2:15 - #1: ALWAYS "Adlo" the tank before every pull ("deployment tactics" usage included). 2:55 - #2: ALWAYS use "Dissipate" at the end of pulls if you have no use for it. 3:26 - #3: Use "Fey Union" to its fullest effect. 4:30 - #4: Use "Sacred Soil" ... . 5:02 - #5: Use "Recitation" on cooldown. 5:36 - #6: Use "Whispering Dawn & "Fey Illumination" (examples included). 6:21 - #7: How to handle "Seraph". 7:12 - #8: "Lustrates" are important! 7:32 - #9: Use "Chain Strategem" during pulls. 8:01 - #10: Use "Lucid Dreaming" properly (around 8000 MP). 8:35 - #11: Do big pulls if you can. 9:25 - Talking about heal plans for dungeon, pull types of dungeons and skill spacing. 13:25 - Final words and some reminders.

The nice thing about the minimal changes to Scholar in EW is that this video is still full of really good advice. Would love to see an addendum on usage of Expedient and Protraction in trash packs.

using Dissipation in between pulls - best ever tip I ever gotten for SCH, made my day 👍😄 thank you, sir

Life-changing guide, thank you so much! Before I felt like a scholar with no research funding, but now I feel like I got a grant and unlocked the true way to play scholar!!

A lot of really good tips (pre-Adlo-ing yourself for an easy deploy is some galaxy brain 300 IQ stuff) though my favorite part are the heal plans. Health care coverage is available, please consult a Scholar for more details!

As someone who is still leveling scholar and is playing it as their first healer I have a few things to say; it really surprised me how well I could handle bigger pulls that I did not think I was ready for. I did not have the confidence to do big pulls, but absolutely had the tools to make it work. Yes it got a little crazy at times but if no one is dead then I say it went alright, even if it could have gone better. If you are new to healing but have a decent understanding of the game, don't be afraid of some bigger pulls. You won't know if you are or aren't ready until you try them. Good luck and have fun everyone!

I've been struggling healing the new level 80 dungeons. I tried your tips and it helped a lot. Less panic, more time dpsing, smoother runs. Thanks for the advice!

I never even thought of putting adloquim on myself and then spreading the shield to the party...same with using Dissipation between pulls. This is a great video thank you!

We need more great healer guides like yours. I never found any comprehensive healer guides until now. You make it easier to understand and explain methods with great patience. I am excited about an Eden savage healer guide explaining the methods and preventing such mistakes.

I really appreciate all the content you've posting Momo. Really means a lot for casual players and players looking to optimize in general, such as myself. Even as someone who has used scholar since heavensward, I learned quite a lot from this video. I admit I should be deploying more for pulls lol. Its just efficient and accounts for aoe damage (or people not dodging). Thank you again for all the work you do for the community.

I've heard the adage "SCH oGCD is so powerful you should never have to cast a heal" for so long but I could never get it to work.. Thank you so much for this video, the timeline of your skill usage at the top was *especially* useful to see what was actually happening. Holy moly I have so much homework to do to try to get better now. Thank you!

Thank you very much! I just finished my SCH to 80, I didn't struggle in dungeons at all but this video taught me a few things I didn't even know. I did panic sometimes and use a few too many Adlos during large pulls but mostly that was me not trusting the tank to remember his CD's. (Which happens alot with new tanks who think they are comfortable wall to wall pulling) ..... Great video and highly reccommended! I second @James Martin's comment. Dissipation between pulls BESTTIP! Never thought of that.

As an experienced raider on tank, but new to healing and SCH, this is an amazingly useful guides. So many simple basic tips that are not very obvious for new SCH's such as self-adlo deployment or end-of-pull dissappation, as well as amazing advice on healing itself! Great guide, thanks!

