Akasha comes at a hard time for Wind Healers. The recently released Master High Mercury has high DPS requirements, and damage that is nearly completely avoidable aside from the initial blast. This means that even Lowen, who was incredibly powerful and popular to use for regular High Mercury runs, has fallen out of favor. Indeed, in my experience most groups even for Expert High Mercury much preferred me to use Bridal Elisanne as a healer (who, by the way, I was wrong about on initial release, and has proven to be an excellent support). Lowen is still viable however, getting in some good clears. But does that mean Akasha is? Not quite.

Lowen falls into the category of a traditional defensive healer, and is in fact one of the absolute best defensive healers around. Akasha, however, has a strong S1 heal, but her notable skill is a zone that fills the skill gage and offers a boost that can directly contribute to group DPS. Mercury is a fairly stationary boss, so it should be simple enough to drop it properly so that the group can enjoy that increase to Skill fill rates. Or at least it would be, if Akasha wouldn’t be the dedicated baiter in her groups, making this skill irrelevant again as she’ll be spending her time away from the boss.



The biggest problem though is that even with this skill fill bonus, Akasha isn’t contributing nearly as much DPS as a Noelle or Elisanne would. She does have the perk of providing far more healing, but again, if that was needed, people would be more likely to look to Lowen.

Of course, we do know that there are challenges beyond even Master Dragon Trials, and later levels of the Mercurial Gauntlet require both high DPS and levels of healing. It’s possible Akasha could find a home there, but guessing at future content is an exercise in futility most of the time.

Ultimately, Akasha eeks out a tepid maybe. She’s not going to be an All Star in current content aside from MG, and it’s hard to know if her or Lowen would be better for the healer slot.

Final Verdict: Weak maybe. Akasha is a more offense focused healer than Lowen, but if you already have Lowen and B!Elisanne she’s definitely not worth pulling for right now. Invest only if you are willing to gamble on future content needing her, or want to delve deep into the Mercurial Gauntlet.