I am 2 month into GW 2. The first month I played a necro healer bcs I was the noobest of the noobs at dealing damage. Even when I got the reaper, I still was the noobest of the noobs. So I began to revive, heal and buff everyone.Now I play my class properly, but still, it was so fun, I didn't know what do to, and I did what I could to help. 🍻
I personally like the fact that quickness healers exist. It allows for more variety in builds and group compositions. I pretty much main alac dps renegade and my build wouldnt be very viable without quick healers.
A small note, healer tempest generally does not overload water (at least from what I've seen and played). You do switch to and from water a lot, but you only overload it in dire situations because you need to swap into it constantly to keep healing up. Overloading water locks you out of it and therefore from healing for too long. Instead you overload every other element and swap into water between each element to cast 1-2 heal skills and refresh the passive healing. Basically it goes fire, overload, water, air, overload, water, earth, overload, water, repeat. Overloading water is so dangerous since it takes way too long to gain access to water again and leaves you with only 2 abilities to heal allies with (heal skill and Rebound). It does really need a better way to give alacrity though because you have to fully complete a long channel for it right now. If it gets interrupted in any way, you're in for a rough bit without alacrity. I really hope they do something to fix that as it feels really bad to not be able to react to things as a healer.
ive been playing this auramancer support tempest build that this youtuber Vallun introduced a few weeks ago and its been one of my favorite builds to play rn. it kind of revitalized my love for the tempest. giving auras to allies while healing and buffing them too has been so satisfying. it was originally an sPvP build but ive been having so much fun using it in PvE and WvW.
Great video as a new player I like the information that was given and the presentation of the info. My only critique would be maybe explaining what alacrity is/does that makes it so good.
Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro/The Role 1:45 - The Elementalist 3:28 - The Necromancer 6:00 - The Thief 7:35 - The Ranger 9:32 - The Engineer 11:10 - The Guardian 14:38 - The Revenant 18:36 - Outro
This was a wildly needed video! Thank you for helping in making content, so I can share with my friends who have been struggling to find which classes to play.
and hopefully arenanet's supposid patch they'll be doing soon not only makes this video irrelevant but improves each characters ability to "Support" and while unlikely remove the plate wearing classes ability to support other players. Doing a class that can take more damage should NEVER be strictly inferior to a class that can take less damage, But here we are.
Yay for Firebrand mains!! I actually think that the tome skills being similar is actually an advantage. With 15 new skills, you don't want to learn 15 totally different things. With the skills being similar, you kinda only need to learn 5 new skills
My main heal is Heal Alac Tempest. However, Firebrand is insanely more versatile as I can Lego myself to every encounter, because I have plenty of access to aegis, resistance, stability and projectile block, as well as extra healing and cc. I have DEFAULT access to all of these things from my tomes and weapon skills but can slot in even more based on the encounter without any sacrifices. It's the most fun healer I've played yet because I can comfortably make meaningful choices. Frankly Firebrand should be the first choice for anyone looking to play an allround healer unless they are tied to their current spec.
Oh honey. I love this video! But you forgott warrior :C I always play a basic nurse warrior with warhorn and shouts. And now with the changes to banners, that give quickness now, I can happly heal in fractals. While that might not be some uber meta build, it still works great! :D But it's fine. Just thought I might mention that
Sadly the resent nerf to Bladesworn's elite skill broke the Healing build for Raids ☹ sad. The one that Mukluk did, using the elite skill to reload your souths to have more healing while lowering the cooldown when using set skills no longer works in the same way :
@@marcelozampieri1100 These people won't try anything snowcrows doesn't tell them is Meta. Maybe contact them instead of trying to convince the larger community something is good.
I disagree that healing specs should have alac and not quickness. In my opinion, a support spec should have high-permanent might, fury, swiftness and protection uptime with dips into vigour, resolution, resistance and aegis. A heal spec should have as much of that as possible, combined with healing and alac OR quickness. I do miss the old chronotank build with limited, localised healing (wells) but had quickness AND alacrity permanently, and i do chafe at tempests having to choose to optimise healing at the expense of alacrity. I do love my healscourge but it will never be a solo healer as long as players stand in red aoe's :)
I'm currently into my healing vin. Tree Song is OP with 3 sec cooldown, cleanses 5 condis and heal for each condi removed. Apart from that, vin removes 1 condi after dodge roll, and its dodge roll heals + barrier. Gives vigor and protection(after cleansing) after every dodge. Gain endurance for every condi removed
I have a support build on my chrono he has really high crit and the sigil to heal on crit, and he has the healing Wells ability - really Been helping the squishies in Lab farm :)
thank you for this video, I just came back to gw2 and have a lvl 80 ranger who I JUST spec to druid but wasnt really feeling it. However, you did just confirm that I do indeed..enjoy the Guardian hahah thank you again I'll finish leveling her
I dont know if anyone has even said this.. but when Virtuoso came out and was teased I thought that it was going to be a support spec. Like a bard of some sort. Using a shortbow or longbow that looks like a harp and instead of their f1-4 doing some kind of dmg it would instead play a song that did different types of healing and buffs. They could have access to facets like herald, but you dont just blow ur load and release them instantly like you do now. It would be more methodical. Not rly sure what ANET was thinking by adding more DPS specs when there was already 2, just like they did to warrior.... I thought warrior would have some kinda RAGEY MONK spec that did boons (support DPS) of some sort. Give em double focus weapons and they just punch the hell out of their enemies, like a brawler. You could even make it have an option to be tanky. But all this sounds like FUN and we know FUN isnt allowed in MMOs anymore.
Mace is less damage, but more heals/survivability. I think Axe used to be more important before fury was so easy to come across, but these days you always have fury in a group. I use mace, it's a great choice, especially if you're learning
In general, you can equip any 1 handed weapon (paired with shield ofc. as other off hand weapons do not provide any real group benefits but more damage related) for heal firebrand to match your needs: 1 Scepter for soft cc, some might application and range attacks access (not really great choice cuz mostly you need to stick to your group that in 99% cases are staying close to the boss); 2 Mace is great for group block, extra regeneration access and some passive healing from auto attacks (don't forget to pick the relevant trait to enhance it's effectiveness); 3 Sword is amazing for mobility and frontal block for yourself, while providing the fury for your group; 4 Axe is great for pulling group of enemies and for cc in general (which can be enhanced within firebrand traits, but it will reduce your quick application potential) and gives access to fury for your group. So it's quite situational and maybe you might even equip a hammer/great sword if you're mad enough :D
Is there a video that explains skills vs attributes vs spells vs boons vs talents... etc , like I'm so confused right now ... in gw 1 you just get a crap ton of skills and you choose which one you want for the game play you want
Amazing video, I'm not familiar with the game but you explain it well enough that I have an idea of what I'm getting myself into! I was eyeing out the Mesmer as a fun class to start with, so sad it doesn't really have a healing build... Oh well, by the time I reach end game maybe things will be different!
