well ive played a warrior tank for a long time and while tanking is fun, i went to oculus and had a blast doing heals. so id like to roll a healing toon, the problem is that i dont know which to choose. i have no experience healing whatsoever. and i know people will say to choose whatever playstyle i like the most. but i dont know the playstyles of any of the healing classes >.<
Basically i was just wondering what the playstyle of your class is and how you like it compared to the other classes.
Oh and im putting this in all 4 healing classes threads. thx for your time :)
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If you really have zero experience healing and you don't know which class to choose, I strongly recommend a Priest. Paladins and Shaman are both highly specialized healing classes whereas Priests, while not the best at any one particular facet of healing, can do everything well. They have the widest range of healing spells and buffs, tools, etc. They really do have something for every occasion, and depending on how you spec you can specialize in either single-target tank healing (Disc) or cross-raid healing (Holy).
If Priest isn't your particular cup of tea, a Druid would be my second suggestion. They're also fairly well-rounded healers but they rely very heavily on HoTs compared to Priests' spells which are much more straightforward, direct heals for the most part. They're a little more complicated to play because of this, though no less effective. They bring a couple unique benefits to a party/raid in Innervate and an in-battle res as well in addition to their buffs.
Paladins are the best single-target healers in the game, which makes them phenominal raid healers at the end-game, but they're also the poorest multi-target healers which can make certain five-man instances, perticularly heriocs, a royal headache for them. They can provide passive auras to benefit their parties and a solid line of buffs.
Finally, you have the Resto Shaman, which I guess is me finally getting around to answering your original question. Shaman heal five-man instances slightly better than Paladins, but still not as well as Priests or Druids. In raids, they used to be considered the best cross-raid healers, but Holy Priests with Circle of Healing and Resto Druids with Wild Growth have taken that away from us for the most part. Shaman bring perhaps the widest range of buffs from a single source along with them; however, most of them can be provided by another class, so the wider the range of classes you stack around the Shaman, the more their value depreciates. Right now a Resto Shaman's main purpose, aside from providing their totem buffs and bringing Heroism, is to heal the melee stack around the tank. I dunno. It's kind of an awkward position anymore, to be honest...
Edited, Dec 21st 2008 12:26am by Gaudion
If Priest isn't your particular cup of tea, a Druid would be my second suggestion. They're also fairly well-rounded healers but they rely very heavily on HoTs compared to Priests' spells which are much more straightforward, direct heals for the most part. They're a little more complicated to play because of this, though no less effective. They bring a couple unique benefits to a party/raid in Innervate and an in-battle res as well in addition to their buffs.
Paladins are the best single-target healers in the game, which makes them phenominal raid healers at the end-game, but they're also the poorest multi-target healers which can make certain five-man instances, perticularly heriocs, a royal headache for them. They can provide passive auras to benefit their parties and a solid line of buffs.
Finally, you have the Resto Shaman, which I guess is me finally getting around to answering your original question. Shaman heal five-man instances slightly better than Paladins, but still not as well as Priests or Druids. In raids, they used to be considered the best cross-raid healers, but Holy Priests with Circle of Healing and Resto Druids with Wild Growth have taken that away from us for the most part. Shaman bring perhaps the widest range of buffs from a single source along with them; however, most of them can be provided by another class, so the wider the range of classes you stack around the Shaman, the more their value depreciates. Right now a Resto Shaman's main purpose, aside from providing their totem buffs and bringing Heroism, is to heal the melee stack around the tank. I dunno. It's kind of an awkward position anymore, to be honest...
Edited, Dec 21st 2008 12:26am by Gaudion
priest isn't necessarily easy. They have alot more heals to choose from, and you have to make that decision split second. Though I hear most only use like 3 keys anyways. I haven't healed on my priest since gnomer (what a nightmare that was), so I can't say for sure. But I still say pally healing is easy, as you have less decisions to make. You'll heals will either work in time, or they won't LOL. But that's just my opinion.
Not to mention priests can get one shotted, so you have to be fast on the fade/shield. We have a mess of totems to mess with, so we aren't necessarily easy. I say pallies are easiest. Just hope your dps is good enough not to take too much damage in 5 mans lol.
Edited, Dec 22nd 2008 8:38pm by thrashering
Not to mention priests can get one shotted, so you have to be fast on the fade/shield. We have a mess of totems to mess with, so we aren't necessarily easy. I say pallies are easiest. Just hope your dps is good enough not to take too much damage in 5 mans lol.
Edited, Dec 22nd 2008 8:38pm by thrashering
Paladin is less complicated, that's not the same as easy. Priest is easier any day of the week.
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