White mage - Tips/Tricks requested.

[Riusvell]

Hello, I'm searching for some advice and such on the White Mage job for PvP.

I'm still quite the novice on the matter of PvP. But it's a great way to unwind from raiding and more. So hence I'm trying to improve as a White Mage. However I received little to no information from friends who PvP as they don't play White Mage. So here I am, asking for advice on the job.

[Blitzace]

I don't play WHM in pvp but i would say some of the obvious stuff,

1. Use repose/fluid aura(Why some people do not is beyond me)
2. Repose the other healer in combination with your team can mean a quick and easy kill on your part.
3. Pre-cast medica 2 before engage in battle.

Get comfortable with your heaing don't beni unless someone can be shot down with a quick burst aka don't use it when the target is a 60% as i've seen quite some whms do lately xP
And ofcourse PVP skills. So important, i don't know the names but they are life savers, Make sure to have a instant ready to heal yourself up after or fluid aura or what ever to buy yourself some time.
And i'm sure someone who plays WHMs could add some better stuff than me =P

[neoxdeciple]

Im playing WHT atm, Id say the biggest thing to remember that you have to primarily hard cast heals, so timing is important.

Blitz is spot on with his advice, if you have time to refresh medica II then do so when everyone's basically toped and little damage coming out or if one persons full but taking damage and you have a OGC big heal, you can squeeze it in. I'l usually rely on a combination of Fluid, sleep, and PvP ability's for personal defense. Never panic there's usually no need to use multiple cool downs for defense. drawing someone thats attacking you around a barrier out of line of site of the healer and sleeping them works wonders.

Sacred Prism is AMAZING for times when your getting hammered or everyone's grouped.

Fluid also can interrupt a cast so throwing it quickly on the heals and pushing them away from their team at the right moment can get your team a kill. id say pop assive as much as possible. (just careful not to wake slept or bound targets.) tbh its not really worth the heal its the mana regen you want. as some matchs can go a while without down time. So careful to watch your mp. (this is if your not using much piety gear)

Speaking of gear i'm testing what stats are best but atm im running full crit det gear. (thinking crit SS might be better) ummm

Eye for an Eye on team mates being focused. Virus on any dps.

Equanimity and Surecast are brilliant, also blizzard II, stone I and sprint are good.

and if your forced to attune prep to do it. make sure your standing in one of your AoE bubble heals or have a HOT on you. that way you'll be in a better situation once you come out. also remember that if they switch off Attune you can click the buff on your statuses and it stops it.

ummmmm thats all i can think of for now XD

[Chevronone]

Also be mindful of when you use Attunement, that classes which have access to Hawk's Eyes like BRD and MCH will hit you if they use it. Although damage is greatly reduced, I've KOed many of heals that use Attunement at the brink of death.

...I cackle to myself everytime. Lol

[JazzofEtro]

Hey there.

Let me just say. I play AST so my fundamentals comes from playing that job class.

WHM is like the mastery class of all the heals. In a sense that it can do everything the other heals can do, but in its own way. Also the only one that can sleep a target.

My advice to you is once you get used to the healing side of PVP. Get familiar with the fighting back or defending yourself side of healing. This is what makes the difference between a good healer and an amazing healer.

If you have not already. You're going to want to equip at the very least "Blizzard II" and "Surecast" into your arsenal.

When you fight you are fighting not to kill (obviously). But to shake off the enemy that is trying to ruin your day.

Sorry if I get any of these wrong... Here is your arsenal.

Repose = Sleep
Fluid Aura = Push back & Bind (single target)
Stone = Heavy
Holy = Stun
Blizzard II = AoE Bind
Aero = instant cast dot. (Use this now and then to back up your other enfeebles as a kind of potential soak for esuna type of cures.)

Unless your team has amazing awareness, you won't be getting any help when 3 people have set their hearts on killing you.

Play around with defending yourself in 8v8 if you need a small idea of how you can implement these into your game.

[NessaWyvern]

I tend to use swiftcast on medica 2 as it is the longest healing spell to cast, but depending on the situation a swiftcast holy might be better ( can't really offer any more than what has already been said, I don't play whm too often). Using divine seal before medica 2 will increase the potency of your hots long after the effect has worn off

[NessaWyvern]

Sacred Prism is AMAZING for times when your getting hammered or everyone's grouped.

Aye, I adore a sacred prism during culling time.