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Some things are copied from the old guide credit goes where credit should.
I have chosen not to add all Job Ability/Job Trait info, instead linked bgwiki's whm page

On Healing Hands - A Comprehensive WHM Gear Guide v3

BGWIKI WHM

Sub Job Selection.

Scholar is the most commonly used sub job and should be a White Mage’s go to for almost any situation.
Under Light Arts: 10% cast speed reduction; 10% recast reduction; 10% reduced MP cost &
Sublimation: When fully charged the total MP stored is equal to 50% of your maximum HP, about 850-950 mp.
And it will prevent you from Sleep while it's charging.
Conserve MP, Accession(AoE Regen/Stoneskin/-na's), Penury, and Celerity Stratagems, B+ in Enfeebling and Enhancing magic.
Under Dark Arts & Addendum: Black: access to Sleep, Dispel, which can be AoE with Manifestation, but on 2min timer.

Red Mage is the next most important sub job for White Mage,
which isn’t saying too much as the times a White Mage will sub Red Mage is very few and far in between.
In terms of utility it offers, Refresh, Fast Cast, Flurry, Convert, Dispel, Sleep and Sleep II

Black Mage is generally used as the lazy man’s way to head from easy event to easy event.

Merit Selection

Group 1 Merits

Bar Spell Effect 5/5
Regen Potency 5/5

Group 2 Merits

Animus Solace 5/5
Animus Misery ?/?*
Devotion 5/5*

* Depends on which stance you mostly use, Cureskin from Solace is probably used 99% of the time.

Precast Sets

Precast Fast Cast Novice	Precast Fast Cast Medium	Precast Fast Cast Advanced
ItemSet 373971	ItemSet 373972	ItemSet 373973
• Cape Fast Cast +10 • Head Path :D	• Cape Fast Cast +10 • Head Path :D • Gada 4~6	• Cape Fast Cast +10 • Option: Fanatic Gloves +7FC • Head Path :D

Precast Fast Cast
Elite

ItemSet 373974

• Head Path :D
• This set is 80% Fast Cast &
10% Quick Cast
• Can also use Augmented
Grioavolr with Fast Cast
& Clerisy Strap+1
• Other swaps SU3 Legs
• Oranyan

Precast Cure Novice	Precast Cure Medium	Precast Cure Advanced
ItemSet 373976	ItemSet 373977	ItemSet 373978
• Cape Fast Cast +10 • Head Path :D • Feet Path :D	• Cape Fast Cast +10 • Head Path :D • Feet Path :D	• Head Path :D • Feet Path :D • This set had capped Cure Casting Fast Cast & Quick Cast

Precast/Midcast Cure
For Equipsets

ItemSet 373009

• Cape Fast Cast +10
• Rod Path :D
• Head Path :D
• Hands Path :A
• Feet Path :D
• This set had capped
Cure Casting
Fast Cast &
Cure Potency 50%

You dont need everything in most of these sets, just enough to hit combined 80%.
What you need to keep in mind is that all maxed fc & cct sets arent made for the ingame /equipset,
the game cant handle maxed fast cast and swapping in time.

Midcast Cure/Curaga

Cure 50% Novice	Cure 59% Medium	Cure 76% Advanced
ItemSet 372276	ItemSet 373988	ItemSet 374343
• Club path: D • Cape: Mnd -Enm	• Club path: D • Feet Path D	• Head Path: A • Feet Path: D • Cape: MND • Alt Waist: Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 Rank 15: FC+5 and Conserve MP+15 • Can use Chatoyant Instead of Raetic for a slightly weaker %

Curaga 50% Novice	Curaga 62% Medium	Curaga 82% Advanced
ItemSet 372276	ItemSet 373986	ItemSet 373987
• Club path: D • Cape: Mnd -Enm	• Club path: D • Feet Path D • Cape: Healing Skill +10 (can use Ambu Cape)	• Head Path: A • Feet Path: D • Cape: Healing Skill +10 (can use Ambu Cape) • Can use Chatoyant Instead of Raetic for a slightly weaker %

On Raetic+1 vs Chatoyant. Raetic has a MP penalty which can be dangerous in the wrong situations.
Chatoyant Staff only works at max potency under Aurorastorm and or Weather, Hachirin-no-Obi works under Storm/Weather or Day,
All sets implies Afflaus Solace

I have left some slots blank, you could use Conserve MP, Mnd or Haste

Paralyna Cursna etc

Divine Benison grants a significant fast cast bonus and enmity reduction to all -na spells and Erases.

Divine Benison V as Level 90WHM grants 50% Fast Cast; 25% enmity reduction.

