3 Tips To Improve Healer DPS in FFXIV (Updated)

In this video, we go over 3 tips/concepts that you can start implementing in your gameplay to increase your FFXIV Healer damage. It is the deeper dive to Lesson 4: Always be Casting.
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Cast While Moving/Slidecasting
2:29 Learn to Weave (part that was updated!!!)
5:29 Learn the Fight
7:47 Blooper
PSA: This is for healers that want to edge out more
damage and already have a handle on their jobs. At the very core of doing good damage is knowing your class abilities and how to use them, so if you're still learning, start there!
Also, remember, play the game for fun. If trying to master these concepts stressed you out, don't worry about it! Everything I go over in this video is just icing on the cake.
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[@EverydayEorzean]

I want to bring up something important! In the 7 Lessons Video I talk about how important it is to recognize that it's okay to make mistakes and that when you do make mistakes, you take them in and learn from them to get better. I used a bad example of weaving the first upload of this video and two awesome members of the community let me know in a very respectful way (Thank you @Yarr and @SeifellalAlmacht) When you make mistakes, and someone offers advice, take it in! Learn from it! That's a crucial part of becoming a better healer

[@Yairgr123]

You're welcome :) glad to see someone take advice to heart

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@Yairgr123

[@xinlight]

I discovered slide casting on accident as I was running for my life.

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL! This is perfect

[@mimi-fk6dp]

Same! Lmao I found out about slidecasting before I realized it was called that

[@TheBrown_Cats]

I didn’t even know there was a name for this

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@TheBrown_Cats ahead of the game!

[@johnnyveng4014]

Same

[@MatthewSwaine]

To practice Slidecasting: Add an emote to your hotbar, the icon will be greyed out when you have to stand still and will light up early when you can slide.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Someone else mentioned this too and it is such an awesome idea!!!! Awesome tip for people trying to learn!!!!

[@nekomila3715]

Wasn't aware slidecasting was a mechanic, I just thought I was lagging lol, thanks a lot!

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL! I'm not sure I would call it a mechanic, as I'm not sure if the devs intended for it to be a thing, but it's a super helpful way to increase efficiency! It can be harder on some caster jobs than others, but it's a goal to work towards!

[@oneadventurersjourney2777]

@@EverydayEorzean it’s there for the same reason you can avoid GCD clipping by starting the next cast just before the current one finishes: it’s an anti-lag mechanic that you can and should exploit to maximize your DPS

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@oneadventurersjourney2777 oh I know! I was just commenting that I wasn't sure if devs specifically intended for it to be used the way we do now. It would make sense they would try to anticipate it for players though!

[@seanheisey8645]

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[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you!!! That put a huge smile on my have!!!

[@apex403]

100%, clear and precise guides are always appreciated. This channel is crushing it

[@EverydayEorzean]

@Dizzy Gear Oooh! I'll have to check them out. I haven't seen any of their content yet! And thank you

[@EverydayEorzean]

@Dizzy Gear LOL I just watched his SMN video. I dig the no BS guide lol.

[@MrMoogle]

I came to the comments to say something very similar. I look forward to following this channel as it grows. Great content and presented so well!

[@evelynfeylore2563]

I'm SO glad you explained GCD vs OGCD. I'm not really new but trying to learn healing and damage, and there are SO many how-to guides that DON'T tell you what this is and I would get so mad. I need visuals! I subbed, you're awesome!

[@EverydayEorzean]

Awwee Thank you! I'm glad it could help!

[@erdbeerpanda1804]

As a WHM main that does regular savage content: Don't let that weaving get to you. Weaving on WHM is much MUCH more difficult than the other healers. We don't have that many opportunities. Clipping a Glare here and then is fine. If you can weave, do it, if you can't, not the end of the world.

[@EverydayEorzean]

It is! I think the biggest thing for WHM is learning to maximize your healing efficiency and mastering movement, cause even slide casting is harder on WHMs, it's doable but you don't get nearly the movement a AST does.

[@erdbeerpanda1804]

@@EverydayEorzean i hope for a triple cast spell for WHM like BLM has with the next expansion. That would make movement so much nicer on WHM.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@erdbeerpanda1804 oh man, don't get my hopes up LOL. That would be awesome though! I hope we get the job trailers soon.

[@MinecraftDog999]

Thank fuck. Ive been worrying a bit too much lately about clipping my OGCDs with GCDs

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@MinecraftDog999 lol! Right? xivanalysis is always fussing at me for it

[@LittleHobbit13]

One tip I saw elsewhere on how to learn timing for slidecasting was to keep an emote on your hotbar. It greys out while casting, and the moment it becomes available again is when you should be able to start moving.

[@EverydayEorzean]

I've seen this a couple times now! this is brilliant!

[@arxeha]

at first I thought i was lagging when actually i was slidecasting Medica II, this is really useful

[@EverydayEorzean]

Look at you just naturally slidecasting like a boss lol

[@ohwriting]

This was super helpful! I've gotten pretty good with slidecasting as an AST. I got a good feel for it when I plated RDM. But it was cool to see I was already doing some of these things like using OGCDS for a lot of my healing or focusig on using group heals. Definitely going to try and work on my weaving a little bit more. But thanks for making such a helpful video!

[@EverydayEorzean]

I'm glad to hear it!! Thank you!!!

[@Everlarke]

Subscribed. Your presentation is amazing, your enunciation amazing, you’re humble, and super nice! Looking forward to more content and guides in the future! - Another, fellow Eorzean

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you very much! That was an amazing string of compliments, and I love your signature.

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

Good tips all around 👍 I actually discovered slidecasting by accident 😁 Thankfully a lot of this stuff comes with experience too.

