10 Reasons to Play a White Mage in FFXIV

[@PTerpo]

Also fun fact about Conjurers the can get a unicorn mount: When you get lvl 30 Conjurer, there's an npc in the conjurer's guild that will give you a side quest for the mount. I'll repeat ,THIS IS LVL 30+ CONJURER NOT WHITE MAGE! If you have the white mage soul stone on the quest won't be available, you have the take off the stone.

[@JaniKuukkanen]

Blood for the Blood Lily!

[@aethon0563]

B L O O D F O R T H E B L O O D L I L Y

[@arxzcm]

BLOOD FOR BLOOD LILY!

[@TheMegaOddly]

BL00DF0RTH3BL00DL1LY

[@devilbranwen3647]

b L U D for the BLOOD LILLY 😈

[@samuelsoares8188]

I freaking love that meme

[@frbny88]

that face at 2:06 is killing me bc thats EXACTLY what i look like when i forget i'm the healer.

[@Zingdo]

Im enjoying the editing shenanigans happening, i swear they are getting more and more elaborate every video Im also now scared of white mages, seems they are secretly blood cultists

[@orciencor6001]

Oh no, not secretly at all. We WILL sacrifice your blood to the Lily. Multiple times in fact. But don't worry, you'll live. After all, we need more fresh blood, and we can't get it if you're dead.

[@KonglomeratYT]

You earned a successful eye roll at the glaring joke XD that was good.

[@eshbena]

WHM was my starting class and remains one of my favorites. When I am feeling lazy, I go SCH so that Eos can do the heavy lifting, but WHM is best for the seriously damage doing end game fights.

[@sheriffopossum]

it's cause of these "10 reasons to play x" videos of yours that convinced me to try out warrior! i started playing ffxiv almost 2 years ago and i was strictly a dragoon main.....like i was too scared to try anything else U _ U once i finally finished post endwalker a few weeks ago i unlocked dark knight and LOVED it even though i was terrified of tanking. then i watched your warrior video and had to try it out and DAMN do i love it too!!!!!! when i get brave enough i think i'll try out white mage as my first healing job. thank you for the amazing videos avycatte!!! happy new years to you 💛💛

[@VashimuXIV]

That intro genuinely took me a minute, but it was very well done, good shit Avy.

[@GWRaynor]

I like WHM because it doesn't try to distract me with unnecessary class mechanics that feel like they were just put there to slow me down (looking at you, SGE). WHM hits you with a nice, focused package of big heals, surprisingly good damage, and some of the most satisfying AoE abilities in the game. It feels like the most consistent and reliable healer once everything comes together. WHM also has great animations, beautiful spell effects, and some absolutely gorgeous glams for the staff. I never would have thought it would be this satisfying to nuke things with flowers.

[@davidhenrique6002]

Everything was so cute here so now I'm a white mage. Thank you!

[@cmciff4054]

Love it, fellow healer main here and I am with you on the accidental healing the wrong person instead of the tank. 😂

[@Ottrond]

good editing, writing, narration, comedic timing, i just started out on ff14 trial and this was a good reason to keep goin

[@aar021]

This series is a riot. 😂😂😂 thank you for taking the time to make them so good and entertaining.

[@VexraShiningBrightly]

I'm getting into FF14 for the first time after years of trying to get myself to do so, so thanks for vids like this. Thinking of going Miqo'te for my first character, as I enjoyed the character Y'jhimei I saw appear out of nowhere in FFXV. 😁

[@beneasthouse3615]

Love the new animations you used for the video. Hope things weren't too bad the last month or so. I've never watched a stream before, but maybe I'll try and catch one in the new year. Looking forward to the next video. FYI, I have played all the jobs, and know what their about, but seeing your hot takes is quite entertaining. Keep it up!

[@DacianGradaMusic]

I'm late to the healer party, I still don't prefer it because I don't like any responsibility LOL but when I do play the role, WHM is usually one of my first choices because of how simple it is. As with Summoner and others, idk why people complain about simpler jobs: there needs to be something for everyone and sometimes I just want to turn my brain off, come on!

[@VoltSlash]

7:56 has been my weapon since HW for WHM. I will never change it.

[@lobsterfool6002]

Keep up the great work Avy!!!

[@Ely_ria]

I started with white mage but after the first wipe in a dungeon I started to have panic when I have to play it, in fact now it's the job for one of my alt, because I like the white mage lore a lot so I don't want to abandon it completely. Anyway, about the elemental thing I don't know about the next caster job, but if I understood right at the beginning there was more enphasis on the 3 elements white mage uses (air/wind, earth and water) and it was cool, also it was cool that the other 3 (fire, tunder and ice) were black mage's elements.