I absolutely love playing druid with spirits however you don't need all the bar full of spirits for full alac. 3 spirits are enough. I use 4 spirits including the elite but if I know it's gonna be a though one I take search and rescue with me so my pet can res a downed ally while I keep in healing.
With the recent changes to elementalist and tempest I would move it to atleast to 9 because: Lucid Singularity: This trait now causes overloads to pulse alacrity while channeling in addition to granting alacrity when channeling is completed. The total amount of alacrity granted remains the same. Water Blast: This skill can now target allies. Geyser: Increased heal attribute scaling from 1.0 to 1.25 in PvP and WvW. Frozen Ground: This skill now grants frost aura to allies in the area when the field is created. Healing Rain: This skill now heals allies for each condition removed. Increased conditions removed per pulse from 1 to 2 in PvE only. Recent patch did elementalist good.
Oh I guess I can main my mechanist as my healer then. I hated leveling engineer so I boosted it and got a full celestial armor set with runes and sit-ups which was cool. Didn’t have to farm verdant brink like I did on my weaver. Not that that was so bad but it was rather expensive getting accessories and rings and what not. And I still don’t have digits and runes on my weaver yet. Not even sure how to go about doing that.
Thematically I enjoy chrono, scourge, druid, tempest, but all of them are either boring to play( druid's spirits, tempest overloads), or dont provide key boons and strong burst healing (chrono, scourge). It's such a bummer :(
And it ain't good. Willbender is not a healer. I really think the quickness should be transferred to Willbender and allow it to do its job without having to take a second trait line (Honor).
@@KROOF And then HFB provide only heals that is your suggestion , So Druid and tempest and HAM provide Heal + alac , while HFB can provide only heals , I have a great suggestion why not remove from the game entirely since the class no longer matter. I am surprised about truly how many people hating the guardian nowadays , it is truly amazing
Hey Kroof. Great summation of support/heal specs that are available! Would you also happen to have sample build templates for each, that highlight their support and heal capabilities? Even if it's just standard open world builds. Those at least can be used as launching platforms for other game modes. There are places like metabattle, of course, but it's sometimes difficult to tell if those builds are kept up to date, as most of them have been there for a while. So even if you just put the "must have" traits and abilities if you want to be support/heals on a particular profession.
Heal/quick builds exist to pair with alac/dps builds. A healbrand would be paired with an alac mirage for example which is a spec that can't heal. So if they made all healers alac providers then support dps builds like alac mirage would never see any play in group content. For that reason I'm very surprised Heal Scrapper isn't mentioned. Great heals with med kit just like mechanist, res people with function gyro just like scourge, aoe mobile stealth field to skip trash in fractals, bulwark gyro letting you tank for your team and last but not least perma quickness and superspeed. It's a solid healer with great utility and any heal mechanist should have that build on hand in case their support dps is an alac provider like mirage, renegade, willbender, mechanist, or specter.
Returning player here, TY so much for making this! I've always loved playing as support in games. When GW2 first came out I fell in love with Mesmer and Necromancer. I focused on spreading boons or conditions because at the time...that was what support was. Over time it all changed and my favorite class...Mesmer...could be a tank. The role I least like. I was honestly devastated. Still sad to hear that Virtuoso didn't change that at all. But it is a hella fun DPS class! I LOVE Scourge. It really is too bad that the game relies so heavily on Alacrity. Honestly I feel it was a mistake to add it to the game. I thought that when I was playing around as Chronomancer in HoT and I still feel like that. I made an Engineer and honestly...I find Mechanist...boring. Just point your mech in a direction and they decimate. You don't have to do well, anything. I remember trying to make Engineer work as a support by using the elixer gun but it just didn't have the numbers to be effective. I don't like the idea of my bot doing everything for me. Meanwhile Ranger, or Druid over her barely touches their pet. I do like Druid though. I also remember really liking Firebrand and Renegade. I did actually stay in Ventari mode while being Renegade to get that alacrity. But it didn't feel impactful. I never realized Herald was a support spec. I never tried it. I will have to give it a go and see how I like it.
I feel the same, perhaps a small buff on the healing power scaling could help the build, but utilities and focus shine for macanisms and the possibility to choose quick or alac ... not a best have but relevant too
I would have to disagree with you about mesmers lacking healing elites. Chronomancers, with All's Well That Ends Well and Stretched Time, can work... heh, well, as healers, as All's Well gives all chrono wells a bit of healing(though even at lvl 80 it's not all that much), and Stretched Time provides the much-desired alacrity, meaning that you can spam your wells on enemies and have your melee-focused allies pick up alacrity and a bit of healing, easily fitting as a support healer. Add in Restorative Mantras, Restorative Illusions(which heals allies through Healing Prism) and Illusionary Inspiration from the core Inspiration spec and you can have a chrono mesmer as a decent healer that also provides your group with alacrity. And as a bonus, Stretched Time also gives Tides of Time shield skill the ability to give alacrity, though without healing. Of course, chrono can only heal that way on land, as both specter and chronomancer wells do not function underwater(unlike necro wells and scrapper gyros that do), which is the only downside to them.
I agree that the way some professions aply the boons need a change to be more fluid. The thing I disagree about is that specs that give quickkness should give alac instead. IMO there should be more even split and more healers should give quickess so there is space for both quickness dps and alac dps in the party. I think heal scrapper is a viable choice that you skipped and helps with evening out this split.
Hiiii!! As a new player, I want to both enjoy the class but also start out on a class that can play the healer/support role (and be good for duos). I've been looking for videos and yours pops up and I'm so happy I found it! Am worried though because newer videos say that some of these classes right now, like the scourge Necro, aren't very good healers and I was about to choose that one as my first class.. Would you mind doing an updated video some time? Orrr can you tell me which ones are good and bad right now? I don't want to level a character and be told that I have to play like dps or something because my class sucks at support. Tempest seems like so much fun from what I've seen, but a lot of people say it's the most complex and I'm not sure if I should pick that up as a first class/healer to play when I don't even know the very basics of the game. xD Thank you for your videos though! I like to research before I play a game and your videos are helping me out so much in wanting to try out gw!
Have to disagree on the Fireband, the ability of STAB alone is a huge benefit. Healer is my main in Fractals and WvW. The Low intensity Healbrand is pretty good. I found Shout warrior very good in WvW the healing, condi removal along with Hammer for crowd control
I wish you had described what these boons are. I know I can look it up but if so many of your scores depend on the existance of Alacrity over Quickness, it would be nice to know what both of those are.
Vindicator feels like it was designed to fill a "flex" role that the overarching game design unfortunately doesn't really accommodate, where they would be a DPS most of the time but swap to healing when the squad is in danger, as they get a not insignificant boost to healing output when low due to the free Empire Divided trait. Due to a variety of factors both in their kit and in the structure of endgame content it really just...doesn't work for them.
