I love how they don't even rename the spell for the three spells at Tier 3, and just use the name from the original. But to be honest, being able to cast Ignis Ardere or Glacies Claudere so early into the game is a blessing
@@pn2294 idk how long or if they'll have the sorcerer in op2, but in the original you typically get the full kit including all the divine skills by the end of chapter two, so while quite early is a bit of an overstatement, i still think getting that a full chapter ish before(since most ppl get the special jobs after chapter 3), i see that as very quick
@@pn2294 it's not always that way, some ppl prefer to level classes for secondary power and skills, while some focus on the basekit first. Also he gave like a guide to majorly reduce grinding for xp and jp, but for the most part I recommend doing the later since facing bosses with the divine skills is so, SO much easier and for the job bosses it's practically required
I head cannon that osvald is the character who starts the whole adventure, he breaks out of prison and as he travels to find the man that framed him he meets and helps the other characters who join him in return
Yes! This is how I view it, too. He helps Hikari because tyranny and injustice have happened to him (Osvald) and he admires Hikari's determination to protect his people from that. (Likely sees his struggle against Mugen as parallel to his own against Harvey). He helps Throne because there is a certain level of similarity between a prisoner and a slave (especially when the prisoner is innocent!!) and he can empathize with her quest to become her own person and choose her own destiny. He helps Castti because she has lost herself via amnesia whereas Osvald his lost himself go grief, sorrow, and the need for vengeance. It's often easier to see someone else's pain than to diagnose one's own. He helps Temenos because, as someone accused of murder, he probably finds it especially vile and he also probably cares a LOT about making sure the TRUE guilty party is found. He helps Ochette because he has experienced tragedy and he'd probably be glad to prevent that from engulfing another person if he can. He helps Partitio because he is probably acutely aware of the connection between poverty and crime, and is even more acutely aware of the connection between crime and its consequences. He helps Agnea because she might remind him of his own lost daughter, and while HER future has come to an end, Agnea's has not and doing a good thing is better than doing nothing. Note that all of these headcannons are pre-playing, and my thoughts may change after the game's release. But if this game is akin to the first, being able to build up my own connections and lore and thoughts will be part of the fun for me anyway. :)
I headcanon its Hikari just as much. He is out on a quest to gather allies and what does he find? Powerful allies. His journey to gather strength for himself and from other people is the perfect excuse for you to drop by towns, help out the other characters out of the goodness of your own heart, then to listen to their stories and allow them to journey with you. It sounds like the perfect kind of interaction that Hikari would have on his travels. Even if it's unknowingly, I like the idea of Hikari gaining unlikely allies by helping people out. It sounds like something he would do after all. And It's what made the people of Ku fall in love with him and stick to his side before things went to shit. So why not have that work for everyone else?
@🌟TheSuperZaiyan🐉 Well I'm only aware of two stories so far. But I found Cassti in need of an item from someone, and that's the sort of situation Hikari would find himself in. So I find Hikari in more of the MC kind of situation, but you can just as well make it that way with Cassti as well. I sort of look at her as just another perspective in the grand scheme, but that could change depending on what her story involves. I find the stories overall have more chemistry with the world and towards the other character stories as well. The first game had a great diversity with its world, but there wasn't enough culture and sense of living inside those towns and regions sometimes. They felt stale and static. Not this time around. Every region feels like it's part of the same world while also being diverse. It's a really great world
I would argue ochette ochette has a passive which makes rare monsters spawn 25% more often, she's in the middle with her own island which means you can transition to any other character mahina and the fox make it so that you can always hit the enemy's weakness regardless of if you know it or not and her capture mechanic has a food feature which allows you to have as much healing items as you want without having to spend any money (you can also potentially cheese some npc fights if you find a powerful monster but that doesn't involve starting with here)
Ochette's probably my favorite so far. It's just a shame that Provoke sucks so much compared to Hikari's Challenge. I really hated this about H'aanit in OT1 and I'm disappointed they did the same thing here. It's pretty stupid that you can only attack with beasts yet they're fighting YOU, hitting YOU.
@@Ironfungus its cause provoke has the potential for the earliest npc knockouts Cause its entirely possible to just walk into a level 48 area with a party, chip a big monster and get lucky capturing it before just beating up every npc in the game cause you have a late game monster
@@MetronaJ True but I never knew how to gauge whether I had a strong enough monster to take on an NPC since they only had this vague strength ranking to go on.
