Scholar Healing: a quick and easy guide.

[FTMshovah]

*This is in no way meant to be anything other than the way I, personally, choose to heal in the Scholar role. I do not theorycraft, so I don't know if it is the most efficient, but I do know that no ones ever dies or complains about my healing.

First, and most importantly: MACROS

Currently, macros are what separate the noobs from the experienced. I'm sure that will change, but get off that noob train! Here are macros that you should always have stocked:

/micon "Energy Drain" <-- This is the #showtooltip equivalent for FF14
/ac "Energy Drain" <t> <-- These two lines will let the spell cast no matter who you have targetted.
/ac "Energy Drain" <tt>

same macro for Physick, Bio II, Miasma, Bio, Virus, Succor, and Leeches

Second: What separates us from WHM?

1. Battle ressurection. (getting the lvl 26 THAUM spell swiftcast or whatever it's called is very important to make this spell insta cast)

Battle Ressurection is important in all aspects of party play. Tank dies to spike damage? Swiftcast > Ressurection, boom! He's back in the fray. I even use this spell on the 8 second timer and it is still worthy.

2. Miasma and Bio/Ruin II to some degree

Miasma and damage dealing. It seems a lot of the community overlook this aspect of our class. Miasma prevents 50% healing on the mob. There have been several fights in my early career where this has come in handy (the dragon fight and the ant queen fight). We should be casting Bio II and Miasma whenever there is a lull. With the proper use of Energy Drain and Aetherflow, you should never be low on mana, so get those dots in!

[FYI: I usually wait until about 60% MP, then Eneregy Drain twice and Aetherflow and am back to full MP.]

[Pro Tip from Mobbaren: Keep Ruin II in the rotation as well because most bosses aren't immune to Blind]

3. damage shields

Don't spam Succor unless your tank is getting demolished. Precast Succor II when you know the team will take guaranteed damage. I.E. After titan jumps or when that worm in CC does the dust storm.

4. our pets.

General consensus is that the AI is stupid and needs fixing. I agree, however, I do think that even being stupid, the pet does take a massive amount of stress off of our healing.

Do we have a healing rotation?

Being that we only have two single target spells, probably not. Succor if the target isn't already shielded, Physick if it is already shielded.

I also think that upon hitting 50, I will make an Eye for an Eye / Lustrate "o $h.t" button. I hope that this was helpful, any suggestions please feel free to add.

[Mobbaren]

Pro tip:

Most bosses arent immune to blind. Use your ruin 2.

[FTMshovah]

Pro tip:

Most bosses arent immune to blind. Use your ruin 2.

Added your pro tip.

[Illusion]

I don't know if anyone else finds this useful but I love Sacred Soil, especially when it gives you a free succor.

[Atticus]

why not use Cure over Physick ? but thx for the tips :b haven't been thinking of them :b so thx m8

[Krisstina]

why not use Cure over Physick ? but thx for the tips :b haven't been thinking of them :b so thx m8

Cure and Physick are exactly the same except for level requirement..

[TeddyPrime]

- Faerie placement can save it from an early death.
- Also, can place it somewhere and cover a lot bigger distance or another line of sight, in case the tank is around a corner.

[Krisstina]

- Faerie placement can save it from an early death.
- Also, can place it somewhere and cover a lot bigger distance or another line of sight, in case the tank is around a corner.

Firstly, Fairy will generally be targeted by adds as it's the major healer in the scene. Secondly, as a healer, urself should be in the safe zone or ur doing sth wrong.
So, Fairy shouldnt have problem of following you at all times...

[Allido]

Firstly, Fairy will generally be targeted by adds as it's the major healer in the scene. Secondly, as a healer, urself should be in the safe zone or ur doing sth wrong.
So, Fairy shouldnt have problem of following you at all times...

Placing your fairy is the best idea because your fairy does not have the same max range as you do, so if you are at max range from the tank the fairy will not heal them. Second your fairy can't heal when it moves, just like you can't so if you need to run away because of a mechanic your fairy isn't healing in that time. So finding a good spot to place it can be really helpful on certain fights.

[kronpas]

Placing your fairy is the best idea because your fairy does not have the same max range as you do, so if you are at max range from the tank the fairy will not heal them. Second your fairy can't heal when it moves, just like you can't so if you need to run away because of a mechanic your fairy isn't healing in that time. So finding a good spot to place it can be really helpful on certain fights.

Post #1 is obviously made by someone not 50 yet.

If you have to run away, during that time you should manual embrace your tank/heal target, the fairy would move into range to heal that target, and as long as you keep spamming embrace it would cause no issue. I let it heel after myself and manual cast embrace when needed.

Currently there are 3 classes with battle rez in game: WHM, SCH and SMN, and usually if there is a SMN present no healer should go resurrecting people. You also dont need a macro for mana leech: just press tab once to acquire the boss as target, cast leech, then press T to switch to its target - which is 99.99% time is the tank. That habit will be useful for you during FATE grind where its impossible to click on a tank out of your party.

@someone asking why not cure over physik: they are the same spell, given as base spells to both healing classes so that their jobs wont waste a precious cross-skill slot for such a basic heal.