Group HoT: This places a heal-over-time spell on everyone in the group. Examples: Dust of Pandemonium (WAR Zealot), Prayer of Healing (WoW Priest) Stacking group heals is a great way for two healers to keep an entire party alive. Most group heals can be done without line of sight, which means that a healer can hide and keep healing the entire group. This type of heal becomes more mana efficient with more people in a group, but it usually does not handle burst damage as well as a direct heal. Group heal: This type of heal works like the direct heal, but it affects the entire caster’s group. Examples: Healing Touch (WoW Druid), Greater Heal (WoW Priest), Flash Heal (WoW Priest), Heal (Threshold Cleric), Flash of Light (WoW Paladin), Elixer of Dark Blessing (WAR Zealot), Healing (EQII Templar) Direct heals almost always require line of sight. The second direct heal will have a quicker casting time but heal for a lot less. One heal will have a longer casting time but do a lot more healing.

Most games have two direct heals for the main healing class. This is simply a spell that lets one player directly heal another player with a burst amount of healing. Examples: Rend Soul (WAR Disciple of Khaine), Drain Life (WoW Warlock)ĭirect heal: Direct heals are the staple spells of most healers in most MMOs. Examples: Power Word: Shield (WoW Priests), Veil of Chaos (WAR Zealots)Ĭhanneled heals: Channeled healing forces the healer to cast a healing spell that continually heals the healer’s target until whatever resource used to cast the spell (mana, soul essence, action points, spell points) runs out or the healer is interrupted. They allow a player to take a certain amount of damage and last for a set amount of time before they expire. Ablative heals are placed on a player and then forgotten.

MMO Healing Abilities ListĪblative healing: These types of heals are usually disguised as some sort of shielding. Knowing when to use a specific healing spell can often make the difference in a tough spot. There are, however, several different types of healing spells, and they all serve different purposes. For them, healers are simply expected to keep them alive long after they should have died to a raid boss or the last warband that ran over them. For people who do not play healers, the subtle nuances of healing can often be lost on them. Healing exists in some form in almost all MMOs, and many of these games have specific classes or skills dedicated to healing one’s self, another person in the game, or a teammate. Introduction - How to be a great healer in MMOs / MMORPGs

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