Herald - Fractal Healer

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Focused on: Healing, Support.

Designed for:

Fractals

 

Dungeons

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Overview

A Support Herald, which can be played as the main healer in dungeons and fractals. This build provides Might and permanent Fury and some Protection. It has excellent healing and CC, high Alacrity uptime if the player chooses to, and the buff.

Skill Bar

 

 

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Sword/ShieldHealingUtilityElite

Specializations

Variants

• over If you're finding that you don't need the extra Energy in damage bursts.

Clarification

• As a support Can't find such trait "Ferocious Strikes (revenant)"! Please refer to our trait indexCan't find such trait "Vicious Lacerations"! Please refer to our trait index doesn't help you much.
• Can't find such trait "Jade Echo"! Please refer to our trait index will get rid of potential avengers/vindicators, as well as give your party time to revive you. The CC effect from the trait will also deal quite a significant punch to a nearby bosses break bar.
• Can't find such trait "Assassin's Annihilation"! Please refer to our trait index will give you slight sustain, which is useful.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Monk

18x

Healing +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

• For a budget or initial version you can also use the Cleric's stat. Although you're going to want Harrier's eventually. The coupled with the makes for some pretty ridiculous healing.

Consumables

Food:

Utility:

or

Usage

Before the Fight

• Ask your party to stack at the Mistlock Singularity with your Chronomancer if you have one. Be sure to have active and to be in . Once your entire party is here, Activate and Consume each of your facets and finally use . During this time your chrono should also be sure to boonstack. Once done activate the Mistlock and engage the boss.

During Damage Periods

• Use the sword while trying to deal damage. It deals stronger damage than the staff and should you need to you can use to heal your party.

Mainly you'll want to be in while your party is out of immediate danger. Keep active the facets :

and

• Facet of Darkness

  -2

  Facet of Darkness

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of darkness on yourself to grant nearby allies fury every few seconds.

  Facet of Darkness: Pulse fury to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Fury (3s): 20% Critical Chance

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  until you need to use it for a stunbreak or to regain energy.
• While in the stance you want to deal damage by spamming
  Facet of Elements

  -1

  Facet of Elements

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of elements on yourself to grant nearby allies swiftness every few seconds.

  Facet of Elements: Pulse swiftness to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  into
  Elemental Blast

  ¼

  15

  Elemental Blast

  Legendary Dragon. Consume Facet of Elements to cover the target area in magical dragon breath.

  Damage: 266

  ₃Pulse Three Burning (3s): 1179 Damage

  Pulse Two Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Pulse One Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Interval: 1s

  Radius: 360

  Range: 600
  as well as
  Facet of Strength

  -2

  Facet of Strength

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of strength on yourself to grant nearby allies might every few seconds.

  Facet of Strength: Pulse might to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Might (12s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  into Burst of Strength
• If your team is taking small amounts of damage, switch to
  Legendary Centaur Stance

  10

  Legendary Centaur Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary centaur Ventari.
  , your
  Facet of Nature

  2

  Facet of Nature

  Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

  Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Invetval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  will heal them slightly. Use
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  and
  Precision Strike

  ½

  4

  5

  Precision Strike

  Strike nearby foes with precision, sending out blades which damage and chill them.

  Damage: 312

  Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 3

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 450
  .
  Envoy of Exuberance

  ¾

  10

  15

  Envoy of Exuberance

  Send energy of Glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy healing allies and returning to you. It also grants protection on the way back.

  Healing: 1,940

  Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  when needed. Switch back to
  Legendary Dragon Stance

  10

  Legendary Dragon Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary dragon Glint.
  when possible.

During Healing Periods

If you're noticing your party is taking increased damage:

• First, if you have time, use
  Facet of Chaos

  -5

  Facet of Chaos

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of chaoson yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

  Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600

into Chaotic Release

• switch to
  Legendary Centaur Stance

  10

  Legendary Centaur Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary centaur Ventari.
• Then use
  Natural Harmony

  20

  2

  Natural Harmony

  Legendary Centaur Stance. Collect energy, pulling it into the tablet to build up its power. After a short delay the energy will be released, healing nearby allies.

