Scholar (SCH)
Healer -- A Realm Reborn
Role
Healer
Difficulty
Medium (2/3)
Primary Stat
Mind
Weapon
Codex
PvE Rating
★★★★★
PvP Rating
★★★★★
Description
A tactical healer that prevents damage with shields and manages the Aetherflow resource. Scholar commands a fairy companion and excels at pre-emptive mitigation.
Playstyle
Plan ahead with shields and fairy abilities. Manage Aetherflow between damage and healing. SCH rewards proactive healers who can predict incoming damage.
Strengths
- +Chain Stratagem is a powerful raid-wide DPS buff
- +Fairy provides consistent passive healing at no cost
- +Excogitation and Deployment Tactics offer unique pre-emptive tools
- +Expedient is invaluable for movement-heavy mechanics
Weaknesses
- -Shield healing requires fight knowledge to be effective
- -Fairy AI can be unreliable with targeting
- -Lower personal DPS than Sage in optimized play
- -Aetherflow mismanagement leads to healing gaps
Key Mechanics
- 1Aetherflow resource management
- 2Fairy companion (Eos/Selene)
- 3Seraph summon for shields
- 4Chain Stratagem raid buff
- 5Shield-based mitigation healing
Rotation Overview
Maintain Biolysis DoT. Spam Broil for damage. Use Aetherflow stacks on Energy Drain (damage) or heals (Lustrate, Indomitability, Excogitation). Let fairy handle passive healing. Pre-shield with Adloquium before big hits.
Utility
Chain Stratagem -- 10% crit rate raid buffExpedient -- party sprint + mitigationDeployment Tactics -- spread shield to partyExcogitation -- delayed auto-healFey Illumination -- healing buff + magic mitigation
Tips & Strategy
- 1Chain Stratagem in the party burst window is a major raid DPS contribution.
- 2Excogitation is fire-and-forget -- place it on the tank before a buster.
- 3Fairy heals are free and constant -- let Embrace do the work between mechanics.
- 4Deploy a critical Adloquium for massive party-wide shields before big AoE.
- 5Seraph provides extra shields -- save it for heavy damage phases.