FFXIV White Mage Healing Guide, Conquering Healxiety! (Easy, but you need to understand all of it!)

[@mewtje3095]

Lovely guide for new players! I have struggled with Healxiety from the beginning! There is only a few hand on healing tips, regardless of your healer class: - check your tanks gear - if you feel insecure about it, because it is your first time as healer in a dungeon, communicate this. I have never met a tank that went "balls to the walls" if they have an inexperienced healer in the party - make sure to pop regen after your tank has pulled. If you pop on a regen before your tank has aggro on the mobs, they will aggro to you. You dead = party dead - it is ok to concentrate on healing and then do dps if youre new. Increase dps-ing the more comfortable you feel. Never not dps though. To quote Jocat: Everybody is a DPS - if you die, and get a res, heal yourself first! It can be overwhelming if youre pressured already, but if youre topped up (in content with two healers, your co-healer is normally busy keeping everybody up, so help out :D) - If all goes to shit, LB3 is your best friend you got this, healer!

[@FuyuYuki92]

After more than one year of playing I've started to tackle my Healxiety and it's the second time I come back to your guides to get more knowledge about healing. Thank you so much!

[@Anna_Rae]

Currently have all my healers from lvl 60-80, but I appreciated this video. I like the chill and straightforward guides and tips. So many other people are just elitist speedrunners that talk in gibberish and tell you what’s trash and what’s the best.

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Yay then mission accomplished!

[@Anna_Rae]

@@BunBossFFXIV also hello to another fellow controller player. I love playing controller so much more, it’s super cozy and comfortable to play on PC with a controller and lay on the couch.

[@Vile-Flesh]

Lot of good tips here. This is the only class I actually enjoy playing and this is my first experience as a healer. I dislike the DPS in this game and it just doesn't feel like I'm doing any damage but as a White Mage I feel like I am actually doing something but it does get stressful at times.

[@slobooger]

Same here so far Vile, I really enjoy the WHM class and every time I branch out, I seem to go right back. X-D That and Gathering / Crafting when I cant give my full attention.

[@sonicroze]

I am a White Mage main. While Afflatus Solace and Rapture are not OGCDs, they are instant cast, and "free" other than the needed resources (lilies). When the tank is low, I like pairing a Lily with tetragrammaton to quickly refil their life. Another recent change is that we can now have 2 charges of Divine benison, this pairs very nicely with Aquaveil for tank busters. I've always enjoyed throwing a Divine Beni on a tank before they do trash pulls, as they don't draw any uneeded aggro and Aquaveil is the same, though its window is shorter. Liturgy and Asylum have the same radius, though Liturgy's is twice the cooldown. I would say that Liturgy would be something good to use if you've already blown Asylum, or in the more situational circumstances where you know you'll be hit multiple times. (I can think of a few bosses this would have been extremely helpful earlier on), or like Earthly star... that delayed heal. Asylum is more consistent healing but does require that black mage in the corner to cooperate *RESCUE!* I mean... um... XD Presence of Mind has become a DPS aid for me more than an "oshit" heal time - as opposed to Astro's Light Speed. Times where I know there's no incoming damage, I absolutely love popping this and becoming a turret. Assize is almost always on cooldown for me during times where I know its healing won't be needed, and I try to hit it just after raid wide damage goes off, especially when I have to move for mechanics. I think Thin Air could be improved, either by allowing three charges or halving the time needed to cast the spell - if not acting like a Swiftcast. Though even before the changes, as long as I hit Lucid dreaming around 50% remaining, I never had any issues with mana short of being a rez bot or having newly rezzed myself. (Thin air + Presence + Lucid + Assize is a frightening way to go from 0-60 pre-EW) I think I would like to see a mana recovery added to Divine Beni or Aquaveil since those are going to be more bread and butter for me going forward (maybe 5%?). Crazy thought: Maybe make Thin Air a straight up 30-50% Mana recovery with a steep cooldown (180 seconds) with no charges? It is a little strange seeing them go from being hands down the most mana efficient job to being the least mana efficient (in terms of recovery) over the course of one expansion. Ah well, they can always tweak later. (as they already are)

[@BunBossFFXIV]

I didnt know that! white mage is strong!