Speaking as a ranger main, I'm still not over the fact that it's not the best pet class in the game. It already kinda wasn't since your only non-support option before EoD was petless SB, but it's definitely not now that mech is in the game
new player and I'm loving the HFB as my main, but my problem with playing supports is when doing instances like T2-3 fractals, strikes etc., people just run around and not stack, they run away from my defensive skills e.g., when I use shield barrier, they dodge out of the circle LOL?? and this has happened not once but many times, and they will still eat the boss's spells with open arms, no problem. Also, while I'm trying to save a teammate from dying on the left, the guy on the right has no backup and dies. We get wiped, then the same players question about how we have no support, bad healing. I would be insane to think this is my fault, I understand these are low level pugs and my only conclusion is either people get tunnel visioned or just outright ignore me because I'm lower leveled and think that I'm incapable of even contributing a helping hand for the team.
Hey, i'm new to the game and i really like play healer, currently i'm playing Specter. Who is the best healer for beginner players do the open world PVE and do support in Raids and Dungeons?
Scourge has been the standard raid healer for so long, I don't think it ever was below S tier honestly. Druid have an amazing track record too and firebrand ain't that far either. Also, Scrapper is the WvW officially healer thank to his superspeed buff and invi gyro.
I agree your video is a 10/10 . Healing has been tricky over the years in Guild Wars 2. Solo Druid heals were strong when the were released. Getting glimpses back. Feels good. Heal brand has been the staple for main heals for a long time. Elementalist got fun again for me. I have been using Icebow for the buff in my build. Necro barrier wins every time for me. Specter was just 'sigh". Chronomancer has a heal build kind of. Rev is meh . Thanks for the video
And my Firebrand, Druid, Mechanist, Specter - hell even a Scrapper with function gyro - are all able to save 5 player groups as easily. I think people tend to over sell that rez potential. I see it as not being OP … not really underpowered… but perfectly fine. 🤷
@@KROOF I think the only thing that scourge could be needed for is to hard carry with a condi scourge on blood traitline. healscourge is almost at no point needed. and even a blood scourge is kind of a sign, that the group should maybe join some trainings ^^
I just blew about 80g getting my vindicator in minstrel's gear with monk runes.. because I wanted to try Vindicator healer for WvW. I'd heard it was pretty good if done right. Now, that was just for wvw, maybe not as much for pve applications, though I'm sure it can provide adequate heals there, too. For instance, I parked myself on top of that vine champ in Silverwastes, the one that surrounds itself with smaller vines. And it couldn't really even touch me.. my health stayed pretty much max forever. Now, I couldn't touch him, either.. the thing with Vindicator heal spec is it does zero damage. It all goes into heals, boons and condi removal. The only damage is if you thwack it with your staff between dodges. Or swap temporarily to your Archemon legend to do a bit of damage. But still, it was fun just parking myself on top of that champ and keeping my health full. So the vindicator heals are pretty good, and it does have a niche place somewhere.
I think you should reconsider your decision on Firebrand... The fact that Firebrand is able block incoming damage with the amount of Aegis (Shild 4, 2x Advance; Book3 Skill 5) and the Reflect is so much better then the healing or barrier application from other classes... providing also nearly permanet protection and resulotion. In your ranking it should be a 12/10 then if druid is a 9/10.... The only critic Point is that you actually need to read and understand what your skills actually does, because the amount of skills is for a beginner way to much to handle in the beginning....(5 Skills in F2; 5 Skills in F3; 5 skills in Mace/Shild, 5 in Staff and if you consider the basic skills, healmantra, quicknessmantra, condiremove mantra, stand your ground, sanctuary for heal/Projectylblock/CC, Wall of Reflection, Advance, Purching Flames for extra condi remove, 3 Eliteskills...... Other classes are far behind in the skilldiversity basis
Aegis can either be GODLY or absolutely useless - it’s a tricky boon to consider in this video because it does pop up on a few others. Reflects are not unique to FB and destruction zones are sometimes better than reflects. The “overwhelming” sense is a non point as it is so subjective. It’s not entirely worth bringing up. But, brining up the gameplay flow of all the skills together is - and how all of those skills mimic each other.
She gave Heal Scourage a 6.5???? That's a legendary build for being so broken from day 1 until today that if you have one in your party you basically can not lose the raid/event
Thing is barrier is maxxed to 1/2 the targets' hp, and on my hscg i'm pretty much constantly porting downed ppl to me and ressing them super-quick. For sure, hscg is a carry class, but not through healing nor boon application.
It's nice to see content creators bringing up the bad design decisions that have been made. Don't get me wrong, I think we're in a better place than a year ago in terms of meta, but also I think we need to keep talking about the fact that these support updates were really slapdash bandaid fixes, that need to be reworked such that they tie into the natural gameplay of each spec
for a while, it felt like unless you played a heavy plate armor class, you were just playing an inferior class and anything other than Guardian had to be Druid Rangers or you weren't even thought of but Necromancers were given some respect. it annoys me that the "lighter" your armor the less "capable" you know you are and then the Engineer and the Mesmer get an elite specialization that brings it from gutters to forefront. And the game still feels like "Guardian or nothing".
I don't believe Quickness should be an offensive support-only tool, while Alacrity is a defensive support-only tool; this would only limit build diversity! If anything, the balance between defensive supports bringing each of the two boons should be better, with more Quickness and less Alacrity.
It in effect does limit diversity as if I want to play a healer, and have a druid and a tempest, but the group is looking for a Quick Heal, I then cannot play on the class I desire. Class diversity shouldn't come down simply to the boon it can provide, but the role that it can play. Too many qualifications, going from role -> boon -> specific class (ex. HFB) ... now that is what limits diversity. If all of the healer builds were aligned in their boon that they can provide it wouldn't matter which one you took -- as long as the player is good and comfortable with that build/spec.
@@KROOF Ultimately that's true the other way around, too, though - if you want to heal as a Firebrand but a group is looking for an alacrity healer, you're out of luck. In my experience, this is not a problem - I only do strike missions in PUGs and people have always been more than willing to change class & build in order for the composition to work out reasonably well, i.e. you as a druid join, and someone switches from DPS to qDPS, so that everything is fine. To my mind the way to make the current system better is simply to 1) take the overperforming specs (Firebrand, Mechanist) down a notch, and 2) over time, provide even more build diversity - what you kind of hinted at with Warrior and Mesmer. For me, an ideal future would see each of the 9 classes have a reasonable build that can either DPS, offensively support (via Quickness OR Alacrity) and defensively support (via Quickness OR Alacrity). Kind of where Engi is at the moment - with reasonable builds for DPS, QuicknessDPS, AlacrityDPS and AlacrityHeal! More choices, not fewer, please!
