White Mage
Rotation/Damage
Based around 2 phases - heavy mana spending, and heavy mana recovery.
WHM could have a buff like HW Enochian or Cleric Stance which increases their mana used (either increase spell costs or drain over time). And a water spell that allowed them to regenerate mana on-demand.
Sorta like BLM but not as strict.
Healing
WHM would be based mostly on GCD healing - many of their oGCDs would become Timer GCDs (similar to Egi Assault).
All healing GCDs would fill the blood lily, so healing GCDs would have a damage return - allowing them to be used damage-effectively.
Oh yeah they'll get a 90s raidwide shield. Stoneskin, upgraded to Protect/Shell (reduces incoming phys/mag damage as well)
Utility
WHM's utility will come from supporting their cohealer (or themselves, in 4man content). Most of their abilities (assize, plenary, stoneskin) will carry a 'increases healing action potency' buff.
Scholar
Rotation/Damage
Either lots of DoTs or lots of self-buffs. A bunch of timers to keep track of and limit oGCD usage, either way.
My preference is on self-buffs, so that optimal damage output is based on the amount of healing you can put on the fairy. I can see how bad Scholars will push the healing onto their cohealer instead, so it's an ineligant solution. DoTs wouldn't do this, but there is a debuff limit on targets, and you might lose them on hunts/24man
Healing
Eos and Selene are distinct from each other and can be summoned/swapped with an oGCD. Fairy actions go back to concurrent. Fairy actions' cooldowns can also be reduced at the cost of MP.
Galvanise is no longer a shield, but a status that turns into Vitalise when the target is damaged. Vitalise increases the amount that Eos heals.
Selene's skills apply Galvanise.
Basically all aboot being actually proactive with healing by applying Selene's 'shields' first, then using Eos' buffed spells to restore the HP. Sacrificing MP to lower/reset their cooldowns essentially makes them your on-demand heals.
Utility
Where WHM supports their cohealer by buffing healing, SCH will support the tanks with Aetherflow being completely about Mitigation. Skills like Eye for an Eye, Sacred Soil, debuff DoTs (similar to virus/addle). Deployment would allow for the stronger single-target mitigation to be spread to the party.
Using these mitigation will give you a 'Stragegem' crit buff for 15s. If 'Strategem' lasts for 25s, you get 'Chain Strategem', which you can then apply to an ally to increase their damage.
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Rotation/Damage
Based around 2 phases - heavy mana spending, and heavy mana recovery.
WHM could have a buff like HW Enochian or Cleric Stance which increases their mana used (either increase spell costs or drain over time). And a water spell that allowed them to regenerate mana on-demand.
Sorta like BLM but not as strict.
Healing
WHM would be based mostly on GCD healing - many of their oGCDs would become Timer GCDs (similar to Egi Assault).
All healing GCDs would fill the blood lily, so healing GCDs would have a damage return - allowing them to be used damage-effectively.
Oh yeah they'll get a 90s raidwide shield. Stoneskin, upgraded to Protect/Shell (reduces incoming phys/mag damage as well)
Utility
WHM's utility will come from supporting their cohealer (or themselves, in 4man content). Most of their abilities (assize, plenary, stoneskin) will carry a 'increases healing action potency' buff.
Scholar
Rotation/Damage
Either lots of DoTs or lots of self-buffs. A bunch of timers to keep track of and limit oGCD usage, either way.
My preference is on self-buffs, so that optimal damage output is based on the amount of healing you can put on the fairy. I can see how bad Scholars will push the healing onto their cohealer instead, so it's an ineligant solution. DoTs wouldn't do this, but there is a debuff limit on targets, and you might lose them on hunts/24man
Healing
Eos and Selene are distinct from each other and can be summoned/swapped with an oGCD. Fairy actions go back to concurrent. Fairy actions' cooldowns can also be reduced at the cost of MP.
Galvanise is no longer a shield, but a status that turns into Vitalise when the target is damaged. Vitalise increases the amount that Eos heals.
Selene's skills apply Galvanise.
Basically all aboot being actually proactive with healing by applying Selene's 'shields' first, then using Eos' buffed spells to restore the HP. Sacrificing MP to lower/reset their cooldowns essentially makes them your on-demand heals.
Utility
Where WHM supports their cohealer by buffing healing, SCH will support the tanks with Aetherflow being completely about Mitigation. Skills like Eye for an Eye, Sacred Soil, debuff DoTs (similar to virus/addle). Deployment would allow for the stronger single-target mitigation to be spread to the party.
Using these mitigation will give you a 'Stragegem' crit buff for 15s. If 'Strategem' lasts for 25s, you get 'Chain Strategem', which you can then apply to an ally to increase their damage.
Continue reading...