@@MetronaJ too much hassle for hunters. I've never used them at all since the first game. This game too, hunter will be left out of party or will be in secondary party, beasts could be fun but is such a waste of time. Maybe this time it's a bit better since using beast isn't as ridiculously limited like the first game.
@@smugdarkly Yes it is better if you compare to the first game but still is very weak in comparison to active skills cus beasts don’t scale with gears. (Correct me if I’m wrong). Unless there are major changes to hunter in the full game, I won’t be using them. No hate, just not viable for late game.
Osvalds kit seems crazy, but the fact that he can use ignis ardere and the ice and thunder spell makes me think that there won't be a sorcerer job in the game. Hopefully there will be a replacement for that
*Barrage as in bombardment. While he is good, I think Ochette may be even better. Leghold trap is really good, as it allows you to get more turns before the cait tries to flee and at that point even if it isn't broken, there is a good chance it will try to heal other monsters. She can also capture it, which still gives the same bonuses, but comes with the extra benefit of either a cait beast you can use or items you can use for extra EXP gain.
Idk. They all seam really good. Ochette gets the ability to spawn monsters more frequently and literally creates items out of them. Castti + merchant passive lets her start with a free concoction for amp up BP for the whole party.
Oswald is certainly good pic. Personally, I chose temenos first, and for his latent power alone, I think he was my right pic, because that let me do stuff like the temple east from sai early. He’s also right next to oswald so the scholar can be picked up next :D
Is it also unique that Osvald gets loose to the World Map after Chapter 2 of his story? If so, it means you’re farther along than when other characters are able to move about the World Map, which is another benefit to Osvald as the starting protagonist.
Oooh so that's where the x2 and x3 elemental attacks went. Pretty much you have to augment yourself to release them. That's pretty neat and annoying at the same time. But more efficient for sure.
Makes the Scholars job way better and interesting so you don't have repeats of Magic and actually have habilities like barrage, Stroke of Genius, and advance elemental can br applied to other people
I really disagree with this statement. While you can start with all travelers no problem, calling Osvald the best is just plain stupid. Top would be Ochette and Hikari, you can make them so versatile with their monsters and learned skills. They are strong, both physically and defensively. Ochette gets a lot of useful items through capture, so you don't run out on those, which is definitely mostly a problem in the beginning of the game, if at all. She also gets a free expose weakness from her chosen animal. Sure she has to use a turn, but it breaks a shield in the process. Hikari can learn deep analysis, which is better than the scholar's analyze. Partitio, Throné, Castti and Temenos are all good because they can deal damage and heal themselves. The first three also have pretty good latent abilities. Temenos is less of a damage dealer, but he makes up for it in healing and survivability, he also can generate SP easily, which is a problem for Osvald. Castti is even better with her Vigorous Victor as her first passive. She can keep going as long as she can win each battle, without worrying about the next. Agnea is a good support, so probably not the best starter. Down here we also have Osvald. Low hp, dependent on sp, without easy way to replenish. Can only heal through items. No, he simply isn't the best starter, even if it is possible to start with him.
Im going to have to disagree. Hikari is possibly the best one simply because of how strong he is at any stage of the game, and since hes your mc, he is a way higher level, meaning he can fight stronger npcs and unlock stronger skills faster. Otherwise, id say throne is a good candidate as well, since she can unlock aebers faster and kill everything quickly, plus she can steal stuff more effectivly since shes also a higher level.
I will throw in Ochette here as well. Her ability to capture monsters makes her very versatile and the food she creates can be used as consumable items, so you will always have plenty. Your are constantly encountering monsters, so you don't have to seek out skills like Hikari. I also find her latent power better than Hikari's since it is powerful single attack, powerful all and shield break plus debuff, much more varied than Hikari's. Lastly she gets a free discover weakness with her starting animal, so almost as good as analyze, it only cost a turn, but also does a shield break. Only downside is that it only hits one enemy. Overall I think Osvald is pretty low on the list, at best mid. He has a problem with low health as well that can be bad in the beginning. Top would be Ochette and Hikari, you can make them so versatile with their monsters and learned skills. Partitio, Throné, Castti and Temenos are all good because they can deal damage and heal themselves. The first three also have pretty good latent abilities. Agnea is a good support, so probably not the best starter.
would disagree frankly, study foe isn't as useful now that we have ways to break without needing weakness furthermore somehow the data on merchant being OP was lost and they made it even better, somehow they didn't stop there and they also gave Partitio's story 2 sellable items that sell for a lot of gold you can ensure a cait kill early 100%. I would say that also scholar is a bit nerfed and magic in general has been nerfed in you needing setup to access tier 3 spells
On the contrary; pretty much all the skills that can bypass weaknesses for shieldbreaking have a drawback to them compared to using weakness-hitting attacks, and the best one of the bunch is pretty much an endgame/postgame skill.