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL that seems to be the shared experience!

[@Dividus]

I struggle alot to explain things in general so when a friend picks up casters/healers or starts out I struggle with putting stuff like this into the right words. Your explanation and extremly well made demonstrations/illustrations are absolutely amazing. I will show everyone this video for that purpose now, I think you can't explain it more clearly! Looking forward to see more of your content, especially as a hardcore raider it's hard to not use confusing terminology that we are so used to!

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you for such an amazing compliment and I hope that it helps your friends out!!!

[@alaineninmah7040]

As an end game raider and as a tank I 100% support this video. Consider me subscribe to this.

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL, thank you!

[@noodycup514]

Learning slide casting as a caster is paramount. However learning how to weave and learning when raid wide damage hits is very useful on all roles. Tanks have group mitigation skills that they can use. Some DPS have damage mitigation skills as well that can help reduce a good chunk of incoming AoE damage which I'm sure healers can appreciate.

[@EverydayEorzean]

I can't tell you how happy it makes me hearing my team call out their mitigations, it soothes this healer heart!

[@malmbro8186]

hi hi! :D thank you for making this video. i'm still pretty new to ffxiv (started again not even 2 months ago) and picked up white mage, so i have lots to learn. and while i'm not in endgame content (i'm currently in the middle of stormblood) i'm always looking to one-up my healing game, so these tips helped a lot. i hope to gradually incorporate these tips into my gameplay and be a useful healer, specially into those really intimidating (but exciting!!) endgame content! thank you, and keep up the great work o/

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you! Oooooo I'm so excited for you to get to Shadowbringers!!!!! You are going to do great! You already have a great attitude towards it!!!!

[@esther4422]

Great tips! I've been healing as a ast main since heavensward and learned something new. I can also say knowing the fight will make you feel more confident healing. Y'all got this!

[@EverydayEorzean]

Yeeese! Love the attitude and encouragement!!!

[@ladycthuwu]

Your videos are super good, especially considering how few you've done.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you!!!!

[@destructivetaters9937]

Congratulations on 1k subs 🎉 🎉 🎉💙💙

[@EverydayEorzean]

OMG!!!!!!! Thank you so much!

[@Katana622]

Hello! I LOVE YOUR HEALING VIDEOS! you also have a great voice for narrating. Keep it up I'm a sprout healer and loving everything right now.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Welcome to healing!!!! I plan on doing a few 'Know Your Kit!' videos in the future. Do you mind if I ask which healer you're playing? :D

[@cbaughan84]

You are so amazing. Thank you for taking the time to make these. Please make more.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you!!!!! Definitely more to come soon XD!!! I've got to redo this video with all the changes to healers coming up >>

[@PassionsDemise]

This channel is super undersubbed... almost criminally. You're presentation is great, Please, keep it up. You've gained a sub

[@EverydayEorzean]

omg thank you

[@harthfire2]

A neat little thing I found for slide casting was having a emote button on a bar and when it lights back up you can slide

[@EverydayEorzean]

omg - I'm going to have to try this out!

[@aar021]

Thank you so much. Excellent content.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you! I'm glad it was useful!!

[@felixthekitkat]

These guides are really high quality keep up the good work.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you so much!!!! That is super encouraging

[@peppermint7152]

Good advice, though I wouldn't use swiftcast for damage during prog. Save that for the clear run! Your priority during prog should be to keep everyone alive (and more easily cover for any mistakes that do occur).

[@EverydayEorzean]

Yep! That is an great distinction to make! How you play during prog =/= how you play during clears or farms!

[@TheyCallMeMrJJ_]

Your content is really really good. Love your scripting and editing style. Definitely think your channel will do well!

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you! I hope so! It means a bit more time between videos, but I think it's worth it!

[@pyterson]

Your videos are to good, keep the great work!!!

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thanks, will do!

[@catherinegilbert5160]

New player here, starting out with White Mage. Thanks for these videos, they're really helpful in understanding my class better and knowing what skills to start practicing before I get to raids. :)

[@EverydayEorzean]

Another WHM joins the ranks! That's awesome! Welcome to healing!

[@catherinegilbert5160]

@@EverydayEorzean Thanks so much!! It's a lot of fun so far!! 🖤

[@SevenDragonss]

I just realized your subscriber count was this low your quality of video and pleasant voice mean you deserve to make it big

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL thank you. We will get there in time! I don't mind a slow journey

[@jovenc4508]

Just found your channel and really enjoy the quality put into your videos. Was wondering where you got that upbeat version of To the Edge you use as your BGM?

[@EverydayEorzean]

Oh thanks! They are actually both Pulse remixes, the opening is Rise and the main video bgm is 'Neath dark waters

[@jovenc4508]

@@EverydayEorzean You're welcome 😊. Cool, thank you. I haven't really listened to Pulse yet except for the remix of What Angel Wakes Me which is one of my favorite Shadowbringers tunes.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@jovenc4508 ooooo that one is good too!!! Some of them were really good, a few others kind of a miss for me, but I wanted to support them branching out and doing remixes!

[@gabeneko69]

I main a RDM and I slidecast aaaalllll the time (not just because of dualcast either). It's actually really fun to do once you get the hang of it and sometimes I do it just because it's fun and I can lol.

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD Oh man to have the mobility of a rdm!

