Pop For Your 'Points (2/3): Unfortunately, the League 97 series of 2P tournaments has put an upward pressure on the price of Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic. I would estimate SSYT's current price is somewhere between 4 - 7 million. Though this is much higher than in times past, there is no better healer for this price range.

In Battle (5/5): Outside of L97 and other similar brands of low-level 2P fighting, Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic has a small window of viability for those engaged in 1P. Essentially SSYT is the bridge between Rejuvenating Jar of Brains and Crisp Blue Tunic.

Though you could argue the difference between the Rejuvenating Jar of Brains and Short Sleeved Yellow tunic is negligible, that is not quite so. In 2P that utilizes these types of healers out of necessity, using SSYT over RJoB can give a major advantage. Not only do you heal 15 HP more, 6 icons of defense is not shabby at all. At the very least, you can expect to block part of their faerie ability for the round. As far as one player goes, all of these advantages transfer over flawlessly.

The only question when looking at Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic and Rejuvenating Jar of Brains is if you want to settle on SSYT or move on to Crisp Blue Tunic.

There are a couple things to consider when deciding upon SSYT or CBT. The first is price; with SSYT inflating close to CBT in price (CBT should still be a million or two more), do you or do you not make the jump to Crisp Blue Tunic? This is largely a 1P question, as the answer is fairly clear for the 2P league you decide upon. Whether or not to spend the money for the upgrade to Crisp Blue Tunic for 1P depends on another consideration.

How big is your pet? Crisp Blue Tunic has very particular mechanics that necessitate more HP than use of Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic does. CBT can only heal if you've lost 100 HP and the enemy has over 101 HP left. So if your pet has 150 HP, CBT might end up being too tricky to use on opponents. Until your pet has more than 200 health I recommend picking Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic for 1 Player.

Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic is a very niche weapon in 1P; make no mistake about this. Still, where it is useful there are no actual rivals for the price. In 2P, and in L97 in particular, it gets elevated to an elite class weapon that even rivals the full healer Leaded Elemental Vial. Simply put, Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic is a phenomenal weapon.

Other (2/2): When you aren't encumbered by sleeves, you are free to flex and woo at will.

Rated on October 3, 2013

Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic (SSYT) is an intermediate-level healer offering a solid 75HP heal. It does not offer any overheal like a Rainbow Scorchstone, but on the plus side the lack of overheal keeps this healer at a fairly affordable price tag in the ballpark of 3M-4M. (At time of review)

Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic is not quite a run-of-the-mill healer; it possesses two unique traits. One of these traits is a requirement of 500 intelligence for the heal to work; the intelligence requirement should not be a big problem for battlers with enough NP for this healer. The second trait, which offers SSYT more notoriety, is the added defense.

The amount of defense is small, but it is a nice bonus. Dr. Sloths Personal Bath Buddy instantly comes to mind when looking at the defensive scheme, but outside of the Sloth Duck, Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic's defense is still likely to pick off a few icons when used. The obvious selling point of this weapon is the healing, so the defense should simply be seen as a bonus.

The price of this healer is about what is expected, serving as an upgrade to Rejuvenating Jar of Brains. The super-wealthy have Rainbow Scorchstone and Glittery Scorchstone, but for the average user SSYT is the last numerical healer. Most battlers will move on to percentage healers after or sometime before reaching Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic. Generally speaking, Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic is best suited for pets with 75HP-150HP that cannot afford Leaded Elemental Vial or Rainbow Scorchstone. Pets that cannot afford SSYT should go from Rejuvenating Jar of Brains to a cheap 50% species healer like Gelert Healing Remedy at about 120HP.

L97 Use
Although I mention Leaded Elemental Vial in a superior light in the above paragraph, SSYT and Leaded Element Vial are very much equal in L97 style fights. In order for a LEV to heal more than SSYT in L97 fights, the LEV user must have 21/97HP or less, a dangerous zone to be in. This of course does not even take into account the fact that SSYT can save a few hitpoints with its defense. These factors considered, SSYT is hardly an underdog to LEV in the L97 format. Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic should be viewed as one of the elite healers in the L97 format.

Closing Words
Although Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic cannot overheal like a Rainbow Scorchstone nor can it offer the longevity to a growing pet that a 50% or 100% healer can offer, it still an excellent healing option to players on a modest budget in the middle leagues.

Rated on July 17, 2013