@@Folutu the difference is that now we have that option and before we didn't as such study foe lost it's edge. Furthermore incite/revengeslash isn't as endgame as you think it might be
@@neobahumuth6 Yes, we have that option. And yet, most of the stuff that give free Shield Gauge chips are very poor for actual combat, and doesn't chip a lot compared to the skills that are based around hitting type weaknesses. Furthermore, Study Foe keeps being a free benefit per battle which drastically lessens the time needed to guess at weaknesses and the usefulness of most skills that bypass weaknesses to hit the Shield Gauge. Also, the combo you were thinking of was not the skill I was thinking of. (And something in the endgame will surpass the one I was thinking of anyway. Something belonging to, surprise; Osvald.)
@@Folutu Yes I know it's free, and a time loss if you speedrun I have to add, however my point wasn't that it's useless, my point is that is that it isn't as useful as before because of the new tech and that is a fact. That makes Oswald's talent less useful being only 1 at the start of the battle, while other characters have combat arts that can be used multiple times and are more versatile
@@neobahumuth6 When you get to the endgame, yes? That's still the majority of the game's battles where Study Foe is pulling work, and decent work at that. Heck, if you didn't uncover all of the weaknesses on an enemy, it reveals two weakpoints each time you encounter them thereafter which even more drastically shortens the time from guesswork to set-up.
I chose Sirius as my MC in the first game since I knew he could blast multiple enemies & unlock one of enemies' weakness. But I'd like to choose another type of char, any recommendation other than Osvald?
@@Yanninho78 but i don't like how there's a very limited use of monsters. Capturing monsters over & over is just grindy. That's why I didn't use Hunter class often. Also why I don't like weapon's durability mechanic in BOTW & FE3H.
@@fulan6231 they changed it now, you can carry around 6-8 monsters at once (don't know the exact amount out of my head) and use them as often as you want basically like pokemon
However early on I disagree you really NEED to chose a party member with healing spells and Osvald doesn't gain any and the NPC that joins him does but that NPC is pure CRAP. So I'd rather just the Alchemist based party member in this game since the Cleric job by default IMHO SUCKS as a healer type in this game.
There's the option of ochette who, by use of capture, can stockpile an absurd amount of healing items In fact she starts off with 29 (was 30 but you need to use one for story)
Fun Fact: Osvald's Rival is Based off of the American Hero, Steve Harvey.
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Osvald himself is actually a reference to The Count of Monte Crisco.
@@kathycoleman4648 whoosh
I love how they don't even rename the spell for the three spells at Tier 3, and just use the name from the original. But to be honest, being able to cast Ignis Ardere or Glacies Claudere so early into the game is a blessing
“So early”? How much do you plan on grinding?😂
@@pn2294 idk how long or if they'll have the sorcerer in op2, but in the original you typically get the full kit including all the divine skills by the end of chapter two, so while quite early is a bit of an overstatement, i still think getting that a full chapter ish before(since most ppl get the special jobs after chapter 3), i see that as very quick
@@Frallicus wow, I didn’t get Divine Skills until the end of the 3 rd chapters
That feels like a lot of grinding
@@pn2294 it's not always that way, some ppl prefer to level classes for secondary power and skills, while some focus on the basekit first. Also he gave like a guide to majorly reduce grinding for xp and jp, but for the most part I recommend doing the later since facing bosses with the divine skills is so, SO much easier and for the job bosses it's practically required
I head cannon that osvald is the character who starts the whole adventure, he breaks out of prison and as he travels to find the man that framed him he meets and helps the other characters who join him in return
Yes! This is how I view it, too.
He helps Hikari because tyranny and injustice have happened to him (Osvald) and he admires Hikari's determination to protect his people from that. (Likely sees his struggle against Mugen as parallel to his own against Harvey).