[@Spritespitfire]

As a sprout, slide casting was something I was doing but not knowing what it means. I've used it on Leves. One of the problems I run into is (and this should tell you how new I am) Aero will cause a GCD before I can pop off a heal or Repose (which I like to do with multiple enemies). Sometimes that screws up my casing rotation.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Ooooh, okay. Even though Aero is an instant cast, it's considered a spell, which means it still procts the GCD. So you still have to wait that 2.5 and can't cast your heal or repose until it's up. Spells like Aero are used to weave in OGCD abilities (Like your Surecast or Lucid Dreaming.) Because those are abilities (not spells), they have their own independent timer. An example of weaving: You could cast aero > Lucid Dreaming > Cure without causing a delay in your GCD.

[@_Just_John]

Huge improvement is macros. I made macros for each damaging spell with , and priority and , and for heals. It saves you a bunch of time. I have tank targeted all the time, I can do damage to it's target or mouse-over to specific enemy and I heal the other party/alliance people also with mouse-over. As AST I also included a Draw spell to my damaging ability macros, so it reminds me to buff my party as much as possible without keeping an eye on the CD. You can also combine spells like Ascend with Essential Dignity, because when target is alive, you cast Essential Dignity, but when the target is down it casts Ascend. I noticed FF community hates combined macro and on every forum people advice not to combine spells, but there is a huge BUT people don't consider. I started a Pugilist few days ago and the first thing I did was a macro which casts the basic 3 part combo. I haven't found a single downside to it. Sure, it's boring, but when I get more spells it will be more interesting.

[@EverydayEorzean]

They have a bit of a bad stigma to them due to some latency issues, but if they are working for you and they make compliment your gameplay, go for it! It's all about having fun and enjoying yourself!

[@stonnie4640]

Your content is so freakin good :)

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you! This is going to be the comment that keeps me smiling all day XD

[@SeifellAlmancht]

Amazing video! I'm sorry if my original comment came across as a bit harsh. I just wanted to make sure the right information was being shared. Thank you for taking my nagging so well lol

[@EverydayEorzean]

OMG no!! Not harsh at all, I would 10x rather you point it out than spread misinformation! So thank you

[@SeifellAlmancht]

@@EverydayEorzean Keep up the great work!

[@MinecraftDog999]

Slidecasting is my jam as a BLM main. And finding that sweet spot for the least amount of movement cuz Im a BLM with polio. Also, the video said that Asylum mitigates damage. But afaik it doesnt cause any damage reduction, just healing over time and 10% extra healing potency for members in the bubble

[@EverydayEorzean]

Mitigate was a poor choice of words, I was more trying to point out the combination of Asylum and Star being able to heal the party with the need for a cast, therefore mitigating it, but you're totally right! The term should be reserved for shielding and damage reduction. I'll be more careful with my word choice in the future!!

[@MinecraftDog999]

@@EverydayEorzean No problemo! Just seen mitigation being used often when talking about asylum. So wasnt sure if I missed some PSA or if people confused it with the SCH bubble

[@EverydayEorzean]

Hey Everyone!!! Just wanted to let you know we currently have a poll going on in the Community Tab about future content and a new update video! If we get 100 likes on it (Update post), I'll open up a Community Discord for everyone to chat! I've seen so many amazing conversations here and would love to keep them going, but wasn't sure if that's what you guys wanted!

[@crazyhussar]

Clear and pleasant voice: check Mains Miqo'te: check Explanations are simple: check Animations and video quality are cool: check I play DPS roles for the time being while I'm adjusting to the game and boy I didn't knew for 60 levels that slidecasting as a thing.

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD Glad I checked all the boxes! LOL You know I discovered slidecasting by accident one day and thought it was a super fluke and only could reproduce it some of the time. It wasn't until my co-healer pointed out to me that, hey it's not a fluke, you can reproduce it ALL the time, that I really got into it. I think that's something that our community needs more of! People helping each other without being offensive/defensive, but that also takes a willingness to learn. We sat out in front of our FC house on the FC striking dummy switching jobs and slidecasting scooting our little butts around the front lawn for like... 30 minutes lol.

[@pedromoreira6218]

great guide!!! if you dont mind me asking what is the song you used for the intro ? :o

[@EverydayEorzean]

Oh of course! This actually comes from the new Pulse album (think like club remixes for in game songs) that Square Enix released, the opening song is Rise (Alexander Raid Music) and the rest of the video is the Pulse remix of Neath Dark Waters. Here's the link to a youtube video of it, I've timed it at the part the opening comes in at. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHjEomNvlpuqkK8

[@AmoryMuerte2]

I gotta work on my weaving after seeing this video. Also, I am starting to work on my OGCD heals too, getting out of the habit of relying too much on Cure II.

[@EverydayEorzean]

You got this! Once I learned that weaving was a thing, I began to notice little ways I could incorporate it and I think that's the best way to do it! Baby steps!

[@LeonTrifang]

I know this topic is a bit more advanced, but macros can help dpsing too! Like the macro I use on all my healers is one that allows me to target whatever my target is targeting. This means I don't have to worry about picking a target to attack and can just focus on other things. I never have to leave the party list. Small simple macros like this help so much it is crazy.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Oooh so do you just use it for the target itself or is it activate a spell too?

[@LeonTrifang]

@@EverydayEorzean its for the spells like stone, malefic, and broil. Basically the macro is /macroicon Stone /action Stone /action Stone This makes it so if I am targeting someone in the party list (normally the tank) whatever foe the tank is targeting my Stone/Glare will automatically target that, but the reason I use both and is so I can manually target too if needed. Basically this makes it so I don't have to waste time manually picking a target.

[@kamil118]

Nice green dps guide

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL! Thank you... I'm sensing a title change (jk)

[@thehighfolk]

HELLOO??? THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you!