After long time of testing i have to say the untamed spec is the better druid. You can bring more utillity skills because you dont need all spirits to provide alac. You have permanent boonrip, much more cc and you dont have to wait for a celestial avatar to heal and give boons. BUT its not that easy to play like druid.
Untamed is not a healer… it doesn’t even wish to touch the topic of this video. If anything Untamed is more of a “Tank” or DPS. And… what … you have to bring spirits to bring alacrity no matter the spec….
@@KROOF No front but it looks like you haven't bothered that much with the untamed. Didn´t say that you dont need spirits on untamed. I said you dont need all spirits to provide 100% alac because you can reset them everytime you cc and you have a lot of cc. Also u can reset your healing spring which is a very good healskill with water field and with your explo finnisher skills you have extra aoe healing. I play heal alac untamed in every endgame content and hes doing his job very well. The only downside is the big range healing. But thats not neccessary. And if u say untamed isnt a healer so idk why is herald in this list because hes definitely not a healer.
@@vipanez5728 herald is leagues more of a support than the untamed. Look at the Herald Shield, the heavy Boon focused skills, the profession mechanic of extending boons, the traits that increase regen healing, providing more boons on applying boons, the RAW healing you grant allies when you give them a boon, Ventari…. This video is not to entertain very left-field, idiosyncratic, builds that some people play, it’s for the very obvious routes players can take to fill this role.
Druid & Consisting Healing, my ass, this is the literal worst healer of them all, its only use is as an average boon provider in raids, but it can be replaced by any other healer. Even mesmer is better at healing... lifesteal aura Scourger is decent, tempest is very decent, renegade with centaur tablet is very decent, hfb is ultra decent, scrapper is very decent, druid is definately not, expecially in the way most people play it... im giving it 2/10 and im giving it 2/10 instead of 1/10 just because of the celestial form spells.
This video is too outdated and shouldn't be for only a year old, necro is one of the main aheals right now, also u keep saying aheal is the only way really when it can be aheal or qheal
It isn't trash. Frankly, if you're looking for a "dedicated" healer like in other MMOs, you have missed the entire point of GW2. GW2 is one of the few MMOs that don't force you into the holy trinity of tank/healer/dps roles. And that is the main thing that has kept me here. I dislike the holy trinity. If the GW2 style isn't for you and you love the trinity, then you may enjoy other MMOs better. To each their own. At most, GW2 has a "soft" trinity. You can spec into it if you want, but that is useful only for specific applications in the game. Most classes can perform most roles, which is made easier by encounters not forcing you to have 2xtanks to manage threat, 3xhealers to ignore what's happening around them and just play whackamole with their heals, and the rest dps. I find that limiting and don't like it. If you do like it, then there are tons of other MMOs that do have that mechanic that you may enjoy better.
Unlike Bill, I agree :). Built a healing Druid and my reaction on seeing the results was "That's it?!" ... so now I am stuck with healing focussed gear that doesn't produce much healing at all :lol:
Yeah... when you line them up like that you realize what garbage are support roles in GW2. I know that Mechanist got 10/10 because it does a lot of stuff but design wise it's a walking atrocity. I hate it so much I stopped playing engineer altogether.
Loved watching the video, is a good start to learning the healers! Was disappointed I didn't see Heal Quick scrapper though xD gives quickness with gyros, insane condi cleanses, and insane heals with Med kit & elixer gun, not to mention the utility from the function gyro. Underrated xD. Heck even Heal Catalyst although both of these are probably underrated. Heal catalyst even more lol.
Mech Healer is terrible. I was the first in my guild to go mech before the Power Rifle Mech was a thing. I am now the groups full time healer cause no one can figure out healing in my group. DPS numbskulls lol.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for this great guide, you have helped me to return to having the love that I had for this game with great feeling, I stopped playing it due to the loss of my older brother. but thanks to the fact that I love being support, I would like to have the love that I had for him again. Please keep making great content like this! Pura vida from Costa Rica!! ❤🥰
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i've been pressing F to rez my fellow gamers throughout my time in gw2, so you know, i'm somewhat of a healer myself😏
The ancient ways of support, I salute my brethren.
I am 2 month into GW 2. The first month I played a necro healer bcs I was the noobest of the noobs at dealing damage. Even when I got the reaper, I still was the noobest of the noobs. So I began to revive, heal and buff everyone.Now I play my class properly, but still, it was so fun, I didn't know what do to, and I did what I could to help. 🍻
Yes 😎
My achievement even says so.
I personally like the fact that quickness healers exist. It allows for more variety in builds and group compositions. I pretty much main alac dps renegade and my build wouldnt be very viable without quick healers.
A small note, healer tempest generally does not overload water (at least from what I've seen and played). You do switch to and from water a lot, but you only overload it in dire situations because you need to swap into it constantly to keep healing up. Overloading water locks you out of it and therefore from healing for too long. Instead you overload every other element and swap into water between each element to cast 1-2 heal skills and refresh the passive healing.
Basically it goes fire, overload, water, air, overload, water, earth, overload, water, repeat. Overloading water is so dangerous since it takes way too long to gain access to water again and leaves you with only 2 abilities to heal allies with (heal skill and Rebound).
It does really need a better way to give alacrity though because you have to fully complete a long channel for it right now. If it gets interrupted in any way, you're in for a rough bit without alacrity. I really hope they do something to fix that as it feels really bad to not be able to react to things as a healer.
ive been playing this auramancer support tempest build that this youtuber Vallun introduced a few weeks ago and its been one of my favorite builds to play rn. it kind of revitalized my love for the tempest. giving auras to allies while healing and buffing them too has been so satisfying. it was originally an sPvP build but ive been having so much fun using it in PvE and WvW.
I think Healbrand's tomes shine most in WvW. Tome 3 especially can be wasted in the wrong hands when stability is highlighted the most
I love your enthusiasm and presentation style - this has been the best (most useful and entertaining) GW2 heal video yet 🙂
Great video as a new player I like the information that was given and the presentation of the info. My only critique would be maybe explaining what alacrity is/does that makes it so good.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro/The Role
1:45 - The Elementalist
3:28 - The Necromancer
6:00 - The Thief
7:35 - The Ranger
9:32 - The Engineer
11:10 - The Guardian
14:38 - The Revenant
18:36 - Outro
Is this still relevant in 2023 with the new expansion set? Brand new player here.
This was a wildly needed video! Thank you for helping in making content, so I can share with my friends who have been struggling to find which classes to play.
and hopefully arenanet's supposid patch they'll be doing soon not only makes this video irrelevant but improves each characters ability to "Support" and while unlikely remove the plate wearing classes ability to support other players. Doing a class that can take more damage should NEVER be strictly inferior to a class that can take less damage, But here we are.