Erase & -na spells	Divine Caress Midcast
ItemSet 373991	ItemSet 373993
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Get That Sexy Yagrush When you can<3

With Tier V trait it's kinda easy to cap fast cast for -na's

Doom removal Novice	Doom removal Medium	Doom removal Advanced	Doom removal Elite
ItemSet 373983	ItemSet 373984	ItemSet 373992	ItemSet 373985
• Head/Feet Path: B	• Head/Feet Path: B	• Head/Feet Path: B • This set is 65%~	• Head/Feet Path: B • This set has 100% success rate in theory if Master Level 25~27 depending on JSE Earring. Gambanteinn can be offhanded for the effect

Cursna Success Rate Calculator
Credit: Chiai

Enhancing Magic

Enhancing Magic Skill	Enhancing Magic Duration	Barspells	Regen
ItemSet 373994	ItemSet 373995	ItemSet 373996	ItemSet 369805
• This is just various skill items •AF Feet+3 has +21 Skill & +10% duration •Cape can get +10	• Telchine Auged with up to +10 •Can use Telchine Pigaches +10 •Gada +6	• Barspell cap at 500 Enhancing Skill And max out at 236 Which is easy with Light Arts	• Max Potency&Duration 3m&30sec+

Stoneskin	Aquaveil
ItemSet 374498	ItemSet 374499
• +95 Stoneskin	• +6 Aquaveil • Aqualveil at 500 Enhancing Skill grants 3 interrupts

Barspell/Boost spells both cap at 500 enhancing magic skill
Little testing has been done for Barstatus spells but 500 is the reasoned Cap as well.

Idle Refresh sets

I wont add Dark Matter augments

Refresh Novice	Refresh Medium	Refresh Advanced	Meva
ItemSet 373997	ItemSet 373998	ItemSet 373999	ItemSet 366768
• Cape Pdt/Meva	•	•	•

Enfeebling/Macc

Enfeeb/Macc Novice	Enfeeb/Macc Medium	Enfeeb/Macc Advanced
ItemSet 374001	ItemSet 374000	ItemSet 366765
• Cape Mnd Macc	• Cape Mnd Macc	• Yagrush R1~15 • Cape Mnd Macc • Club options: Daybreak Maxentius

Various swaps that can be made, Regal Cuffs, AF gloves +3, Relic Gloves+3
Diffrent clubs Gada, Grioavolr, Daybreak

Idle PDT/MEVA

PDT	Meva	Hybrid
ItemSet 366767	ItemSet 366768	ItemSet 372567
• Cape Pdt/Meva This is overcapped PDT Use what you find easy to get	• Cape Pdt/Meva	• Cape Pdt/Meva • Main options Su4~5

Nyame and Bunzi might look alike in the -dt, but useage are diffrent. Nyame has high Def lowering phys dmg taken, while Bunzi has high MDB lowering the magic Dmg you take even more.
These are just some combinations, There's Shamash, Su4-5, Volte gear etc.

Job Abilities

Afflatus Solace

The bread and butter of a White Mage curing build (among other utilities it provides).
This Job Ability grants a 30 second Stoneskin buff to any target hit by a White Mages single target Cures.
The Stoneskin can absorb 25% (or more depending if you are wearing Orison Bliaud +1 or +2 when the Cure is cast) of the total amount Cured.
This effectively gives White Mages a 25%+ potency boost that stacks multiplicatively with the rest of their Curing gear and allows
any front line damage dealer to temporarily exceed their maximum HP cap thanks to the Stoneskin effect.

The benefits of Afflatus Solace does not end there. Afflatus Solace allows Sacrifice
to transfer at least seven enfeebling effects including those that can normally only be removed with Erase.
When Afflatus Solace is active, it grants a 5 MDB bonus against spells of the same element as the current applied Barspells.
Finally, Afflatus Solace charges a “battery” for each cure used that makes a White Mages Holy or Holy II spell significantly more potent.
Unfortunately, Afflatus Solace is that it does not grant its’ Stoneskin effect on Curaga or Cura spells.

Overall, this is the defining Job Ability for White Mages.
This Job Ability brings so much potential to the table that a
White Mage would be crazy not to have this Job Ability active
while they are supporting their party members from the backlines.

Afflatus Misery

White Mages front line ‘stance’.
Afflatus Misery brings some interesting supporting methods to a White Mage,
but if unfortunately falls flat compared to the ridiculousness that Afflatus Solace brings to the table.
Nonetheless, Afflatus Misery does have its’ moments and is not completely useless, it is just difficult to use.

It's main use consist of being paired with esuna under if the White Mage doesn't own a Yagrush and it's safe for him to stay in area of effect range.

Divine Caress

One of the most useful Job Abilities in a White Mages arsenal right now.
Divine Caress works in two stages. When a White Mage first uses it, the White Mage is granted a buff.
When the White Mage casts a -na spell and removes an appropriate enfeeble with that -na spell,
it grants a buff to the recipient that prevents them from being afflicted by that same status ailment for either a number of times or until three minutes have elapsed.
The base number of enfeeble prevention is one with each piece of "enhance Divine Caress" adding more preventions.
"Enhance Divine Caress" must be worn when the -na is casted, not at the activation of the job ability.
Paralyze effect of Ice Spikes becoming meddlesome? Divine Caress will protect you from that!