[@MoonTiger88]

Mind if I ask why it's better to use Lucid with another instant cast OGCD instead of after like let's say a Glare? Is it so they basically can be used at the same time and you can go back to casting Glare/whatever sooner? Also, I really love your style, hopefully more people will find the channel soon enough :) I'm fairly sure KZbin just dropped it in the "recommended videos" section for me, but glad it did ^^

[@EverydayEorzean]

Yes! It's too reduce pushing your GCD timer So when you cast dia, it is instant, but you're still locked by the GCD timer right? So you have this downtime when you can't cast another spell, so instead of just standing there, you can use an OGCD like lucid and your GCD timer goes without interruption. So now you've cast three things (dia, lucid, glare) in The time span of 2gcd cycles. Glare on the other hand takes the same amount of time to cast as your GCD reset, so you don't have that idle time. So if you used it after glare, you are pushing your GCD timer out because you are going to be momentarily animation locked by lucid. It's small, but it ads up over time. Does that explain it a little better? Also thank you!!!

[@MoonTiger88]

@@EverydayEorzean Yep, it explains quite well, thank you! :)

[@kairadvine4984]

What's the plugin called in the bottom right at 3:25 ? I'd really like to use that and record some fights then see where I'm stalling at and try to figure out see exactly why and how I can do better.

[@Dahras1]

Another thing that's important to mention for the ASTs out there, you can weave about 1 OGCD per second where your GCD is spinning but you aren't casting. For that reason, ASTs, who have a ~1.4s cast time on most of their spells, can weave exactly one ability after each spell. This is super important for AST gameplay, as they're designed to be using the card system OGCDs basically half the time. The other healers don't really have the same short casts except for Esuna, but if you find yourself dispelling, feel free to weave in an OGCD. Personally, I hope Endwalker gives Scholar short casts as well. Considering how OGCD-based they are, it's super annoying that they either have to clip GCDs or use their AoE button to get get good weaving opportunities.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Yeah - AST is definitely the king of weaving and movement among the healers. Another player was commenting about wishing/hoping for WHM to get a triple cast like ability to help with movement and such.

[@alloutpotato]

Never considered using swiftcast to keep uptime during forced movement before - that's pretty neat! Coming from a game where almost everything was instacast, it was definitely a bit of an adjustment to have to stand still and learn to plan my movement more carefully. p.s.: tangential aside, but may I ask what glam you're using? It's really nice!

[@EverydayEorzean]

oh wow :O Which game did you come from? FFXI was my first MMO! Thank you! (not sure if you meant in the video or on the thumbnail, so I'll include both) Body - Serge Gambison of Healing (Video) / Peacelover's Shirt (Thumbnail) Hands - Gazelleskin Bracers of Healing (both, this set is amazing, it's like if healers were from Assasin's Creed) Legs - Scion's Adventurer's Bottoms (both) Feet - Expeditioner's Thighboots (both)

[@alloutpotato]

@@EverydayEorzean I come from GW2! Back in the day the meta raid food gave a 10% damage buff while moving, so I have 3000 hours of muscle memory telling me to constantly spam A and D ): I actually had a surprising amount of trouble taking down the ladybugs outside Gridania on my first day because I kept interrupting my own stone casts haha And thanks! I recognized the Serge Gambison but not the other pieces. It's a neat set!

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@alloutpotato Omg.... I want that food buff. LOL.

[@TheBookworm3581]

I learned slidecasting by accident spamming holy in dungeons. Had to move out of a aoe and noticed my spells were still going off

[@EverydayEorzean]

lol! I'm am 90% sure that's how 99% of people learn slide casting XD just a happy accident.

[@Brainfryde]

I find too many people focus on slide casting, not understanding that it does NOT help with your real enemy: GCD. Focus on knowing enemy cast bars and moving when you need to, not the instant you see a puddle under you. Ultimately, you are trying to get one more spell in before an attack, so it is best to learn when to dodge than sliding too late to dodge.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Agreed! There's definitely a time and place for it!

[@helpcooldo]

I found you via my friend strawberry in-game. I like your videos let me know if you need a 2nd voice for anything :D I've no experience in anything, I just like helping :3 keep it up ok

[@EverydayEorzean]

Wouldn't happen to be Strawberry Zachary would it? :D

[@helpcooldo]

@@EverydayEorzean It would! They're awesome :3 (sorry it took so long to reply, I don’t normally post xD)

[@KMCA779]

So, I'm making progress on learning and have some of this down already but I need to work on OGCD healing and weaving, right now it... happens but not enough and I save the lillies too much. I may need to make a new toolbar for low level and redo my current one to make OGCD healing easier... Still, not bad for someone who hasn't played an MMO other than Eve since Mabinogi.

[@EverydayEorzean]

It's all a learning process!!! I still to this day end up clipping now and then and it's okay. The fact that you're trying to get better means you're incrementally improving each day :)

[@Its_Remyy]

Something I'd add is--Communicate with your co healer! If you're out of swiftcast when someone dies, communicate, it makes it easier for both of you to continue actively participating in the fight, while seeing who can pick your party member up off the floor. This also will help on overhealing--If you both know after the third raidwide, you need to drop a bubble, then your co-healer is not gonna do anything unless you communicate otherwise!

[@EverydayEorzean]

I can't like and heart this enough! It's so beneficial if you're in a consistent raid group.

[@Its_Remyy]

@@EverydayEorzean I've found that it can help even in PF raids to just say 'dropping bubble mid' so the party in general goes 'ooo, healing!' instead of trying to be on the edge of the map, as if that's safer...

