Harbinger - Quickness Support Healer

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on August 31, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

With the shortest Shroud 4 cooldown on Necromancer, Harbinger can get more use out of Transfusion than other builds. Between this and Ritual of Life, it has perhaps the strongest res potential in the game.

In addition to decent CC, it provides 20 Might, 25 Vulnerability and permanent Fury, Quickness and Regeneration.

Unfortunately, as it doesn't provide Protection or much in the way of utility boons (mostly limited to Elixir of Ambition), the build is mostly a novelty.

Skillbar

Pistol/Warhorn

X/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility
Elixir of Anguish is not required to maintain Quickness, so it is the first choice to swap out, but the other utilities can be replaced if Might is covered by someone else.

Well of Power if your group has a lack of Might (or you want a stunbreak and some self Stability)
Corrosive Poison Cloud for projectile defence
Corrupt Boon or Well of Corruption for boon removal
Summon Flesh Wurm for body blocking certain attacks
Signet of Undeath for an additional res
Spectral Grasp for more CC
Well of Power or Elixir of Bliss for condition removal

Elite

Summon Flesh Golem for more CC.

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Specializations

Fear of Death can be taken for slightly higher defiance damage.

Equipment

Head
Harrier

Shoulders
Harrier

Chest
Harrier

Hands
Harrier

Legs
Harrier

Feet
Harrier

Backpiece
Harrier

Accessory
Harrier

Amulet
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Pistol
Harrier

Sigil

Warhorn
Harrier

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

With this setup you can use (mostly) the same gear as on Heal Scourge.

Equipment Variants

Stats

Minstrel stats can be taken (if tanking or if the encounter has no toughness tanking) for higher Healing Power and significantly increased survivability at the cost of DPS and some boon duration.
While not generally recommended, Plaguedoctor stats can be taken for higher DPS at the cost of Healing Power and boon duration. Take Septic Corruption if doing so and consider adjusting other aspects of the build for boon duration and healing.

Weapons

Staff can be taken in the second weapon slot for more Regeneration, CC, and a condition transfer.
Mainhand Dagger can be taken instead of Pistol for increased Life Force generation, boonstrip, and self-healing, at the cost of reduced damage and CC.

Sigils

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Water instead of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Transference for an additional heal source at the cost of total outgoing healing.

Relics

Relic of the Zephyrite adds an extra ~25% Protection uptime.
Relic of Mercy as ressing is your party trick, this has obvious synergy.

Consumables

Food

or ascended variants

Utility

Usage

Standard Rotation

The primary goals here are to share Quickness and heal, so stay in Harbinger Shroud and use Voracious Arc to heal (and port downed allies to you). Aim to start and end each loop with Voracious Arc, as the ticking healing from Transfusion should last almost until Harbinger Shroud is ready again.

When out of Harbinger Shroud, use utility skills off cooldown.

Other sources of heal :

Life from Death - your largest and most reliable burst heal.
Locust Swarm - pulsing life steal
Well of Blood - direct heal and Regeneration
Mark of Blood - grants allies Regeneration when you dodge
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Renewal - triggers on weapon swap or entering/exiting Harbinger Shroud
Ritual of Life - casts Lesser Well of Blood when you begin reviving a downed ally, healing and reviving nearby allies.
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Water - if taking instead of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Transference, procs on crits every 5 seconds (you have 30% crit chance with Fury)

Harbinger - Quickness Support Healer

Contents

Overview