One Addendum: Notice how Asylum states "Increases HP recovery via *healing actions*" whereas Temperance states "Increases *Healing Magic* Potency". That is actually an important difference. Healing Actions means both GDCs and oGDCs but Healing Magic is specifically only referring to Spells aka GDCs. Temperance will not increase the Potency of Assize, Asylum, Tetragrammaton, Divine Benison,, or Plenary Indulgence. White Mage is a very GDC-focused Healer so it's not that big of a deal but I thought I should mention it because there are other Jobs that have similar skills where it is more important. P.s. Thank you for the subtitles.
Would also like to add that just like Sage Krasis it's not just YOUR healing actions. It helps your co healer as well and even your tanks healing cooldowns =D
I love how blood lily kind of defines this job, it fits the mage aspect of the job so well, has lot of visual similarities to fire 4 and blizzard 4 but with the usual white mage flare.
@@25xxfrostxx to put it on another perspective you have 4 gcds/minute that doesn't cost any mana, you can move freely and weave in a lucid dreaming,thin air or assize very comfortably. I think in the next expansion we will get another lily spender, hoping in a assize like ability that heals and deals damage, or cure 3 like focused aoe heal. Also a mana gain tool or mana cost reduction can come at any patch just like this massive lily buff which indirectly reduced the overal mana cost and amount of hardcasting you have to do by a lot
@@martonszentkiralyi2251 Then you'll see your healing capacity decrease because it'll be healing or damage as your spenders. The point of current Lillie's is you can have GCD healing that is refunded for it's cost.
Absolutely love your guides. I started FF14 as a WHM and I found that one of my favorite tricks to do is what I call the White Mage's Flashbang. When the tank gets to a wall after wall-to-wall pulling, I Swiftcast a Holy while running through the mob. If I have Afflatus Misery ready after spending lilies on healing, I pop the blood lily all over them and laugh maniacally. Internally, of course.
Always a good day when wesk covers your main. Excellent guide as always. For anyone who picks up WHM as your first healer here is a general rule for healing till you get more comfortable. heal when the tank is less than 50% health, DPS when they are above 50%. And remember. HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY... oh look everything's dead
This guide will finally motivate me to level my white mage past 60 where it has been for a while. Great job as always and keep up the great work! I love your guides!
Tbh I hated WHM with all my heart until level 74/76. After that it feels really good to play with. It’s easy to start healing in savage and really powerful after the 6.1 buffs. Literally some of the biggest numbers I’ve seen lately are from Afflatus Misery.
I've watched about 3 of these videos so far and I love how the intro is the same on every single one, that is, it assumes you've never seen any of these videos before and gives you all of the information, the full package in every single video. even small stuff like binding sprint and LB is a welcomed reminder
I started this game playing WHM back in November and it was a simple enough job that I didnt seek out your previous guide for it despite being new to mmos. I did seek your guide for complex classes as a eventually levelled BLM and SAM and other jobs with more than Dia/Glare rotations, and the depth of your guides helped me reframe how I approached challenges in the game; the uncomplicated and respectful way you convey that information made me feel confident in approaching those challenges to begin with. Seeing this guide now is a strange reminder of where I started last year, but moreso reminds me of how much help I was given along the way, in no small part by your guides. Thank you for helping me find friends and a fall in love with a (time-consuming) hobby.
Boy do I need this. I just started healing after 5 years of playing dps. Just ran Aurum Vale as heals for the firs time and was very overwhelmed. We cleared. But only after a couple of wipes.
This is a really well put together video. I'm completely new to FFXIV but used to doing rotations and managing buffs and debuffs from Destiny 2, so this really in-depth guide has given me a lot of insight to playing white mage when I finally get to it.
With the road to 80 buff I managed to have WHM at level 80 when I'd only just started stormblood, and this guide is so helpful to catch up on all the skills I missed while playing other jobs from levels 60 to 80. Thank you!
Been waiting for this updated guide! WeskAlber, as a WHM Sprout, I am forever in your debt. Thank you kindly for your generous contributions to the FFXIV Community.
Imma need that AST guide wesk, haven't touched it since EW cuz of the button bloat on controller but seeing your videos always give me motivation to pick up ditched classes. edit: nvm im dumb you already uploaded it months ago xD gonna check it out right now!
I was going to mention there's one already uploaded, but I saw your edit. I wish you the best of luck on learn AST on controller (I play on PC and manage fine, but I can imagine it would be more rough on controller with less room for skills, but remember that you can do just fine without "Undraw").