He helps Throne because there is a certain level of similarity between a prisoner and a slave (especially when the prisoner is innocent!!) and he can empathize with her quest to become her own person and choose her own destiny.
He helps Castti because she has lost herself via amnesia whereas Osvald his lost himself go grief, sorrow, and the need for vengeance. It's often easier to see someone else's pain than to diagnose one's own.
He helps Temenos because, as someone accused of murder, he probably finds it especially vile and he also probably cares a LOT about making sure the TRUE guilty party is found.
He helps Ochette because he has experienced tragedy and he'd probably be glad to prevent that from engulfing another person if he can.
He helps Partitio because he is probably acutely aware of the connection between poverty and crime, and is even more acutely aware of the connection between crime and its consequences.
He helps Agnea because she might remind him of his own lost daughter, and while HER future has come to an end, Agnea's has not and doing a good thing is better than doing nothing.
Note that all of these headcannons are pre-playing, and my thoughts may change after the game's release. But if this game is akin to the first, being able to build up my own connections and lore and thoughts will be part of the fun for me anyway. :)
I was struggling with which character to start with and you showed me! And I greatly appreciate and agree with your head canon.
I headcanon its Hikari just as much. He is out on a quest to gather allies and what does he find? Powerful allies. His journey to gather strength for himself and from other people is the perfect excuse for you to drop by towns, help out the other characters out of the goodness of your own heart, then to listen to their stories and allow them to journey with you. It sounds like the perfect kind of interaction that Hikari would have on his travels. Even if it's unknowingly, I like the idea of Hikari gaining unlikely allies by helping people out. It sounds like something he would do after all. And It's what made the people of Ku fall in love with him and stick to his side before things went to shit. So why not have that work for everyone else?
@@stormcutter59 agreed! I feel like you can justify which character is headcanon because their stories on why they are on a journey makes sense.
@🌟TheSuperZaiyan🐉 Well I'm only aware of two stories so far. But I found Cassti in need of an item from someone, and that's the sort of situation Hikari would find himself in. So I find Hikari in more of the MC kind of situation, but you can just as well make it that way with Cassti as well. I sort of look at her as just another perspective in the grand scheme, but that could change depending on what her story involves. I find the stories overall have more chemistry with the world and towards the other character stories as well. The first game had a great diversity with its world, but there wasn't enough culture and sense of living inside those towns and regions sometimes. They felt stale and static. Not this time around. Every region feels like it's part of the same world while also being diverse. It's a really great world
I barely started yesterday. I picked him first. He's like the Count of Monte Cristo. Dope af
I would argue ochette
ochette has a passive which makes rare monsters spawn 25% more often, she's in the middle with her own island which means you can transition to any other character
mahina and the fox make it so that you can always hit the enemy's weakness regardless of if you know it or not
and her capture mechanic has a food feature which allows you to have as much healing items as you want without having to spend any money
(you can also potentially cheese some npc fights if you find a powerful monster but that doesn't involve starting with here)
Ochette's probably my favorite so far. It's just a shame that Provoke sucks so much compared to Hikari's Challenge. I really hated this about H'aanit in OT1 and I'm disappointed they did the same thing here. It's pretty stupid that you can only attack with beasts yet they're fighting YOU, hitting YOU.
@@Ironfungus its cause provoke has the potential for the earliest npc knockouts
Cause its entirely possible to just walk into a level 48 area with a party, chip a big monster and get lucky capturing it before just beating up every npc in the game cause you have a late game monster
@@MetronaJ True but I never knew how to gauge whether I had a strong enough monster to take on an NPC since they only had this vague strength ranking to go on.
@@MetronaJ too much hassle for hunters. I've never used them at all since the first game. This game too, hunter will be left out of party or will be in secondary party, beasts could be fun but is such a waste of time. Maybe this time it's a bit better since using beast isn't as ridiculously limited like the first game.
@@smugdarkly Yes it is better if you compare to the first game but still is very weak in comparison to active skills cus beasts don’t scale with gears. (Correct me if I’m wrong). Unless there are major changes to hunter in the full game, I won’t be using them. No hate, just not viable for late game.
Osvalds kit seems crazy, but the fact that he can use ignis ardere and the ice and thunder spell makes me think that there won't be a sorcerer job in the game. Hopefully there will be a replacement for that
Oswald is perfect for the Cait Encounters when he has Elemental Barricade! I kill a lot of Cait due this ability!
