Better Healer? Mo-Divine Favor VS E/Mo-Energy storage

Just wanted to get an opinion on who is a better main healer. I'm sure the obvious answer is monk because its their job, but what about the advantage of a huge amount of spare energy from a e/mo? Am I just not thinking realistically or is a e/mo healer accepted in end group? Thanks in advance.

Hands down, the monk. Using careful energy management and wise skill selection, you can keep a party healed for quite a while. Divine favor makes the difference: a spell that heals a member for 80 health will give them an extra +30 or more if your divine attributes are at a high enough rank.

The elementalist meanwhile, can be used as a support healer, although this is a niche for the class. They're best suited for supporting the party using wards or acting as a damage dealer. However, if you simply must be a monk with energy storage, you can help the main party healer out by casting expensive energy cost skills like Heal Party and Aegis.

You can also combine the Mo/E professions so your monk can use some elementalist glyphs, which helps with energy management. All in all, for reliable health gain, monks win the bet. Divine favor even activates on skills that don't have hit point gain to begin with, like Healing Breeze. Plus, with the ability to add monk runes to their armor, they can add an even greater edge against elementalists in terms of keeping the party alive. Those are my two cents.

Thanks, that was much appreciated and very informative.

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The second I read this thread I immediately asked myself why in the hell this topic was even brought up. Then i started reading the responses and began to slowly reach for the pack of razor blades in the back of my work truck....


first things first: a monk primary out heals every other class in the game. An e/mo doesn't. As far as the best monk build in the game; it doesn't exist. Builds are always instanced: you take the skills that you need to keep the party alive in whatever situation it is you will find yourself in.

second: divine favor single handedly trumps any other primary attribute if you want healing. The only other class in the game with healing comparable to a monk is a ritualist. Seeing as how spawning power benefits rit healing a whole lot of nothing, monks win again.

third: Never, EVER take into consideration the skill healing breeze when creating a party monks bar. Unless you are a 55 monk or using some other farming build, healing breeze shouldn't even be considered for inclusion into a play bar. It's an awful heal and it costs entirely too much energy. If one is even thinking about taking healing breeze, one needs to stop and include heal other or jameis gaze instead because healing breeze is the incorrect choice in almost every situation.

fourth: monks arent just "red bars go up yay" healers. Even if you play PvE, where aside from PS/SB prots arent always required, speccing into 4 attributes (energy management included) should be expected. If an e/mo packs a mend ailment, mend condition, and / or dismiss condition, it is an effort in futility. The reason that these skills work at the level that they do is largely due to divine favor.

Fifth: Runes. A monk can quad spec, and still have room to up attributes by a point in each area. Comparably, an e/mo healer will have 13 estorage and 12 healing, whereas a monk can spec higher into whatever attribute needed. This allocation of points also directly correlates to the aspect of prot spells and the advantages of divine favor. Lets look at Reversal of fortune for a second. At a low spec, rof negates an asston of damage. not only does this negation take effect, but the target is healed upon impact of damage. Now we have damage negation, healing from the actual skill, and an additional 30 or so health healed from divine favor. Mind you that all of this is from an investment of 5 energy. For another class to achieve the same effect, well its impossible.

sixth: energy management is easily attainable as a non elite skill on a monk. GoLE and channeling are the most common types of energy management on a monk. The reason for this is that both skills are useable for a minimal energy investment and little to no attribute spec. Even then, GoLE is subpar due to its reduced return and the fact that zealous benediction no longer synergizes nearly as well as it used to. Also keep in mind that in order for an elementalist to heal at the level a monk does, they are going to have to burn their bar much faster because of the reduced healing.

seventh: damage mitigation. This is easy, an e/mo cant use hex breaker, return, or dark escape.

so in conclusion, dont use an ele to do a monks job unless its MoM smiting, and even that has fallen out of style.

incorrect: a ritualist can outheal (and for healing only. does not apply for prot) a monk any day of the month. divine favour or not.

LoD on recharge with a 40/40 set actually outheals a Restoration Ritualist on its own, if it's hitting every time. Without LoD though, Healing can't keep up with Restoration, no contest.

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