Swiftcast

[Nettle]

My favorite is probably in WP mass pull speed runs.

(Cleric Stance) Holy -> Swiftcast -> Holy -> Drop CS during GCD if necessary to resume heals. It's impressive burst aoe.

Sometimes I will swiftcast a stoneskin when I know a big hit is coming (Everybody's Grudge, MB, etc) so I can push healing or dps a little longer beforehand.

I've done it a couple times with medica, for instance if Titan tumults immediately before one of his unavoidable aoes.

I can't say I've ever seen a situation where a swiftcast cure is ever necessary. Unless you count trolling FC tanks on speed runs for the lols

[kayuwoody]

Yeah I love it in WP too hehhe.
Necessary? Not often. It's basically a good and flexible tool to use, and one use is similar to a mini benediction.
I'll give you an example situation: A 5.5k hp tank's down only 1.5 k hp (so at 4k currently), and you know boss will be doing a 3-4k hit in 2 seconds which may kill him if an unlucky auto attack also lands. You're halfway on GCD from healing party. You can't complete a Cure 2 cast in time, so what do you do? Waste benediction, swiftcast a Cure 2 or just cast your cure and pray? I know which one I'd pick

[Vyserion]

Resummoning pets on SMN/ACN and quick Medica/Medica II's on WHM are my most common uses.

I don't like macroing abilities together in general, since pressing two keys isn't much slower.

[Roy_M]

Using Succor/Medica/Raise/Resurrection while running is quite nice altho I use Swiftcast on Shadowflare quite often as well is quite fun use it as often you can or save it for certain situation you could tell someone "might" die xD

[Rydiah]

I use Swiftcast with a lot of spells. If I know I probably won't need to raise anyone soon, I'll use it for summoning pets, Stoneskin, Shadowflare...just a lot of random stuff.

[Seryl199]

The biggest draw for me is a mobile heal, like dodging bombs and landslide in titan, and casting adlo to top off the tank and shield for the incoming mountain buster without sacrificing mobility. Dropping instant raise is nice, but ideally, you shouldn't need it in the first place. Also, it's on a 60 second cooldown, which is pretty short, so don't be shy about using it unless you need to save it for incoming damage spikes.

[Yesterday]

If you're a scholar it helps when Eos dies too.

[Simaril]

Ok - swiftcast raise macro... What happens if swiftcast is on CD? Does it just cast raise normal? Same question for any swiftcast macro?
**edit**
NM found this in the macro thread:

I love macros that take advantage of cooldowns. For example, here is my Raise macro:

/macroicon "Swiftcast"
/ac "Swiftcast" <me>
/ac "Presence of Mind" <me>
/ac "Raise" <t>
/wait .8
/ac "Raise" <t>

Here is how it works: If Swiftcast is available, the macro will activate this and then Raise; it will not activate Presence of Mind and the first Raise because Swiftcast is still in its casting phase. If Swiftcast is still in cool down, then the macro will then activate Presence of Mind before casting Raise. Finally, if both Swiftcast and Presence of Mind are in cooldown, then Raise itself will be cast.