You know, I was crying over losing the time based Thin Air, but having charges lets me pop one for a Res without feeling like the rest of the time might be wasted. Swiftcast + Thin Air + Res = happy me
This is what I've been saying too, having the flexibility to choose which spells I negate the MP cost on is far more useful than a timer. My criticism is that I wish I still had 5 GCDs that can be thin air'd - though I'd settle for maybe one more stack, or a slightly shorter CD.
Even with the timed thin air, if you used one ress inside the window, it was way better for mana management than most anything else unless you were casting 5 GCD heals during that window.
As a lvling white mage i have learned so much from this. i did wait till lvl 50 (when i noticed issues in healing) to watch this but i feel so dumb things like not even noticing cure 3 was an aoe wth im dumb haha. oh well atleast i can fix it now before im set in my ways
I've played a lot of WHM, so even if I'm literally at full health I know, for their sanity, to stand in the bubble. Always stand in the bubble if I can.
I learned to play whm in this channel a year ago with the shb version, I ended liking it so much that it's my main job with GNB at the side. Now I'm back to watch this video as thanks for that first push, this is my first mmo and I'm very happy to have played many savages and asphodelos savage and succeed with my 2 favorite jobs. Thanks a lot WeskAlber.
"May the Power of an A Nidhoggs lay waste to your enemies." Okay, so from now on I'm renaming the Blood Lily to A Nidhoggs. Seriously, though, yet another great guide; I definitely needed this one to help dust off my WHM soulstone~
Nobody has, in fact, asked me, but Holy II and Glare II got skipped because the traditional naming scheme in FF games (Cure, Cura, Curaga) was localized as numbers instead (Cure, Cure II, Cure III), and the original script(?) decided to skip straight from Holy to Holyga.
I use the simple job gauge for this. Personally, I have trouble tracking how close the glow is to max on regular, so having the simple gauge that is light blue filling in a black space is much easier.
I see that your patch notes don't include the fact that regen ticks no longer generate hate -- making it ideal to cast Regen shortly before the tank hits each group of mobs.
@@WeskAlber Patch 6.2: HP restoration over time will no longer generate enmity with each tick of healing. Prior to that, such ticks did generate enmity, causing challenges when pre-applying regen. Now, applying regen before the tank actually gets to the group of mobs means no enmity issues, even if you're a little slow getting next to the tank on the pull for some reason. By the way, I do love these guides, and I've learned things from every one I've watched except this one (even a few points about sage). As you might guess, I main white mage.
@@WeskAlber Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. Though I will say that it depended on the tank. With some it was never a problem. With some, it could get a little dicey at times.
Thin Air section: Honestly, with the change made to it now, Thin Air is basically just free Raise casts; using it for anything else borders on being pointless, since Lucid Dreaming and Assize (+ Super Ethers, for those who want to take MP management a little *too* seriously XD ) are more than good enough for managing resources with GCD heals. And seeing as how Raise is the singlemost expensive spell in the kit, there's literally no reason NOT to use a Thin Air charge for every Raise you possibly can.
This is my Stone (II). There are many like it, but this one is mine. This kind of makes me want a CNJ/WHM specific Pet Rock minion, if they didn't already have the class mount :P
"Let (s)he who is without sin cast the first stone." I call the first twelve, can't be much more pure than a white mage, b**ch~! This is definitely my favorite job to play, and my main, so that worked out for me. Especially with Regen and Medica 2. I prefer doing a Medica 2 pre-pull when the tank pulls; I do more casual content, and would rather not have to keep track of new player's HP until the boss gets going, so i can start singing my favorite song, "Holy, holy, holy, look, the sky's on fi~~~re!" A little wasteful, sure, but a nice convenient way to open. And then there's assize. This being your strongest hit for a good dozen levels or so, while also healing? Oh man nothing quite like destroying things and happening to heal as well. My least favorite part is when you're doing story and need to beat a fight; this is one of your biggest damages but it's so slow fighting solo as a WHM. Then you get it off cooldown and half the enemy's hp disappears. Good times, good times. ^_^
What are some mechanics that yall would like to see on WM to give it just a little more gameplay depth? This is something ive always been curious about
Im probably wrong but... WHY DOES WHITE MAGE HAS THE PRETTIEST SKILLS!? Like, liturgy of the bell, the new holy,glare, assize, heck their animations in general are just so...graceful and detailed, its so satifying to look at. (Liturgy of the bell is officially my favorite thing from this game. Its so beautiful)
No, Aero is only worth the power of its long duration. At most you would lose one tick over the entire fight. Further, you can't pre-cast Aero. It doesn't have a cast time. Stone does, and you get an entire cast for free by timing it to send on pull.