I'm a newer healer and only got sch to 70 via smn but this guide got me wanting to get 80 smn via sch 😄😄

Thank you for this video Momo! I always thought of myself as a pretty decent Scholar but this gave me a few things to try myself that I hadn't thought of before. I'm hoping to slowly implement some of your ideas as you suggested at the end of the video and become an even more beneficial member of my parties :)

I'm actually using a lot more of my skills this expansion, was skeptical when seeing the changes at first but I'm really enjoying my Scholar now.

"DO BIG PULLS" 8:47 The sight almost gave me a heart attack. Anyway, after switching between WHM and AST for 2 years now, I decided to give SCH a try. Reaching ShB dungeons now, the new skills are more of a head scratcher for me as I start to realize the job plays a lot differently than the other two healers. On my own, I thought I still do ok as SCH but something just doesn't feel right. I understand how to effectively use my skills now thanks to this guide. Can't wait to try your tips out. ✨💪

Thank you so much for these. I just hit 50 on SCH as main and I'm looking forward to digging into the mechanics (although I'm questioning playing the most proactive healer when it's my first time in these dungeons!)

This guide is helping me out understand scholar soooo much better. I haven’t had to touch physick in so many runs just through smarter preemptive gameplay.

Just found this after having a big conversation about how my healing was worse than an NPC in the trust. Your use of art of War is also different than I was playing - I was far back doing broil so your tips AND video were so helpful. Thank you so much! Coming back two expansions past I couldn't believe how different it feels, I can't wait to give some of these a try

Me before shb: ah I'll slap an excog on tank and call it a day Me after : shit uh .. I have to heal ? 😂

Tanks tend to pull to the wall....and in those scenarios I find myself having to spam adlo/physik and not much I can do to avoid it. One group at a time I can dps but wall pulling I end up having to gcd heal most of the time with excog/lustrate to keep up. Even with all the preparation tanks tend to drop like rocks. Like full to dead in like 3 seconds

Gonna be sharing this with my sch friends who have been having issues in dungeons with mp. Thank you as always.

Yo, I've never thought of using dissipation between pulls, thanks!

As a healer main I lvl all the healers. My main is astro which is 80, next is whm and then scholar. So this video is pure amazing to have before I level them up so thank you! Also even though I leveled up my Astro you taught me something I didn't realize which was the benefit of using sleeve draw with light speed.

Clear and concise information presented. Keep up the good work.

Nice, I thought I was a pretty good healer but I never even considered adlo myself + deploy or using dissipate. So good tips for even "experts"

The last time I used SCH for actual content was way back in Coil Turn 5. With each expansion, SCH became more and more daunting for me to learn how to play properly as I was often changing jobs to fill in for raid groups. I recently started to level it again and my first Holminster run was a harrowing experience. Perhaps it was also due to the tank mass pulling without using CDs, but I knew that I was doing something wrong. This video popped up just at the right time. The use of Dissipation and what abilities to pair with on each pull worked wonders. Just hit 73 but I'm already more confident in healing. Thank you for making this vid~

You are a legend. I switched to sch from mnk and i was not doing half of these things and somehow managing to heal decent sized pulls. Thanks man

One tip. Communicate with your tank. I always see tanks who just run pull a huge group and not use one defensive cooldown. I typically focus target the tank just to see if they are playing correctly.

thank you so much momo! i was having a hard time grasping healing with sch after the changes but think i understand it way better now!

Thank you so much for making this video. I just got into Shadowbringers as SCH recently and found a recurring problem where my tank was dying during double pulls and I couldn't heal them fast enough to keep them alive. Now I'm realizing I was trying to DPS too much and it was probably slowing everything down. This is a great advice video and I will continue to reference it as I move through ShB content.

Exactly what I was looking for. Great job! Thanks!

I've watched this video so many times since it's come out and always end up taking something new it's such a good video

I feel like there's something I'm still missing to totally understanding how SCH is supposed to work now after all the 5.0 changes, but part of that is changing my own way of thinking and just practicing. But this guide really gave me the first steps I need to figuring that out, so thanks. I need to watch the stuff on Seraph again because I still really trip up on how the hell I'm supposed to use her best.

Wow, thank you. I’m doing a sch main for this expansion and didn’t think or see some of these tips.