[@Itama22]

Thin Air is super good right now. WHM has literally 0 MP Costs on it's healing spells. If you utilize Thin Air well, like prioritizing to use it on your Healing Spells with 1000+ MP Costs while keeping Lucid Dreaming on CD all the time (not only when you are low on MP already), you are not able to run out of MP, even at low Piety values. If you don't need your Cure II or Medica II, just use Thin Air for a Glare, it saves you the MP Cost. It's definately better to use with the WHM toolkit now as with the old Thin Air, which had to synergy with anything other then presence of mind. Now it's effectively a 5%-25% MP recovery every 60 seconds, depending on the Spell you use it for. WHM is in my opinion still the most mana efficient healer, if you use your toolkit well. In current savage fights I'm constantly between 70%-100% MP, even in P3S, while other healers seem to struggle with their MP, especially in that fight. For context, my Piety Value is 592 and I would even go lower, if I wouldn't lose some Critical Hit while doing so ^^ Actually the only thing I would give WHM to improve the feeling of the Job is a second stack of Assize, so you can actually hold one stack for Healing purposes instead of having it on CD, even if you don't need the healing.

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

Just gonna chime in: Heal Action Boost: The receivers. Heal Magic Potency: The caster. Asylum boosts healing of any spell or ability received for whoever is in it. Temperance only boosts your spells (GCDs) of yourself, the WHM. Kinda funny considering I learned everything about healing from you. Great vids and thanks as always! Can’t wait to see the rest!

[@BunBossFFXIV]

hahah The heal action boost was the only one I could not remember and didn't want to say wrong haha, Thank you Toodles

[@nocturneee961]

As someone who's learning how to play healer and struggles a lot with dungeon pulls and tanks taking too much damage too fast, I'd never thought of using Medica II as an alternative to Asylum in order to stack regens on the tank during a pull. I'll definitely be trying that out. Thanks for the guide!

[@nightstrider15]

I’m ok healing casually, but I don’t think I’d ever be comfortable healing extreme savage or ultimate content. I’m a tank main and honestly I have less stress doing savage as a tank than a healer 🥵

[@LordXavius]

I healer main savage and I’m the opposite. I’m afraid to tank 🤣🤣🤣

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

Lol, ya same. I find it so much less stressful healing than I do tanking. So props to you!

[@BunBossFFXIV]

hahah oofff tank is my least favorite role

[@nightstrider15]

@@BunBossFFXIV if we were on the same server I’d be happy to tank with you whenever! (I’m on Famfrit lol)

[@SemekiIzuio]

Same I get anxiety as tank more so then healing cause you gotta lead and take care of party with party buffs on top of popping off defense cooldowns and dps/aggro. Healing you just focus on the party majority of the time and toss some dps on the side

[@HellSkater19]

nice guide, came back to ffxiv haven't played since storm blood expansion, and forgot all of my healing skills and what to do, this video helped me refresh my memory thanks

[@psionickender]

I've been trying to lvl whm as a secondary and just started 50+ content. I was having a hard time balancing the new skills and to find the best time to use them etc. This helped a lot. Maybe if I stop getting dropped in Aurum Vale in roulettes things will be fine. XD

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Ooofff that dungeon

[@cereyza]

I'm a savage healer and I still accidentally wipe there as a healer sometimes LOL

[@lemonlefleur6236]

I’m fairly new to healing classes. Usually I’m on the other end as a Tank, so my current understanding on Healing is “If the enemy is dead they can’t wound my allies”. So far my mindset has worked out.

[@elgatochurro]

As long as you're not dead, you're alive.

[@MrJamBluejam]

SCH main, never really liked WHM in the past but recently levelled it from 80-90 and really enjoyed it. It is a more straightforward at first, but then you click with the little tricks and nuances of it. I didn't have healxiety but I did have shieldxiety for a little while. But with angel wings, and various mitigation buffs, I can still feel like I'm using some shields. And presence of mind with some burst dps feels cooler than my scholar dps.

[@Midniyt]

Just found this video while trying to get back into my 60 WHM - thanks for breaking down the class so easily!

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@denisebardliving]

@@BunBossFFXIV awsome video thanks for guide i am not good at healing

[@TheMadMoose]

Love this guide. I am still new to FFXIV (not to the series) and I ha e found that I like weaving medica in between Holy. I am only 54 currently. PLD or War is my main roll but I wanted to do Whm on an Alt so I made one.

[@WriggleNB]

Thanks for the tips! I don't really have as much healxiety compared to when I first started, but I always felt I could be doing more to support the party. Turns out, I definitely could, lol.

[@b1ngnx33]

Oh I am standing around! A B C = ALWAYS BE COMATOSE!

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Omg this made me laugh out loud

[@rinhatiri7002]

Thank you for posting this, I've been playing a white mage myself but my spell rotations weren't the greatest. So your video helped a lot especially with tips!

