Are debuffs worth learning?

ILubby - Raging Tide wrote: »

Will that make you steal aggro?

unless the tank isnt attacking and just does 1 aggro skill and sit there, yeah these debuffs actually do have some amount of aggro that can be stacked and override skills such as alpha male and roar. (but youd literally have to have the tank not doing anything so its not practical)

A smart cleric can influence who is holding more aggro sometimes, by using certain debuffs. If a melee class is tanking, applying only the phys debuff gives them an edge against mag class in holding aggro, and vice-versa. However, the phys debuff overwrites certain others that are better, such as a Barb using Devour. Try to be aware of other debuffs before casting it.

Sleep and paralyze skills can be used to prevent a kiting mob from running into another group of mobs in emergencies, holding it in place until another party member can handle it.

Your 3 most important heals will be Ironheart Blessing, Chromatic Healing Beam, and Wellspring Surge. Stream of Rejuvenation is good if you have the Demon Skill, which temporarily adds to Physical Defense of the target, otherwise it's not as important.

Healing does generate a small aggro score, which will trump proximity aggro (when a party member has aggroed a mob by getting too close, but has not yet damaged it). Also, if the tank hits a mob only once to secure it, then focuses on another, healing the tank repeatedly will eventually build up enough to trump the damage by the tank to the first mob. Healing someone as they use a genie to "safe pull" (Earthflame) or a veno who has sent their pet out to pull, will extend through and aggro all the mobs near to the one being pulled. If a mob has kited away near enough to a group of others that have not been aggroed, healing the person who has aggro on the mob will aggro the others.

There are no written-in-stone methods that are to be used every time; observation and discretion will help you determine what to use and when. If you can see things heading toward a bad situation, you can stay safe, even if it means allowing a party member to die if they get in too deep. You can rez them, they can't rez you (assuming it's not another cleric).

I personally think that debuffs are really usefull in game; i like them in instances like FB/TT/BH or also in pvp with a purify behind.
Clerics can steal aggro in one case (except a high damage). The tank run near a mob, mob start attacking him and you heal him. You need to wait the tank attacks the mobs and take aggro on him, otherwise you'll get aggro. It's the easy way to cause a failure for all the squad.