Healing tips for Turn 8

[Yonko]

Anyone have any healing tips for Turn 8? My static just started on it last night and we were taking massive damage but I think we weren't dealing with a mechanic (homing missle) correctly. Everyone was just staying stacked.

[Malevicton]

Yeah, if i'm remembering the names of the moves correctly then someone should be dragging homing missile out of the group. Either your OT or -- if you're running solo tank/5 dps -- your most survivable dps should be absorbing that hit. The line is like the snipers in brayflox; if someone runs through it then it attaches to them. Then they can just run to the flank (or anywhere, really, as long as it's not in the group).
That's probably a big part of the problem, but keep in mind that there are a lot of aoe dmg mechanics that are supposed to happen, mainly the defensive reaction. Being familiar with the timing helps quite a bit.

[Taika]

Someone should take the missile thread away from the group, as it hits for the same amount of damage no matter how many people it hits. For healers T8 is all about knowing when the big hits (mainly defensive reactions) will come and being prepared for them, as much as keeping the tank in good health for possible crits and making sure the missile person stays alive for the missile.

[wicked-one]

Get the Missile out of your group by a Mellee or Bard, avoids massive damage...

be prepared when the Towers blow up (the one with the crosses makes huge raid wide aoe damage) and when the mines drop and they are on the dps/healer side, because some poor dps hast to probable eat it and they hurt good (big deal if one hast to take two, because u usually split the area in sectors and assing ppl to step the mines according to their sector)

The mines have a great radius, so be sure the raid moves far enough if a mine spawns near to your stacking point.

and when allagan field kicks on (about 2/3rd in fight) shield (adlo+stoneskin) this person and move him out so he don´t get hurt by satelite beam, because every damage he takes, will be multiplied and dealt to the raid...

[Yonko]

Thanks for the tips. It was our first time in there and while we had watched/read up on the fight we just missed the homing missile mechanic.

[PetiteMalFleur]

Clease the dot off the tank.

[Okashii]

When you get to allagan field, timing on proc'ing towers is really important. So if it gets messed up, I start casting a cure3 on the stack when allagan has about 4 seconds left (in case a defensive reactor goes off RIGHT before allagan field -- in which case, massive damage to the raid unless maybe sch got a lucky crit adlo up)

[BunnyChain]

Assign one healer to Esuna/Leeches the bleeding but keep an eye on if it actually gets removed.
As a scholar:
Physick is mostly enough for the first couple phases of the fight, conserve your mana,
make your Faeries spam Embrace which is probably going to be Eos.
X-Ether potions for when you have to raise people or your Faerie gets cleaved by that stupid Dreadknight.
For the Homing Missile you might want to throw an Adloquium on whoever is taking it away from the group,
there's at least 1 occasion when a Defensive Maneuver goes off right before it hits.
Before 'Defensive Maneuvers' (2 aoe tower) 1 of the faerie buffs, either Fey Covenant or Fey Illumination, Sacred Soil and Succor,
Rouse, Whispering Dawn.
Before the mine towers throw a Succor on the group. Be ready to quickly heal people if someone wants/needs to take two mines.
Be careful not to make a big heal go off before the Dreadknight appears.
Adloquium and Stoneskin on the one with Allagan Field.

• conserve MP, make use of Faerie (place her close to the boss)
• Homing Missile - Adloquium / heals (Stoneskin)
• Defensive Maneuvers - Faerie buff, Sacred Soil, Succor, Rouse and Whispering Dawn (Medica II)
• Mine Towers - Succor (Stoneskin assigned ones?)
• Dread - no big heals (Eye for an Eye / Virus)
• Allagan Field - Adloquium / Stoneskin (reapply if they wear off)
• Don't panic and focus!

[Princess_Rosilee]

My advice to you would be to not stop healing. It's one of those fights where you're bound to have some mana issues unless both healers are syncing up well. I'm a WHM with 5.1k mp and I still need ballad for a good portion of the fight. The reason for this is I find no time to be idle. It's one of those fights where your tank can be at max hp and drop really fast (especially when dreads are up). Next is always ss/ requiem for allagan field. also leech/esuna the tank. and don't be afraid to ask for ballad. that's about it for now.

[Taika]

I'm a WHM with 5.1k mp and I still need ballad for a good portion of the fight.

Haha, I've been feeling bad about needing ballad at the start of last phase with my 4,3k MP.