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@Its_Remyy so true! I do really like when in pf if the other healer has a raise macro too. Nothing to fancy, just something so I don't blow mana and swiftcasts

[@slimydeity7105]

learned slidecasting trying to chase after a tank in Stone Vigil lol

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL. I think these stories of accidentally learning about slide-casting are my favorite

[@CeeJay322]

And also maintaining the DOT. 😅

[@EverydayEorzean]

yes! Always maintain the DoTS!

[@johnnyveng4014]

I've noticed that I can cast gcd skills before the timer completes. Right before the clock hand reaches the number on the hotbar. Combine that with slide casting and I'm much more mobile in battle!

[@EverydayEorzean]

:o waaaaah? Which healer are you on! Like it starts the next cast before GDC completion or it queues your next move? You've got me super curious!

[@johnnyveng4014]

@@EverydayEorzean I learned this while still an arcanist, my first character, playing from Kentucky. I mention location because it might have something to do with the lag compensation built in to the game. I was surprised to discover this while developing my muscle memory for the miasma > bio > energy drain > fester combo.

[@johnnyveng4014]

I think it just queues the next move, but I'm not sure. Even queueing is better than damaging my wrists by overdoing button-mashing though.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@johnnyveng4014 absolutely! Carpal tunnel is no joke. A raid mate of mine had to switch from ninja because it was hurting his hands too much :(

[@johnnyveng4014]

@@EverydayEorzean I was just listening to Rurikan today and he mentioned that keyboard + mouse feels a lot more responsive than controller, but he prefers controller in spite of that. He specifically mentioned that his ogcds don't go off instantly like they should when he's on controller. It's got me thinking that perhaps SE programmed it that way for some reason. Here's the video, discussion of the topic starts at about 22:35 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5_dcoVnibp4fNk

[@effiehowardxiv]

One small thing that I noticed: only do swift + glare into a ogcd if you absolutely need to move and don't have any lilies and dia is >4s. You'll be trading a clip for another one in the end. Otherwise, *and this is for whm only* just wait for your natural weave windows to use them. Swiftcast is an ogcd, so (hardclip swift) + glare + lucid is the same as glare + (hardclip lucid). Each clip makes you unable to cast another spell for 0,7s meaning that, on a gcd of 2.39, the first case will be 0,7 + 2,39 = 3,09. The second is 2,39 + 0,7, which is exactly the same but doesn't burn swift. As a general rule too, sometimes clipping your assize (and this is for WHM, of course) is not a bad thing. Most people actually do it from 9 to 11 since there's no need to heal there at all and you don't want to drift your assize too much and weaving it (with regen, for instance) would cause you to be locked for the entirity of a gcd while just clipping it would lock your animations just for 0,7s.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Thank you for going more in-depth with Swiftcast and Assize! I'm trying to think of all the places I spend my swift in E12s and it's usually on movement, moments of oopsie whoopsie DPS died, or places where I don't trust my reflexes to be quick enough to top us off and I was lacking an oGCD. Did you use it much during the fight?

[@effiehowardxiv]

​@@EverydayEorzean Well, if we're talking p1... I believe I use my swiftcast on the opener to weave Temperance, then it comes back before the tankbuster, which sometimes I use to weave a medica 2 if I have a sch cohealer (no need to if you're with an ast). Then, after that, there's another usage before icicles, which is when it comes back so you can weave temperance again. The next one will be after the first sets of rocks to weave plenary and use medica 2 (or glare, if you want). Then we have another one for a heal on statues, one for the heals for the second lions. It's mostly used on cooldown since it lines up perfectly with your dias if you don't drift it too much. Always on cooldown, honestly. On p2 I haven't optimized the fight yet so I just freestyle a lot of it. lol

[@effiehowardxiv]

And I must stress this: I use like this on parse parties and optimization groups. I would never use it on cd if I was going for reclears or farming. A raise is way more important so I sometimes save it and lose uptime just because we don't need that much dps.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@effiehowardxiv Oh neat!! I have yet to dive into the world of true optimization where I am suuuuper planning out my abilities to the second. I actually stumbled across Fey Temperance's Discord recently and have been checking out the excel spreadsheets and stuff that let help you plan out each cooldown and I'm on the fence if I want to get THAT invested into it. So I'm curious for your parse parties, do you have a special group you go with consistently, or do you party finder it?

[@effiehowardxiv]

@@EverydayEorzean Usually I just use party finder. I was bored one day and there was someone doing a parse run of e10. That lead to me being invited to a linkshell and later on to a discord. The discord only serves to gather people and notify them but it's mostly pfing. I just joined an optimization static and we'll be doing that for a while before going into uwu. If you plan on start going for parse groups, you just need to turn off echo and go at it. Plan your mitigation and your weaves ahead of time and stuff like that. Like you said yourself on the video, watching other people do it is a great way to start planning heals ahead but it's not the only way. Go into fflogs, check their heals, when they used rapture, stuff like that. :)

[@benjaminwoodham6682]

Great advice... But... An alive dps class does more damage than a white mage using glare. So if you use these strats and can't keep your dps alive... stop using the strats and keep your dps alive. All that means is practice so you can do both and try not to let sprouts die in the name of glare.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Agreed, this advice is under the assumption you understand your class and core function.

[@MayHugger]

I’m gonna be honest, I legit forgot the ‘Cure’ spells even existed, like I don’t think I even have them on any of my hotbars. Probably cause my mindset has been for a while ‘why would I waste time and mp casting this when I can use one of a million and one different ogcd and get roughly the same health restored, and don’t have to give up dps?

[@EverydayEorzean]

It's still on my bar, but I haven't used it in aaaaaages unless in a low level dungeon or something

[@effiehowardxiv]

Because e12s makes you gcd heal.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@effiehowardxiv That it does. That last bit in the second phase gives me BCoB Ahk Morn flashbacks XD.