Yes, it'll make Raise free *and* instant. Thin Air only gets used up if you cast something with an MP cost, and Swiftcast only gets used up if you cast something with a cast time, so you can prepare both at once
When you use Plenary Indulgence, do you cast it before or after you cast Medica 2, Cure 3, and Afflatus Rapture? Which do you cast first, and which do you cast second?
@@WeskAlber Thank you very much :) It was the only thing in the whole guide that I was confused about. It's a wonderful guide, the best I've watched so far :) I appreciate your in depth instructions, and am thankful for your guides :) So please keep making them :)
This might be a silly question but would it not be more efficient to use Afflatus over Tetra, if Afflatus is enough to do the healing? Since you get back the Lily charge in 20 seconds, vs waiting 60 to use Tetra again. So if a lot of damage goes out to the tank, you might have another Lily charge back up by the time that happens, vs Tetra still being on cooldown.
GCD vs. oGCD. GCD opportunity cost means you're also doing less DPS. In any situation where you're caring that much about tools, you're going to be using BOTH anyway. They aren't comparable. And if you're using a GCD instead of your Tetra... you're just not using Tetra? A waste to not use one of your free tools.
I think there’s a typo in the description where you put “HoTs no longer generate aggro” in the same line of another sentence, I guess it doesn’t matter though since Dawntrail is out.
Only gripe I've got, you say every time your hotbars would make sense at 90. You seem to neglect the number of Playstation players who only use crossbars and as a result have an entirely different way of playing.
Well yes, they're hotbars and not crossbars. Unfortunately I've not learned controller and will be a project for this year potentially. They still may make sense to a controller player since you know what a keyboard looks like and can see where I place what icons. The ultimate point is "what is comfy for me isn't comfy for you" anyway. Proven as much by the video I mention.
Ive been playing a year now and mainly play dps and didnt realise i had a 5sec invun after being raised. I can niw help my healer by standing still....not that i ever die though 👀
While it can be way harder to coordinate, I'm pretty sure it's better for the white mage to holy BEFORE the tank uses their invuln, not after. The WHM wants to holy anyways for damage, not just the stun, and preventing them from doing so does nothing but lose damage since they're forced to just use dots and single target. The tank, meanwhile, gains nothing from their invuln other than defense, so it is much better for them to utilize it once the holy stun has worn off.
I don't disagree but I do also think you're under valuing invulns. "Nothing but defense" is a bit under sold. Ultimately, while Holy is going to be worth a decent chunk of damage, making sure the tank survives still is needed. I'd rather be a little slower overall if it means tanks are actually using their big CDs instead of holding for "emergencies" that never happen. Superbolide into Benediction is a meme stemming from lack of communication.
I'm probably missing something, but to me it seems like the tank should hold their invuln until after the holy stuns, it would allow the 7 seconds of stun and the dps, and then let the whm continue doing group dps whilst the enemies are immune to stun. Is there a reason why the invuln should come first?
Cool down length and also logistics. As soon as the Holy stuns end, the enemies are all going to bash on the tank. A tank who already lost some HP from pulling the groups and has 0 cooldowns running. If they even survive the sudden burst, timing the invuln will be harder. Luckily for WHMs most tanks don't communicate so you can't be held liable if they waste their invuln.
Something bugs me about WHM (and, as far as I know, not just me actually). In the lore, it is explicitly mentioned that WHMs use the power of 1) earth; 2) air; 3) water. Meanwhile in the game: earth, Stone; air, Aero; water, … … … WAIT… Edit: I know WHM is a healer but come on, BLM uses their whole elemental trinity (fire/lightning/ice), why not do the same for WHM?
I recommend trying out the tanks. They have powerful tools that make them invulnerable for a short duration in different flavors. Knowing how other roles work makes playing your role way easier.
