (i.e. don't spend all 3 in the first 40s).

[Arfiel]

3. There are 3 ways to use Aetherflow charges: energy drain (decent damage and mp return), Lustrate (instant heal), and Sacred Soil. You should judge accordingly. In 4 mans, there is little need to use Sacred Soil, but it should be the priority in AoE damage fights. Lustrate does not save you as much mp as energy drain + Adlo, but it's a frontloaded and instant heal. So judge accordingly. If people are not receiving burst damage (i.e. when Adlo/Physick suffice), by all means use charges on energy drain. However, be prepared to miss up to 1/3 of the attacks in Coil due to low accuracy. Hence the recommendation in the guide of avoiding this method and stick to Lustrate/Soil.

[NeonC]

Thanks for the response Arfiel! Don't think I am ready to sub as healer in Coil yet but eventually I want to so this was very helpful.