Clerity and Healer specs

[pudzy]

I know it rocks in PvE.. what about rvr? anyone actualy get a chance to use it in RvR? Is it worth giving up my 'better' heals/cc for a 20 sec melee boost?

so..

26aug
30mend
36 pac

or

4aug
40mend
36pac

Cos we have a lack of healing healers who can also CC

 

[[PS]Riddler]

33Mend
38Pac
19Aug

Works fine for me..

 

[old.Trine Aquavit]

It works nicely in RvR, when it hits, except getting it to hit is the problem.

RvR is less predictable, more spread out (often for good reasons), and much faster pace so it's much, much harder to get full benefit from celerity.

Celerity has 1000 range, 20 sec duration and 3 sec cast time. This means to get it to stick you need to head right into the melee with the tanks and hope that you can cast it so that it (1) hits more than just yourself (2) hits before the battle ends, and (3) hits with enough time for you to try and heal. Casting prior to engagement is pretty much impossible because by the time you've finished casting your tanks will have moved out of range to engage the enemy.

I was specced 26/37/29 MAP recently, so I had the second best celerity. I rarely managed to get it to stick in RvR, and on the times I did it didn't really effect the course of the battle. Unless Mythic make changes to range and/or duration and/or cast time it will remain a PvE-only weapon.

 

[old.Spug]

Level 45 atm, with 27/27/27, end spec was due to be 27 aug, 30 mend, and 35 Pac. bonuses being all first level resist buffs, level 3 speed spell. first level heal battery, first level insta stun and insta mez. and level 4 POX.

I'm reconsidering this at the moment though, got a single line respec to use, and I'm thinking of dropping aug to about 5, and pumping pac up to 38, and rest into mend (think it takes mend to about 35)

 

[aarn]

Celerity in RvR is only possible to get off if you are of greater number than the enemy. Most of a healers time during combat situations (at least when grouped) is spent on CC or heals getting round to spamming a 20 sec celerity spell is not high on the list of things to do.

 

[pudzy]

Originally posted by old.Spug
Level 45 atm, with 27/27/27, end spec was due to be 27 aug, 30 mend, and 35 Pac. bonuses being all first level resist buffs, level 3 speed spell. first level heal battery, first level insta stun and insta mez. and level 4 POX.

I'm reconsidering this at the moment though, got a single line respec to use, and I'm thinking of dropping aug to about 5, and pumping pac up to 38, and rest into mend (think it takes mend to about 35)

Sorry to tell you this m8, you havent got a single line respec , you use it AT 40 not 41, 42 + etc it doesn't let you, I've tried on my warrior, hes 50 now. You'll have to wait for the respec stones.

 

[Wend]

He might have one, Healers above level 30 got a single line respec in last patch (due to spread heals).

 

[Krakatau]

Well, not doing that much RvR with Medicus but celerity isn't the only good thing with high aug


Using 49 aug /22 mend/ 5 pac
you also get:
24 % body/energy/spirit resist
Decent speed running buff
group & single target insta heal

But you'll lack in the power regen department.....

Having said that I'm considering a 40 mending/35 pac specc for the new healer

 

[Candy lollipop]

Mine is

Mending 22
Aug 31
Pac 38

And I'm pretty happy with the way I specced her.
Got enough healing, enough buffs and a good mezz/AEmezz-stun/stun

 

[k9awya]

48 pac

works for me, wouldnt want to play any other way :>

 

[old.Trine Aquavit]

I'm currently 40 Mend 35 Pac. The only change I'd make (if I ever got another respec) would be to go 48 Pac 24 Mend after I get more RvR experience.

 

[old.Spug]

Sorry to tell you this m8, you havent got a single line respec , you use it AT 40 not 41, 42 + etc it doesn't let you, I've tried on my warrior, hes 50 now. You'll have to wait for the respec stones.

someone already mentioned it, but last patch Healers should have got a single line respec.

 

[Makwaerk]

if you put value in the first insta AE stun/mezz oen should go for the next imo, to get the improved radius. The area you cover is much bigger (bigger then the castble AE stun)

 

[Aurilius]

I went to my trainer to check - I've been given a singleline /respec at lvl 43 in this patch :great:

 

[klavrynd]

Since we're used to low cc usage you might as well follow trine's spec


(or am i saying this because she's on of the few healers that actually ever healed me? )

 

[old.Trine Aquavit]

I don't know how that could have happened - I'm usually first one face down in the dirt (after Skarironfist ). I'm still learning the ins and outs of RvR

To my mind Midgard has 3 seer classes, not 2:

1. Healer - any spec except 48 Pac - primary Healer, secondary CC
2. Shaman - secondary Healer
3. Pac Healer - 24/6/48 MAP - primary CC, tertiary Healer

While Pac Healers often have higher Mend than Shammies (and Healer Mend is a better pure mend line than Shammy mend) in reality Pac Healers should really be focussing on CC, which will give much less time for targetted heals. Also, a Pac Healer will need to be at the front of the initial battle to get the CC off - this is generally the worst position to be in for healing as it makes you much more likely to be targetted.

 

[[PS]Riddler]

What Trine said, when the respec stones come in im saving for one and speccing 45 mend, 29 Pac(i think thats it) and 6 Aug, or maybe 48 Mend, 24 Pac, 6 Aug as i hate CCing now.. all i have done for 4 months

 

[old.Ayam Ganbatte]

Silly thing to bring up really, but if you plan on soloing, which I doubt, don't overlook the attack speed destroyer in the pacification line.

It does give a serious advantage if you're feeling brave enough to take on meleeers, or if you're being attacked and are out of instastuns and instamesmerises.

It also may give you the chance to pop off a heal or stun in between the enemy's casts, although in theory it doesn't really complement a high damage shield.

Obstruct spirit is your friend, and friends are there to be used.

On topic, though, I've only been allowed to use celerity effectively on the frontiers in keep-takes when the meleeers are cutting at the doors. As said before, long cast time and short range mean that your meleeers are -well- out of range by the time it lands. Against monsters it's a King, against intelligent monsters (read: Albions and Hibernians) it's the court jester.

 

[zapzap]

aug 22
mend 31
pac 38

Maybe gonna lower my aug and get more mend, 38 pac not enough to hold off an army need full pac, but its on a timer and the enemy may have counter RA rdy so I like to be able to heal.
Baterie RA second instean group heal and good single instean heal and PR to keep my group up.

Zapsi
Zapsi
careless

 

[old.Sko]

dont roll 3 spec healer. Pick 2 lines and spec em - either mend/pac or pac/mend. or mend/aug.

 

[old.Spug]

3 spec still works for me... but remember, if everyone picked the same spec, it'd be a pretty dull game.

 

[Animus_SC]

Doesnt matter what spec you have if you cant play it properly - imo. I'm a big fan of Ogdeter (Makwaerk) as he can really play the PaC healer AS WELL AS heal..

Piffany is plain out ownage with the heals she makes (think she is 40 mend or so)..

I'm a PaC fan, but do love a good heal..