FF 14 Healer Notes

Just some things I have learned over my short time as a healer. This may be expanded into a guide if there is need for it XD.

Good Cross Class Skills:
WHM -
Swiftcast
Surecast
Virus
Eye for an Eye

SCH-
Swiftcast
Stoneskin
Cleric Stance
Surecast

Other Random Notes

-I highly recommend doing a dungeon as a DPS first before queuing as healer. Most parties expect their tank/healer to know what they are doing before hand. Knowing where to stand and when/how to dodge is super critical to not dying (i've been raged at a lot ._.) If you don't mind the run being 'spoiled' for a first run watch these videos from Mizzteq to get a good idea of what is going to happen. If you don't want the run being spoiled...yeah queue as DPS and learn that way XD.

-In lower level dungeons, try to throw in some DPS as to avoid twiddling thumbs for a good 30 minutes. *Most* of the time you will be poking Physick/Cure I and that will be the entirety of your healing. This is true up until maybe Brayflox (or a bit after depending on your lvl/gear).

-Use the first few pulls to basically judge your party. If the tank is dying horribly to two or three enemies and the dps are slow, prep yourself for super long and usually stressful boss fights. I would also recommend keeping the tank topped off at 90-100% health. If they take zero damage, you can probably comfortably let them get down to 25-50% health before healing them.

-For WHM, your mana management is crucial. Free Cure/Overcure are your new best friends. Try to time big heals when they are up and only spam CureII/CureIII without them if absolutely necissary. Else you can kiss all your mp goodbye XD.

-For SCH, Eos is great for nuke heals and Selene is more about buff/debuff control. If you are in lower level runs remember that you get level synced and Leeches may not be available to you. However Selene's skill Fey Caress can remove debuffs as well and could potentially be a lifesaver if the enemy is packing stacks of poison.

-Try to remember to keep your stacks of Aetherflow up as a SCH. It is crucial to your mana management, as well as some of your bigger heals. As for lower level dungeons I usually spam Drain with my stacks if I need the mana as there are few big heals that are available to me. In dungeons that require more healing I tend to use the stacks for that and rely on the mp boost from just using the Aetherflow skill.

-Don't be discouraged by rage. Yeah it seems a bit redundant to mention but as with a lot of mmos, the healer or tank will get raged at if the party dies. Doesn't matter if that BLM cant be bothered to move out of poison pools or the DRG sits in front of the boss. 80% of the time you will be blamed. Just gotta shake that off and move on. You are either learning, therefore its totally understandable, or you were doing your job to the best of your ability and the party comp just didn't work out. :D