Love this series so much I'm re-watching it 😂 I can see how much effort you've put into these videos for healer, dps, and tank
Yay for Firebrand mains!! I actually think that the tome skills being similar is actually an advantage. With 15 new skills, you don't want to learn 15 totally different things. With the skills being similar, you kinda only need to learn 5 new skills
Laughs in Weaver (maniacally)
Who ever wrote the " patience and care " line into the Firebrand-Description either deserves Comedy Gold or jail because Liza Minnelli lies.
My main heal is Heal Alac Tempest.
However, Firebrand is insanely more versatile as I can Lego myself to every encounter, because I have plenty of access to aegis, resistance, stability and projectile block, as well as extra healing and cc. I have DEFAULT access to all of these things from my tomes and weapon skills but can slot in even more based on the encounter without any sacrifices. It's the most fun healer I've played yet because I can comfortably make meaningful choices.
Frankly Firebrand should be the first choice for anyone looking to play an allround healer unless they are tied to their current spec.
We will see how HFB will work after the late nov patch.
As someone who has mained support in every mmo i've played, as well as being new to the game. This was truly helpful. I thank you.
Oh honey. I love this video! But you forgott warrior :C I always play a basic nurse warrior with warhorn and shouts. And now with the changes to banners, that give quickness now, I can happly heal in fractals. While that might not be some uber meta build, it still works great! :D But it's fine. Just thought I might mention that
Focused on elites -- Warrior still falters behind without a dedicated elite spec slot.
Sadly the resent nerf to Bladesworn's elite skill broke the Healing build for Raids ☹ sad.
The one that Mukluk did, using the elite skill to reload your souths to have more healing while lowering the cooldown when using set skills no longer works in the same way :
I tested tactics spec + banner of strength + shouts, you can easily gives max stacks of might to your group (passively, using burst, shout, banner).
@@marcelozampieri1100 These people won't try anything snowcrows doesn't tell them is Meta. Maybe contact them instead of trying to convince the larger community something is good.
I disagree that healing specs should have alac and not quickness. In my opinion, a support spec should have high-permanent might, fury, swiftness and protection uptime with dips into vigour, resolution, resistance and aegis. A heal spec should have as much of that as possible, combined with healing and alac OR quickness. I do miss the old chronotank build with limited, localised healing (wells) but had quickness AND alacrity permanently, and i do chafe at tempests having to choose to optimise healing at the expense of alacrity. I do love my healscourge but it will never be a solo healer as long as players stand in red aoe's :)
I liked it that the healer class that needs Alac is given Quickness instead and vice versa so that it will not be OP and make more diversed.
I'm currently into my healing vin. Tree Song is OP with 3 sec cooldown, cleanses 5 condis and heal for each condi removed. Apart from that, vin removes 1 condi after dodge roll, and its dodge roll heals + barrier. Gives vigor and protection(after cleansing) after every dodge. Gain endurance for every condi removed
Venti vindi mains❤
I love your voice. Thank you so much for this guide.
I'm still new to firebrand but I've been loving it. I do great solo, then swap my gear to heal and vomit buffs during world bosses and meta events.
I have a support build on my chrono he has really high crit and the sigil to heal on crit, and he has the healing Wells ability - really Been helping the squishies in Lab farm :)
It makes me happy to see more support/healer builds in GW2! Thank you for the excellent video. This makes me excited to try some more builds.
When I was in the lab the other day I had arcdps on and saw the most kickass heals from a berserk warrior. I have no idea how they managed it
thank you for this video, I just came back to gw2 and have a lvl 80 ranger who I JUST spec to druid but wasnt really feeling it. However, you did just confirm that I do indeed..enjoy the Guardian hahah thank you again I'll finish leveling her
No love for heal scrapper 😟. Lol I get it I know that's a WvW thing
I love firebrand over mechanic . Firebrand is a mini tank itself.
Lots of protection boons.
I main vindicator healer and never have non poblem keeping the team yes it lack the boon suport but healing wise its unstoppable
Yeah, but for people coming in to the game, or who are looking to change up their role - group content probably won’t be the most accepting of it.
I dont know if anyone has even said this.. but when Virtuoso came out and was teased I thought that it was going to be a support spec. Like a bard of some sort. Using a shortbow or longbow that looks like a harp and instead of their f1-4 doing some kind of dmg it would instead play a song that did different types of healing and buffs. They could have access to facets like herald, but you dont just blow ur load and release them instantly like you do now. It would be more methodical. Not rly sure what ANET was thinking by adding more DPS specs when there was already 2, just like they did to warrior.... I thought warrior would have some kinda RAGEY MONK spec that did boons (support DPS) of some sort. Give em double focus weapons and they just punch the hell out of their enemies, like a brawler. You could even make it have an option to be tanky. But all this sounds like FUN and we know FUN isnt allowed in MMOs anymore.
I'm surprised you didnt do a Chronomancer Heal build review
Would love to hear what scourge is like now it can do alacrity
got recc'd the update video ._.
As someone trying to learn supports/healer, I loved this! I'm learning quick heal brand, but I love the idea of using mace as opposed to the meta axe.
Mace is very noice!
Mace is less damage, but more heals/survivability. I think Axe used to be more important before fury was so easy to come across, but these days you always have fury in a group. I use mace, it's a great choice, especially if you're learning
In general, you can equip any 1 handed weapon (paired with shield ofc. as other off hand weapons do not provide any real group benefits but more damage related) for heal firebrand to match your needs:
1 Scepter for soft cc, some might application and range attacks access (not really great choice cuz mostly you need to stick to your group that in 99% cases are staying close to the boss);
2 Mace is great for group block, extra regeneration access and some passive healing from auto attacks (don't forget to pick the relevant trait to enhance it's effectiveness);
3 Sword is amazing for mobility and frontal block for yourself, while providing the fury for your group;
4 Axe is great for pulling group of enemies and for cc in general (which can be enhanced within firebrand traits, but it will reduce your quick application potential) and gives access to fury for your group.
So it's quite situational and maybe you might even equip a hammer/great sword if you're mad enough :D
Is there a video that explains skills vs attributes vs spells vs boons vs talents... etc , like I'm so confused right now ... in gw 1 you just get a crap ton of skills and you choose which one you want for the game play you want
Amazing video, I'm not familiar with the game but you explain it well enough that I have an idea of what I'm getting myself into! I was eyeing out the Mesmer as a fun class to start with, so sad it doesn't really have a healing build... Oh well, by the time I reach end game maybe things will be different!
Really good video! Helped me decide on which support/healer class to try next
I absolutely love playing druid with spirits however you don't need all the bar full of spirits for full alac. 3 spirits are enough. I use 4 spirits including the elite but if I know it's gonna be a though one I take search and rescue with me so my pet can res a downed ally while I keep in healing.
