Dusting off my WHM need help!

[Urthdigger]

Urthdigger's got your back. His answer is exactly what you should know about the current WHM.

I'll just add one little thing which is : You should pretty much never have to use Medica as well.
With the lilies you are incentivized to use Afflatus Rapture in combination with Assize when the group takes a big hit, and when that's not the case, you would generally use Medica II over Medica. Of course if you already have a Medica II HoT up on your group, and for some reason there's more damage incoming, you might need to pop a little extra Medica to top everyone off, but honestly this pretty much never happens to me.

So in my opinion i would say your go-to AoE heals would be :
- Medica II when your group takes a standard amount of damage (perfect for healing standard room-wide AoEs in dungeon and normal raids)
- Afflatus Rapture + Assize when your group takes a big amount of damage (about 50% of their HP, for example)
- Cure III when everyone is stacked up and preparing for huge group-wide damage (mostly in extreme content) => Couple it with Temperance + Plenary Indulgence and you should be able to get everyone back over 90% HP instantly


Hope this helps !

I do agree that Rapture and/or assize should be used over medica, but I do have a reason for recommending it over Medica II in certain situations. In some of my previous raid experience I had situations where the party would take a major hit, followed by another before Medica II could top them off enough, and mechanics meant they could not stack for Cure III. I was expected to keep assize on cooldown when possible to help with damage and MP, and this was before Afflatus. So, rather than write Medica off entirely, I maintain it's useful if you need cures immediately, folks are spread out, and you're out of lilies. An unfortunate circumstance to be sure, but if one tackles harder content especially in PFs it's something one may see often.

[Kraniel]

I do agree that Rapture and/or assize should be used over medica, but I do have a reason for recommending it over Medica II in certain situations. In some of my previous raid experience I had situations where the party would take a major hit, followed by another before Medica II could top them off enough, and mechanics meant they could not stack for Cure III. I was expected to keep assize on cooldown when possible to help with damage and MP, and this was before Afflatus. So, rather than write Medica off entirely, I maintain it's useful if you need cures immediately, folks are spread out, and you're out of lilies. An unfortunate circumstance to be sure, but if one tackles harder content especially in PFs it's something one may see often.

Fair point, i could see that happen !