Enough about AST! How do I use Emergency Tactics?

[Cynfael]

It was obvious going in to Heavensward that SE thought Scholar has some major healing muscle. But while we're brilliant at keeping the bar from going down, we're weaker in the "making it go back up" department. So, fellow book nerds, tell me how and in what situations you use Emergency Tactics? I've tried it out organically but it just makes me wanna spam Physick instead of fight the server latency. What say you, dead skill or hidden gem?

ET is mostly for turning Succor into Medica. Easy solution for restoring HP lost to a party-wide AoE without blowing your Indomitability.

ET+Adlo is for restoring a large chunk of HP without using a Lustrate stack. I don't find myself using this technique very often.

[Kumori_Kumo]

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I hadn't even thought of that! That's kinda cool then, and makes a lot more sense. I didn't notice because I always end up with one extra stack for that Indom. But I guess as I find myself blowing more on the various damage-intense fights, that could end up being a much better option.

[Cynfael]

I hadn't even thought of that! That's kinda cool then, and makes a lot more sense. I guess I didn't notice because I always end up with one extra stack for that Indom. But I guess as I find myself blowing more on the various damage-intense fights, that could end up being a much better option.

Indom is still great, but if the need to heal and/or move your ass isn't urgent, ET+Succor lets you use that stack for an Energy Drain etc. instead (or simply lets you keep the CD ready for when you truly want to use Indom).

[Kumori_Kumo]

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That's perfect then, because the one thing I always hated as SCH was seeing the party's HP drop like a Dre album while I helplessly hammered Eos to maybe WD sometime this century. It seems like these two in conjunction put some big-time Save The Party tools in the kit. Urth's Fount would've gone so differently!