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Which Class IS The Best Healer?
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Recently someone in my government class... asked, "how long did it take to rebuild the white house when they blew it up for the independence day movie" ...
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Robyn
There used to be an answer to this question, around about patch v1.5... at that time it was Priest.
But they redesigned things at the start of the BC so that all healers became pretty much equal. Although of course that doesn't stop anyone from expressing an opinion or pet theory. But really now there is no more single best healer ;) Unless you can travel through time and visit WoW around patch 1.5.
Which is kinda what everyone else said, but hey, knowing the history of things is important ;p
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Axal
I disagree, I don't believe any one class is the better healer over another but rather it's the player behind the character who knows how to .
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Vath
There actually are no stupid questions, It's true. Was it in South Park I heard that? There are no stupid questions, just stupid people O.o
Healers fit into a certain role. As a certain healer, you aren't going to be able to heal some things. A pally is a major single target healer. If there is massive AoE in a 5 man, then you probably aren't going to be picked as a healer for that one. Whereas if a raid is looking for a MT or otherwise single target healer, as a pally, that's all you. The same goes for the other classes that heal. Depends on the situation. Just because a group needs a healer and you rolled a healing spec, doesn't mean you are going to have the abilities they need.
It's extremely simple. Visit the 4 healing classes boards and look at the stickies concerning their healing aspect. And look at the class overall and find which one sounds fun. Trust me, as a class that can heal, you won't always have to look very hard for stuff you can do, people will find
you
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Addams
It depends on the situation.
In a 5-man heroic, any healer is fine, and all will do well
In a raid, you want a mix of everything, because all healers have their specialities.
Usually priests & paladins are considered better for tank healing, and druids & shamans for raid healing, but all are able to do any healing assignment, when well geared & skilled
The best healer for you would be the class you enjoy the most
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fraser
Asking which Healer is the best is like asking what the best colour is, it's based on opinion.
Teal. /thred
Post by
xaratherus
The opinions of random idiots does not reflect the actual state of anything. Since WotLK there have been absolutely ZERO instances that paladins can't easily handle as a healer. It's getting better next patch in a lot of ways, in terms of versatility. However, we're totally fine right now in every 5-man heroic.
Edit: Get Glyph of Holy Light for goodness sakes.
QFT. I have a co-worker who is "dungeon leveling" as Holy through Outland right now; he has had no problems healing as long as the group knows what they are doing.
GoHL is pretty much mandatory if you're healing as a Paladin; I healed Emalon (I'm off-spec Holy) for the first time yesterday in VoA 25, and was delighted to see my HoL splash hitting for nearly 2k on all the melee.
Back on-topic: As others have said, there is no "best healer". There may be "healers more suited to the situation", but that just means they have a slightly easier time healing an encounter; even in those cases, a healer who is on top of their game should be able to successfully heal any encounter, regardless of their class, assuming that the others in the group are playing their roles correctly.
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dk421
Asking which class is the best healer is like asking which shade of pure red is most blue.
After switching some words around...
Sig worthy?
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lickitung
The best healer is the one that uses maces primarily.
Because they can hit you in the head until you realize there is no BEST.
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