After the WHM demonstration for Evolved, I have concerns that the 'even simpler than it already was', 'focus more on Healing GCDs', 'damage refund on all Healing GCDs used, etc. is intended to be not just for WHM's gameplay, but for every Healer Job.
So, I decided to write this wishlist for SCH, to hopefully illustrate that there is potential for a kit for SCH that has more fun, engaging, dynamic (pick your adjective) gameplay than just pressing Succor over and over. Numbers are, of course, subject to balance and are just examples for illustrative purposes
Aetherflow is generated by the action of the same name. Each use of the action grants one Aetherflow stack, but you can hold up to 3.
Fey Gauge is 0-100 Gauge, built by using Aetherflow actions, at a rate of 10 per Aetherflow spent.
It is also passively generated at a rate of 2 per Embrace cast by Lily.
Button 1: Deployment Tactics/Precision Tactics
Deployment Tactics, 0.5s, Ability
Activates Deployment Tactics on the Job Gauge.
While Deployment Tactics is active, certain actions affect a larger area or multiple targets, but are reduced in potency.
Deployment Tactics becomes Precision Tactics when activated.
Precision Tactics, 0.5s, Ability
Activates Precision Tactics on the Job Gauge.
While Precision Tactics is active, certain actions affect a single target, but are increased in potency.
Precision Tactics becomes Deployment Tactics when activated.
Button 2: Broil/Art of War
Broil IV, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Deals Unaspected damage with a potency of 340.
Art of War, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Deals Unaspected damage in an area around you, with a potency of 190 to all nearby targets.
The action is Broil while Precision Tactics is active, and Art of War while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 3: Biolysis/Bane
Biolysis, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Applies Biolysis to the target, dealing damage over time.
Biolysis Potency: 75p
Duration: 18s
Bane, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Applies Biolysis to the target, and enemies near it, dealing damage over time.
Biolysis Potency: 75p
Duration: 9s
The action is Biolysis while Precision Tactics is active, and Bane while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 4: Nymian Libra/Meltdown (or Kaustra)
Nymian Libra, Ability, 60s
Applies Nymian Libra to target, and targets near it.
Nymian Libra Effect: Guarantees that the next Damage Over Time effect applied by the SCH will be Critical and Direct Hit, for its full duration.
Nymian Libra becomes Meltdown upon use.
Meltdown, Ability, 20s
Deals Unaspected damage in a Line, with a potency of 800 to the target, and 25% less for secondary targets.
Additional Effect: Applies 40 stacks of Meltdown to enemies struck. A stack is consumed when a Weaponskill or Spell strikes the target.
Meltdown Effect: Increases damage taken from the triggering Weaponskill or Spell by 40 potency.
This bonus potency is only affected by the stats and gear of the SCH that applied the effect.
Button 5: Adloquium/Succor
Adloquium, 1.5s Cast, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 400MP
Restores target's HP, and applies Galvanize, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered.
Cure Potency: 450
Additional Effect: If this spell critically heals the target, additionally applies Catalyze, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered
Additional Effect: If Galvanize is already present on the target, the duration is refreshed, and the weaker barrier is converted to HP recovery of equal potency.
Succor, 1.5s Cast, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 800MP
Restores HP of self and nearby allies, and applies Galvanize, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered.
Cure Potency: 300
Additional Effect: If Galvanize is already present on the target, the duration is refreshed, and the weaker barrier is converted to HP recovery of equal potency.
The action is Adloquium while Precision Tactics is active, and Succor while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 6: Aetherflow
Aetherflow, 20s, Ability, 2 Charges
Grants a stack of Aetherflow to self, stored in the Aetherflow Gauge. The Gauge can hold up to 3 stacks.
Additional Effect: Restores 500 MP
Button 7: Lustrate/Indomitability
Lustrate, 1s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 800
Indomitability, 1s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Restores HP of self and nearby allies.
Cure Potency: 400
The action is Lustrate while Precision Tactics is active, and Indomitability while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 8: Excogitation
Excogitation, 30s CD, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Applies Excogitation to target. Upon expiration, or HP falling below 50%, Excogitation's effect is triggered, restoring HP, and restoring HP over time.
Initial Cure Potency: 600
Heal Over Time Potency: 200
Duration: 6s
Button 9: Sacred Soil
Sacred Soil, 30s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow,
Shields the target area, causing allies within to take 20% less damage.
Duration: 15s
Button 10: Protraction/Perpetuation
Protraction, 45s, Ability
Increases current HP and Max HP of target by 20%.
Duration: 15s
Shares a cooldown with Perpetuation.
Perpetuation, 45s, Ability
Increases current HP and Max HP by 10%.
Duration: 15s
Shares a cooldown with Protraction.
The action is Protraction while Precision Tactics is active, and Perpetuation while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 11: Recitation
Guarantees that the next Healing action used will be Critical, and negates its resource cost.
Button 12: Expedient
Expedient, 60s, Ability
Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to self and nearby allies.