Relatively new to FFXIV and healing (started in May). Levelled Summoner / Scholar. This is incredibly helpful. Thank you. I almost never use Dissipate because the fairy is so useful and never thought to use it at the end of pulls. Fantastic advice all around.

I'm a fairly new player, and I've mostly tanked and played some DPS, but I've been interested in doing all four Role Quests in Shadowbringers, so I've been leveling Scholar. This video is fascinating, informative, and well-thought out... but I'm really intimidated by healing, and this just reinforces that. Tanking always strikes me as relatively easy -- know the fight, keep control of everything, use your defense cool downs wisely, pull as much as you can handle but no more, and keep your damage numbers up. Healing, on the other hand -- to begin with, it emphasizes knowing the fight from a completely different direction. It requires you to keep track of not only mechanics and damaging the enemy, but also the health of everyone else in the party. It can vary wildly depending on your party -- if the tank misses a cooldown or one of the DPS keeps standing in the fire, you have to notice that and react or even predict their actions. And failure on the other jobs just seems more recoverable than for healing -- if you DPS poorly, the fight takes longer; if you don't pick up an enemy right away as tank you can grab it as soon as you notice, and if you use your cooldowns poorly the healer might be able to cover for you. If you fumble as a healer, someone probably dies. And, of course, actually getting practice as a healer requires making three or seven other players depend on you. DPS and Tanks can learn a lot of their most important skills with solo practice. If it weren't for your bit at the end about 'only do what you're comfortable with,' I might be intimidated out of healing altogether. There was definitely some really good advice in there, some of which I've absorbed and will be making use of, but then I look at your pre-mapping out healing rotations for each step of a dungeon and I just sort of cower in fear at the complexity. Still, I'm only level 50 so far. I'm going to keep at it, and keep looking in at this video as I level, and hopefully I'll be ready to take more of it in each time... if I have the confidence, at least. Keep up the good work!

Omggggggg I’ve been trying my hardest on sch and still so clunky as opposed to my 80 WHM and AST. I was just barely missing something I couldn’t put my finger on. That dissipate between pulls is an extra 3 aether I needed to be more fluid. And that self adlo deploy. Genius. Because 99.9% of the time the tank is by themselves and not around anyone to share it to. I don’t feel so scared on SCH anymore. Thank you! 💖🥰

Me playin Scholar: Crit already, Adlo! Why'd you take the place of the old Bard regarding crit, ADLO!? Others playing Scholar : I,ll watch Netflix for an hour and oh look the tank is not dead yet. Back to Netflix I go.

the tip about deploying adlo off yourself wasn't something i had thought of xD And I'm guilty of not using chain during mobs :/ very nice vid, thnx o/

The more I play new Scholar, the more I realize how amazing these new abilities would have been with our old kit. Seriously, if they had just kept Scholars kit the same (keeping the Critlo Nerf) and given us these new abilities it would have been hands down the best iteration of the job ever. Energy Drain and Dissipation would have felt super amazing, Miasma II would have been a slick damage weaver for how the new healing works; you would have had a legit choice between using Shadowflare and SS that would have been awesome, and Seraph with Single Target macro's still available would have been crazy intense awesome. While I am working with what I have and can appreciate some of the changes, I just feel like Scholar got unnecessarily pruned Playstyle wise for no real reason. (I dont care about potencies and this and that, I care about the jobs flow and hierarchy of abilities, which just now devolves into mash oGCD's)

Awesome video. It helped me a ton in understanding how to use the kit in dungeons as someone new to scholar and FFXIV.

Just want to say thanks. I've been playing 6 months, but stopped healing and switched to dps at level 70 dungeons, I just couldn't do it. The final straw was after i read lots of guides and it was still suggested that I needed to read some guides. 😱 Someone linked this video in a fb group, I only watched half to work on that section first, but I started getting "good heals" comments and today I cleared a level 80 dungeon. 😍 Still lots to learn and practise, but thanks so much. Also yes I realise this is 2 years old but still very powerful help, thanks again.

