Need some WHM Speedrunning tips please

[Zedd702]

Sigh... this could go many ways.

Most often times (especially in the one you mentioned about the tank already being yards away by time the SSII cast goes off) that's just a impatient & bad tank. Sorry, can't excuse that fact. When I tank HM dungeons I ask the team if they want the massive speed runs (if we have the proper setup), not two NIN or 2 MNK or even a MNK and NIN. I usually leave it up to the healer to decide if they can handle speed runs or not, but even if they can't we still get through the dungeon fairly quickly, because the tank controls the pace. Also the tank you mention probably neglected to use his cool downs and most likely just mindlessly ran in and ran around, as if he were trying hopefully to dodge AoE's in all the clutter while spamming is AoE hate.

As for when I heal Speed runs w/ WHM, especially for the above scenario, I generally have Benediction ready for that type of tank who does not wait for buffs. After that, I generally apply regen (after he/she has all the hate and stops to continue grabbing that hate). From there it's usually just Cure spam and using my Freecure w/ Cure II and an occasional Medica II, in case DPS grabs hate from a random mob off the tank. As the group demolishes the final mob, just before it dies, I recast SS on the tank only, but I do keep SS on DPS and myself throughout the dungeon. It's just a matter of familiarizing yourself with the pace of the battle and how well the tank performs at managing the hate. In rare scenarios, where I have an under geared tank that can't take hits from cottonballs, I usually will pop CS (Cleric stance) after applying medica/regen to tank, waste my swift cast then Holy to get a group stun in order to kind of buy time to re apply SS and heal the tank before mobs recover.