  Healing: 1,620

  Number of Targets: 5

  Delay Time: 2s

  Radius: 240
  You can use it 2 times directly from the switch. Which should keep your party members alive as long as they've not ran off to places they shouldn't be.
• True Nature True Nature If your party is still taking damage and need further healing. Your energy regeneration should be high enough that you can spam Natural Harmony to keep your party alive. During this time spam
  Facet of Nature

  2

  Facet of Nature

  Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

  Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Invetval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  into True Nature True Nature to clear conditions and trigger
• footnote : this is also the way you give permanent Alacrity to your party for the duration. (Useful in fractals such as Thaumanova Reactor Thaumanova Reactor and Deepstone Deepstone
• Renewing Wave

  1

  15

  15

  Renewing Wave

  Send out a wave of mist energy that heals and removes conditions from allies.

  Healing: 1,295

  Conditions Removed: 2

  Number of Targets: 5

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 300
  If your party is receiving a lot of conditions that you're not clearing using True Nature True Nature

Slight Explanation on Facets

• The trait will mean that when you consume either your Facets in
  Legendary Dragon Stance

  10

  Legendary Dragon Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary dragon Glint.
  or the
  Facet of Nature

  2

  Facet of Nature

  Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

  Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Invetval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  the effect will persist for a few seconds. This will allow you to gain short bursts of the effect which will let you use your energy for other things, and still have the effect without having the energy degradation. This is especially useful with the
  Facet of Chaos

  -5

  Facet of Chaos

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of chaoson yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

  Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  as the upkeep cost is quite large.

The difference between the weapon use

• Staff is better at CC and healing than the Sword. The
  Renewing Wave

  1

  15

  15

  Renewing Wave

  Send out a wave of mist energy that heals and removes conditions from allies.

  Healing: 1,295

  Conditions Removed: 2

  Number of Targets: 5

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 300
  is a quite strong heal and cleanses conditions. Due to the staff will also heal nearby allies slightly. Most of your idle time will be spent autoattacking with the staff.
• The sword deals stronger damage than the staff. You'll still be able to heal a slight hit using
  Envoy of Exuberance

  ¾

  10

  15

  Envoy of Exuberance

  Send energy of Glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy healing allies and returning to you. It also grants protection on the way back.

  Healing: 1,940

  Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  but that won't heal for long.
• Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  is your main source of damage, and will also allow you to dodge some larger attacks.
• Don't forget
  Precision Strike

  ½

  4

  5

  Precision Strike

  Strike nearby foes with precision, sending out blades which damage and chill them.

  Damage: 312

  Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 3

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 450
  though. It also deals okay damage.

CC

• Surge of the Mists

  1

  15

  20

  Surge of the Mists

  Charge forward, knocking back enemies that cross your path.

  ₉Damage: 2,745

  Knockback: 120

  Evade: ½s

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 600
• Facet of Chaos

  -5

  Facet of Chaos

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of chaoson yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

  Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  into Chaotic Release
• Energy Expulsion

  1

  35

  Energy Expulsion

  Legendary Centaur Stance. Force energy to erupt from the tablet, knocking back foes and leaving behind energy fragments that heal allies.

  Healing Fragment: 1,265

  Knockback: 450

  Number of Targets: 5

  Number of Fragments: 5

  Fragment Duration: 5s

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Radius: 450
  is also a strong CC, but keep in mind that your tablet will be destroyed and your energy will be drained to 0.

These are your sources of CC

• If you know the boss is about to regain their break bar. Swtich to
  Legendary Centaur Stance

  10

  Legendary Centaur Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary centaur Ventari.
  , when the bar appears use
  Surge of the Mists

  1

  15

  20

  Surge of the Mists

  Charge forward, knocking back enemies that cross your path.

  ₉Damage: 2,745

  Knockback: 120

  Evade: ½s

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 600
  into
  Energy Expulsion

  1

  35

  Energy Expulsion

  Legendary Centaur Stance. Force energy to erupt from the tablet, knocking back foes and leaving behind energy fragments that heal allies.

  Healing Fragment: 1,265

  Knockback: 450

  Number of Targets: 5

  Number of Fragments: 5

  Fragment Duration: 5s

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Radius: 450
  , then
  Legendary Dragon Stance

  10

  Legendary Dragon Stance

  Invoke the power of the legendary dragon Glint.
  into
  Facet of Chaos

  -5

  Facet of Chaos

  Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of chaoson yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

  Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  into Chaotic Release

Good Party Members

• As one would expect; A Boon oriented Chronomancer helps out greatly.
• Shroud oriented Power Reapers benefit greatly from the buff as they gain a lot of critical hit chance from their traits.