[@bolladragon]

This is my fav of your little opening bits.

[@rebann]

I vastly prefer the look and playstyle of Sage as a healer, but WHM is the least stressful healer for me personally. I just make sure to stack group & individual regen on tank every so often for pulls or bosses. They have so many "oshit" quick heals too, for when you get too wrapped up in DPSing xD

[@arcanadawn]

Love your Final Countdown reference!!! Great Video as usual, you are awesome, thank you for being you! Good luck with the move! 💝

[@Zcmb1e]

watching this as a future white mage: man my adhd will kill us all (edit: 10 more levels to go before I can do that)

[@Zcmb1e]

or maybe white mage role will save me instead

[@ArchivedHuman]

Also Square Enix hasn’t really picked up on the fact that WHM is liked by both Men and Women. So if you’re a guy you will 100% end up just having to wear a casual glam or something boring because they refuse to make more masculine looks for WHM. Or at least a couple ambiguous glams that can work for both. They basically just expect the Male WHM to wear a dress in heals. Even the weapon glams are aggressively feminine more or less

[@Shikaitsu]

As a new person to the game I was quite shocked coming from other mmo that have way more variety between the male and female of the same classes

[@jerodcullers1642]

Facts! I always get a dark robe or white one. And the weapons, you are right, after all these years, still look the same. Armor would be cool, and glam it.

[@EloquentTroll]

Came to FFXIV from WoW and mained Blood Elf Holy Priest (which is famously a girl specialization and race combo, ) there, maining White Mage in FF, and I do feel sorry for the dudelier WHMs. In WoW my transmog is mostly the Blood Elf Heritage Armor (I replaced the hat and cloak) which gender swaps very well (my ex BF shared a pic of his Warlock in my transmog, and it was great). White Mage specific Glam is definitely more feminine, and I really can't imagine trying to make a masculine Glam with my beloved Cleric's Robe, because it's feminine looking on everyone. I've seen some dudes rock it, but they are really stretching for it. Meanwhile I can use Bridesmaid's Tights and Frontier Pumps and be 80% of the way to a good Glam. And no aspersions on the femboy White Mage Glams, I love to see it, but that's not what most guys want. My ex-BF was using Uraeus Coat and Best Man's Slacks to great effect in his WHM Glam (the things I use for Gunbreaker) to make a gorgeous Glam, but it doesn't feel particularly "White Mage". I am the assumed target audience for WHM item appearances, but don't think I don't recognize how it doesn't reflect.

[@damien678]

I'm a new player and... I'm very okay with my bunny boy being in heels and a dress, actually

[@ArchivedHuman]

@@damien678 well you’re probably gay sooo….

[@Jeezes718]

Was not expecting a 'final countdown' reference, but i enjoyed it. Also, if you want to talk about cursed weapons: omnirod.

[@SaschMcFlash95]

I've been playing WHM heavily during Heavensward and I'm extremely tempted to get back into the game at the moment. But up until yesterday, the last time I logged on was almost 8 years ago and to be honest I kinda forgot everything. Thanks to your video, it's all slowly coming back to me!

[@spacey.ace.case2]

I'm still a sprout white mage, but I had to turn down my battle effects I was getting a headache everytime i played but damn I love this class. This video is awesome!

[@seekittycat]

As a newbie I love WHM. I'm far away enough that I can see all the mechanics and don't have to guess when to shield. Also there is enough damage that questing isn't so painful

[@rynnmets7607]

Blood for the Blood Lily, Blood for the Blood Lily, Blood for the Blood Lily, NUKE!

[@FalkRaegos]

Sage next please! (It's my main please I beg you)

[@amandalindsey7741]

Same or MCH

[@CastorGaming]

Hope the move goes well!

[@meriwidget3474]

Conjurer/WHM was my first class/job in FFXIV, and I still main it to this day. Love it :)

[@Dozu]

BRING THIS SERIES BACK WITH VIPER!!!

[@CaptainFloflo]

Yes ! Also, i want the paladin !

[@jamierose9095]

I've used those gloves in glams before. They are very nice and fit into almost any outfit.

[@mylomelisande]

The Dryad Cane is the best cane. When I first saw it I was like "this is my cane forever"

[@Tachynon]

Solution for healing wrong target: Make a macro for every spell to specifically target your focus target. Then set focus target to your tank at the start of the run. Now you don't have to keep manually switching targets to DPS or heal.

[@roy2195]

I.. suppose the DPS in your party or the second tank/healer will just die then?

[@Tachynon]

@@roy2195 Nope. I have a second non-macro copy of every healing spell in a second hotbar to manually target and use as needed. The hotbars are set up as follows: normal number keys are all macro-ed on focus target. Shift+ for manual heals. Self-healing is just targeting an enemy and using the non-macro skill.