[@grayelmore9425]

As a healer you may rez many players but when you die you have to run the course again and tten are then faced with a 15 second limit to reenter the fight - that F-ING SUCKS ever time

[@justingerry97]

as an up and coming WHM main, in the middle of heaven's ward. this is really helpful to know i am seeing some lines correctly

[@zuryIsSleeping]

Loved the guide! I really love playing WHM since it feels so simple but potent. I'm sad that they changed thin air to only affect one cast, and I wish using aflatus misery had equal potency to 4 glares because right now I feel like I am playing a game of how much can I heal with only oGCDs rather than using WHM's cool job mechanics.

[@lushdontu4015]

Be grateful. scholar and ast damage is not as good as whm.

[@zuryIsSleeping]

@@lushdontu4015 oh wow I didn't even know how they were doing on damage. I just want to feel cool using my lillies

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Thank you!

[@usagiikay]

tysm for this awesome guide that isn't condescending or all about just min maxing shit when thats not everyones cup of tea

[@massamune70]

Hi Stefan, thanks for the great guide. I have no idea what you are on about as I am new to being a healer in FFXIV. New to FFXIV, period. I chose healer because I have enjoyed it in other MMO's (No I'm not a WoW player) I will look forward to learning this class 👌

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Glad to hear it!

[@LordXavius]

Great helpful insight for newbies. Lately I’ve seen such an influx of sprouts playing WHM and it hurts my heart when they aren’t using holy or spamming Cure 1. I try to give advice but it’s 50/50 on if people listen. I hope more people see this video!

[@ArtByCiel]

I am one of those sprouts and I will now be spamming Holy xD

[@BunBossFFXIV]

thank you xavius 😅

[@SemekiIzuio]

I can only hope they arent taught to spam cure 1 only nonstop for the whole dungeon by end game 😐 I've had that run on an ShB dungeon.

[@wild_wyoming6392]

Just trying to learn WHM as a secondary and my main is tank. And I always welcome tips to make me better. I absolutely was spamming cure 1, but I'm learning, or trying to, lol.

[@jamesgiraldo5101]

What's up man, I'm having one hell of an issue. I'm currently lvl53 the class quests that would bring me to learn the lvl 52 abilities has not come up, why can't I get the quest " A Journey of Purification?

[@itsmefirefox]

I use it the first way you taped about because I don't have a Lilly yet during the first pull so I just use it instead so that way I also get more used

[@jerome6519]

i havent seen it in the comments yet but to answer the question about asylum it increases all Healing from any player within the bubble.

[@andryhrakotoniaina7437]

Can't wait for the sage guide I want to learn it so much but healing is scaring me like hell lol

[@BunBossFFXIV]

coming out tomorrow!

[@evilsteve8915]

Perfect! I just started healing.

[@BunBossFFXIV]

hope it helps!

[@gangerolf5089]

Great guide. Was just bored due to some server maint. and decided to watch ff14 guides etc. Ive basically only played holy priest in WOW as healer before so this was helpful. I thought white mage would be like playing holy on wow. Same s--t diffrent name kinda, lol. Oboy, was I wrong about that. Similar but very very diffrent

[@justinashworth849]

“Dotting” or dot each enemy means damage over time lol that’s what I thought but had to look it up to make sure for beginners like myself

[@lewys9204]

Healaxiety 🤣 FML that suits perfectly. I'm down for gathering loads of moves and taking everything on; I'll heal the tank and when dps are 3rd class 😌 I put priority on the tank only and myself for any run.

[@ellislopez4214]

thank you for this guide it helped someone new like me get into healing easily! will you be redoing the scholar guide as well?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Yes I am working on my scholar one right after I post my sage one tommorrow

[@ellislopez4214]

@@BunBossFFXIV you are the best! thank you for your hard work ill definitely be checking them out

[@leonbraun3778]

WHM is my main and only level 90 at the moment (others close)... I have all 4 healers leveled to some degree and I do find the WHM (contrary to what some say) the healer with the most utility by far... Some may not like the GCD heals of the class, but realistically, this is a healing class first and a damaging class second... I do find the Holy weaving between other healing spells works good. I also (personally) save my free/speed type modifiers for healing spells and not damaging spells, so they're there in a pinch when I need them... Thanks for the guide =)

[@SemekiIzuio]

Yeah I do the benediction when tank starts to get low to get an immediate hp fill, keeps the dps going. I've had benediction fail me countless time on oh shit moments that I deemed it unreliable, better to use it and actually have it work then have a gamble of 50/50. Oh shit moments is when I use tetra lily spam and assize if I have it

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Same I just weave it! I always end up messing it up and actually healing myself! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@davidmarks509]

I am a newbie white mage. I am not keen on cure 1 and cure 2 as it would be nice to have them for whatever level dungeon you are doing else you have to have an extra spot on the controller. I love doing longstop but the end boss does that things where green things appear all over the place then they go off and there is not enough tme to move to avoid the damge. I feel that needs to be adjusted. Like copperbell minds second boss fight. Ty for the guide

[@daemonikkateylarii9731]

What is your button setup, because I've seen that on several FF14 KZbinrs? I'm referring to the 8 groupings of 4 buttons.