This video is about to help so much, I’m gonna be leveling SCH for the first time and I have no idea what I’m doing lmao

This guide SAVED MY ASS. Thank you so much!!!

WOOT! I've been doing it right lol But I've NEVER thought to use Dissipation that way, wow... nice tip

Dude. Thank you so much. I just got whm 80 and went to take sch from 71 up an I was struggling to do big pulls. I could not figure out exactly how the kits synergy but this video helped me so much to understand it! Thank you!

Thanks. These were some killer tips. Never thought of some of these and I appreciate it!

Still have Bane mapped I see? Feelsbadman Also, what's that like "timeline" looking overlay at the top btw?

Damn these are some extremely useful tips, I am especially impressed by the Deployment Tactics to get a 2nd free shield one. Thanks mr Momo

If you're watching this as a tank, look at that WAR pulling in Mt. Gulg. Rampart then Thrill and Vengeance then Arms Length, and he survived while throwing out over 24k DPS. USE YOUR CDS, THEY MAKE THINGS NOT HIT AS HARD SO EVERYONE IN YOUR PARTY CAN GO HAM.

Dude this video was amazing! I main smn but have been playing sch due to healer queues so I have issues in the post 80 dungeons but this video will help me tons! Thanks again

Man, this actually makes me want to gear up and play my sch. So mad i never thought of the dissapation thing

Just coming back to the game after a long break, this video helped a ton, thanks man

As someone terrified of big pulls when playing SCH this is very helpful.

This was a super useful video! I kept wiping a party last night cause I was trying to heal and dps...so the advice at the end hit home.

Thanks for the video! I recently got back into playing Scholar and this helped me a lot!

This is a great guide, but it is most useful for high level (56+) Scholars. This information matters little when you are below that level since you do not have access to DT, ET, Dissipation, etc.

Dungeon optimization POG

Was just thinking someone should make a guide like this. Thank you!

I really like this video, I'm new to FFXIV and I'm trying out scholar and that tip to use Adloquiem pre pull saves me so much stress haha. Thank you!!!

This is a really helpful guide. Awesome job and thank you :)

thanks to the balance discord for linking me this video, i legit have no idea how should i use dissipation since it takes away my fairy and i feel a bit too scared to use some of the ogcd because of the long CD

This video is golden even to this day. I recently got into healing and my SCH is just level 49 for now, and I feel a little scared whenever I look at the abilities window... but I want to try and learn 😊

I try to adlo before every pull but tanks now sprint before the last enemy dies.

As a WHM main for years leveling scholar for the first time (lvl75). I don't know how you have the time to dps. I can barely keep the tank alive spamming Aldo, using all the faerie spells, when he pull wall to wall. :( :(

I like this video :)

Very informative video! Can you do one for AST and WHM too?

This video helped me understand the scholar kit a lot thank you

im definitely not afraid to dps as scholar....what im afraid of is when dpsing drains all my mp and the tank doesnt know how to stop for a few second for my mp to regen a bit in between large pulls...if the tank wont wait for mp i wont dps because i rather focus keeping the tank alive than wiping to a large pull when i run out of mp or aetherflow

I'm late to this video, but this has been a tremendous help! Thank you.

I haven't had any trouble but I'm super self conscious of how I'm playing so I came to watch anyway.

Trying the Aurum Vale for the first time as a scholar was such a nightmare , both times the tank died atleast once . Im so used to white mage that trying to anticipate damage rather than react to damage is something Im not used to yet . Hopefully watching every guide in existence will he lp

As a SCH main gotta say this is pretty good of a rundown of how to effectively use the Aetherflow. Only thing I have noticed that was understated in this is assuming the tanks will mitigate for pulls, i have found that most tanks won't anymore because healers are only supposed to be healing now. (Except them DRKs who fear for their lives and like to show off TBN). Also great Dissipation tip

I love this video, is it possible for you to do the same type of video for astro? :)

would love a scholar guide for raids/trials shadowbringer version :)

I had been using recitation recently with adlo but not very often. I didn't realize it forced a crit heal every time. Hearing it should go on excog instead makes sense but I feel like it could go either way since it might over heal on excog and would be more effect as recit - adlo on self for better control - deployment tactics to everyone for the perfect shield - excog on tank for insurance

Thanks for reminding me of Deployment Tactics. I kinda forgot about it's existence when Eye for an Eye was removed..

