#Final fantasy 14 classes Patch#

#Final fantasy 14 classes Patch#

If you're interested in jumping into something you can quickly pick up and put down, try White Mage.īy far the newest of the healing quartet, Sage was introduced at the tail end of 2021 with the launch of Patch 6.0 - Endwalker. White Mages are the easiest to pick up with straightforward abilities, simple rotations, and minimal extra worries. They don't contribute much in terms of buffs, but a good one means they're cranking out personal DPS that makes up for it. Have a silly Dark Knight about to die from Living Dead? Just cast Benediction!Īnd again, while everything is viable, White Mages are still regarded as one of the more desired of the four classes. Benediction, the best instant, single target heal in the game, can single-handedly save any doomed tank faster than a Scholar or Astrologian. White Mages rely on regens and a few instant casts to restore HP to their party. They're a blast in dungeons, where their AOE attack, Holy, stuns and deals massive blows to enemy health that will take them out before your actual DPS party members have the chance. As a White Mage, think of yourself as a DPS just masquerading around as a healer. White Mage is straightforward and has no additional components to heavily micromanage like a fairy or cards, but that's also part of the fun of playing. Right now, it doesn't matter that White Mage has no real utility in the form of buffs like Astrologian's cards or Scholar's Chain Strategem, they do so much personal DPS they make up for it. They also bring a damage buff to fights in the form of Chain Strategem, making them a little more of a team player and less focused on individual DPS. Mitigating damage through shields and proper management of their fairy on the field gives Scholar an additional layer of complexity like Astrologian, but still not quite as hard. There are also plenty of instant casts at a Scholar's disposal, and while all four classes do have instant abilities, Scholar's other gimmick before the rest was always relying more heavily on instant-cast (OGCD) healing than the others. The class is also shield-focused, so they don't have as many regen options at their disposal, and instead cast abilities before boss damage goes out to make sure the party is protected. They rely heavily upon their fairies, Eos or Selene depending on your preference, to cast regens and provide additional buffs to healing magic potency. Scholar is one of the two healing classes that launched with FF14. It could probably stand a little love, but it's in a much fairer position now than it has been over the last few years. That's a good thing though! In patches prior, Scholar felt like an end-game must-have for most parties and left others in the dust. The class certainly isn't a bad one, they just may not shine quite as easily as they used to.

Bringing in the rear is FF14's fairy healer, Scholar.