Anyone have any tips on how to heal?

Ramoose - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I always get nervous when i am the only cleric and i sometimes over heal and take aggro at times
and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice.

First thing and easies to do is try to manage your heals, try not to over heal, maybe you are getting heal aggro from loss mobs that the tank haven't attack yet.

Try to heal the tank at least 2 times before he jumps into the mobs or mob, and wait for him for take aggro over all mobs before healing again.

In case you take aggro heal (wich i think is what you are doing) you can use plume shell as soon as you see mobs running into you, then apply couple of IronHearts on you, then jump back to heal your tank.

If the mobs that came after you are close range attackers you can use plume shell and use 1 IronHearth on you, then start running in circles around your tank or your party untill they take the mob away from you. *In case you are an experienced cleric you can just run around in circles and keep heaing your tank, but i will always recomend to heal your self, u can get kill at anytime if you are not prepare.

If the mobs are long range physical attackers is better to use plume shell and do 3-5 ironhearts on you untill they take the mob away from you, like a mention earlier.

If the mob is magical attacker just use ironheart on yourself, you will be ok until they take the mob away.

Other thing u can do is launch once an a while Chromatic Healing Beam, the aoe healing, so ur teammates got heal too while they take mob away from you.

and for last, in case you are taking agro heal and is a boss coming for you, better way is try to run away far from it but no so far from the tank, and use ur pots to heal yourself while tank get aggro again.

*1 of the most common mistakes people do is that they run away so far from the squad, that the team end up following you and the mob it self, and as result you will get dead and maybe your team too.

Try to always stay closer to your team, manage your healings, and keep your team alive. If none of this things help you, then you will have to become a better player and learn a better way to survive all by your self.

Well they gave good tips i wanna add just one more about taking aggro when the tank doesnt agrro every mob around... let him die b:angry

joking but seriously, i dont start the healings till every mob get aggroed, a lot of times i let ppl die lol but when i feel like being nice i use plume shell and then start to heal, just in case a mob hit me and then i can yell at the stupid tank who didnt aggroed mobs b:laugh

ChainedDust - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Rejuvenation cancels out IB's stack last time I heard....

IB>IB>IB>its pretty simple....purify when needed....

its been proven that stream doesnt cancel IH recently btw.

there really is no guide on how to heal... It all depends on the circumstance/stupidity of the squad.

the main thing to do is "PAY ATTENTION" watch what people are doing, don't heal someone that isnt hitting all the mobs that are hitting him. If you heal too soon(before attacked by someone else), mobs will come after you.

b:chuckle
1) pay attention
a) look if all mobs are aggroed. (some heals are quite powerful and pull mobs like a magnet). if you think they arent - wait. most tanks will survive few hits, most squads wont survive only cleric dead, at least not for long.
b) if you see debuff icons puri that person. tank has priority here...
c) if someone other than designated tank drops in hp then:
- boss has aoe attack or a mob exploded after dieing. aoe heal squad if you have time
- its a veno and swapped mp and hp (very stressing for a cleric btw) may throw her nice wellspring if you have time
- its a bm with zerk axes and just got that zerk. hes ok, throw him nice ih if you have time. also: its a barb that used arma. hes ok. throw him stream if you have time
- its someone who stole aggro. if original tank can take aggro back in time heal them. if he cant - either focus heals on them to be new 'main' tank or let them die unless you want to tank that next (sound cruel but aggro will then go to first tank, if you heal it will go to you)
2) PAY ATTENTION!!!!
3) heals - here your arsenal are:
- bop - useful for chi building, i dont use ot for anything else really
- ih - your main 'spamming' skill, good for all occassions
- wellspring - weak but fast, uses to top off hp or heal not-tanking-atm arcanes
- aoe heal - kind of self explanatory ^.^
- stream - very nice powerful heal, both instant and over time, but 1 sec longer cast than wellspring. stacks with itself and with ih. useful mostly for high hp players
- bb - cool for aoe bossess, multiple mobs, nasties that you really need that 50% dmg reduction. also: expensive charm wise and useless for things that interrupt.
4) MOST IMPORTANT: PAY ATTENTION !!!!!11111
5) and also try to pay attention too...
b:laugh

Don't heal the tank in the beginning of a fight with mobs. It's not like they're going to kill him in 2 seconds. Instead, as soon as tank FRs a mob, cyclone / plume shot. If the tank aggroed all mobs, cast a couple IHes on him and continue DDing: if he's focusing on one mob, cyclone / plume shot / wield thunder, if he's cycling between several -- razor feathers. If the tank didn't aggro all mobs, don't heal him yet; instead, try to kill what he's hitting ASAP. If the tank didn't aggro and his health is dangerously low, use stream of rejuvenation. Now the mob's running towards you; seal him and continue DDing on tank's target. If the seal wears off... what, no one grabbed the mob yet? If he's melee / archer type, plume shell; seems that this squad isn't particularly good, you'll have to kill the mob by yourself.

well, first of all:

When u r doing a boss, stack a few IH on the tank (about 3~5)

and than, wait a few seconds before start healing again. First heal as much as u can, as far as u do this, heal slowly...

