Druid - Pure Healer Support

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Focused on: Healer, Tank, Support, Utility.

Designed for:

Raid

 

Fractals

Overview

Edit-Still testing and refining build

This build aims to generate astral force quickly by combining various methods from 0% from conditions, 0.75% from damage, 1.5% from healing and 2.25% from life steal.

The druid is a healer specialization which typically has low dps. They offer the group several damage bonuses and healing by simply gaining Celestial Avatar form when needed, however whilst in this form the druid deals insignificant damage and can't effectvily play dps without loosing focus on allies health bars.

To reiterate the role of healer and to avoid misconception that it's should contribute more as a dps role, these are some reasons why a dedicated healer build is needed until your allies has learnt to overcome these problems.

• Inexperience of encounter and party weaknesses
• Constant incoming damage that’s difficult to negate
• Overwhelming sudden damage on allies
• Frequent unfortunate accidents or unforeseen sudden events
• VIP/high value objective low on health and has no healing skill ready to use.

Skill Bar

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Axe/Axe

Pets

• 

  

  1½

  25

  Regenerate

  Howl to grant regeneration to nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,000

  Regeneration (10s): 1,300 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  F2 — Regen & Heal, this pet also have a random hard CC
  Brutal Charge

  1¼

  40

  Brutal Charge

  Leap at your foe and knock them down.

  Damage: 1,466

  Knockdown: 2 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 350
• 

  

  1

  30

  Dazing Screech

  Create a cone of sound, dazing foes.

  Damage: 122

  Daze: 2 seconds

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 280
  F2 — Pet that Daze foes for breaking defiance bars, this pet has a random group heal
  Harmonic Cry

  1

  40

  Harmonic Cry

  Heal yourself and nearby allies.

  Healing: 3,250

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,500

Possible Changes

Utility Skills

• Replace
  Glyph of Empowerment

  ½

  20

  Glyph of Empowerment

  Glyph. Empower the outgoing damage or healing of allies.

  Increase outgoing healing of nearby allies.

  Increase outgoing damage of nearby allies.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 300
  with
  Glyph of the Tides

  25

  Glyph of the Tides

  Glyph. Draw your enemies in or knock them away.
  for knockback such as for Red Seekers Orbs at Vale Guardian.
• Replace
  Frost Spirit

  1½

  20

  Frost Spirit

  Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grants bonus damage to nearby allies.

  Frost Spirit (6s): 75% chance to grant 10% bonus damage on hit

  Number of targets: 5

  Duration: 60 seconds

  Radius: 1,000
  with
  Sun Spirit

  1½

  20

  Sun Spirit

  Spirit. Summon a sun spirit that grants allies a chance to inflict burning.

  Sun Spirit (6s): 75% chance to apply burning on hit

  ₂Burning (3s): 768 Damage

  Number of targets: 5

  Effect Recharge: 10 seconds

  Duration: 60 seconds

  Radius: 1,000
  for groups with high condition/damage application.

Equipment

Armor

• All Keeper's (Zealot) (Precision/Power/Healing power)

Trinkets

• Amulet, Cleric (Power/Toughness/Healing Power)
• Rings, Cleric (Power/Toughness/Healing Power)
• Earring, Magi (Healing Power, Precision, Vitality) Bane's Tooth Faolain's Blossom
• Back, Cleric (Power/Toughness/Healing Power)

Upgrades

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

Superior Sigil of Transference

Outgoing healing effectiveness is increased by 10%.

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

5

Superior Sigil of Water

30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

6x

Superior Rune of the Defender

(1): +25 Healing Power (2): When you block a foe's attack, gain 1 second of regeneration. (3): +50 Healing Power (4): When you use a heal skill, gain aegis for 5 seconds.(Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Healing Power (6): When you block a foe's attack, heal yourself. (Cooldown: 30s)

Equipment Variants

• Use Beserker stats for all armor and Trinkets (Power/Precision/Ferocity) with
  Superior Rune of Vampirism

  Superior Rune of Vampirism

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Vitality (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Vitality (5): +100 Power (6): +10% Maximum Health; restore 10% of your health upon killing a foe.
  for faster astral force generation and dps

Consumables

Food:

Delicious Rice Ball

Delicious Rice Ball

Nourishment (30m):

100 Healing Power+10% Healing Effectiveness (Outgoing)+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year

Consumable

for healing power and healing modifier.

or

Omnomberry Ghost

Omnomberry Ghost

Nourishment (45 m):

66% Chance to Steal Life on Critical+70 Precision+15% Experience from Kills

Consumable

for faster astral force generation

Utility:

Furious Tuning Crystal

Furious Tuning Crystal

Nourishment (30m):

Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Expertise equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

For healing power and damage

General Advice and Usage

• Prioritize charging astral force by healing the group with staff, utilities and
  

  

  1½

  25

  Regenerate

  Howl to grant regeneration to nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,000

  Regeneration (10s): 1,300 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  — F2 skill
• When activating Astral Avatar, Quick Draw will be active, use this opportunity to use Lunar Impact three times instead of twice.
• Use
  

  

  1½

  25

  Regenerate

  Howl to grant regeneration to nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,000

  Regeneration (10s): 1,300 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  as your main pet as it does more healing,dps & utility. Only swap pet
  

  

  1

  30

  Dazing Screech

  Create a cone of sound, dazing foes.

  Damage: 122

  Daze: 2 seconds

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 280
  to help break defiance bars faster, however with this build it has Go for the Eyes & Beastly Warden included as soft CC.
• If you notice some allies nearby that will be hit with unavoidable damage, use "Guard!" to reduce the damage they'll take.
• Use staff skill 3
  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
  for fast travel, evasion and also blast finsher on staff skill 5
  Sublime Conversion

  25

  Sublime Conversion

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

  Healing: 162

  Duration: 5s

  Range: 900
• In the unlikely situation that your group is above 90%hp or your group absolutely need the extra dps, swap to axe
• During Vale Gaurdian encounter,
  Vine Surge

  ¾

  20

  Vine Surge

  Send forth vines that immobilize enemies and cleanse conditions from allies.

  Damage: 202

  Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Number of Impacts: 7

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 1,200
  can be used to immobolize Red Seekers Orbs
• During the Gorseval encounter, a spirit might not had been properly stacked, help by using axe skill 4
  Path of Scars

  ½

  15

  Path of Scars

  Throw your axe so that it returns to you, striking foes each way.

  Damage: 295

  Pull distance: 450

  Pierces

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  to pull it in.
• During the Gorseval encounter, a the druid can effectively help with Charged Souls with
  Vine Surge

  ¾

  20

  Vine Surge

  Send forth vines that immobilize enemies and cleanse conditions from allies.

  Damage: 202

  Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Number of Impacts: 7

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 1,200
  ,
  Cold Snap

  20

  Cold Snap

  Your frost spirit sacrifices itself a freezing blast of arctic air to chill nearby foes.

  Chill per Pulse (1s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

  Chill at Start (3s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

  Number of targets: 5

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Radius: 240
  , Natural Convergence,
  Path of Scars

  ½

  15

  Path of Scars

  Throw your axe so that it returns to you, striking foes each way.

  Damage: 295

  Pull distance: 450

  Pierces

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  and the pet's
  

  

  1½

  25

  Regenerate

  Howl to grant regeneration to nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,000

  Regeneration (10s): 1,300 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  —
  Crippling Leap

  ¼

  20

  Crippling Leap

  Leap at your foe and cripple them.

  Damage: 1,466

  Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

  Range: 130
  .