Hero Healer build

bungusmaximus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guild Of Handicrafted Products [MaSS]

W/Mo

09 Nov 2007 at 16:54 - 1

Cathode_Reborn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

12 Nov 2007 at 09:44 - 2

[skill]Glimmer of Light[/skill]

Got a nice buff....The high healing and 1sec recharge makes it powerful on it's own, freeing up space on your skillbar. Heroes are heal quick with it's 1/4 cast.

Vigorous Spirit heals for much too low to be worth it sometimes.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

12 Nov 2007 at 17:28 - 3

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Originally Posted by bungusmaximus

The LOL monk

Ok, sad but true, LoD has been nerfed, so instead of the LOD monk, I bring you the LOL monk. Comments welcome, I'm currently looking to revamp my healer builds and I can use a little help.

Soul Reaping 12+2
Healing Prayers: 12
Protection Prayers: rest

[wiki]Healer's Boon[/wiki]
[wiki]Dwayna's Kiss[/wiki]
[wiki]Vigorous Spirit[/wiki]
[wiki]Words of comfort[/wiki]
[wiki]Cure Hex[/wiki]
[wiki]Dissmiss Condition[/wiki]
[wiki]Heal Party[/wiki]
[wiki]Signet of Lost Souls[/wiki] 1. The AI does not want to use Heal Party at all. I tried something like this a few weeks ago, and it was a complete failure in that respect. Even at full energy, with multiple life bars draining out, the AI refuses to cast heal party.

2. Not sure you want to be recasting HBoon every 10sec. Seems too pricey.

3. SoLS is mostly wasted on healers. If you set the AI to "avoid combat" they won't use it. If you set the AI to "defend" they tank with their face and die.

4. Unless it was changed in the last update without a note, the bonus heal on Words of Comfort is not affected by HBoon like the one on DKiss. That leaves Words of Comfort sucking nearly as much as it does without HBoon.

AuraofMana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Georgia, US

13 Nov 2007 at 16:41 - 4

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1. The AI does not want to use Heal Party at all. I tried something like this a few weeks ago, and it was a complete failure in that respect. Even at full energy, with multiple life bars draining out, the AI refuses to cast heal party.

Micro?

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2. Not sure you want to be recasting HBoon every 10sec. Seems too pricey. Reread the skill

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3. SoLS is mostly wasted on healers. If you set the AI to "avoid combat" they won't use it. If you set the AI to "defend" they tank with their face and die. Always worked fine on me, and yes, they are on avoid.

Instead of bringing words of comfort and vigorous, consider bringing signet of rejuv and a hard rez.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

13 Nov 2007 at 20:39 - 5

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Originally Posted by AuraofMana

Micro?

If you want. But it's a serious pain in the butt. I consider a healer hero that requires microing to be fatally flawed, but you can micro if you like.

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Reread the skill Reread the update notes.
Quote: Originally Posted by New Healer's Boon

For 10...46 seconds,...(Divine Favor) With zero DF on a necro, you'll have to recast every 10 sec.

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Always worked fine on me, and yes, they are on avoid. Unless there's been an AI update that I was unaware of, they simply do not use SoLS on "avoid combat." I've tested quite thoroughly. Show me a video of a hero set to "avoid combat" using SoLS. Until then, I'm going to have to doubt your assertion.

Moloch Vein

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Reactive Hexing Sucks

[Thay]

13 Nov 2007 at 21:40 - 6

Well...

Healer's Boon on a hero necromancer works fine, even after the update. Actually it works better than before the update, because before the update I had trouble making them use it at all. Now they recast it constantly while in battle.

The energy issue is not much. It used to be an upkeep costing 3.33e/10s. Now it's 5e/10s or 5e/12s depending on equipment. No biggie.

Worse is that the hero absolutely refuses to cast Heal Party. I can confirm Chthon's findings there. There are also several other spells the hero blatantly never casts. Example is Dwayna's Sorrow, and I'd really loved it if I could get her to cast it on the minions.

Using Signet of Rejuvenation with HB isn't so hot.