Advice about destro healer

[rmpl]

Any healer is good if played well.

That's true but lets not pretend that there aren't good, better and the best.

There isn't. Depends on how good can you play your class most of the time. Facerolling aoe heals in the middle of enemy players does not make them best, just easy to play with.

Maybe something changed then because when I played on live you've always wanted ideally two doks/wps and that's what 80% parties ran, or at least one dok and zealot (mostly because of that 25% healing buff)

[gremiaco]

I check DoK, but i don´t like it. I prefer to focus only on healing, so my options are zealot or shaman.
The amount of healing is similar? I known that shaman can damage to reduce cast for healing, but i don´t known is shaman could heal the same as zealot.
Any advice about that two?

[Sizer]

Maybe something changed then because when I played on live you've always wanted ideally two doks/wps and that's what 80% parties ran, or at least one dok and zealot (mostly because of that 25% healing buff)

No, nothing changed, 2x dok/wp was the best healing combo for basically the entire duration of the game (only time it wasnt was pre-tyrant nerf when ams could have focused mind heals up 100% of the time). I'm sure there are people who will come up and say zealots are better as a second healer for their buffs and so on but thats bs, only way you can get away with a cloth healer is if you either outplay or outgear the other group. And its going to be like that unless the dok/wp single target heal is nerfed into oblivion.

But thats talking premades. So for the OP, if you are aiming to join a serious guild and run 6 mans, go with the dok. If you are going to pug and be more casual (nothing wrong with that ofc), feel free to go with what is more fun. I like zealots for pugging, shaman are ok at it too but take a bit more effort to play.

[roadkillrobin]

Id say it depends on how you plan on playing,
If your planing on doin alot of open space fighting, then Shaman is great, they suffer really hard in close quaters tho, Zealot is a bit of a hybrid healer, they can perform ok in close quaters and they are good in open spaces aswell, DoK is superior in close fights, They can lack a bit of burst heals sometimes making healdebuffs hit really hard.

[magter3001]

Great thing about DoKs is that they can cleanse every inc heal debuff on Order. The only ones they can't cleanse is the IB outgoing heal debuff and WL outgoing heal debuff. You can save your M2 for those

[Scrilian]

2x dok/wp was the best healing combo for basically the entire duration of the game

Sad but true. Hopefully we will get Healers Subforum soon, have couple of ideas.

[gremiaco]

so finally, DoK is a very powerfull healer and he is very demanded. I will go back with him.

Any advice about how to play with a DoK? Is it neccesary to be in the front always to get energy for healing?

[dviella]

Best advice imho for healers: dont die. A dead healer can't heal.
So basically it depends how you play and how good you know your class etc. HoTs, good positioning and raising your survivalibity => party can focus on targeting enemy.
Being in the first line isn't the best idea 'cause almost everytime healers are being focused as the primary target. There are better ways to get SE than from melee.
Cheers and good luck.

[Midwifery]

Having played all the healing classes, my advice is this - if you've never played a healing class before, DoK may have the steepest learning curve for you because you'll have to learn to manage your soul essence well which I felt was most difficult in t1. Zealot is probably the easiest to pick up and start playing but also *may* be the more difficult of the 3 in t3/t4 sc's unless you are running in a premade group just because they can be pretty squishy compared to DoK (and even Shaman). DoK has the highest level of utility in groups as far as keeping everyone stable and Shaman/Zealot excel in the bigger heals that can bring teammates back from the brink. It will mostly come down to how you like to play and how good you are at defensive maneuvers since you will get targeted by Order a LOT. If you're not used to playing robed caster classes, Shaman/Zealot may offer a bit of a challenge but if you're good at detaunting and kiting you'll be just fine.

In the end, any of the 3 are in demand, no one will complain that you aren't the right class of healer if you're keeping them alive

[TenTonHammer]

If you want to be a healer specd zealot how would you drop mastery points it's really weird cause their is no tree directly pointed towards healing