Trauma:
1. I don't BS unless I take some serious wounds.
2. If I expect trauma, I put up a max cast vigor, MEF, and refresh. I also ask for a tree from an older empath nearby.
3. I put up a max cast regen.
4. I put up raise power.
5. Wait for wounds and use hw/hs to heal them. I only use heal if I'm especially lazy, but that may change at a higher level.

Everyday training:
1. Warding: Symbiosis IC
2. Utility: Never a problem. I use GS / regen as the situation demands. .
3. Augmentation: GoL
4. TM: See #2.
5. Debilitation: I try to use sorcery for this, but it's honestly really low.
6. Sorcery: I prefer elemental/lunar survival boosts.

> I don't have regen and can't imagine keeping a cyclic up for incremental healing versus a couple FOCs

I felt the same way until I tried it. It's fantastic to just let it clean up your minor wounds while you do other things/cast other spells. It's not needed, but it can be nice for QOL.

> Even a 10 mana GS in a shining room will keep me at 35% while it's cycling.

GS pulses more frequently. It seems like it sucks more mana. Also, get the mana efficiency feats. They'll reduce the cost to maintain cyclics and cast spells.

> Did you make a tradeoff for symbiosis to train warding?

It just makes the spell harder, so it'll teach better for less mana.

Of I hunt with AGS up, and vigor my Gs. Now fin.