Druid - Shout Healer

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Focused on: Support, Mobility.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

The Druid "Shout Healer" is an efficient way to play the most pure healer role, supporting the team with boons, damage increasing, and heavy heals. The build have a mid/high survivability, with a lot of traits focused on team buff.

Skill Bar

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Greatsword

Specializations

Variants

• for more heals (Note: Bristleback attacks from distance, not a good option for point fights).

Variants

• for a better cc on melee foes.
• for passive increased movement speed and reduced duration on movement impairing effects (remember you are in perma- Swiftness thanks to ).

Equipment

9

Superior Sigil of Renewal

Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Intelligence

Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s)

3

Superior Sigil of Air

50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)

Superior Rune of the Soldier

(1): +25 Vitality (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Vitality (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Vitality (6): Shouts remove a condition from each affected ally.

Mender's Amulet

+1050 Power +560 Precision +560 Vitality +1050 Healing power

Variants

"Sigils"

• Superior Sigil of Leeching

  9

  Superior Sigil of Leeching

  Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)
  ⇒
  Superior Sigil of Water

  5

  Superior Sigil of Water

  30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)
  for more passive heals on weapon switch.

Runes

• Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

  Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; -20% condition duration applied to you.
  - defense against condition damage and a bit of extra damage.

Usage

• Cast "We Heal As One!" just before the match begins in oder to grant Swiftness to allies via .
• Stay in rearguard to build Astral Power and not to be focused as the fight starts. Switch to Greatsword (GS) to leap in mid with
  Swoop

  1¾

  12

  Swoop

  Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 3

  Evade Duration While Swinging: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,100
  , and start healing. For a sure Rejuvenating Tides (or enemy stomp if necessary), gain stability through
  "Strength of the Pack!"

  1

  60

  "Strength of the Pack!"

  Shout. Rampage with your pet, gaining stability, fury and swiftness. You and your pet also grant might to each other when you attack.

  "Strength of the Pack!" (10s): Grants might to your pet when you attack.

  Fury (3s): 20% Critical Chance

  ₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds
  .
• Use
  Swoop

  1¾

  12

  Swoop

  Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 3

  Evade Duration While Swinging: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,100
  or
  Ancestral Grace

  1¼

  15

  Ancestral Grace

  Become a wisp of natural energy traversing to the target location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,610

  Number of Targets: 5

  Evade: until reaching the destination

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 1,200
  to get back in rearguard to start again the cycle.
• Use
  "Protect Me!"

  60

  "Protect Me!"

  Shout. Instead of attacking, your pet will protect you by absorbing all damage you would take.

  Duration: 6 seconds

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Breaks stun
  when stun break is needed for player, or team mates.
• Use "Search and Rescue!" in rearguard or safe place to avoid team mates stomps and quick ress.
• Use
  Signet of Stone

  80

  Signet of Stone

  Signet Passive: Improves toughness for you and your pet.
  Signet Active: You and your pet takes no damage from attacks. You and your pet are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.

  Signet of Stone (6s): Take no damage from incoming attacks.
  as panic button for melee or "not condi" burst.
• In order to gain a lot of stacks of Might, during fights, swap pets to Bristleback, cast "We Heal As One!" to get double boons, and execute for heavy pressure on enemy. This strategy is really good from rearguard.

'Escaping & Surviving'

Due to ~2k toughtness, midfights and heavy focus are not available for too much time so there are few ways to escape and cover back:

• After ending the phase, if is picked up, player and allies around gain Stealth and Superspeed, that offer a perfect way to escape from point fight.
• Use
  Ancestral Grace

  1¼

  15

  Ancestral Grace

  Become a wisp of natural energy traversing to the target location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,610

  Number of Targets: 5

  Evade: until reaching the destination

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 1,200
  and
  Swoop

  1¾

  12

  Swoop

  Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 3

  Evade Duration While Swinging: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,100
  to increase your travel space. Ps: note that using
  Ancestral Grace

  1¼

  15

  Ancestral Grace

  Become a wisp of natural energy traversing to the target location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,610

  Number of Targets: 5

  Evade: until reaching the destination

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 1,200
  on Smokescale's , will activate Stealth for few seconds. Perfect to confound foes.
• GS #4 (
  Hilt Bash

  ½

  25

  Hilt Bash

  Daze your foe with a hilt bash. Stun them if you hit from behind. Your pet's next attack does 50% more damage.

  Damage: 122

  Daze (1½s): Unable to use skills.

  Stun (1½s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 300
  ) can be used offensively, but also difensively to better gain 1 and half second.

'Combos'

Fields:

• Sublime Conversion

  25

  Sublime Conversion

  Summon an energy barrier that causes enemy projectiles to heal upon impact.

  Healing: 162

  Duration: 5s

  Range: 900
  - Water Field.
• Water Field.
• - Smoke Field.
• - Light Field.

Finishers:

• Swoop

  1¾

  12

  Swoop

  Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 3

  Evade Duration While Swinging: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,100
  - Leap Finisher.
• Ancestral Grace

  1¼

  15

  Ancestral Grace

  Become a wisp of natural energy traversing to the target location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,610

  Number of Targets: 5

  Evade: until reaching the destination

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 1,200
  - Blast Finisher.
• Lunar Impact - Blast Finisher.

Combo Tips:

• Executing a Leap Finisher in a Water Field heals the caster, using a Blast Finisher instead will do AoE healing.
• Same applies to Light Fields: leap = self Retaliation, blast = AoE retaliation. Useful against Thieves and Revenant.
• Leaping into a Smoke Field grants you Stealth, Blasting grants AoE stealth. This is quite useful for disengaging, followed by
  Swoop

  1¾

  12

  Swoop

  Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 3

  Evade Duration While Swinging: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,100
  , but do not use it while contesting a point as stealth might throw the cap.

Pet Swapping

• Swapping between pets grants Might, Fury, Swiftness and ~3 seconds of Quickness. To double up on these boons, cast "We Heal As One!".
• Do not swap while reviving allies, it will cancel .
• Swapping cancels
  "Strength of the Pack!"

  1

  60

  "Strength of the Pack!"

  Shout. Rampage with your pet, gaining stability, fury and swiftness. You and your pet also grant might to each other when you attack.

  "Strength of the Pack!" (10s): Grants might to your pet when you attack.

  Fury (3s): 20% Critical Chance

  ₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds
  on your pet.

Counters

• Heavy Condition Pressure
• Chain CC