....honestly never thought to test that. But going off of Regen (250 potency) healing about 7500/2.5 = 3000, it may indicate that yes, it does! This was a very short test but it seems to match?
seeing Blood lilies and Aflatus Misery makes me think that white mage isnt actually a healer, but a "Yandere" Healer that always laugh to the suffer that friends and foe has whenever they loses HP
It's something most people ask for. Getting weak or bad tanks a lot doesn't mean the practiced tanks who listen to advice aren't going to ask for DPS. And if that's the case, that's on you anyway. Instead of telling me about it, tell those tanks that you can't because their gear or CD usage is weak. Maybe you were using heals in a poor order or not using your own tools too.
That freecure bit was hilarious. I really wish they removed that trait, too many conjurer sprouts fall prey to its trappings. Honestly have Cure 1 evolve into Cure 2 but cost 800 MP instead. once you get LV52 Solace truly makes Cure 1 utterly useless, again should just evolve into Cure 2 smh. Asylum, I've _rescued_ more tanks to stand in it than using to to actually save players from dying to aoes 💀
In old Final Fantasy games where every turn is absolutely valuable and heavily incentivizes using Cure II as soon as a character learns it, even bad players quickly learn to avoid Cure (except outside of combat, due to high mp efficiency) because a healer spamming Cure in a mid-game boss quite obviously could not keep up with the boss's dps, and the slow turn based gameplay made it very easy to see. If nothing else, the player learns by getting a humiliating game over from all characters dying with lots of unused mp. Additionally, unlocking Cure II means a fancy new spell, and what kind of player doesn't like seeing the new animation and hearing the new effects? GCDs in XIV come fairly quickly, so I see why players learn more slowly to ditch Cure. However, this doesn't solve the fancy new spell part. Does the fear of losing mp keep them from switching to Cure II that badly? (Like Ice BLM Syndrome)
One Addendum:
Notice how Asylum states "Increases HP recovery via *healing actions*" whereas Temperance states "Increases *Healing Magic* Potency".
That is actually an important difference. Healing Actions means both GDCs and oGDCs but Healing Magic is specifically only referring to Spells aka GDCs. Temperance will not increase the Potency of Assize, Asylum, Tetragrammaton, Divine Benison,, or Plenary Indulgence. White Mage is a very GDC-focused Healer so it's not that big of a deal but I thought I should mention it because there are other Jobs that have similar skills where it is more important.
P.s. Thank you for the subtitles.
Would also like to add that just like Sage Krasis it's not just YOUR healing actions. It helps your co healer as well and even your tanks healing cooldowns =D
I love how blood lily kind of defines this job, it fits the mage aspect of the job so well, has lot of visual similarities to fire 4 and blizzard 4 but with the usual white mage flare.
@@25xxfrostxx to put it on another perspective you have 4 gcds/minute that doesn't cost any mana, you can move freely and weave in a lucid dreaming,thin air or assize very comfortably.
I think in the next expansion we will get another lily spender, hoping in a assize like ability that heals and deals damage, or cure 3 like focused aoe heal.
Also a mana gain tool or mana cost reduction can come at any patch just like this massive lily buff which indirectly reduced the overal mana cost and amount of hardcasting you have to do by a lot
@@martonszentkiralyi2251 Then you'll see your healing capacity decrease because it'll be healing or damage as your spenders.
The point of current Lillie's is you can have GCD healing that is refunded for it's cost.
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
I recognize your Pride
Absolutely love your guides. I started FF14 as a WHM and I found that one of my favorite tricks to do is what I call the White Mage's Flashbang. When the tank gets to a wall after wall-to-wall pulling, I Swiftcast a Holy while running through the mob. If I have Afflatus Misery ready after spending lilies on healing, I pop the blood lily all over them and laugh maniacally. Internally, of course.
Always a good day when wesk covers your main. Excellent guide as always.
For anyone who picks up WHM as your first healer here is a general rule for healing till you get more comfortable. heal when the tank is less than 50% health, DPS when they are above 50%.
And remember. HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY... oh look everything's dead
This guide will finally motivate me to level my white mage past 60 where it has been for a while. Great job as always and keep up the great work! I love your guides!
Tbh I hated WHM with all my heart until level 74/76. After that it feels really good to play with. It’s easy to start healing in savage and really powerful after the 6.1 buffs. Literally some of the biggest numbers I’ve seen lately are from Afflatus Misery.
