The Universal Healing Archmage Guide

[shaggyboomboom]

Ill need some time to play around with EoV. The. Ill write a new section

[Marsares]

I'm assuming this is your build.
http://waronlinebuilder.org/#career=am; ... :;;0:0:0:0:
What I use is full anni w/ armor talismans, the scenario heal staff and the inf +ap ring, 2 pieces of genesis and 1 ring from the Impervious Winds set, passwatch +healcrit belt. Instead of genesis you use the vanguard or enervating rings.

It is and thanks for answering.

What I'm trying to understand is if I focus on life-tapping spells, rather than pure heal spells, whether it would make more sense to go for INT/DPS-Crit or Heal-Crit if I still see my primary purpose as a healer, rather than a damage dealer.

Most of the life-tap spells have a heal component that is a base value and one that is a % of the damage dealt - would it make more sense to maximise one or the other as a life-tap healer or does it not matter?

[bloodi]

I run int, full merc and everything, its strong but keep in mind that if you ever get into a situation where you cant lifetap, ie a keep siege where you are heavily outnumbered, your heals will be really weak.

You rely on weaving properly and positioning, your spells will not get disrupted nearly as much so i run both healdebuff and the aoe punt and drop isha completely. http://waronlinebuilder.org/#career=am; ... 8:;0:0:0:0: Is my usual spec, you can run whatever you feel you need in that situation as 4th tactic but those 3 are pretty much a must.

The build shines in scs and roam imo, specially when your team lacks the crucial healdebuff, most useful when ran with Bw and Engi, you can really assist targets with searing touch (1k+ crits with divine fury) while doing a bit of half pressure half fluff damage on someone, enough to keep them on their toes.

You cant however just try to lifetap, besides them building force which will only boost your heals, when they are not boosted they really are lackluster, even if you get to 900-1k int they simply dont cut it unless they are boosted, so your only option is to constantly weave and try to not ever get into your worst situation which is having boosted lifetaps and nothing to lifetap off.

[shaggyboomboom]

I find the build above to be ok-ish at best. You either wanna full DPS or be a healer. There are situational where you need to use Isha abilities, and they will be extremely ineffective.
If you want to heal with Vaul, go full healer - healcrit etc. The extra INT from bloodi's build, and only that, will somewhat help with disrupt and that isn't a big problem since you can get up to 30% disruptstrikethrough with Disconsorning Offense. Vaul abilities (expect for the DOT) don't crit, thus far get magic crit is useless. If you want to support the DPS just use 1 tick of Radiant Whatever (channel). If targeted correctly you can get regular 400ish damage. I even got a 1k crit once while full heal spec ^^

[LordMarshal]

Does Arcing Power work for DoTs like TF?

[shaggyboomboom]

Does Arcing Power work for DoTs like TF?

Yes, all damage you deal (except procs and AA attacks) are affected by this.

[LordMarshal]

Does Arcing Power work for DoTs like TF?

Yes, all damage you deal (except procs and AA attacks) are affected by this.

Is it worth using for a mainly Vaul spec?

[Sulorie]

Arcing power only worked on direct damage on live server.

[Noiree]

Just get Healss to write down what he's doing with his Vaul-AM and you got a good overview of the do's and don'ts.
With teh Vaul abilities there's always one catch: tab to get a target -> BG -> tab again -> another BG -> tab another time -> next BG... why are there so goddamn many blackguards out there? Ugly disrupt machines.

[Telen]

BoI > BE > BoI > EoV > repeat ad nauseam
You just learned how to top heals on an AM.