Scholars...why....

[Krisstina]

44 SCH here. Healed trough every single dungeon, guildhest, fate and trial; never had a single problem with my class, it's really more fun than WHM.

Under no circumstances set foot on Lv47 Aurum Vale with either ACN/SMN/SCH unless SE patch it up.

[Carian]

Keybind Embrace to an easy to hit key (F for me) and SPAM IT. As soon as the fight starts, start precasting on the tank. The Faerie likes to wait to cast Embrace, don't let her. She should never not be on cooldown.


Aldo essentially gives a free stoneskin on every cast. Mixing in a Physick and proper Aetherflow management means that you'll never have any issues.

Want to get real fancy? Make shift 1-4 a "Embrace Party member number 1-4" macro. If a mob AOE's, the the DPS need to get healed but not immediately. Your tanks HP will probably be lowest, so she will Embrace him while you also Aldo, and you'll most likely end up overhealing. Force the faerie to do the busy work of topping everyone off while you keep hitting the tank with your heals.

SCH is very strong, but if you try to play it like a WHM (Cast regen+Cure II, Medica II if there's an AOE, fall asleep) you'll have trouble.

Mind sharing the embrace party macro?? =)

[Xinn]

Under no circumstances set foot on Lv47 Aurum Vale with either ACN/SMN/SCH unless SE patch it up.

Why? I had zero issues at all in there as SCH.

[Zetonegi]

Under no circumstances set foot on Lv47 Aurum Vale with either ACN/SMN/SCH unless SE patch it up.

Aurum Vale was super easy as SCH though...

[Ephemera]

Under no circumstances set foot on Lv47 Aurum Vale with either ACN/SMN/SCH unless SE patch it up.

over-exaggerated

[Krisstina]

Why? I had zero issues at all in there as SCH.

AOE debuff apply to pet as well, and there is no way you can keep it alive.

Aurum Vale was super easy as SCH though...

I have been watching video on Youtube, a video was post on 02 Sep and there was no issue at all by that time.
So if this is a bug or minor change, it happened recently.

[Rydiah]

The pet ... stance switching (from steady to guard, after every special move) is really getting on my nerves, dying to unavoidable encounter mechanics.

Totally agree on this. I'd like to be able to save Whispering Dawn for you know...when I ACTUALLY need it lol. As soon as you make her cast Embrace she goes right back to doing whatever she wants.

Also giving commands while casting, that would be great :P Other than that, I've been really happy with SCH so far!

[Xinn]

AOE debuff apply to pet as well, and there is no way you can keep it alive.

Still didn't have issues. Top the party, Adlo the tank and re-summon.

[Zetonegi]

AOE debuff apply to pet as well, and there is no way you can keep it alive.

It's always applied to the pet as far as I know... it's still super easy.
Get swiftcast or get your party to stagger when they purge debuff, so half the party eats each application instead of the entire party eating every other application, barely need fairy's heals if you do that. Fairy is basically immune to the final boss' gimmick, which is harder to deal with imo, thanks to how they interact with AoE damage.

[Eldelphia]

There are points whilst levelling that it is harder to heal as a SCH than as a WHM but honestly I kinda feel that WHM is too easy. I really thought I'd be a career WHM as I loved it in XI but decided to check out SCH healing first. I'm not max level yet though so keep that in mind but so far, WHM healing is a snoozefest compared to SCH healing but I can see it will get more challenging later.

On SCH I have managed all dungeons etc so far but the level 35 ability really does help and I'm sure leeches will do even more.

I think if you want to be a career healer, having both SCH and WHM available will make you super flexible for 8 man content.

One thing I really find useful about SCH is that you can take a bit more damage and your pet takes care of you.

I think to get the most out of SCH you have to work a little harder but that's what makes it more enjoyable.