I've watched about 3 of these videos so far and I love how the intro is the same on every single one, that is, it assumes you've never seen any of these videos before and gives you all of the information, the full package in every single video. even small stuff like binding sprint and LB is a welcomed reminder
I started this game playing WHM back in November and it was a simple enough job that I didnt seek out your previous guide for it despite being new to mmos. I did seek your guide for complex classes as a eventually levelled BLM and SAM and other jobs with more than Dia/Glare rotations, and the depth of your guides helped me reframe how I approached challenges in the game; the uncomplicated and respectful way you convey that information made me feel confident in approaching those challenges to begin with. Seeing this guide now is a strange reminder of where I started last year, but moreso reminds me of how much help I was given along the way, in no small part by your guides. Thank you for helping me find friends and a fall in love with a (time-consuming) hobby.
He's revamped the video!!! Wesk, you are my #1 go-to source of info. I really appreciate how you organize your vids. 10/10 no notes.
I watch your videos every time I come back from a break. Thank you so much for these incredible tutorials!!
Boy do I need this. I just started healing after 5 years of playing dps. Just ran Aurum Vale as heals for the firs time and was very overwhelmed. We cleared. But only after a couple of wipes.
This is a really well put together video. I'm completely new to FFXIV but used to doing rotations and managing buffs and debuffs from Destiny 2, so this really in-depth guide has given me a lot of insight to playing white mage when I finally get to it.
“We start off with the basic destroyer of glass houses.”
I’m so angry at me for laughing at that.
With the road to 80 buff I managed to have WHM at level 80 when I'd only just started stormblood, and this guide is so helpful to catch up on all the skills I missed while playing other jobs from levels 60 to 80. Thank you!
You have my favourite guides. Informative and fun! I have watched most, and refer back to them often as I level!! Thank you for your hard work!
Been waiting for this updated guide! WeskAlber, as a WHM Sprout, I am forever in your debt. Thank you kindly for your generous contributions to the FFXIV Community.
Imma need that AST guide wesk, haven't touched it since EW cuz of the button bloat on controller but seeing your videos always give me motivation to pick up ditched classes.
edit: nvm im dumb you already uploaded it months ago xD gonna check it out right now!
I was going to mention there's one already uploaded, but I saw your edit.
I wish you the best of luck on learn AST on controller (I play on PC and manage fine, but I can imagine it would be more rough on controller with less room for skills, but remember that you can do just fine without "Undraw").
Finally a WHM guide. Maybe now I'll figure out how to use glare 2 and holy 2.
Talk about good timing, I just started leveling WHM again and just got the blood Lily yesterday.
Thanks for all the work you've put into these. Wouldn't have made it to endgame without you
Just when I was wanting to get back into White Mage, thank you!
So glad you've done this, thank you. Saw your legacy just the other day.
Thank you for this and all your other skills guide videos; I live by these videos now! Thank you so much for taking the time to do them all ^^
You know, I was crying over losing the time based Thin Air, but having charges lets me pop one for a Res without feeling like the rest of the time might be wasted. Swiftcast + Thin Air + Res = happy me
This is what I've been saying too, having the flexibility to choose which spells I negate the MP cost on is far more useful than a timer. My criticism is that I wish I still had 5 GCDs that can be thin air'd - though I'd settle for maybe one more stack, or a slightly shorter CD.
Even with the timed thin air, if you used one ress inside the window, it was way better for mana management than most anything else unless you were casting 5 GCD heals during that window.
As a lvling white mage i have learned so much from this. i did wait till lvl 50 (when i noticed issues in healing) to watch this but i feel so dumb things like not even noticing cure 3 was an aoe wth im dumb haha. oh well atleast i can fix it now before im set in my ways
YEEEEEEEEEES BY THE BLOODY LILY MY PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED 🙏
Thank for posting this video. This job has the most convoluted complex damage rotation
been waiting for this one to drop
Your guides are so amazing! thank you!
Thanks man, this helped me a lot.
lilybell henceforth shall be referred to as 'the bush'
"The Only Good Bush"
I've played a lot of WHM, so even if I'm literally at full health I know, for their sanity, to stand in the bubble. Always stand in the bubble if I can.
I learned to play whm in this channel a year ago with the shb version, I ended liking it so much that it's my main job with GNB at the side.
Now I'm back to watch this video as thanks for that first push, this is my first mmo and I'm very happy to have played many savages and asphodelos savage and succeed with my 2 favorite jobs. Thanks a lot WeskAlber.