Expedience Effect: Increased movement speed
Duration: 10s
Desperate Measures Effect: Reduces damage taken by 20%
Desperate Measures Duration: 20s
Button 13: Whispering Dawn
Whispering Dawn, 5s, Ability, 25 Fey Gauge
Orders Lily to execute Whispering Dawn, which gradually restores HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 120
Duration: 15s
Button 14: Fey Blessing
Fey Blessing, 10s, Ability, 25 Fey Gauge
Applies Fey Ward to all allies, a barrier with a potency of 300p.
Duration: 15s
Upon breaking or expiring, Fey Warding becomes Fey Blessing, restoring HP over time.
Fey Blessing Regen Potency: 100
Fey Blessing Regen Duration: 12s
Button 15: Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa, 120s, Ability
Grants 3 stacks of Tabula Rasa to self.
Tabula Rasa effect: Enables execution of Aetherflow actions, consuming Tabula Rasa stacks in place of charges.
(Seraphism would be a 'character action skin')
Button 16: Synchronization Tactics
Synchronization Tactics, 60s, Ability
Orders Lily to execute Synchronization Tactics, copying your cast healing spells with a potency equal to 25% of your own.
While Synchronized, your Healing actions have no cast time.
Duration: 20s
Faerie actions (which do not take up a button)
Embrace
Restores HP to the target, with a potency of 200p.
Prioritizes Main Tanks, Off Tanks, other party members, in that order.
Fey Resurrection
When an ally is KO'd, Lily automatically starts to cast Fey Resurrection on them.
Fey Resurrection has a 5s Cast Time. Any orders given to Lily will interrupt her as she prioritizes your orders.
While casting Fey Resurrection, Lily cannot cast Embrace.
Fey Astra
Removes a cleansable debuff from an ally.
When you cast Adloquium or Succor while targetting an ally, Lily rushes to that ally's position and casts Fey Astra on them. Targeting an enemy is equivalent to targeting yourself.
Miscellanious details/clarifications:
As a Faerie, Lily is adept at maneuvering through the chaos of battle. She will automatically dart to her target when casting Embrace on them.
If you execute an action while targetting an ally, Lily will dart to that ally's location, and execute orders there if applicable. If an enemy is selected, she will dart back to you, and execute any applicable orders from your own location.
As an example, during Synchronization Tactics, targeting the Main Tank and casting Succor, will have Lily dart to the MT's position, and cast her own copy of 'Fey Succor', at the MT's location instead of from by your side.
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So, I decided to write this wishlist for SCH, to hopefully illustrate that there is potential for a kit for SCH that has more fun, engaging, dynamic (pick your adjective) gameplay than just pressing Succor over and over. Numbers are, of course, subject to balance and are just examples for illustrative purposes
Aetherflow is generated by the action of the same name. Each use of the action grants one Aetherflow stack, but you can hold up to 3.
Fey Gauge is 0-100 Gauge, built by using Aetherflow actions, at a rate of 10 per Aetherflow spent.
It is also passively generated at a rate of 2 per Embrace cast by Lily.
Button 1: Deployment Tactics/Precision Tactics
Deployment Tactics, 0.5s, Ability
Activates Deployment Tactics on the Job Gauge.
While Deployment Tactics is active, certain actions affect a larger area or multiple targets, but are reduced in potency.
Deployment Tactics becomes Precision Tactics when activated.
Precision Tactics, 0.5s, Ability
Activates Precision Tactics on the Job Gauge.
While Precision Tactics is active, certain actions affect a single target, but are increased in potency.
Precision Tactics becomes Deployment Tactics when activated.
Button 2: Broil/Art of War
Broil IV, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Deals Unaspected damage with a potency of 340.
Art of War, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Deals Unaspected damage in an area around you, with a potency of 190 to all nearby targets.
The action is Broil while Precision Tactics is active, and Art of War while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 3: Biolysis/Bane
Biolysis, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Applies Biolysis to the target, dealing damage over time.
Biolysis Potency: 75p
Duration: 18s
Bane, Instant, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 200MP
Applies Biolysis to the target, and enemies near it, dealing damage over time.
Biolysis Potency: 75p
Duration: 9s
The action is Biolysis while Precision Tactics is active, and Bane while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 4: Nymian Libra/Meltdown (or Kaustra)
Nymian Libra, Ability, 60s
Applies Nymian Libra to target, and targets near it.
Nymian Libra Effect: Guarantees that the next Damage Over Time effect applied by the SCH will be Critical and Direct Hit, for its full duration.
Nymian Libra becomes Meltdown upon use.
Meltdown, Ability, 20s
Deals Unaspected damage in a Line, with a potency of 800 to the target, and 25% less for secondary targets.
Additional Effect: Applies 40 stacks of Meltdown to enemies struck. A stack is consumed when a Weaponskill or Spell strikes the target.
Meltdown Effect: Increases damage taken from the triggering Weaponskill or Spell by 40 potency.
