Friday, May 18, 2012

Healing of Shamans broken down to basics.

Healing is not bugged tbh. I am a level 35 shaman now and I find that healing is quite easy, the only thing is that it is not told to players how to use it in first place.

Some of my analysis:

1. Healing Wave : This skill is a 12 m heal. The 12 m range is around the area you right click after the skill is in your right click slot. As in

H-Healer
P-party


                            H



P   P

If this is the formation, the healer should first take the Healing Wave to his right click and then click in the area near the Party members( P P )



                            H

(here)
        (here)
P   P  (here)
        (here) 
(here)

The right clicking will be more self explanatory once you use it yourself.

They should basically change the description to "Heals xxx in 12m from the place you click". If you are standing in at a spot and spam the Healing Wave (w/o using right click, just hitting the hotkey 2 times) You will be the center of the 12m heal. So,

                               (heals)
                      (heals)  H  (heals)
                              (heals)


P   P

I think this is what most people are doing.

Also if you have some target selected and you click on heal by using the hotkeys and not by right clicking, you will most probably run to that selected monster/player and then cast heal. Right clicking is the best way to do it imo. The range is ridiculously large. You can actually stand almost 20m away and heal your party members if you know where to right click properly.


2. Healing Winds : Not tried it sorry. I don't find it appealing as healing wave has decent range and a nice effect of actually choosing the area where you want your heals to be casted. A lot of players might also find this skill useful, its honestly, a personal choice. I am going to invest the 5 skill points somewhere else as the healing of this skill is less than half of that of healing wind at max level. (I am not considering the sage passive that improves the skill's healing ability and reduces its cooldown)

3. Ice Totem : I think no one has any questions about totems are they are in no way bugged or seem to be bugged.

Hope this helped fellow shamans.
Note: At 34 I was healing 800-1k with Healing Wave and 174-190 with my level 1 Ice totem. I was willy geared in healer equips, i.e. Spr based gears.

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