2500 INSANE DONATION
@@0x4e6f31 2500 Costa Rican Colons (about 5 bucks American)
@@TankorSmash No shit sherlock
@@0x4e6f31 I'm happy I helped :)
@@TankorSmash
Watch as you go from this: what_angel_wakes_me.mp3
...To *this*: FIEND_(bass_boosted).wav
Me, a capped savage raiding WHM main, “yeah I should watch this”
"May the Power of an A Nidhoggs lay waste to your enemies."
Okay, so from now on I'm renaming the Blood Lily to A Nidhoggs.
Seriously, though, yet another great guide; I definitely needed this one to help dust off my WHM soulstone~
You mean renaming the Blood Lily to "An A Nidhoggs."
Nobody has, in fact, asked me,
but Holy II and Glare II got skipped because the traditional naming scheme in FF games (Cure, Cura, Curaga) was localized as numbers instead (Cure, Cure II, Cure III), and the original script(?) decided to skip straight from Holy to Holyga.
Gurea -> Gureaga/Houri -> Houriga
White mage reminds me of the "deadlights" in the movie "IT"
"Kerbal Space Program"
Well played.
Amazing job, sir!
This really helped thanks!
I use the simple job gauge for this. Personally, I have trouble tracking how close the glow is to max on regular, so having the simple gauge that is light blue filling in a black space is much easier.
I see that your patch notes don't include the fact that regen ticks no longer generate hate -- making it ideal to cast Regen shortly before the tank hits each group of mobs.
I did forget to add that, but that much was always true.
@@WeskAlber Patch 6.2: HP restoration over time will no longer generate enmity with each tick of healing.
Prior to that, such ticks did generate enmity, causing challenges when pre-applying regen. Now, applying regen before the tank actually gets to the group of mobs means no enmity issues, even if you're a little slow getting next to the tank on the pull for some reason.
By the way, I do love these guides, and I've learned things from every one I've watched except this one (even a few points about sage). As you might guess, I main white mage.
@@maryelainecaliff Yes, I know the Enmity was changed, but applying Regen before pulling was always fine is what I was saying..
@@WeskAlber Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. Though I will say that it depended on the tank. With some it was never a problem. With some, it could get a little dicey at times.
Thin Air section: Honestly, with the change made to it now, Thin Air is basically just free Raise casts; using it for anything else borders on being pointless, since Lucid Dreaming and Assize (+ Super Ethers, for those who want to take MP management a little *too* seriously XD ) are more than good enough for managing resources with GCD heals. And seeing as how Raise is the singlemost expensive spell in the kit, there's literally no reason NOT to use a Thin Air charge for every Raise you possibly can.
Not gonna watch this because I am not a white mage person, just here for the view count bc your guides are the best lol.
This is my Stone (II). There are many like it, but this one is mine. This kind of makes me want a CNJ/WHM specific Pet Rock minion, if they didn't already have the class mount :P
What weapon glam is that? Looks amazing and goes well when you got Temperance on!
Start and end of video says it
Blood for the Blood Lily
Great timing just got kicked from Chaos and have to wait in queue right now.
"Let (s)he who is without sin cast the first stone." I call the first twelve, can't be much more pure than a white mage, b**ch~!
This is definitely my favorite job to play, and my main, so that worked out for me. Especially with Regen and Medica 2. I prefer doing a Medica 2 pre-pull when the tank pulls; I do more casual content, and would rather not have to keep track of new player's HP until the boss gets going, so i can start singing my favorite song, "Holy, holy, holy, look, the sky's on fi~~~re!" A little wasteful, sure, but a nice convenient way to open.
And then there's assize. This being your strongest hit for a good dozen levels or so, while also healing? Oh man nothing quite like destroying things and happening to heal as well. My least favorite part is when you're doing story and need to beat a fight; this is one of your biggest damages but it's so slow fighting solo as a WHM. Then you get it off cooldown and half the enemy's hp disappears. Good times, good times. ^_^
I was first scared of the bubble (sprout here). I thought it was a boss telegraphing an attack.
What are some mechanics that yall would like to see on WM to give it just a little more gameplay depth? This is something ive always been curious about
Im probably wrong but...
WHY DOES WHITE MAGE HAS THE PRETTIEST SKILLS!?
Like, liturgy of the bell, the new holy,glare, assize, heck their animations in general are just so...graceful and detailed, its so satifying to look at. (Liturgy of the bell is officially my favorite thing from this game. Its so beautiful)
thanks for your videos, they're like my bible as a new player :D
The last healer I have yet to 90.... Thanks
Finally my main job!!