*Barrage as in bombardment. While he is good, I think Ochette may be even better. Leghold trap is really good, as it allows you to get more turns before the cait tries to flee and at that point even if it isn't broken, there is a good chance it will try to heal other monsters.
She can also capture it, which still gives the same bonuses, but comes with the extra benefit of either a cait beast you can use or items you can use for extra EXP gain.
Started with Osvald because after reading their bios at the start, I found his most interesting.
I love how they consolidated his spell tiers to open more room for other skills that emphasize utility. I think this makes him better than Cyrus.
Virgin Cyrius vs Chad Oswald 😂
Idk. They all seam really good. Ochette gets the ability to spawn monsters more frequently and literally creates items out of them. Castti + merchant passive lets her start with a free concoction for amp up BP for the whole party.
The channel is back on track. Wohooo ;)
Its just like Cyrus but if he were more focused on fighting.
I love the thief first for stealing
Me too!!! I’ll steal, fail, restart the game and continue trying to steal that 3% item 😂
Hikari is also insanely strong as a starting char, but I think Osvald is a bit better
dude the mages in every game are op as hell. cyrus was my favorite character from the first game and he killed everything in like 1 turn every time
Oswald is certainly good pic.
Personally, I chose temenos first, and for his latent power alone, I think he was my right pic, because that let me do stuff like the temple east from sai early. He’s also right next to oswald so the scholar can be picked up next :D
Is it also unique that Osvald gets loose to the World Map after Chapter 2 of his story? If so, it means you’re farther along than when other characters are able to move about the World Map, which is another benefit to Osvald as the starting protagonist.
Any of the 8 can be your first. It does not matter.
Oooh so that's where the x2 and x3 elemental attacks went. Pretty much you have to augment yourself to release them. That's pretty neat and annoying at the same time. But more efficient for sure.
Makes the Scholars job way better and interesting so you don't have repeats of Magic and actually have habilities like barrage, Stroke of Genius, and advance elemental can br applied to other people
I went for Ochette personally.
With the buffs he’s definitely way more viable than Cyrus was.. so happy
yea magic was op in the original and i can safely say is still op, at level 10 i was having him hit for 4.2k damage XD
*Sees this video's thumbnail*
So, Osvald is freaking Reinhardt from Fire Emblem Heroes?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who made that connection lmfao
It's stated that Oswald is the whole of chapter 1 in the dungeon - does that mean we potential can miss something good/important?
No
i picked ochette and i'm trying to figure out how to get to the brightlands area for thone the cleric dude and osvald
Im confused to explainations analayze skill,
It say will reveal current HP of enemy, but i see nothin
I was in a twist to choose between choosing the merchan or schoolar
But know i made my dessision im going be a schoolar in this new adventure
Is it me or theres a big blur haze to the game... is this intentional...
cyrus 🤝 osvald
best starting character
Boo, Huntress was better
Does ‘Advanced Magic’ stack with the buff from Alephan’s Wisdom?
Nope, alephan overwrites it
I really disagree with this statement. While you can start with all travelers no problem, calling Osvald the best is just plain stupid.
Top would be Ochette and Hikari, you can make them so versatile with their monsters and learned skills. They are strong, both physically and defensively. Ochette gets a lot of useful items through capture, so you don't run out on those, which is definitely mostly a problem in the beginning of the game, if at all. She also gets a free expose weakness from her chosen animal. Sure she has to use a turn, but it breaks a shield in the process. Hikari can learn deep analysis, which is better than the scholar's analyze.
Partitio, Throné, Castti and Temenos are all good because they can deal damage and heal themselves. The first three also have pretty good latent abilities. Temenos is less of a damage dealer, but he makes up for it in healing and survivability, he also can generate SP easily, which is a problem for Osvald. Castti is even better with her Vigorous Victor as her first passive. She can keep going as long as she can win each battle, without worrying about the next.
Agnea is a good support, so probably not the best starter.
Down here we also have Osvald. Low hp, dependent on sp, without easy way to replenish. Can only heal through items. No, he simply isn't the best starter, even if it is possible to start with him.