With the recent changes to elementalist and tempest I would move it to atleast to 9 because:
Lucid Singularity: This trait now causes overloads to pulse alacrity while channeling in addition to granting alacrity when channeling is completed. The total amount of alacrity granted remains the same.
Water Blast: This skill can now target allies.
Geyser: Increased heal attribute scaling from 1.0 to 1.25 in PvP and WvW.
Frozen Ground: This skill now grants frost aura to allies in the area when the field is created.
Healing Rain: This skill now heals allies for each condition removed. Increased conditions removed per pulse from 1 to 2 in PvE only.
Recent patch did elementalist good.
Oh I guess I can main my mechanist as my healer then. I hated leveling engineer so I boosted it and got a full celestial armor set with runes and sit-ups which was cool. Didn’t have to farm verdant brink like I did on my weaver. Not that that was so bad but it was rather expensive getting accessories and rings and what not. And I still don’t have digits and runes on my weaver yet. Not even sure how to go about doing that.
Thematically I enjoy chrono, scourge, druid, tempest, but all of them are either boring to play( druid's spirits, tempest overloads), or dont provide key boons and strong burst healing (chrono, scourge). It's such a bummer :(
You have a beautiful voice. Like voice actor quality.
Howdy! first time viewer and new sub. Great content and you have an excellent narrative voice. You should do audiobooks id listen for sure.
Hey Kroof, amazing video! But I have to mention that there is a very powerful Willbender build that provides 100% alacrity uptime and heals. :)
And it ain't good.
Willbender is not a healer. I really think the quickness should be transferred to Willbender and allow it to do its job without having to take a second trait line (Honor).
@@KROOF And then HFB provide only heals that is your suggestion , So Druid and tempest and HAM provide Heal + alac , while HFB can provide only heals , I have a great suggestion why not remove from the game entirely since the class no longer matter. I am surprised about truly how many people hating the guardian nowadays , it is truly amazing
Hey Kroof. Great summation of support/heal specs that are available! Would you also happen to have sample build templates for each, that highlight their support and heal capabilities? Even if it's just standard open world builds. Those at least can be used as launching platforms for other game modes. There are places like metabattle, of course, but it's sometimes difficult to tell if those builds are kept up to date, as most of them have been there for a while. So even if you just put the "must have" traits and abilities if you want to be support/heals on a particular profession.
I main heal druid. Made a hfb yesterday its like you said kinda boring with the animations but kinda fun to tank with
@KROOF - what an amazing tutorial - congrats on this content !!
Heal/quick builds exist to pair with alac/dps builds. A healbrand would be paired with an alac mirage for example which is a spec that can't heal. So if they made all healers alac providers then support dps builds like alac mirage would never see any play in group content. For that reason I'm very surprised Heal Scrapper isn't mentioned. Great heals with med kit just like mechanist, res people with function gyro just like scourge, aoe mobile stealth field to skip trash in fractals, bulwark gyro letting you tank for your team and last but not least perma quickness and superspeed. It's a solid healer with great utility and any heal mechanist should have that build on hand in case their support dps is an alac provider like mirage, renegade, willbender, mechanist, or specter.
So is this all still true a year later, especially with the new patch? I'm thinking of making a Druid.
Returning player here, TY so much for making this! I've always loved playing as support in games. When GW2 first came out I fell in love with Mesmer and Necromancer. I focused on spreading boons or conditions because at the time...that was what support was. Over time it all changed and my favorite class...Mesmer...could be a tank. The role I least like. I was honestly devastated. Still sad to hear that Virtuoso didn't change that at all. But it is a hella fun DPS class!
I LOVE Scourge. It really is too bad that the game relies so heavily on Alacrity. Honestly I feel it was a mistake to add it to the game. I thought that when I was playing around as Chronomancer in HoT and I still feel like that. I made an Engineer and honestly...I find Mechanist...boring. Just point your mech in a direction and they decimate. You don't have to do well, anything. I remember trying to make Engineer work as a support by using the elixer gun but it just didn't have the numbers to be effective. I don't like the idea of my bot doing everything for me. Meanwhile Ranger, or Druid over her barely touches their pet. I do like Druid though. I also remember really liking Firebrand and Renegade. I did actually stay in Ventari mode while being Renegade to get that alacrity. But it didn't feel impactful. I never realized Herald was a support spec. I never tried it. I will have to give it a go and see how I like it.
I always thought the Chronomancer was a 5/10 healer with the wells and Alacrity or Quickness.
I feel the same, perhaps a small buff on the healing power scaling could help the build, but utilities and focus shine for macanisms and the possibility to choose quick or alac ... not a best have but relevant too
I would have to disagree with you about mesmers lacking healing elites. Chronomancers, with All's Well That Ends Well and Stretched Time, can work... heh, well, as healers, as All's Well gives all chrono wells a bit of healing(though even at lvl 80 it's not all that much), and Stretched Time provides the much-desired alacrity, meaning that you can spam your wells on enemies and have your melee-focused allies pick up alacrity and a bit of healing, easily fitting as a support healer. Add in Restorative Mantras, Restorative Illusions(which heals allies through Healing Prism) and Illusionary Inspiration from the core Inspiration spec and you can have a chrono mesmer as a decent healer that also provides your group with alacrity. And as a bonus, Stretched Time also gives Tides of Time shield skill the ability to give alacrity, though without healing. Of course, chrono can only heal that way on land, as both specter and chronomancer wells do not function underwater(unlike necro wells and scrapper gyros that do), which is the only downside to them.
I agree that the way some professions aply the boons need a change to be more fluid. The thing I disagree about is that specs that give quickkness should give alac instead. IMO there should be more even split and more healers should give quickess so there is space for both quickness dps and alac dps in the party. I think heal scrapper is a viable choice that you skipped and helps with evening out this split.
You should be hired by the company to do voiceover over their content, like for new expansions, characters (moba), or stories
I love the video but it seems strange you neglected to mention heal scrapper. I know heal mech is all the rage but they exist, too!
Hiiii!! As a new player, I want to both enjoy the class but also start out on a class that can play the healer/support role (and be good for duos). I've been looking for videos and yours pops up and I'm so happy I found it!
Am worried though because newer videos say that some of these classes right now, like the scourge Necro, aren't very good healers and I was about to choose that one as my first class.. Would you mind doing an updated video some time? Orrr can you tell me which ones are good and bad right now? I don't want to level a character and be told that I have to play like dps or something because my class sucks at support. Tempest seems like so much fun from what I've seen, but a lot of people say it's the most complex and I'm not sure if I should pick that up as a first class/healer to play when I don't even know the very basics of the game. xD
Thank you for your videos though! I like to research before I play a game and your videos are helping me out so much in wanting to try out gw!
Ayo where shouts heal gang at?
In tactics spec tree. Cooldown reduction, bonus healing and heal.
I wish I could figure out if I'm just bad at HAM or if people just stand in stuff they shouldn't be. Maybe both. It's probably both.