:'D
Finally my main job ❤
Why should you use Stone pre-pull instead of Aero? Wouldn't it be more efficient to get the DOT in as early as possible?
No, Aero is only worth the power of its long duration. At most you would lose one tick over the entire fight.
Further, you can't pre-cast Aero. It doesn't have a cast time. Stone does, and you get an entire cast for free by timing it to send on pull.
Thankfully they changed it so hots don't give healers enmity anymore.
The advice still applies though, Regen or no Regen
As an AST main I am now questioning everything after watching this. I guess AST has some really freakin good raidwide heals.
Earthly Galaxy kinda destroys whatever you throw it at
I can't not call it a heal bush. It will forever be.
“Cure II replaces Cure mostly, and you should rarely be using Cure.”
Me, who’s at endgame and STILL uses Cure more than Cure II:
“Oh..”
Can Thin Air be used before a swift revive to stop the big revive cost or does the swift cast get in the way of that?
Swiftcast doesn't have a mana cost
You can use swiftcast and thin air both on the revive at the same time. Its super helpful
Yes, it'll make Raise free *and* instant. Thin Air only gets used up if you cast something with an MP cost, and Swiftcast only gets used up if you cast something with a cast time, so you can prepare both at once
When you use Plenary Indulgence, do you cast it before or after you cast Medica 2, Cure 3, and Afflatus Rapture? Which do you cast first, and which do you cast second?
Plenary activates every time you cast an AoE with it up. Like in the footage
@@WeskAlber Thank you very much :) It was the only thing in the whole guide that I was confused about. It's a wonderful guide, the best I've watched so far :) I appreciate your in depth instructions, and am thankful for your guides :) So please keep making them :)
This might be a silly question but would it not be more efficient to use Afflatus over Tetra, if Afflatus is enough to do the healing? Since you get back the Lily charge in 20 seconds, vs waiting 60 to use Tetra again.
So if a lot of damage goes out to the tank, you might have another Lily charge back up by the time that happens, vs Tetra still being on cooldown.
GCD vs. oGCD. GCD opportunity cost means you're also doing less DPS. In any situation where you're caring that much about tools, you're going to be using BOTH anyway. They aren't comparable.
And if you're using a GCD instead of your Tetra... you're just not using Tetra? A waste to not use one of your free tools.
I think there’s a typo in the description where you put “HoTs no longer generate aggro” in the same line of another sentence, I guess it doesn’t matter though since Dawntrail is out.
Lack of a period is all
@@WeskAlber Yup
Only gripe I've got, you say every time your hotbars would make sense at 90. You seem to neglect the number of Playstation players who only use crossbars and as a result have an entirely different way of playing.
Well yes, they're hotbars and not crossbars. Unfortunately I've not learned controller and will be a project for this year potentially. They still may make sense to a controller player since you know what a keyboard looks like and can see where I place what icons.
The ultimate point is "what is comfy for me isn't comfy for you" anyway. Proven as much by the video I mention.
Idk if your gonna see this but are you gonna do a 1-100 when dt comes out or just 90-100?
Expansions almost always change stuff along the way too
Ive been playing a year now and mainly play dps and didnt realise i had a 5sec invun after being raised. I can niw help my healer by standing still....not that i ever die though 👀
you don't have to stand still, just don't do any attacks or other actions.
As a White Mage, is it wrong to tell other players to "take refuge in my bush"?
While it can be way harder to coordinate, I'm pretty sure it's better for the white mage to holy BEFORE the tank uses their invuln, not after. The WHM wants to holy anyways for damage, not just the stun, and preventing them from doing so does nothing but lose damage since they're forced to just use dots and single target. The tank, meanwhile, gains nothing from their invuln other than defense, so it is much better for them to utilize it once the holy stun has worn off.
I don't disagree but I do also think you're under valuing invulns. "Nothing but defense" is a bit under sold. Ultimately, while Holy is going to be worth a decent chunk of damage, making sure the tank survives still is needed. I'd rather be a little slower overall if it means tanks are actually using their big CDs instead of holding for "emergencies" that never happen.
Superbolide into Benediction is a meme stemming from lack of communication.
I've had to link this guide to way too many level 90 players than I should need to
Somebody help
Why again are Assize and PresenceoMind not used early in Rotation? They could be buffed by other party member abilities?
They are used early. See the opener sections
I'm probably missing something, but to me it seems like the tank should hold their invuln until after the holy stuns, it would allow the 7 seconds of stun and the dps, and then let the whm continue doing group dps whilst the enemies are immune to stun. Is there a reason why the invuln should come first?
