Help me get started on SCH (Lv60)

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My SCH is already 60 cus of 60 SMN. I really don't get Galvanize and how it resets.

IIRC, a larger one will overwrite a smaller one. So if you land a 1000 heal, it puts up Galvanize. If you then land a 998 heal, it won't replace the first one. If it's 1001, it will.

I'm thinking I need to always have Adlo on the tank...

You do not. Aldo is MP expensive, you don't need to use it all the time. You can use it when you know big damage is about to happen and someone might not survive without it, if you're out of Aetherflow, or with Deployment Tactics to spread it to more people (a deployed Crit Aldo blocks insane amounts of damage). But a lot of the time you're better off casting some DPS and using Lustrate & Fairy healing, especially during lighter damage.

I also like to use it pre-pull, as it means no healing is necessary for a while which makes things that much smoother if the tank runs off to gather bigger groups. You can use Swiftcast for this in a group that is moving fast.

But this effects seems to reset sometimes and other times it doesn't. Does it only reset when it lands a crit?

As above, when it results in a bigger shield. Due to RNG, one cast may be smaller than another and not reset. A crit will pretty much always overwrite a non-crit because it's going to be significantly larger.

Note that generally there's no reason to ever *want* to overwrite it. If Galvanize is there, let it do its job and absorb damage. It's pretty unusual that you'd need to replace one that is already there, especially since in that case the person likely isn't missing much HP anyway. An exception might be if it's about to run out and a damage spike is incoming, but usually this isn't something you should be doing.

And can you reset the effect from a Adlo Galv to a Succor Galv?

The rules work the same either way, so given that Aldo is significantly more powerful, this doesn't seem likely to happen very often.

Oh, and should I just use the healer pet in dungeons? Do you ever need to Support fairly?

Eos is your go-to for healing output, as Whispering Dawn is quite strong (especially with Rouse) and the other effects are helpful. If you've got the healing well under control, Selene does give a group DPS buff to speed things up. Selene is also useful on fights like Exdeath normal, where Doom happens once at the start and never again. Selene can remove both of them (so you don't need Esuna), after which you can switch to Eos.

And when would I ever use Dissipation? I mean isn't the fairly suppose to help heal?

You won't use Dissipation often. It can be useful in certain really high intensity cases where you just need more Aetherflow, or if the fairy is dying a lot (looking at you, Keeper of the Lake's last boss). I almost never use it, personally, but I'm not an elite SCH player. Top tier folks may have a different take.

I'm a WHM main too, but SCH has grown on me a lot. Hope you enjoy it. I'd recommend hitting a HW levelling dungeon like Dusk Vigil first to get a feel for your abilities before you start doing 60+ content. Dusk Vigil is nice because you will have both Lustrate and Indom, which are something you want to work in if you're using less Aldo & Succor.