Also make sure that the tank is wearing the DOminance Blessing in FB/BH >.<
(Stupid non-blessing-wearing barb --') press alt and right click him, select view info or something like that and check his/her ekips (there are female barbs )

That +10 atk/def lv is awesome to keep aggro ;x

Okay... yea, what they said, but thats all pretty uhm..yeah. First thing you have to do is work with a barb, and a BM closely. Ask them to show you what their aggro skills look like. You can see them do it. When you see those skills go off, you heal.
Very simple. Barbs will growl and push their head back and forth. BMs have a few. Don't heal before they do that, or you die. Waiting? Why wait, just look for that skill. If you do take heal aggro, which even the best of us do, throw plume shell RIGHT away. You will survive one hit, and heal aggro wont keep if they hit it, even once, usually.

BB is a huge aggro drawer. You can pull everything in a huge radiace. Thats why I use it only when everything has been hit.

If only you could purify stupidity. Then there'd be no fail squads...b:chuckle

Also, I agree with Deceptistar, full on IH is what's needed when the tank takes epic damage. Save the wellsprings for other squad mates that are not the tank and were just AOE'd or something.

Deceptistar - Sanctuary wrote: »

holy **** thats dangerous, >.> when my tank is taking 'epic' dmg its time to go full on IH and nothing else, unless your heals are just weak as.

I dont agree here. If my tank it taking epic damage, Im talking like TT3-2's and such, or a single healer on a BM on Wurlord, its 2-3 IH, then a stream, then 2-3 IHs. The IHs hold the HP while the stream heals a huge amount, and if your demon like me, it also increases their P def, so they take less damage while the IHs work their magic.

This is my first attempt at building a cleric and I had no idea what a pain in the **** it is until now. Its really fun but people are sooo rude, that sometimes I wanna let them die just for the hell of it. Is that normal? b:chuckle
Thank you for this thread!

probably the best way u can prepare yourself for random squads that u cant trust to hold agro, is to learn wich skills are aoe's and how they look, such as a barbs Roar, thats easy to recognize (swords striking downwards at mobs)

once u see an aoe such as these u should have no problem with geting agro unless a seperate mob comes along and is not intercepted.Also a clerics 79 skill "wings of protection" is very usefull when the tank is slow on hitting all the mobs, it doesn't get any agro like healing would so its fine to use on them if they haven't hit everythung and will give u a few secs b4 u have to start healing.

~HH

Keep tank alive .. keep yourself alive .. everyone else is expendable.

Watch how other clerics doit and never never be afraid to ask other clerics for advise no matter what lvl you may always learn something new .

Do what you did here come to the forums and read all posts that give advise , not that you have to take the advise or agree with it but it never hearts to read it all the same.

Most importantly dont squad me when im tired if you want to live b:laugh

MystiMonk - Sanctuary wrote: »

I would suggest to always keep lvling up you IH when ever you can.

Most Definately . I kept mine maxed at every skill lvl .

Pury as soon as it became available also though that was lvl'd up as and when sp and coin would allow .

Plumeshot maxed asap also.

Trust me when im tired im bad and i mean bad b:laugh

But i will hold my hand up and admit when i know its my fault .

Many many good suggestions posted for healing strategies, and I pretty much agree with all of them.

I used to be a cleric with a tank mentality, thus I died many many times in my earlier levels. One big thing I can say about being the only cleric in a squad: always keep yourself alive. I am a support cleric, through and through, it is what I like to do. However, that being said, it has caused me to die too many times, needlessly. Don't focus too much on healing everyone else that you neglect yourself, or think you will get saved. Like it has been said before, it is far easier to rez someone else instead of yourself, lol. When you are getting attacked, run to your tank or dd, sometimes they don't notice you are getting hit.

And a big one, don't be afraid to direct your squad. A lot of newer players think the cleric is only a healer that stands in the back of the squad and doesn't know anything but healing. I learned this about lvl 40, yes i lacked confidence too, that I knew what to do, and I knew what was getting ppl killed. Remember, you are the healer and rezzer, they really need you. So letting them know what your game plan is, or what to do when they are in trouble to help them stay alive is a good thing. Take control to some respect to keep yourself from dieing. Self preservation is key as a good cleric.

Now, if you are in a great squad, you really can just focus on healing. But, at my lvl now, with all the high lvl noobs due to lvling with tons of bh's, it is getting harder and harder to find players who know how to play well in their class. I have been playing much longer than my lvl eludes to, lol. I lvl in spurts, don't judge! haha

And yes, read up on the skills. You don't need all of them right away. Figure out how you want to play, and start with the skills that you need most. I didn't even duel until recently, so I stayed away from the pvp skills. I always have more spirit than money, lol, there is a lot clerics can spend on skills. I have heard some debating about upgrading skills that benefit others last, but I think that is a mistake, imo. As a cleric, if you have good lvl squad skills you will be more useful. I was always getting asked to join much higher lvl squads because my skills and my healing capabilities were above normal. (10-15 lvls higher on average)

So take what gems, if any from my post. Or pm me in Sanctuary, I am always willing and able to help