Im going to have to disagree. Hikari is possibly the best one simply because of how strong he is at any stage of the game, and since hes your mc, he is a way higher level, meaning he can fight stronger npcs and unlock stronger skills faster. Otherwise, id say throne is a good candidate as well, since she can unlock aebers faster and kill everything quickly, plus she can steal stuff more effectivly since shes also a higher level.
I will throw in Ochette here as well. Her ability to capture monsters makes her very versatile and the food she creates can be used as consumable items, so you will always have plenty. Your are constantly encountering monsters, so you don't have to seek out skills like Hikari. I also find her latent power better than Hikari's since it is powerful single attack, powerful all and shield break plus debuff, much more varied than Hikari's. Lastly she gets a free discover weakness with her starting animal, so almost as good as analyze, it only cost a turn, but also does a shield break. Only downside is that it only hits one enemy.
Overall I think Osvald is pretty low on the list, at best mid. He has a problem with low health as well that can be bad in the beginning.
Top would be Ochette and Hikari, you can make them so versatile with their monsters and learned skills.
Partitio, Throné, Castti and Temenos are all good because they can deal damage and heal themselves. The first three also have pretty good latent abilities.
Agnea is a good support, so probably not the best starter.
What is overall the best character?
Osvald
That's a funny way of spelling Bestgirl Agnea.
This is from the demo?
Yes
WHERE ARA ARA?
would disagree frankly, study foe isn't as useful now that we have ways to break without needing weakness furthermore somehow the data on merchant being OP was lost and they made it even better, somehow they didn't stop there and they also gave Partitio's story 2 sellable items that sell for a lot of gold you can ensure a cait kill early 100%. I would say that also scholar is a bit nerfed and magic in general has been nerfed in you needing setup to access tier 3 spells
On the contrary; pretty much all the skills that can bypass weaknesses for shieldbreaking have a drawback to them compared to using weakness-hitting attacks, and the best one of the bunch is pretty much an endgame/postgame skill.
@@Folutu the difference is that now we have that option and before we didn't as such study foe lost it's edge. Furthermore incite/revengeslash isn't as endgame as you think it might be
@@neobahumuth6 Yes, we have that option. And yet, most of the stuff that give free Shield Gauge chips are very poor for actual combat, and doesn't chip a lot compared to the skills that are based around hitting type weaknesses. Furthermore, Study Foe keeps being a free benefit per battle which drastically lessens the time needed to guess at weaknesses and the usefulness of most skills that bypass weaknesses to hit the Shield Gauge.
Also, the combo you were thinking of was not the skill I was thinking of. (And something in the endgame will surpass the one I was thinking of anyway. Something belonging to, surprise; Osvald.)
@@Folutu Yes I know it's free, and a time loss if you speedrun I have to add, however my point wasn't that it's useless, my point is that is that it isn't as useful as before because of the new tech and that is a fact. That makes Oswald's talent less useful being only 1 at the start of the battle, while other characters have combat arts that can be used multiple times and are more versatile
@@neobahumuth6 When you get to the endgame, yes? That's still the majority of the game's battles where Study Foe is pulling work, and decent work at that.
Heck, if you didn't uncover all of the weaknesses on an enemy, it reveals two weakpoints each time you encounter them thereafter which even more drastically shortens the time from guesswork to set-up.
I chose Sirius as my MC in the first game since I knew he could blast multiple enemies & unlock one of enemies' weakness. But I'd like to choose another type of char, any recommendation other than Osvald?
hikari is good too.
Ochette is amazing, she's basically a Pokémon Trainer
@@Yanninho78 but i don't like how there's a very limited use of monsters. Capturing monsters over & over is just grindy. That's why I didn't use Hunter class often. Also why I don't like weapon's durability mechanic in BOTW & FE3H.
@@lukx762 He's one of the candidates I think yes
@@fulan6231 they changed it now, you can carry around 6-8 monsters at once (don't know the exact amount out of my head) and use them as often as you want basically like pokemon
However early on I disagree you really NEED to chose a party member with healing spells and Osvald doesn't gain any and the NPC that joins him does but that NPC is pure CRAP.
So I'd rather just the Alchemist based party member in this game since the Cleric job by default IMHO SUCKS as a healer type in this game.
There's the option of ochette who, by use of capture, can stockpile an absurd amount of healing items
In fact she starts off with 29 (was 30 but you need to use one for story)
Usually the scholar is for carry not support, for healer just use another character in a party, oswald is the main carry/damage.