Healers?Follow

Not leaving a name with the quote because I don't mean to pick on anybody, but seriously, who hates shamans? I have both a protection warrior and a restoration shaman at level 70 in fairly decent gear; at least enough to own heroics on either.

My question is, what healers do you all prefer in a 5-man as tanks and why?

I can chime in with why I think shaman has an advantage healing 5-mans, but I'm very interested to see what other people think. As a tank, I really could not care less what class the healers is, as long as they can keep myself and the rest of the group alive.

ha ha - you just put Holy Pally at the top of the list because you have one. :) Just kidding.

I agree with Paladense though. In general, it is the skill of the player, and not the class. All classes have their pluses and minuses.

For example - Pallys are not AoE healers. If everyone in the group gets hit by an AOE spell, Pallys are scrambling. However, if only the tank is being hit, a Pally is the most mana efficient single target healer (i.e. he will keep you alive forever).

Then, you can take a priest. They have MC (when applicable), which is pretty much the best CC in an instance (since it actually kills the target). A healer + "super CC" is pretty cool.

The list can go on and on.

Just find a healer that you enjoy playing with, and add them to your Friend list. As long as they are good at keeping you alive, then they are doing their job.