Have to disagree on the Fireband, the ability of STAB alone is a huge benefit. Healer is my main in Fractals and WvW. The Low intensity Healbrand is pretty good. I found Shout warrior very good in WvW the healing, condi removal along with Hammer for crowd control
I wish you had described what these boons are. I know I can look it up but if so many of your scores depend on the existance of Alacrity over Quickness, it would be nice to know what both of those are.
It speeds up skill recharge = Alacrity.
It speeds up attack speed = Quickness.
Vindicator feels like it was designed to fill a "flex" role that the overarching game design unfortunately doesn't really accommodate, where they would be a DPS most of the time but swap to healing when the squad is in danger, as they get a not insignificant boost to healing output when low due to the free Empire Divided trait. Due to a variety of factors both in their kit and in the structure of endgame content it really just...doesn't work for them.
of course the mech is 10/10 , its the devs favorite class 😉
Speaking as a ranger main, I'm still not over the fact that it's not the best pet class in the game. It already kinda wasn't since your only non-support option before EoD was petless SB, but it's definitely not now that mech is in the game
hi there do you forgot the Druid ? :)
? She did an entire section on the druid in the video...
Awesome input and video ;)
new player and I'm loving the HFB as my main, but my problem with playing supports is when doing instances like T2-3 fractals, strikes etc., people just run around and not stack, they run away from my defensive skills e.g., when I use shield barrier, they dodge out of the circle LOL?? and this has happened not once but many times, and they will still eat the boss's spells with open arms, no problem. Also, while I'm trying to save a teammate from dying on the left, the guy on the right has no backup and dies. We get wiped, then the same players question about how we have no support, bad healing. I would be insane to think this is my fault, I understand these are low level pugs and my only conclusion is either people get tunnel visioned or just outright ignore me because I'm lower leveled and think that I'm incapable of even contributing a helping hand for the team.
Hey, i'm new to the game and i really like play healer, currently i'm playing Specter. Who is the best healer for beginner players do the open world PVE and do support in Raids and Dungeons?
Scourge has been the standard raid healer for so long, I don't think it ever was below S tier honestly. Druid have an amazing track record too and firebrand ain't that far either.
Also, Scrapper is the WvW officially healer thank to his superspeed buff and invi gyro.
Yasssssss
Love this guide! ❤
Really not happy about the state of supports in GW, though with some adjustments and changes, things could be much better.
What about chrono?
I agree your video is a 10/10 . Healing has been tricky over the years in Guild Wars 2. Solo Druid heals were strong when the were released. Getting glimpses back. Feels good. Heal brand has been the staple for main heals for a long time. Elementalist got fun again for me. I have been using Icebow for the buff in my build. Necro barrier wins every time for me. Specter was just 'sigh". Chronomancer has a heal build kind of. Rev is meh . Thanks for the video
scourge is a 10/10 healer in pug fractals. you're right that they're not supposed to go down, but puggies gonna pug
well... not really a healer but a ground scraper. a rezz machine... kind of a wasted slot unless you get groups that really struggle as you mentioned.
And my Firebrand, Druid, Mechanist, Specter - hell even a Scrapper with function gyro - are all able to save 5 player groups as easily.
I think people tend to over sell that rez potential. I see it as not being OP … not really underpowered… but perfectly fine. 🤷
@@KROOF I think the only thing that scourge could be needed for is to hard carry with a condi scourge on blood traitline. healscourge is almost at no point needed. and even a blood scourge is kind of a sign, that the group should maybe join some trainings ^^
5:08 where's heal quick scrapper at :c
Objective, concise, informed guide to choosing a healer in Gw2! I agree with your evaluations of the current support meta
warrior can heal and has by far the best burst heal ( and other things) in the game
I just blew about 80g getting my vindicator in minstrel's gear with monk runes.. because I wanted to try Vindicator healer for WvW. I'd heard it was pretty good if done right. Now, that was just for wvw, maybe not as much for pve applications, though I'm sure it can provide adequate heals there, too. For instance, I parked myself on top of that vine champ in Silverwastes, the one that surrounds itself with smaller vines. And it couldn't really even touch me.. my health stayed pretty much max forever. Now, I couldn't touch him, either.. the thing with Vindicator heal spec is it does zero damage. It all goes into heals, boons and condi removal. The only damage is if you thwack it with your staff between dodges. Or swap temporarily to your Archemon legend to do a bit of damage. But still, it was fun just parking myself on top of that champ and keeping my health full. So the vindicator heals are pretty good, and it does have a niche place somewhere.
In pve that niche build isn’t niche because there are all the other healers that are able to do the same thing.
I use it for pvp/WvW . I also use it for open world event big bosses and such, to stop them from wiping to stupid bs
your voice is so nice
I think you should reconsider your decision on Firebrand... The fact that Firebrand is able block incoming damage with the amount of Aegis (Shild 4, 2x Advance; Book3 Skill 5) and the Reflect is so much better then the healing or barrier application from other classes... providing also nearly permanet protection and resulotion. In your ranking it should be a 12/10 then if druid is a 9/10....
The only critic Point is that you actually need to read and understand what your skills actually does, because the amount of skills is for a beginner way to much to handle in the beginning....(5 Skills in F2; 5 Skills in F3; 5 skills in Mace/Shild, 5 in Staff and if you consider the basic skills, healmantra, quicknessmantra, condiremove mantra, stand your ground, sanctuary for heal/Projectylblock/CC, Wall of Reflection, Advance, Purching Flames for extra condi remove, 3 Eliteskills...... Other classes are far behind in the skilldiversity basis
Aegis can either be GODLY or absolutely useless - it’s a tricky boon to consider in this video because it does pop up on a few others. Reflects are not unique to FB and destruction zones are sometimes better than reflects.
The “overwhelming” sense is a non point as it is so subjective. It’s not entirely worth bringing up. But, brining up the gameplay flow of all the skills together is - and how all of those skills mimic each other.
@@KROOF I've honestly never seen a situation in which aegis is useless tbh
Great video ! I'm a BDSM enjoyer [ *cue mukluk's grunts ] aka tank.
One day heal/shout warrior will be viable ... one day ...
She gave Heal Scourage a 6.5????
That's a legendary build for being so broken from day 1 until today that if you have one in your party you basically can not lose the raid/event
The same could be said for Firebrand… Mechanist… Druid. 😂
Thing is barrier is maxxed to 1/2 the targets' hp, and on my hscg i'm pretty much constantly porting downed ppl to me and ressing them super-quick. For sure, hscg is a carry class, but not through healing nor boon application.
