Tips for SCH? :)

[JackFross]

I should also mention that I use a controller. The hotbar setup does not allow me to see all CDs, and when a lot is going on all at once, especially when solo healing, it is VERY easy to miss a CD. I will tell a SCH that manual control is the most effective way to use our fairies, but I will never tell a SCH to keep their fairies on OR off obey.

This goes for anyone who's playing on controller:
This is not a valid excuse for missing buffs.

See the following (my SCH setup):

Extended bars:

Tapping R1/RB cycles this and the first:


My summon macros swap hotbars and junk to set the Eos or Selene skills on my bars based on who I summon. Embrace macro is:
/micon "Embrace" pet selene
/macroerror off
/pac "Embrace" <t>
/pac "Embrace" <tt>
/pac "Embrace" <me>

(I have one for each Fairy because I'm a loser don't judge me;;; )

Also have my Whispering Dawn macro that shows up when I have Eos out:
/micon "Whispering Dawn" pet
/ac "Rouse"
/pac "Whispering Dawn"



I personally advocate Obey 100% of the time under all circumstances. Every fairy skill can be queued up while you're casting spells. You don't need to pause anything at all to activate them. Yes, training yourself to watch Fey Wind is hard, but that doesn't mean you should just give up and use Sic because it's easier/"just as good" - especially in a raid environment. When fighting bosses, Fey Wind will go off on cooldown, which is almost never the proper timing. It'll activate when adds spawn in A7S, for instance! What's the point of that?


Also - some tips I personally have for SCH. Can't be arsed to read the whole thread, so I'm gonna hope this stuff hasn't been covered.

1. Establish early on whether you're the main healer or the off-healer. If you're the former, don't be afraid to use Eos pre-54. When you get Indomitability (and, later on, Emergency Tactics), you won't need Eos anymore for raid heals. Indom is lovely, ET>Succor is quite powerful.
2. Use your kit. Don't be afraid to push buttons.
-- Deployment Tactics is amazing if you use it properly (ie: don't spread Eye for an Eye on the pull against a boss who only uses magic attacks and doesn't even use any raid damage in the first 30s...). Generally, this means NOT wasting it on the pull. Succor is good enough for early mitigation. You wanna save DT>Adlo for more serious situations.
-- Emergency Tactics is a godsend. ET>Succor can make or break a run if you heal properly while the other healer has their thumb up their ass and heals 3-5s too slow (as usually happens).
-- Indomitability is a fantastic use of stacks (if you haven't already used them all on Energy Drain) to quickly heal back from raid damage. It's only on a 30s timer, too, so it's pretty much on-demand as needed.
-- Sacred Soil in current content is approximately as potent as an Adloquium that didn't crit when used for proper situations. That's nothing to sneeze at. Don't be afraid to drop it.
-- Adloquium is a life saver - you shouldn't bench it just because Physick is cheaper. Adlo > Physick is a safer, more effective way to heal a tank at low health.
-- Dissipation is not a no-no button! It's your OH SHIT button! It drastically improves your heals AND gives you 3 free Lustrates for that awkward moment when you burned your last stack at 30s on AF's cd and you NEED a Lustrate or Indom right now.
-- THE FAIRY is a very powerful healer. In dungeons, you should only ever have to heal if your DPS are standing in bad or when the tank pulls more than a single group of mobs. Don't discount how powerful it is and be sure to study that through your own testing before you rely on her, naturally.

Uh... I'm really tired so I forget the rest.

Last point: dump Stoneskin from your cross-class. It's worthless for SCH to pack.
Cleric Stance > Aero > Protect > Swiftcast > Blizz II in that order.