[@moogleplay9131]

Thankfully, playing as a RDM I had already learned slidecasting. Glad I don't need leylines like BLMs

[@EverydayEorzean]

Right?! RDM was one of the first DPS I leveled, it was such a stark contrast

[@moogleplay9131]

@@EverydayEorzean Often my part ends up being, "Rez the Healer" as RDM.... too often lol.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@moogleplay9131 on behalf of all healers, we appreciate your service!

[@mllhild]

At 1:03 your character turns and walks towards the screen. How do you do that? Mine always walks slowly backwards and I have to turn my whole screen, walking a small half circle to get out of AOE. Until now I have mostly been dodging forward due to this.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Hey MoonlightLady! I use the Legacy Camera Mode. You can find it under Character Configuration > Control Settings > General > Movement Settings. It allows me to do that quick change of direction!

[@mllhild]

@@EverydayEorzean Thanks, found it. Now I just have to get used to the slightly different movements, but that should be okay after a few hours

[@treznorify]

I play DPS normally but when I heal I play AST only because it's much easier for slide casting

[@EverydayEorzean]

Absolutely! They are definitely the most mobile!

[@SenseiKoli]

As a fellow WHM just a few (partially) Job-Specific additions: 1.) The Blood Lily is awesome, BUT it is just (in Single Target Fights) a mere compensation in order to compensate for lost DPS GCDs (900 Potency for 4 GCDs => 3 Glares + 1 Heal GCD). If your OGCDs are sufficient for heal and you do not need the additional movement (Slidecasting *wink wink*), then don't use the afflatus skills just for the Blood Lily. Map your healing within a fight in a way that you optimally clear / finish with an empty blood lily. 2.) Mitigation is king => learn the mitigation toolkits of the other roles / jobs and try to optimize the utility in order to enable additional GLARE-Time 3.) TALK with your co-healer and plan together. It will take pressure from you both 4.) ASSISE is a DPS skill. It is not an emergency raidheal 5.) After managing and hopefully master slidecasting. Start learning slidecasting under Presence of Mind. Beware, that slidecasting will feel different due to the faster GCD. Changes in Spellspeed as well may need to retrain yourself. 6.) Have fun and blame the DRG ;-)

[@EverydayEorzean]

These are excellent additions!!!!! Your #3 has been key for my co-healer and I during this raid tier. We communicate frequently during and after raid if we notice we're both healing something that only needs one of us to heal and we are especially vocal if a raise is needed so we don't both blow our mana and swiftcasts .

[@SenseiKoli]

@@EverydayEorzean The more I think about it, the more individual situations come to mind, where a simple 2 minute discussion trivialised a "superhealingheavy" situation into, "yeah, these OGCDS in combination with this mititgation from allow us to continue to dps even harder". On that note, while learning the mechanics of the fight, learn as well, which mechanics have which type of damage. It eases as well the mitigation game :-)

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@SenseiKoli absolutely! I envy the people that can play and understand all the roles and can come up with those combinations pretty instantly. Usually when we are progging a raid we will worry just about mechanics until we hit enrage, and then start doing what you're talking about and start putting more focus on optimizing.

[@SenseiKoli]

@@EverydayEorzean I just prepare cheatcheets for mititgations (Role, Cooldown, Effect) in advance of a new raid tier. Spreadsheets for the boss skill breakdowns in combination with shadowplay allows to progress between raids. And good dps / tanks ease the healer life sooo much. They as well often come with proposals to ease a mechanic. I love them

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@SenseiKoli holy 🐄!!! Are you the raid leader?

[@felipecatano3818]

Playing on controller and slidecasting since the beginning

[@EverydayEorzean]

I have never considered if it would be easier or harder to slidecast on controller!! Did it come pretty naturally?

[@CeeJay322]

To DPS with no worry as a healer I maintain regen/shield on team but is that considered overhealing ?

[@EverydayEorzean]

So... yes, but essentially it boils down to efficiency, the content you're playing and what your goal is. Are you casting too much to the point to the point they are becoming detrimental? (ie: loosing a GCD cast on a 'preventative' medica II or succor that is mostly going to waste that could have been a DPS cast?) If I cast medica II on my team but the tank is the only one taking damage, then 7 of those regens are being wasted, same with shields. So now I essentially just spent a GCD for a single regen, and ended up spending 1300mp. Alternatively I could have used that GCD to cast more DPS and used a single target oGCD to heal the tank as needed. If I'm keeping it up an entire fight (let's go with a dungeon fight of about 3 minutes), I'm spending 9 GCDs, and 11,700 MP on what could possibly be a lot of not needed healing. My philosophy with healing is to only heal or shield actual damage. (with the exception of when you're learning a fight and not sure when things are going to happen, but that's a different mindset!) That being said - I'm not going to stress my overheal in a dungeon during a wall2wall pull because the fights don't last long enough for me to be concerned and the stakes aren't as high. At the end of the day, it's all about what you feel comfortable with and then taking steps to improve as you're comfortable. If having the regen and shield on at all times allows your to DPS with confidence, start taking baby steps. Take note of when you can get away with just shielding or regening the tank as opposed to the team. Then take note of when you could have maybe just used a lustrate/tetra/essential d. to heal them as needed. Instead of a constant shield/regen. I hope this helps! If I missed the mark with my explanation I might have misunderstood what you meant. Let me know!

[@CeeJay322]

@@EverydayEorzean I know that spamming medica 2 is not a thing xD but let’s say that the whole team took damage on a tank buster : I used to heal until everyone is 100% HP then DPS (when i was a sprout). But you’re saying that it’s better to medica 2 or diurnal helios (if not too much damages) and then DPS the boss to be more effective ?