It's nice to see content creators bringing up the bad design decisions that have been made. Don't get me wrong, I think we're in a better place than a year ago in terms of meta, but also I think we need to keep talking about the fact that these support updates were really slapdash bandaid fixes, that need to be reworked such that they tie into the natural gameplay of each spec
vindicator decent healing? it has best in all game modes, sustained and burst 😅
for a while, it felt like unless you played a heavy plate armor class, you were just playing an inferior class and anything other than Guardian had to be Druid Rangers or you weren't even thought of but Necromancers were given some respect. it annoys me that the "lighter" your armor the less "capable" you know you are and then the Engineer and the Mesmer get an elite specialization that brings it from gutters to forefront. And the game still feels like "Guardian or nothing".
good video!
*sad support Scrapper noises*
I don't believe Quickness should be an offensive support-only tool, while Alacrity is a defensive support-only tool; this would only limit build diversity! If anything, the balance between defensive supports bringing each of the two boons should be better, with more Quickness and less Alacrity.
It in effect does limit diversity as if I want to play a healer, and have a druid and a tempest, but the group is looking for a Quick Heal, I then cannot play on the class I desire.
Class diversity shouldn't come down simply to the boon it can provide, but the role that it can play. Too many qualifications, going from role -> boon -> specific class (ex. HFB) ... now that is what limits diversity.
If all of the healer builds were aligned in their boon that they can provide it wouldn't matter which one you took -- as long as the player is good and comfortable with that build/spec.
@@KROOF Ultimately that's true the other way around, too, though - if you want to heal as a Firebrand but a group is looking for an alacrity healer, you're out of luck. In my experience, this is not a problem - I only do strike missions in PUGs and people have always been more than willing to change class & build in order for the composition to work out reasonably well, i.e. you as a druid join, and someone switches from DPS to qDPS, so that everything is fine.
To my mind the way to make the current system better is simply to 1) take the overperforming specs (Firebrand, Mechanist) down a notch, and 2) over time, provide even more build diversity - what you kind of hinted at with Warrior and Mesmer.
For me, an ideal future would see each of the 9 classes have a reasonable build that can either DPS, offensively support (via Quickness OR Alacrity) and defensively support (via Quickness OR Alacrity). Kind of where Engi is at the moment - with reasonable builds for DPS, QuicknessDPS, AlacrityDPS and AlacrityHeal! More choices, not fewer, please!
People be sleeping on chromancer
I think this video is true mostly for raids. In Fractals CM's and EoD strikes you will hate your life if you pug with tempest or druid
I pug with tempest and Druid all the time - they are perfect fine. 😂
'choosing a healer' is the same as saying 'non-druid healers exist'
After long time of testing i have to say the untamed spec is the better druid. You can bring more utillity skills because you dont need all spirits to provide alac. You have permanent boonrip, much more cc and you dont have to wait for a celestial avatar to heal and give boons.
BUT its not that easy to play like druid.
Untamed is not a healer… it doesn’t even wish to touch the topic of this video. If anything Untamed is more of a “Tank” or DPS.
And… what … you have to bring spirits to bring alacrity no matter the spec….
@@KROOF No front but it looks like you haven't bothered that much with the untamed. Didn´t say that you dont need spirits on untamed. I said you dont need all spirits to provide 100% alac because you can reset them everytime you cc and you have a lot of cc. Also u can reset your healing spring which is a very good healskill with water field and with your explo finnisher skills you have extra aoe healing. I play heal alac untamed in every endgame content and hes doing his job very well. The only downside is the big range healing. But thats not neccessary. And if u say untamed isnt a healer so idk why is herald in this list because hes definitely not a healer.
@@vipanez5728 herald is leagues more of a support than the untamed. Look at the Herald Shield, the heavy Boon focused skills, the profession mechanic of extending boons, the traits that increase regen healing, providing more boons on applying boons, the RAW healing you grant allies when you give them a boon, Ventari….
This video is not to entertain very left-field, idiosyncratic, builds that some people play, it’s for the very obvious routes players can take to fill this role.
Druid & Consisting Healing, my ass, this is the literal worst healer of them all, its only use is as an average boon provider in raids, but it can be replaced by any other healer. Even mesmer is better at healing... lifesteal aura Scourger is decent, tempest is very decent, renegade with centaur tablet is very decent, hfb is ultra decent, scrapper is very decent, druid is definately not, expecially in the way most people play it... im giving it 2/10 and im giving it 2/10 instead of 1/10 just because of the celestial form spells.
Which Druid bullied you in raids for you to have this reaction? I’ll wait.
This video is too outdated and shouldn't be for only a year old, necro is one of the main aheals right now, also u keep saying aheal is the only way really when it can be aheal or qheal
This is true serendipity: I literally just finished processing an updated video on this topic. o7
Healing in gw2 is pretty trash compared to other mmo's.. (Basically just a generic support)
It shouldn't even be called healing.
It isn't trash. Frankly, if you're looking for a "dedicated" healer like in other MMOs, you have missed the entire point of GW2. GW2 is one of the few MMOs that don't force you into the holy trinity of tank/healer/dps roles. And that is the main thing that has kept me here. I dislike the holy trinity. If the GW2 style isn't for you and you love the trinity, then you may enjoy other MMOs better. To each their own. At most, GW2 has a "soft" trinity. You can spec into it if you want, but that is useful only for specific applications in the game. Most classes can perform most roles, which is made easier by encounters not forcing you to have 2xtanks to manage threat, 3xhealers to ignore what's happening around them and just play whackamole with their heals, and the rest dps. I find that limiting and don't like it. If you do like it, then there are tons of other MMOs that do have that mechanic that you may enjoy better.
Unlike Bill, I agree :). Built a healing Druid and my reaction on seeing the results was "That's it?!" ... so now I am stuck with healing focussed gear that doesn't produce much healing at all :lol:
What are your pronouns
u sound like lorelady in smite but this helpful for me as a new player
"patience and care WHERE???" lmaoooo
13:44 why did this make me think of jerry springer
Target ally skills is shit in gw2 . So clunky
Yeah... when you line them up like that you realize what garbage are support roles in GW2. I know that Mechanist got 10/10 because it does a lot of stuff but design wise it's a walking atrocity. I hate it so much I stopped playing engineer altogether.
Loved watching the video, is a good start to learning the healers!
Was disappointed I didn't see Heal Quick scrapper though xD gives quickness with gyros, insane condi cleanses, and insane heals with Med kit & elixer gun, not to mention the utility from the function gyro. Underrated xD.
Heck even Heal Catalyst although both of these are probably underrated. Heal catalyst even more lol.
Mech Healer is terrible. I was the first in my guild to go mech before the Power Rifle Mech was a thing. I am now the groups full time healer cause no one can figure out healing in my group. DPS numbskulls lol.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for this great guide, you have helped me to return to having the love that I had for this game with great feeling, I stopped playing it due to the loss of my older brother. but thanks to the fact that I love being support, I would like to have the love that I had for him again. Please keep making great content like this! Pura vida from Costa Rica!! ❤🥰