State of Sage FFXIV Endwalker 6.45

Sage is my personal favorite healer in FFXIV Endwalker! With some fairly fast paced gameplay and some gimmicks that help separate it from its peers, how did Sage hold up in the eyes of raiders in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker!
Join our Discord!:discord.gg/7Gt9NFHFqc
Become a Member!
/ @ohshizzle
Music Credits
massobeats - gift: • massobeats - gift (roy...
massobeats - lucid: • massobeats - lucid (ro...
#ffxiv #ff14
FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
FINAL FANTASY XIV © 2010-2023 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

[@bransonchic678]

Thank you so much for doing sage i love it so much! It reminds me of a surgeon. Lol, your humor with the laser sounds effects maybe one day when inhavr time i'll try sagr in savage. Seeing how passinate you are with these convince

[@Ohshizzle]

I looooooooooove Sage!

[@dalgona4819]

When I started SGE I had difficulties dealing with its kit. It wasn't until later on, when I got a hang of its kit and how certain abilities would buff SGE, that I learned how to use it better. And now I feel like SGE, while it does not have the buffs that make SCH so popular on hard content, just plays so smoothly imo. Running around while attacking and healing and shielding, plus the ability to fly to a party member, is just so much fun.

[@dalgona4819]

10/10 SGE laser sounds

[@Landong1]

Thanks!!!

[@Tobeh]

SCH, DRK, and I suspect SGE have a problem at the start of every expansion where they feel underwhelming or even underpowered and can have a harder time of clearing things. Since their effective mitigations are all shields, potency %s and HP totals are huge for their power. TBN and healer shields usually end up being good in the middle of an expansion and godlike at the end. I suspect SGE will have the same thing happen.

[@thalesn]

There is more to this story. Several very impactful changes were made to Sage throughout the patch cycle. First, they changed it so you get 3 stacks of addersting when you get into the instance. Second, a shield was added to Holos (this is a very big one). Third, phlegma recharge time was reduced from 45 seconds to 40 seconds (easier to line up with bursts). Phlegma also got buffed from 510 potency (iirc) to 600. Fourth, E. prognosis started providing addersting (another very big one). So it's no wonder the job is more popular now. Sage now is soooooooo much better than it was at the start of the expansion.

[@NeocrimsonX]

What made me struggle to learn sage was the move names lol

[@bendonatier]

I think it's also worth remembering that scholar gets something sage doesn't, a party wide raid buff. In prog this doesn't matter, but as things continue and fights get more stabilized it's better to take a scholar for the extra crits during burst windows.

[@thalesn]

Sage does much more personal damage tho, so in rDPS they are very close.

[@pastrana21]

your glam is terribad :D ;)