This bonus potency is only affected by the stats and gear of the SCH that applied the effect.
Button 5: Adloquium/Succor
Adloquium, 1.5s Cast, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 400MP
Restores target's HP, and applies Galvanize, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered.
Cure Potency: 450
Additional Effect: If this spell critically heals the target, additionally applies Catalyze, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered
Additional Effect: If Galvanize is already present on the target, the duration is refreshed, and the weaker barrier is converted to HP recovery of equal potency.
Succor, 1.5s Cast, 2.5s Recast, Spell, 800MP
Restores HP of self and nearby allies, and applies Galvanize, a barrier equal to 125% of the HP recovered.
Cure Potency: 300
Additional Effect: If Galvanize is already present on the target, the duration is refreshed, and the weaker barrier is converted to HP recovery of equal potency.
The action is Adloquium while Precision Tactics is active, and Succor while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 6: Aetherflow
Aetherflow, 20s, Ability, 2 Charges
Grants a stack of Aetherflow to self, stored in the Aetherflow Gauge. The Gauge can hold up to 3 stacks.
Additional Effect: Restores 500 MP
Button 7: Lustrate/Indomitability
Lustrate, 1s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 800
Indomitability, 1s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Restores HP of self and nearby allies.
Cure Potency: 400
The action is Lustrate while Precision Tactics is active, and Indomitability while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 8: Excogitation
Excogitation, 30s CD, Ability, 1 Aetherflow
Applies Excogitation to target. Upon expiration, or HP falling below 50%, Excogitation's effect is triggered, restoring HP, and restoring HP over time.
Initial Cure Potency: 600
Heal Over Time Potency: 200
Duration: 6s
Button 9: Sacred Soil
Sacred Soil, 30s, Ability, 1 Aetherflow,
Shields the target area, causing allies within to take 20% less damage.
Duration: 15s
Button 10: Protraction/Perpetuation
Protraction, 45s, Ability
Increases current HP and Max HP of target by 20%.
Duration: 15s
Shares a cooldown with Perpetuation.
Perpetuation, 45s, Ability
Increases current HP and Max HP by 10%.
Duration: 15s
Shares a cooldown with Protraction.
The action is Protraction while Precision Tactics is active, and Perpetuation while Deployment Tactics is active.
Button 11: Recitation
Guarantees that the next Healing action used will be Critical, and negates its resource cost.
Button 12: Expedient
Expedient, 60s, Ability
Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to self and nearby allies.
Expedience Effect: Increased movement speed
Duration: 10s
Desperate Measures Effect: Reduces damage taken by 20%
Desperate Measures Duration: 20s
Button 13: Whispering Dawn
Whispering Dawn, 5s, Ability, 25 Fey Gauge
Orders Lily to execute Whispering Dawn, which gradually restores HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 120
Duration: 15s
Button 14: Fey Blessing
Fey Blessing, 10s, Ability, 25 Fey Gauge
Applies Fey Ward to all allies, a barrier with a potency of 300p.
Duration: 15s
Upon breaking or expiring, Fey Warding becomes Fey Blessing, restoring HP over time.
Fey Blessing Regen Potency: 100
Fey Blessing Regen Duration: 12s
Button 15: Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa, 120s, Ability
Grants 3 stacks of Tabula Rasa to self.
Tabula Rasa effect: Enables execution of Aetherflow actions, consuming Tabula Rasa stacks in place of charges.
(Seraphism would be a 'character action skin')
Button 16: Synchronization Tactics
Synchronization Tactics, 60s, Ability
Orders Lily to execute Synchronization Tactics, copying your cast healing spells with a potency equal to 25% of your own.
While Synchronized, your Healing actions have no cast time.
Duration: 20s
Faerie actions (which do not take up a button)
Embrace
Restores HP to the target, with a potency of 200p.
Prioritizes Main Tanks, Off Tanks, other party members, in that order.
Fey Resurrection
When an ally is KO'd, Lily automatically starts to cast Fey Resurrection on them.
Fey Resurrection has a 5s Cast Time. Any orders given to Lily will interrupt her as she prioritizes your orders.
While casting Fey Resurrection, Lily cannot cast Embrace.
Fey Astra
Removes a cleansable debuff from an ally.
When you cast Adloquium or Succor while targetting an ally, Lily rushes to that ally's position and casts Fey Astra on them. Targeting an enemy is equivalent to targeting yourself.
Miscellanious details/clarifications:
As a Faerie, Lily is adept at maneuvering through the chaos of battle. She will automatically dart to her target when casting Embrace on them.
If you execute an action while targetting an ally, Lily will dart to that ally's location, and execute orders there if applicable. If an enemy is selected, she will dart back to you, and execute any applicable orders from your own location.
As an example, during Synchronization Tactics, targeting the Main Tank and casting Succor, will have Lily dart to the MT's position, and cast her own copy of 'Fey Succor', at the MT's location instead of from by your side.
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