I'd love to see one of these for Astro. I learned a ton from this, but I'm very much WHM>AST>SCH.

thank you very much for the guide, I have no idea how to play with sch so this will help me a bunch

Awesome Guide! This definitely helps as a returning player.

As someone newer to healing who has been enjoying the SCH playstyle, thank you. Your videos and expertise have been quite invaluable. Sidenote; what plugin is that at the top displaying your button presses?

The Dissipation tip between pulls just cured cancer or something, I swear. Thanks dude!

As a new player this is helping me so much with scholar thanks!

Super helpful, even in Endwalker, thanks! I've been maining tank since late ARR and I wanna try some strange/have always been scared of healing (hardest class imo), much appreciate.

Was getting through big pulls okay but def made it more stressful on myself than I needed to.

This is precisely what i wanted, thank you

I liked this video, I consider myself a "decent" healer with my ast but as a sch I struggled mightly with the level 70 content. Bigger pulls was basically a hot mess that the tank MIGHT survive if I got lucky but I'm hoping with these tips and practice I can get better. Till then "Small pulls plz."

I really appreciate this since I've switched to SCH from AST and am still learning. However, what would be *really* great is if you would make one of these for AST? That was my main in SB and I'm having trouble sometimes keeping the trusts alive. I'm sure a lot is learning how the old heals work differently now but I'd appreciate any tips!

Amazing vid, lots of very good tips! Do you have a video setting up your specific setup for your damage meter and ability usage? I have seen other vids, but I haven’t bothered getting it since others are so base. But I really like yours!

I’d love a guide like this for white mage. I know they’re in a great spot right now and are considered very easy to play but I’d be interested to see if you have any tips for playing it that I may have missed out on! I’ve always been decent at the game in my own opinion but recently I’ve decided to get into savage raiding and am looking to improve so even seemingly small tips may help a lot for that purpose. :)

Dude, those are Huge mobs. I get scared just looking at it. I started healing as Scholar, it was kinda easy easy mode at the begging with shields, Lustrates and embraces(whispering dawn). After lvl 60 things started to get a bit complicated for me(changed to WHM)... I didn't kinda knew how to use the new skills(I'm Level 80 already because MSQ roulette

perfect guide, i'd slam down the throat this video to any sch i find in dungeons that only uses physick and lustrate....

As an AST main trying to play SCH was difficult as i wasn't sure how to utilize my fairy or my abilities. Went from (When to Fae pact?/Is Dissipation even worth using?/Guess I'll just Crit-Adlo-Etact cuz what else?/Oh crap I have pet abilities..) to hot damn I feel like a damn SCHOLAR, genius level strat stuff here dude. I'm excited to bring out the max potential of the class!

Though I did quite a bit of this already, there was lots that was new to me and should help me improve, thanks

I recently unlocked scholar and tips really help.

Great video! Gonna save this for when I level my SCH a little more.

This is the first video about the Scholar in Shadowbringer that actually makes me hopeful. For me right now the changes suck beyond my original concerns/impressions... That goes for both Scholar and Summoner... But with this guide maybe I can get back into a place that it feels okay again, so thanks for that. Don't think it has a chance to return to being my favorite job, but you've given me hope to get some of what I thought was just gone back into the job. So again thanks, this vid helped a lot.

Question: I am still not comfortable with targeting friend and enemy. I read that people are not using macros with mouseover or 'target of target'. And people are not using addons. So what is the best way to activate my target for a spell (enemy/friend)? Is there a good video for this and how to propper setup your UI? Thx in advance.