[@cosmicwishbone]

@@daemonikkateylarii9731 I believe this is because he’s using a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard

[@felisrising7160]

Ever seen a wipe on the first pull of smileton because the WHM is spamming Cure 1 and the tank uses no cooldown?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

oooommphhhh

[@theDirtMan69420]

man im new and only at like level 55 or 56, havent even unlocked lilies, most of this makes no sense to me since i havent got those abilities yet 😂 great guide though, i was cure spamming most of the time, i will def switch to regen+medica II as my primary heals from now on during dungeons

[@BrljoMrljo]

Jeez! This is waay too much for my simple DPS brain lol. I wanted to play WHM as 2nd job and now after this I am totally terrified with amount of stuff I will need to remeber and put on my hot bars to make some sense. I might drop helaing idea and just went with another dps.

[@BunBossFFXIV]

You got this, I believe in you!

[@rappscallion3238]

Don't worry about it. You'll get used to it as you level up gradually. Not like you get all of these abilities at once. You can do it!

[@BrljoMrljo]

@@BunBossFFXIV I am now on lvl 69 with my WHM and frankly I stopped worrying by now. Usualy I see on entry wipe that is gonna happen. Mostly it is due to tanks pull way to big crowd and forget to pop Cd's. I do have sime insta heals as WHM but you know better than me that it is limmited in big damage situations. Boss fights are mostly uneventfull as I like to review mechanics for new grind dungeon on YT, but trash mobs is place where ppl should pay more attention as damage can come in fast and in big numbers. I also noticed that some DPS like to run infront of tank, so that is fun....spending res. Thankfully by now I can see what is going to happen usualy so I can at least pop renew on F4 before s.it hits the fan lol. my experience with WHM so far tells me that in most situations, renew and medica II can solve most situations with occasional Heal III when we get big hit.

[@pran7003]

Has anyone as Healer experience greater attacks from dungeon bosses when they use MEDICA - ATTACKS AS BEING ONE TIME KILL EVEN WHEN YOUR hp WAS AT MAX ?

[@harulee]

Hi, I've been playing for WHM til lvl 50 now, however I haven't tried the gathering/profession job yet. Any tips on which Profession should I get For WHM? Is it alchemist, carpenter or weaving? Thanks

[@onioncultistlordoftheonion8315]

This video does need an update since blood lily is now dps neutral to use.

[@xo3583]

a whm healing guide: press glare.

[@Itisallspirit]

I love your guide, but now I am overwhelmed and need to refigure out my hotbar. I use a regular keyboard. I just moved cure l away from my other skills >.>

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Glad it helps at least a little 😅

[@masonmcderp2485]

A visual at the end would have been great

[@BunBossFFXIV]

🙊

[@davidmarks509]

I was told to check the tanks gear. I dont have all day to do that maybe an addon could be used and is ok to use ?

[@strawberrieeMilky]

I'm having a hard time putting Aero on the trash mobs as we are running. Do I just stop and cast?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

It’s an instant cast so no you don’t have to stop running. If your on controller then it’s just cycling through with the left or right dpad l, if you are on mouse and keyboard then it’s just clicking on the enemies list rather than clicking on them individually

[@gavriella77]

I looked for the hotbar layout but its not in the description box or did I miss something?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Under controller playlist

[@usmansubhani7482]

How do you make the hot bar like that on a controller? Seems more useful than default.

[@BunBossFFXIV]

I have a guide on it!

[@BunBossFFXIV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYCvnHuwociiq68

[@spookyboi2248]

How did you make your cross hotbar be on top like that?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

You can find the video in the playlist “controller@

[@Opalzilla]

Not me still using cure 1 in lvl 90 content 🙃

[@Opalzilla]

at least I found this guide and can do better now 😂

[@klltx2001]

God I do the same. The whole MP cost with Cure 2 intimidates me to use it but then again I forgot how good WHM actually was as a healer, since everyone kinda sharts on it for how basic it is. One of those Beginner traps apparently, might try to get out of that habit.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

your thumbnail is wrong.. beginner wear complete clothing , expert wear almost nothing as glamour

[@aaronparker7898]

WHM for life!

