A Scholar's Education (Guide)

I doubt SCH will work the same way because you dont have a dismiss macro to go back to your home page, but you could still do the same thing with a blank macro, wherever you want it.

Say: alt+0 goes to a home page, then on the home page you hit alt+1 for buffs, alt+2 for cures, alt+3 for nukes, etc.

The macros work the same as the SMN ones: /macro set 1 for the first one, and so on. Put things wherever you want, and put the shortcuts to the "home page" wherever you want, in the same spot everywhere else.

For my part, I find it easier to just ctrl+up or down to go back and forth between pages as needed, since it's more complex than SMN

Newbie question but does level of SC matter for helix MB damage?

Deciding if I should just stick to 4 macros (Fusion, Frag, Dist, Grav) to cover all elements, or 8 tier-1 SCs.

Level 2 skillchains have a longer MB window and does more damage, so it's well worth using them over level 1. The only time you use level 1 is if you're keeping the skillchain damage as low as possible for some reason.

I'd stick with the four macros until there ever comes a point where you need a tier 1.

EDIT: Just to correct myself before someone else does... Level 1 and 2 skillchains have the same 10-second MB window, but you typically end a level 2 skillchain with Helix (T1). This gives another 2 seconds to the MB window compared to a normal elemental spell.

Or on targets where you want to avoid specific elements and want to focus exclusively on one.
Level 2 have two elements, let's not forget.
I doubt it matters for any real content. I know it used to be a point for us in our early 8boss mage setup Sortie runs. On Gartel we wanted to use Lv1 Skillchain to avoid dealing magic damage from a "wrong" element.
I seem to recall at least?
That was a long time ago so I beg your pardon.

I think similar to skillchains the Magic Burst window is also reduced by one second for every continuation of the skillchain. so a 2-step skillchain is 10s, and a 3-step should be 9s, etc.

I only have 4 normal skillchain macros myself + one long skillchain macro for certain content (Bumba).

dealing very low damage in the skillchain can be useful.
Same for feeding as little TP as possible for it.
this is for those who really want to min/max.
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99% of the time I'm using exclusively T2 skillchains. That said, there are a few exceptions:

I have a 3-step skillchain for making Liquefaction>Fusion as that's a pretty handy one for Sortie (A/E and C/G) and a few other places. I do Liquefaction as one macro, then a separate macro for just the 3rd step. This lets me try to squeeze a Fire4 in before extending to Fusion if I'm feeling saucy.

I have a Scission skillchain as well. I don't actually use this by itself, I use it for making a 4 step in Ongo (when Tabula is up) or V25 Bumba. Follow it up with the Gravitation skillchain macro for the 3rd and 4th steps.


Also +1 for the low damage / subtle blow set posted above. I highly recommend doing something like this, it can solve all sorts of issues before they even arise like the wrong element thing mentioned by Sechs. I remember early in my Sortie adventures I was afraid to close skillchains with helix on B/F boss because they might give it to our tank, but if it's low damage nobody cares and you can get those nice longer windows.

as sechs said, it is worth remembering that some mobs have innate resistances/absorption to multiple elements, so they make absorb the skillchain damage if a t2 skillchain.

correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there is any difference in the magic burst window length between L1 and L2 skillchains. It's based on the cast time of the spell so closing with a helix will give you an extended window vs. just a regular nuke.

Edit: Kylos already self corrected that statement.