But that is not where the fun ends with his job ability. If a White Mage hits multiple targets with their -na
(thanks to Accession or Divine Seal) and removes the respective enfeeble from multiple players,
each character will get a Divine Caress buff as well. This is incredibly useful in a variety of fights.
Cerberus’ Ululation become problematic- Paralyna the entire party and watch as next several Ululatons become ineffectual.
Curse effect of Nerve Gas putting everyone at dangerous HP levels?
Cursna them all away and just worry about the damage portion of Nerve Gas.
Divine Caress is not useful in all fights but has the potential to trivialize certain NMs.

Sacrosanctity

White Mages ultimate one time use Magic Shield.
This job ability gives the White Mage and party members around them a shield that reduces the next magic hit by 75% after MDT calculations.
With that said, there need to be a bit of preparation to use this.
Sometimes, it is hard to predict when a NM will use its next super spell,
and if you are not close enough to your party members when it begins to cast its’ super nuke,
you might not be able to get to them in time to use Sacrosanctity.
Most common usage is Dynamis-D when fighting Nin NM's to make Mijin none lethal.

Asylum

White Mages 2nd SP / 2hr / 1hr ability.
When used provides a short period where all players with the effect active will be immune to all debuffs and dispelling effects!
This is particularly useful in a situation like Alexander HTB if you plan to zerg it.

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A Detailed Job Guide.

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How to!

Pre-emptive Curing

Pre-emptive curing is the art of acting before an event happens,
to the seasoned adventurer you will have noticed that NM's ready their special attacks and most
of them have a small window before they actually go off (hence the idea of stun locking),
in times where you don't have a Stunner you can start casting cure as your enemy starts using
a Special move to keep your Front Line fully cured and alive. This does not just apply to cures!
a Great player will also learn all the tp moves their opponent uses and the additional effects

Planning ahead

This was touched on above, learning what your target does and doesn't do is vital and a key role to what you do in this game.
Knowing what's a debuff move and whats a Oh **** move is a crucial and fundamental requirement to be good at Whitemage.
This is where mod knowledge and experience comes in and is not the easiest thing for a new whitemage to learn,
I suggest either asking up front (don't be afraid to ask your team mates) or if it's an event, read up about your targets.

OH NOES A DDWHM!

With how Attack starved most mage jobs are, the Relic+3 set is most suitable with it's high base Attack for Weaponskills,
unless you get some good DM augs on Chironic

Single Wield TP	Dual Wield	Acc Swaps
ItemSet 374387	ItemSet 374389	ItemSet 374390
• Cape: Dex Acc DblAtk+10	• Cape: Dex Acc DW +10 * You could have DW+6 on Cape to reach +11 with Suppa	• R15 Shield +30 Acc • R15 Ring +10Dex/Agi • R15 Hands adds +50Acc(+96 total) +10 Dex, +10Haste

Hexa Strike	Mystic Boon	Black Halo
ItemSet 374391	ItemSet 374392	ItemSet 374393
• Cape: Str Crit Acc/Atk	• Cape: Str WsDmg Acc/Atk	• Cape: MND WsDmg Acc/Atk

Realmrazer	Randgirth
ItemSet 374395	ItemSet 374398
• Cape: Mnd Wsdmg Acc/Atk	• Cape: Str Wsdmg Acc/Atk

Weapons of Choice: Yagrush, Mjollnir, Tishtrya, Maxentius, Cath Palug Hammer.
Offhand: Kraken Club, Cath Palug Hammer, Sindri, Izcalli.

Input is welcomed!

NUKES!

v1	v2	MagicBurst
ItemSet 374426	ItemSet 374442	ItemSet 374443
• Cape: MND MACC/MDMG MAB • R15 Ring	• Cape: MND MACC/MDMG MAB • R15 Body/Ring	• Helios Can be augmented with MAB+25 & MBD+10 MagicBurstDmg I Cap is 40% *Optimal setup would be: Helios Hands & Feet

Other swaps: Shamash Robe, Gyve Doublet, Gyve trousers, Baetyl Pendant.

Art from Bgwiki
This is still a work in progress I welcome any feedback

Other sources:

Batcher's 99 WHM Gear Guide a BGWiki Guide
BGWiki's Community White Mage Guide

https://github.com/KenshiDRK/Addons/tree/master/PartyBuffs
Very nice addon for Whm, makes you able to see entire party's buffs/debuffs
https://docs.windower.net/addons/dressup/
Nice for those pesky DD's that refuse to use lockstyle

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