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@CeeJay322 It's situational, if you look at around 4:39 you'll notice the team took a ton of damage. This is the opening raid wide to E12s. I put down Asylum to add a regen and increased healing received and the AST put down Earthly Star and timed it to explode right after the damage went out, healing everyone to full. Neither of us lost a step in our DPSing during the opening. If you know the fight and you can plan your oGCD abilities around healing it , I would do that over a cast., but I could have also cast Medica II and let the regen take it's course assuming there is the time to do so (I cant remember how much time is between that hit and the next bit one). I could have dpse'd fine because at that point directly after, the DPS were not in any additional danger. I think over time and as you become more and more experienced, it becomes less and less about your team being 'full' and more about if they will survive. That's not to say leave them dangerously low at all times lol, but if there is no immediate need to heal them to full to survive an upcoming attack, then casting a single medica II/aspected helios or better yet waiting until your Assize or Celestial Opposition is off cooldown and able to be weaved in, is just as good if not better!

[@666magic]

I've known about slide casting for a very long time but since I take alot of breaks I lose the timing and have to relearn it.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Oh nice :D do you mostly play casters?

[@666magic]

@@EverydayEorzean Yes I do. I main SMN but I've noticed the slide casting helps alot as I was learning to heal.

[@uwu-]

For slidecasting, I find you can move as soon as your mp decreases

[@EverydayEorzean]

Ooooh! I"ll have to try this! I've seen a couple tips and tricks people use with slide-casting that i want to test out!

[@Oni1975]

omg yes. Minimal movement. This actually applies to everyone, not just healers.

[@EverydayEorzean]

YEP!!!!! It's about to get so much easier too!

[@ChaosHarlequin]

My favorite dungeon runs are the ones where I don't have to hardcast a single target healing spell 😌

[@EverydayEorzean]

Yeeeeeesssssssssssss. There is definitely a sense of satisfaction to it XD

[@SjurgisS]

Something that took me a lot of time to figure out: "Try to actively find uses for new or rarely used skills so you learn when to apply them in combat"

[@EverydayEorzean]

ooooh! Can you give an example of one?

[@SjurgisS]

@@EverydayEorzean f.e. WHM skill that boosts casting time, or full-heal skill. Never saw use for them in regular duties. After reaching lvl80, focused on learning them. Now I spend much more time dpsing and less time healing because i understand my toolkit better. I can now also participate in extremes, because I can keep up.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@SjurgisS Nice!!!

[@Narconia]

I have healed in WoW, and now FF14 in the end content raiding mythic/savage and I have never had any guild ask me to dps while healing. Instead they usually end up asking the other healer to focus more on healing and less on dps. If there was no healing needed they preferred us to sit on our mana just in case a accident happened so we could react properly. Its never caused us any issues with dps checks ect. So I honestly think that healing doing dps is a optional thing, and not a must. Then again I have always had people requesting me to heal as I usually do enough healing to where the other healer isn't always needed. In WoW I am usually able to do enough healing to do the job of 2 healers, which in return allows the group to get 1 more dps. In FF14 I actually had a healer get onto me about doing too much healing because I reacted too fast and shielded too many people making it where he felt useless because no one needed healing and when they did I healed them so fast he didn't get anything out. I main scholar in FF14and then in WoW i main discipline priest (stopped playing this class in Legion) and resto shammy (still play this class), he was a white mage.

[@EverydayEorzean]

It is optional to an extent, I think it's going to massively depend on your parties skill level.

[@naheo]

ironically the best way to run out of mana in XIV is to overheal, you can constantly DPS and maintain your MP on all the healers there's so little damage going out that you should DPS, otherwise what are you doing? and in harder content DPS checks are tight enough that it's no longer optional.

[@Narconia]

​@@naheo yes i know, but when i did savage's even in progression they always asked me to focus on healing and not to worry about dps. They trusted me to keep them alive, and in return I trusted them to be able to do enough dps. Which they did, we never had any issues with dps, and only had minor issues when someone messed up mechanics and i needed to heal them up. Plus everyone in the guild play for fun, so we never forced anyone to play a certain style. A lot of us played WoW so we know just how toxic expecting and demanding people to do things can get, and we wanted to avoid that and have fun. So they loved to dps, and preferred me to focus healing which I don't mind as it was a common thing in mythic raids in WoW as well we all had fun and no issues. Then again everyone in my guild always made sure they were geared properly, had proper food, and gems. They all knew what to do and did their best to do the best they could. They are a good group and could afford to not have healers dps. But i am highly aware of the fact that there are several groups out there that do need their healer to do dps while healing, and there isn't anything wrong with it. But i honestly do think that healers shouldn't feel like they have to dps. I have met players that were good healers and the only reason they quit playing was because people kept demanding them to help dps, even if the healer didn't want to. A lot of healers i know play healer because they like to heal, and don't like the dps role so its wrong to ask/demand them to dps if they don't want to.

[@hanakage2354]

@@Narconia well, even the ingame tutorial fights for healers tell you, that you should do dmg when no healing is needed, so the healers in ffxiv are intended to do dmg when they can afford it by default, so it is not wrong at all to ask your healer to do the "abc" as best as they can :)

[@Narconia]

@@hanakage2354 you are right its not wrong to ask them to help dps, but healers should also not feel like they have to dps either. I have had friend quit ff14 just because everyone said they had to dps as a healer, even though they were still trying to learn how to heal and were obviously struggling at times.

[@KittyNoo]

And here we go again

[@EverydayEorzean]

HOLY COw you were fast!!!