[@michaelhunter3692]

Whm is truly a great class. While you may have to focus more on your mp usage compared to other healer classes especially when your under lvl 50 after that even tho the dungeons start getting more tougher you really get a lot of awesome moves that do require mp to heal like benediction which is the best healing ability for any healer imo that skill saved my team so many times and as long as you have a set strategy on how you heal rather than throwing your healing spells at random you’ll have nothing to worry bout even if your tank screws it up for u

[@wowtac547]

The staff at the end is my current one and I love it so much, he just a lil guy🥺

[@Astral_Drago]

We need our friendly neighborhood floor tank next.

[@ryokkeno]

Don't be silly, of course you have a social life! What else is AFK'ing in Lominsa? On Balmung :)

[@seren88]

I just wasn't expecting 2:06 at all and it destroyed me 🤣

[@kinda_random335]

Wont lie i was one of those people that was into the healer strike because of lack of dps, even tho a strike wasn’t the way to go about it. But this convinced me. I’ll get it another go.

[@juancamole9154]

Good reason to main this hlr:it restores fat stacks of HP instead of letting an NPC fairy auto heal or buffing yourself and then casting a HP restore pers second buff etc

[@oxycoon]

White Mage's transition from elementalist into Light Mage is very interesting, and thematically makes sense. White Mages at 70 or below are all about the Earth, Air and Water magic, with a dash of Light magic in Holy. With Shadowbringers, the land is just filled with Light and the story reasons, which in turn corrupts the Warrior of Light's connection to the other elements, making all their spells shift towards Light. We then see the spells slowly shift backwards towards the elements of the Source in Endwalker with Aquaveil and Liturgy of the Bell. I like to imagine Afflautus Misery being the Warrior of Light's soul screaming and holding out against the onslaught of Light and desperately clinging to any Darkness it can find; drawing out Darkness from those being healed by the other Afflautus spells, manifesting as the Blood Lily. Maybe this is just cope :D

[@J-Dawg81]

Hi Avy, White Mage main here. I feel seen

[@TheLMBLucas]

They seriously have some of the most creative weapons!

[@SuperSpamcan]

Gunbreaker would be fun!

[@nestrior7733]

Love the editing on your face.

[@lantearia]

I enjoy playing WHM, mainly because I feel comfortable playing 'how low can you go' with my tanks on WHM. With bene, up to three stacks of lilies, tetra, lilybell, two shields, etc, there's a lot you can do when your tank gets *just* low enough that he won't die, but, you're able to get some good damage in... And make your tank sweat *just a bit*. You gotta watch what you have left in your kit, and keep stock of what you've used if you're going to play the game though. Don't wanna have used up bene and two lilies and have your tank at 10%. Be smart about it. Am I a sadistic healer? Possibly. I mostly do this strategy with friends, or cocky tanks, though. Just gotta remind people sometimes, healers control life. That also means they control death, as well

[@cparle87]

Shocked it took you till #8 to get to Blood for the Bloody Lily!

[@sashaanne703]

Started as CNJ somewhat by accident, and almost 3 years later, still consider myself a WHM main.

[@Woxilation]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY

[@et3inuyasha]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY!!! SALT FOR THE SALT MAGE!!!

[@SiaDione]

Just to add to the last point: THE FKN ARR WHM RELIC!!!! Its so fkn gorgeous!! Might be my fav relic of them all fr!

[@IggyContra]

As a WHT main, I concur. Also, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY!

[@HolyDemon1988]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY!

[@HyouVizer]

yay my healer main ✨️🌟✨️ I thought 7.0 caster be druid themed too yes 🤔

[@JathraDH]

You got the #1 reason (blood lily) and the #2 reason (holy) but you forgot the #3 reason, Assize, and the #4 reason, combining reason 1, 2, and 3 together to chunk half the health of a trash pull in 3 seconds.

[@rupertocampo8965]

As a lv 62, I can't WAIT to unlock my full potential of using blood lilies.... But I need to get over my HLR anxiety first

[@luthairhero2436]

White mage best mage

[@nathan11475]

What is the weapon where the flower blooms called?

[@avycatte]

Tishtrya. It's a Shadowbringers artifact weapon!

[@eshbena]

@@avycatte I have it and I LOVE it.

[@dacrusha83]

love this series!

[@SylvostX]

i think i now understand why white mage are so ... like this educational/10

[@FireLordVahn]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY

[@ksmetdogan3101]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@MarioSonic46]

Is... is it bad that I'm better at AST than I am at WHM?

