tagtarsis
New Member
Cleric Controversies
level 50, check!
T1 Gear, check!
Wisdom high enough to que for T2, check!
Effective strategies to heal through a T2 instance…….. ummm well not quite yet!
I have had 3, very poor experiences in T2 so far, and I have discussed this with others in Reborn and have searched the web for opinions and Cleric builds and strategies. And so far I am still in the same place.
The web has 3 camps. Obviously all three healer souls have a following.
I have also learned its almost imposable to rate a healer by the parcer. Due to the shields and way it will count things before others, the healers parcer is only a measurement and will only obviously spike high for raid and or whole group healing. This has left me with a slightly unusable measurement for performance.
However many online have debated the numbers.
Follow up from my research is as follows: Some claim face roll healer to be the Sent/Purifier, others claim the highest output of healing to be the Warden, still others claim that the best overall healer to be the Sent/Warden. All of the camps have decent arguments and fine reasoning to why they believe this or that. I am still on the fence however.
Pros and Cons
Sent:
Pro’s: 1. High output single target cast, (currently for me upwards of 3000 if I crit.
2. Many utility spells for those uh oh moments.
3. Combat Rez (only soul to provide this if you go deep enough in the soul from healer souls)
Cons: 1. Main heal is 3 second cast (This is where constant heals are an issue, if the main tank takes too many crits or I get crowd controlled in my cast this 3 second cast will be the downfall of the class.)
2. The utility spells are on 45 second cool downs and if your instant cast utility spell is on cool down already you are riding the wave of the 3 second cast.
Purifier:
Pro’s: 1. Shields that keep your tank from taking damage. These will continue to work until the Hp of the shield is gone thus not as much of an issue for the cleric getting crowd controlled, or as worried about the crits in the cast time.
2. Many utility Spells for those uh oh moments, including an Automatic critical heal.
3. Shield after every single target heal.
Cons: 1. The main single target heal is a 3 second cast time, and thus has same issues as the sent main heal. (only positive is that every one of these heals leave a shield on the target)
2. No real AOE team heals.
3. No combat Rez
Warden:
Pro’s: 1. Consistent Heals not affected by the cleric crowd controls, most Heal over Times are instant cast.
2. Faster cast times on the main heal. (1.5 second) Although at base heal its less total overall on a target that has a lot of HOT on them it will be much stronger.
3. Lots of powerful AOE, Group and Raid Heal over times, making him one of the best overall Group healers.
4. At 51 points Warden Build will provide a bonus of about 60% Spell power to all Warden Spells.
Con’s: 1. No combat Rez
2. Base heal is weaker and so reliant on casting your heals prior to stacking the Burst heal.
3. Not many group buffs to provide Endurance.
SO long story short, I am tinkering with all of these builds. I have found so far that Warden on trash mobs keeps a more steady heals on the tank.
The jury is still out on this as to what is the best build for me, but I will keep you all posted and will show you my current builds shortly.
I want to do another T1 to play with the specs and rotations, prior to doing another T2. I am leaning to Warden but I have kept a Sent build for switching.
level 50, check!
T1 Gear, check!
Wisdom high enough to que for T2, check!
Effective strategies to heal through a T2 instance…….. ummm well not quite yet!
I have had 3, very poor experiences in T2 so far, and I have discussed this with others in Reborn and have searched the web for opinions and Cleric builds and strategies. And so far I am still in the same place.
The web has 3 camps. Obviously all three healer souls have a following.
I have also learned its almost imposable to rate a healer by the parcer. Due to the shields and way it will count things before others, the healers parcer is only a measurement and will only obviously spike high for raid and or whole group healing. This has left me with a slightly unusable measurement for performance.
However many online have debated the numbers.
Follow up from my research is as follows: Some claim face roll healer to be the Sent/Purifier, others claim the highest output of healing to be the Warden, still others claim that the best overall healer to be the Sent/Warden. All of the camps have decent arguments and fine reasoning to why they believe this or that. I am still on the fence however.
Pros and Cons
Sent:
Pro’s: 1. High output single target cast, (currently for me upwards of 3000 if I crit.
2. Many utility spells for those uh oh moments.
3. Combat Rez (only soul to provide this if you go deep enough in the soul from healer souls)
Cons: 1. Main heal is 3 second cast (This is where constant heals are an issue, if the main tank takes too many crits or I get crowd controlled in my cast this 3 second cast will be the downfall of the class.)
2. The utility spells are on 45 second cool downs and if your instant cast utility spell is on cool down already you are riding the wave of the 3 second cast.
Purifier:
Pro’s: 1. Shields that keep your tank from taking damage. These will continue to work until the Hp of the shield is gone thus not as much of an issue for the cleric getting crowd controlled, or as worried about the crits in the cast time.
2. Many utility Spells for those uh oh moments, including an Automatic critical heal.
3. Shield after every single target heal.
Cons: 1. The main single target heal is a 3 second cast time, and thus has same issues as the sent main heal. (only positive is that every one of these heals leave a shield on the target)
2. No real AOE team heals.
3. No combat Rez
Warden:
Pro’s: 1. Consistent Heals not affected by the cleric crowd controls, most Heal over Times are instant cast.
2. Faster cast times on the main heal. (1.5 second) Although at base heal its less total overall on a target that has a lot of HOT on them it will be much stronger.
3. Lots of powerful AOE, Group and Raid Heal over times, making him one of the best overall Group healers.
4. At 51 points Warden Build will provide a bonus of about 60% Spell power to all Warden Spells.
Con’s: 1. No combat Rez
2. Base heal is weaker and so reliant on casting your heals prior to stacking the Burst heal.
3. Not many group buffs to provide Endurance.
SO long story short, I am tinkering with all of these builds. I have found so far that Warden on trash mobs keeps a more steady heals on the tank.
The jury is still out on this as to what is the best build for me, but I will keep you all posted and will show you my current builds shortly.
I want to do another T1 to play with the specs and rotations, prior to doing another T2. I am leaning to Warden but I have kept a Sent build for switching.