[@arkboi2145]

The FFXIV Healing and the community's expectations of FFXIV Healers crack me up. FFXIV Healing is quite literally the equivalent of calling an Uber/Lift who is a negligent aggressive driver. One who is late to pick you up, then proceeds to drive 100 mph+ with the radio on max volume, who weaves in and out of traffic, cusses out other drivers and flicks them off, runs red lights, drinks while driving, puts on their make-up while driving, eats while driving, gets into a car wreck, and gets a driving citation; but still somehow just barely manages to get you to your destination on time and in one piece. All the while saying, "Yeah, but did you die?" Lol. Imagine if you were a patient in real life with a medical emergency and your care team spent 95% of their time doing other stuff other than actually caring/treating you and they waited until the very last second (1HP/Unconsciousness/Cardiac Arrest) to actually start treating you. They'd be fired, sued, and black-listed from ever performing those duties ever again for reckless negligence. However, that's essentially FFXIV Healing in a nutshell. Instead of telling the damage-dealers to get good, learn the fight mechanics, learn their rotations and make optimizations, equip better gear, and make use of buffs and items that would increase their damage output; the FFXIV community instead blames the healers for not dpsing more than healing. Even though healers factually deal the lowest total damage out of all Tanks, Melee DPS, Ranged Caster DPS, and Ranged Physical DPS. Don't get me wrong, I am 100% all-in for healers contributing to party/raid damage by making sure there is always a DoT spell up on enemies, always casting AoE damaging attacks for large mob pulls, and then hard casting/dpsing during downtime, enemy transitional phases, and when healing is not necessary. But if anyone in the party/raid was doing what they were supposed to be doing and they still died, then it's the healer's fault. If there was mitigatable damage that could have been shielded, a telegraphed raid-wide attack, or a DoT that could have been Ensuna'd or healed through, but you spent that time on dpsing instead; then that's the healer's fault. If you're a healer dpsing instead of healing when your other healer teammates are burning through their MP/Mana just trying to keep everyone barely alive, then that's your fault as a healer. If you're playing a healer archetype/class/job/role, then your primary focus/first concern should be on healing/supporting/buffing teammates. Period. Roughly broken down, your time spent should be 65% on Healing and 35% on Damage-dealing. If an ally's HP falls below >50%, heal them (there are many attacks that will one-shot a PC at half-health or less). If an ally's HP is above

[@ArborusVitae]

Nah, I’m gonna heal the absolute minimum and pump damage. No reason to heal more than absolutely necessary, anything extra is wasted. The ideal pull is 100% time spent on damage and only healing via ogcds.

[@mandyknorr5190]

I agree in the last time I have seen Healers which deals more damage as focusing on healing and I dislike it too. Also the Tanks which pulling so much enemies in the lower dungeons and underdestimate the damage from a cloud of mobs and the Healer as maybe in the lower dungeons not so much of his healing skills. Then I also don't like people which assume you should use more cure 2 which costs so much mana I barely use it and most of the time I use cure only when it triggers cure 2 without manapoints. I mean it gives regen and I combine it more with cure 1.

[@jaellandrie6877]

How do I dot enemies? What does that even mean?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Damage over time.

[@mangaman3757]

Basically use Aero when you can.

[@wickedcor]

What does GCD and OGCD mean?

[@BunBossFFXIV]

Global cooldown and off global cooldown. If you type in “weaving” on my channel it will have a decent video explaining the difference

[@dropz_eleventy]

what does “Dot” mean?

[@LadyGoggles]

it stands for “Damage Over Time” - whm has Aero/Dia which is a DoT

[@elgatochurro]

Cure 1 is the most cost effective heal

[@BunBossFFXIV]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@elgatochurro]

@@BunBossFFXIV cure 2 burns through mana and only the tank gets to use the full heal of it.

[@BunBossFFXIV]

@@elgatochurro oh no you are serious. Look I would love to deliberate why you are wrong. Which I don't usually say outright. Feel free to white ANY white mage guide to understand why you are very very incorrect. Cure should rarely be used, when you have other tools to heal better.

[@elgatochurro]

@@BunBossFFXIV I find Cure 2 really heavy on the mana and only the tanks hp bar really makes use of the full heal. Cure 1 is overly hated despite it being only 40% of the mana cost for a still strong amount of healing. I use Cure 1 specifically on dps and healers as, again, they dont need need Cure 2.