[@GordieKat]

I miss the stone/aero/water focus of WHM. I like the pretty light based magic too but I just wish there was a balance.

[@ComradeNexus]

5:35 It'll be sad times when green mage becomes the green-er dps 😞

[@daqtaghhasfibers]

My favourite job

[@citriosis]

Suddenly relieved that I'm not the only person who's played WHM and self-targeted and been like WHY ISN'T MY HEALING WOR- oh

[@Doleoh]

Superb video.

[@squ33shypanda37]

I’m kinda new but I’ve reached endwaller and love grinding for cool weapons, I have to know what the staff with butterfly’s is so I can try and get it. I love butterflies

[@GeneralWarburg]

I refuse to use anything aside from the dryad cane with my whm, it's just the perfect staff.

[@jadenhudson7384]

I hear the reasons, but my heart tells me laser pointer is the best harmacist to play

[@ClairvoyantLastrus]

As a tank player, hey all WHM's: don't use holy until after the tank is done pulling. Drives me up a wall as I see half the enemies I'm trying to pull still half a map away stun locked

[@JathraDH]

The only time this happens is when the tank decides to stop mid pull and the WHM thinks you are stopped and drops their quick cast holy. Be more fluid with your pulls and it shouldn't happen. Either that or you run into a lot of utter trash WHMs. I have never had this happen from a WHM when I am pulling personally but I do it on WHM on occasion on accident when the tank can't pull properly.

[@ekki6820]

White mage and astrologian are my two favourite jobs in 14. Only reaper comes close to rivalling them.

[@OutlanderShaelyn]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY! -that's it, that's all that matters.

[@DevilSeiji]

As someone who plays whm occasionally I can confirm: There is only 1 whm brain cell shared among all players.

[@highlyeducatedtrucker]

Tremor Cane is the top tier WHM weapon.

[@AquaMusica305]

what boots are those? lov ur glams edit: do you have a eorzea collection account so i can see your glams pls i have a cat girl as well

[@gorgina_jones]

what gear piece is that bunny boy wearing at 0:40 it looks so cute^^

[@yorudan9447]

Much as I wanna play a conjurer/whm again, I recently had to switch to pc and i SUCK at targeting on keyboard

[@jordonfrost915]

Holy spam feels so good

[@kohlicoide2258]

My best WHM Moment.. me Gunbreaker Tank with a Whitemage.. yeah i know that story is not new but i managed to _waste_ a Benediction literally in the frame i get it (i was maybe on 100% life for maybe half a second :D ) I love to be a Gunbreaker Main for this moments.. :P

[@Cyberputagng]

Summoner next?

[@brocmt]

I honestly haven't touched WHM since unlocking Sage...

[@THATGuy5654]

For some reason, your accent makes "White Mage" and "Black Mage" sound very similar to my ear. I find that utterly bewildering. Am I going crazy?

[@slyfox0086]

This is hilarious!!!

[@TianaSidhe]

4:01 IS THAT PUNCHY ON SAMURAI?!?!

[@ichi_san]

cool video!

[@bluesrike]

What's that weapon at 7:46?

[@Kroniklis]

Tishtrya, the white mage artifact weapon of Shadowbringers. obtained from Grenoldt

[@linus11vf1j]

probably the thing i hated the most was that glamours for whm were all robes. it was a running joke in my FC that when new gear came out the first words from the WHM and BLM were "so what new coloured robe do we get" Nicely though, lately their glamours have been FIRE! Still doesn't beat Ranged DPS glamours,

[@chriscombs21886]

~2:19 just remember it's my turn with the brain cell tomorrow at 8

[@gr4mas144]

Hey can you share yours HUD layout ?

[@stephaniecroyle7478]

White Mage has Orange cat energy 😂

[@Tinandel]

WHM main here, and I will forever love it! I have to admit that the accusations of it being the easiest healer by far are all true... but I love the holy healer aesthetic just way too much. All of the other healer archetypes just feel silly to me. WHM rocks that 'high priestess' vibe like no-one else can.

[@NiinyyEUW]

even though pictomancer is cool, i really wish we had a druid or something that uses nature/flowers as their abilities, i got really disappointed when i played conj/whm and saw the shiny priest direction they were going.

[@juchazita8411]

Hy. White Mage is better than Astro?

[@Kroniklis]

No. All healers are viable and are equally strong

[@nova_i_r1ze616]

Me playing White Mage because if Shiroe from Log Horizon

[@CalamitasDeus]

Yet another video upon which I leave a comment asking for the blue mage video.

[@AtzZen]

Hi! Whats the name of that hairstyle?

[@TheMinidow]

10 reasons to play samurai? I've been enjoying the anime fighting mans.