Healer Speccing?

[old.Galieran]

Hi

I´m sure that the this question has been asked loads of times at the BW-boards, but here goes.

I have a Healer on Prydwin, but I do not know how I should specc him.

A)
Are there any minimums to any of the spec-lines?If so, what are they and what spells will I get, that are a must?

B)
I want my Healer to work well in groups, I do not want to solo and I want to be good n RvR, what is good there?

C)
The lvl 50, final template!How should mine look?

 

[old.chesnor]

23 mending, 45 pacification and the rest in augmentation is a good healer spec for groups, You get all the pac insta goodness and the last power regen buff. Mending to 23 is to get both insta heals.

Do'nt forget though that aug is fixed in 1.52, so a more balanced spec like 23/3x/3x isn't so bad after 1.52. You still get the instas (just small radius), but your buffs are so much better.

 

[Sortbane]

I'm going MAP 22 - 31 - 38 with my healer in the waiting for 1.52 where the aug will get fixed, giving me a good arsenal of buffs, some heals for when they're needed ( the second single instaheal and the first instaheal) and also all the insta CC's, but not with the large radius.. (150 instead of 300).. Think this template will be an ok RvR template and an allrounder healer template since no buffs << buffs

At the current level I'm at with my healer (38) I do well with the heals I have with no hindrance of my low mending (usually I leave the healing to some shammy and I do all the CC wich is what the healers do best, and with good stunning the need to heal is lowered )

But for your wishes and questions I would advice that you go the 22 mending and 48 pac. you only need 22 mending to get both the instaheals and with 48 pac you get all the instaCC's at full radius...

The full radius is good to have when the falloff for the CC's comes in some patch in the future (not entirely sure in wich patch, but it comes..)

 

[old.Trine Aquavit]

The good thing about the Healer is that there is a lot of variety in how you can spec, and therefore there are a lot of different templates. This makes for a number of different play styles. I wouldn't recommend going lower than 29 Pac or 21 Mend (ideally 22 Mend) for the instas.

Pac 48 Mend 23 Aug 9 (High Pac)

All the mezzing/stunning you'll ever need. Though with 'nerfs' (mez/stun timers, RA Purge/Group Purge + castable mez clears) mez doesn't rule in quite the way it once did. This spec gives you the top line insta AE stun & mez, both insta heals and a decent specced heal (greater heal).

Pac 38 Mend 35 Aug 15 (High Mend)

Trades the top-line mez/stun for better healing. Various changes resulting in increases to the length of battle is making in-battle healing more viable and this spec gives better insta heal/insta group heals (75%) at the cost (principally) of the radius of effect of the insta AE stun and mezzes. Not much aug, though you could drop Pac to 29 to get higher Aug.

Pac 29 Mend 21 Aug 40 (High Aug)

I wouldn't ever go below 29 in Pac or 21 in Mend (cos of the instas), but if you ever want to try to be a tank without style (literally) then this is the route to take. You'll be able to take a lot of damage and deal a lot of damage (eventually). Fights will take a long time, though, and results aren't guaranteed as losing the style is a huge hit in melee. This a good solo (or duo, or small group) Healer template.

Pac 29 Mend 32 Aug 32 (Balanced)

Single target insta stun/mezz, good healing (75% insta and 50% group insta) and some decent Aug (first set of resists and level 3 celerity). One of many 'balanced' templates.

 

[old.Galieran]

Thanks for the replies, guys. That helped a lot)
Can You tell me if I get some sort of speed buff for groups?

 

[Belsameth]

yeah. in the Aug line. they're not too great tho. besides that, most groups have a Runemaster or a Skald tho, and they can do it too (boh usually better then you)

 

[old.chesnor]

One of the benifits of high AUG is your run buff, self dmg add and self dmg shield (after 1.52) are all in that line. So the spec Trine stated above (MAP 21/40/29) makes you very, very hard to kill, and gives you a mezz with is still very useful in RvR.

Obviuosly the AUG line also has all your normal stat buffs, and lots of resist buffs. If I were to play a healer on PvP, this would be the spec I'd chose, as a healer specced like this will be very, very hard to kill (with instas up )

 

[old.Trine Aquavit]

I've been tinkering around with the Aug spec and I think I've found one that's slightly better:

M/A/P 23/39/29

It's the same as the 21/40/29 spec except you get the 2nd level insta heal (50% heal) and a better castable Greater Heal in exchage for the slightly lower attack speed buff (15% instead of 17%). I think this is an excellent trade-off.

If you go for this sort of spec it's probably worth getting your hands on some +Aug items to take you to 50 Aug and maximise the benefits of those nice buffs.

 

[blain]

Originally posted by Sortbane
I'm going MAP 22 - 31 - 38 with my healer

We can be Twins

Blain
39 Healer
MAP 22-31-38