New Scholaring!

[Cynfael]

Snip

Embrace: It doesn't work well as a clutch heal because of fairy AI. I find that trying to micromanage her heal to that extent isn't effective. Depending on the state of pet AI in any given patch, she might also have her Embrace go on cooldown when cancelled.

When the tank is in unexpected trouble, I might patch with a Lustrate while mashing for an Adlo and for Embraces to commence (if I'm not already forcing them on the tank).

AoEs: Succor beforehand for major AoEs; time a second cast with start of AoE as usual. Whispering Dawn etc. if healing big AoEs solo and needing party topped off faster; otherwise use Embraces to top everyone off as damage shifts back to tank.

[Divine_Intervention]

Yeah the fairy heal is being a bit of a pain at the moment. I do like that when it's actually available, it gives me the option of healing 2 people at once (One for my hard targeted tank, the other for a soft targeted player who's taking damage)

Also, not 100% effective, but i have one macro only , on embrace i have it so that i can heal a focus targetted player. Of course i won't be using this in progression raids, as i'll be a good scholar focus targetting the boss xD

Did my first 8 man as a scholar, Hydra to help a buddy out. was pretty fun!

[Cynfael]

Did my first 8 man as a scholar, Hydra to help a buddy out. was pretty fun!

Nice

As for Embrace, I assigned a mouseover macro to my spacebar so that I can use it easily without having to reposition my hand (shift+spacebar is my jump since it's not needed as often and never during a fight). The fairy's lower heal potency and longer CD make it virtually impossible to steal aggro by Embrace alone, so feel free to spam it.

[Divine_Intervention]

Thanks! I just did t5 to help an fc member through it (we didn't get the kill for him :/ ) he had a bit of trouble so i pretty much solo healed it down to 12%

Found that being able to manually spam embrace while locked in conflag rocks !

And yeah, i'm really gonna have to try attaching a mouse to my keyboard and try these things out xD Although i have no idea how pc players manage their mouse, keyboard controlling all their abilities, moving around AND actually managing to type a full sentence rather quickly through all that lmao.

[Wizarus]

Selene makes a difference? I've never once heard anyone complain about me using Eos, but I have gotten complaints about me using Selene. At the very least, I'm in Cleric Stance a whole lot more when I'm using Eos.

[Cynfael]

Selene makes a difference? I've never once heard anyone complain about me using Eos, but I have gotten complaints about me using Selene. At the very least, I'm in Cleric Stance a whole lot more when I'm using Eos.

Selene makes a marginal difference overall. BLMs tend to benefit the most since they are constantly chaining hard-casts and have no resource issues, hence are likely to stack high base spell speed.

Aside from being loved by BLMs, Selene is the only reasonable choice in situations where Eos is completely redundant.

[YukariOro]

Selene makes a difference? I've never once heard anyone complain about me using Eos, but I have gotten complaints about me using Selene. At the very least, I'm in Cleric Stance a whole lot more when I'm using Eos.

There are times when Selene can make a huge difference. I used Selene 99% of the time recently when I redid Steps of Faith with my fc for the third time. Given that the trial is mostly a dps check, Selene's ability to speed up everyone's spell casting and abilities helped a ton in that fight. So yes, it can definitely make a huge difference, depending upon the fight, whether you use Selene or Eos.

[giantslayer]

You have virtually no control over the faerie when conditions for auto casting are met, so manual casting is for when she won't do it on her own. There is a little more to it than just the 80% health: she only auto-casts within 21 yalms.

I have written a fairly exhaustive guide on faeries that goes into this and much more in great detail. For the OP, I am a fellow PS4 player, so I think you will find it to be very helpful. Check my signature for the link.

[Divine_Intervention]

Hey guys! How are you?

I just tried T10 on scholar today, and i gotta say that WASN'T comfortable. I mean i realise i have about a year extra experience on white mage, but as a scholar i had trouble managing my mana effectively, wasn't helping catch up on group healse (post wild charge for ex) and just generally felt i wasn't doing a great job.

Does anyone have advice for a new scholar to this fight please? I tried looking for Scholar guides to this on YT etc, but nothing useful there!!

Hope your all having a great week, and take care

[Cynfael]

Does anyone have advice for a new scholar to this fight please? I tried looking for Scholar guides to this on YT etc, but nothing useful there!!

Hope your all having a great week, and take care

- Have an agreement with your (presumably) WHM co-healer as to who will handle Prey during which phase and what priority system you will use. In my group the WHM handles single Preys except when Crit Rip goes out simultaneously. I also call out my target in Mumble to help avoid redundancy.

- Choose a tank to babysit for add phases.

- Lay down Soil and (and of course pre-Succor) for Tethers and Charges in final phase to help counter small mistakes and reduce the healing needed after.

- If everything goes well, you should be able to DPS for most of the fight. It's not very healing-intensive, and either class can solo the healing requirement.