Cool down length and also logistics. As soon as the Holy stuns end, the enemies are all going to bash on the tank. A tank who already lost some HP from pulling the groups and has 0 cooldowns running. If they even survive the sudden burst, timing the invuln will be harder.
Luckily for WHMs most tanks don't communicate so you can't be held liable if they waste their invuln.
Me when I bloom the Blood Lily for the first time: "Hahaha! May your screams fill the air!"
“…holy, HoLY, Heaaaaaal Buuuush, H O L Y! “
"optimal rotations are better left to their own video"
WHM optimal rotation: Glare, dia, glare, glare, glare, glare, glare..... :)
I keep the thesis statement the same even if... yeah...
Something bugs me about WHM (and, as far as I know, not just me actually). In the lore, it is explicitly mentioned that WHMs use the power of 1) earth; 2) air; 3) water. Meanwhile in the game: earth, Stone; air, Aero; water, … … … WAIT…
Edit: I know WHM is a healer but come on, BLM uses their whole elemental trinity (fire/lightning/ice), why not do the same for WHM?
White Mage with The Duality Issues
though i loved Blood lily, might be it was the Water element we talking about
Water was Fluid Aura, an ability that was removed. Also, Aquaveil.
Do I my decide me is that how thin air works you get two charges of a 12 second duration
Him: "any time you put out..."
Me: 🤭
I don't wanna DPS! I just want a cupcake! lol!
THERE'S AN INVULN AFTER YOU'RE RAISED?!?!?! omfg those poor healers i had no idea...
could you do GNB next?
That was the vote
21:00 i've been playing this game for 300+ hours and I have no idea what an ultimate is
I recommend trying out the tanks. They have powerful tools that make them invulnerable for a short duration in different flavors. Knowing how other roles work makes playing your role way easier.
Does enhanced Asylum affect itself?
....honestly never thought to test that. But going off of Regen (250 potency) healing about 7500/2.5 = 3000, it may indicate that yes, it does! This was a very short test but it seems to match?
@@WeskAlber awesome!
Where is Glare II and Holy II ?
seeing Blood lilies and Aflatus Misery makes me think that white mage isnt actually a healer, but a "Yandere" Healer that always laugh to the suffer that friends and foe has whenever they loses HP
what the shit, youre telling me there's only 2 dmg abilities until lvl 45? I know it's a healer role but goddam what a snooze
Yeah the road to white mage was a bit of a slog. The daily leveling on the duty finder made it more bearable for me honestly
Holy is so disappointing lets call it "Wimp Slapper" but it looks impressive ;)
Hey where’s glare 2 and holy 2? (Shuts up)
Lord help me I'm playing on ps4
so you are the reason every fking npc shop white gear tank is telling me to DPS? meanwhile I'm brocking my keyboard just to keep him alive
It's something most people ask for. Getting weak or bad tanks a lot doesn't mean the practiced tanks who listen to advice aren't going to ask for DPS. And if that's the case, that's on you anyway. Instead of telling me about it, tell those tanks that you can't because their gear or CD usage is weak. Maybe you were using heals in a poor order or not using your own tools too.
You speak weird
And?
That freecure bit was hilarious. I really wish they removed that trait, too many conjurer sprouts fall prey to its trappings. Honestly have Cure 1 evolve into Cure 2 but cost 800 MP instead.
once you get LV52 Solace truly makes Cure 1 utterly useless, again should just evolve into Cure 2 smh.
Asylum, I've _rescued_ more tanks to stand in it than using to to actually save players from dying to aoes 💀
In old Final Fantasy games where every turn is absolutely valuable and heavily incentivizes using Cure II as soon as a character learns it, even bad players quickly learn to avoid Cure (except outside of combat, due to high mp efficiency) because a healer spamming Cure in a mid-game boss quite obviously could not keep up with the boss's dps, and the slow turn based gameplay made it very easy to see. If nothing else, the player learns by getting a humiliating game over from all characters dying with lots of unused mp.
Additionally, unlocking Cure II means a fancy new spell, and what kind of player doesn't like seeing the new animation and hearing the new effects?
GCDs in XIV come fairly quickly, so I see why players learn more slowly to ditch Cure. However, this doesn't solve the fancy new spell part. Does the fear of losing mp keep them from switching to Cure II that badly? (Like Ice BLM Syndrome)