[@KittyNoo]

@@EverydayEorzean I try my best xD Jokes aside just scrolling trough KZbin and got a note that you posted a video so here I am.

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

I want to one day pick up healer cause I want to learn about them and it seems so much harder than I thought. Maybe I might put it off for now... I pretty much do this anyway with red mage or summoner to help if needed. So why be a healer with all that responsibility.

[@joelvz8639]

Im maining a white mage currently at level 77 in the post Stormblood quests and this kinda confuses me. Guess im more of a like need someone to help me step by step like i can ask question and all that. not sure all about it all but i hope i can understand it much more to be a better healer for the group im in

[@EverydayEorzean]

Was there a specific part that was confusing? There are lots of knowledgeable people in the comments that may be able to clarify it and explain it better than I did

[@joelvz8639]

@@EverydayEorzean it is probably just GCD and OGCD and weaving as I haven't really been doing that or seen that until recently. I'm not clear as to what abilites exactly are good with these combos. Also I did subscribe as your videos are informational and I do want to be doing much more FF

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@joelvz8639 Okay! I went and found a KZbinr that breaks it down further and more graphically than I did. Check it out! His name is Zeke Estheim kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6XciXZ3r5J0p80 Let me know if this style made it easier for you to understand! I'm all about improving and helping healers grow!

[@joelvz8639]

@@EverydayEorzean Thanks I'll take a look when given the chance and I'll let you know

[@Luna-sd6mn]

But mooooooooooooom the tank won’t mid ............ but in all reality thank u. U saved my ass as the fc healer

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD Perfect lol

[@mrskye08]

I learned slide casting on my first day playing, i thought it was internet lag that i can exploit 🤣🤣🤣 didn't know it had a name.

[@lindseyneptune5545]

My own top tips (from a chronic jaded long term healer of 10+ years) 1: dps, meters, and logs are all bs. The moment you stop caring about them is the moment you can actually improve. 2: healing is about feel. 3: if you can get a clear then that's all that really matters. 4: you can't and will never be able to heal stupid. If the face rolling summoner wants to eat boss cleaves or stand in aoe puddles, let them. 5: in the end do yourself a favor and discover the joy of either tanking or a dps too. Taking a break from a job type that really has lost all sense of worth is a good idea. My hot take : healing in FF14 has been gutted and boiled down to mindless filler noise. It's an unsatisfying mess that has devolved into hurr durr green dps. If healing is ever going to be fun and engaging again then I think SE needs to redesign healing. In my opinion the healing role needs to become 100% healing and support with no damage output at all. Instead, the healer dps contribution could come from a myriad of buffs and supportive actions they could take. This would also require more intensive healing and higher incoming damage overall (which could easily be achieved with a second, harsher, stat squish - which let's face it is likely going to happen in 7.0 as dps in general is already crazy high, even after the squish now.) Well that's me. Jaded healer signing out.

[@Darksimon88]

Once again my char is gonna teach me how to play the game, and here iam ok lets to this o/

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL! For your birthday I'll have to do a Happy birthday message to you from your character lol

[@Darksimon88]

@@EverydayEorzean my gods the ai has come far :S

[@ZaneLionhartffxiv]

Was like didnt I just watch this? Lol then thumbnail loaded in saying updated.

[@EverydayEorzean]

So sorry for the confusion!!!! I wanted to make sure I corrected it so the right information was going out!!!

[@LivvieLynn]

And don't forget about Tetragrammaton. :) Paired with Solace it's literally finding solace in your four letter oh sh*t skill.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Mhmm! I love Tera!

[@williummmm]

I like being laggy because I can slide cast a whole two second spell

[@EverydayEorzean]

omg XD lol I have definitely had lag work in my favor on more than one occasion when it comes to getting out of a hit XD XD

[@Zoeila]

Swiftcast is a pvp skill. Everytime i use it for damage someone dies >_>

[@EverydayEorzean]

LOL!!! I haven't done too much PvP yet. Which job do you go as?

[@SateLight]

As an astrologian, i don't improve my DPS I improve OUR DPS.

[@EverydayEorzean]

Such is the gift that is Astro!!!

[@Andron322]

Some Soviet Union thing, comrad.

[@user-um9qh4kr8n]

Sch is just weave city

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD You know, I leveled it to 80 when Shadowbringers first came out, but never took it into end game, or did much else with it after since whm was my focus. I'm going to really have to break it back out and dust off the old fairy.

[@DavidHernandezDHP]

OMG I LOVE THE SMELL OF MY FEET

[@EverydayEorzean]

Wow... That's some serious body positivity! Good for you!

[@mllhild]

Raid-mom? First time hearing this. So taking care that nobody kills themself by standing in an AOE and soothing their burns when they come crying that they walked through fire?

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD It's a nickname I developed over time. Basically leading raids, healing them and making sure everyone has buffs, food and repaired gear.

[@mllhild]

@@EverydayEorzean why does the gear damage even exist in the game? is there any abilities that attack gear or is it just to annoy the players and give crafers a bit more reason to exist?

[@elixir478]

Want to know how to increase your dps? just become a glare mage. sometimes sacrifices must be made for the blood lil - I mean greater good

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD!

[@derrickpanciera5644]

Ok but... How do I give you money?

[@EverydayEorzean]

XD I haven't even thought about that yet. Right now Just trying to get into the swing of things!! .... but ask me again in a year when I'm trying to go to Japan >> (Life long dream)

[@derrickpanciera5644]

@@EverydayEorzean Your content is too well made to not have a Patreon or something similar set up. Let your growing Legion of fans support you.

[@EverydayEorzean]

@@derrickpanciera5644 lol! I will consider it!!!