I've been playing a scholar for a bit and while no expert, I'll just put down some things I try to follow (hard to keep track of what everyone said so might be redundant, also just generals rules not accounting for skill limitations in lower level dungeons):
If anyone see anything wrong on my tips, feel free to correct, but that's the rules I follow and it works out pretty well. (Also, there's nothing wrong with using up your mana, sometimes you just have to. Better to finish a fight at 1% than to lose a fight 50% mana to state the obvious).
- I use a general rule of thumb not to use Adlo on DPS. The galvanize is usually wasted if you have a good tank that grabs aggro back quickly or if the boss does AE's with long cooldowns. It only lasts 30 seconds and if they don't get hit afterwards, you're pretty much overhealing. Certain fights where I know DPS will be taking DPS damage I'll use as a preshield (but those are very rare and mana light fights).
- Succor is also one of those skills you want to use sparingly. It's good for preshielding for AE damage (i.e. Titan stomps). If you're going for true mana efficiency, I think it's more efficient to toss out something like 3 individual physicks than to do a succor (don't quote me on this). Of course if you have a lot of AE damage coming and everyone is borderline dead, you'll want to use this. (Also for when you're just lazy too.
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- I believe the threshold to trigger your fairy's heal is 80% automatically. If you micro the pet heal, you can just have it pre-casting during hits and also top people off before that threshold. So for the beginning of the fight, the first few heals will be from my fairy (and you can toss DPS longer too if you like). It can also prevent overheals too if you're tossing single heals to multiple players. I'll sometimes have it heal a DPS while I toss a heal on the tank to top them off. That way we don't cross/over heal.
- If you're comfortable with the fight, don't store aetherflow stacks. Either use them for lustrates to save a bit of mana or use energy to replenish your pool if there's really no heals needed. I try to glance at my timer occasionally and use 1 aetherflow for when a third of the cooldown passes.
If anyone see anything wrong on my tips, feel free to correct, but that's the rules I follow and it works out pretty well. (Also, there's nothing wrong with using up your mana, sometimes you just have to. Better to finish a fight at 1% than to lose a fight 50% mana to state the obvious).
