Specter - Support Healer
This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.
Focused on: Healing and Support
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Difficulty:
TBD
Overview
A boon support healer build for Specter. Provides permanent 
Alacrity, 
Fury, 
Swiftness and 
Vigor. This build has a lot of overlap with the healing variant of the Condi Boon Support, so you can mix and match options between these to suit your group.
Skill Bar
Scepter/Dagger
Sword/Pistol
Utility
- The stealth from can cause issues for the group as it interrupts autoattacks and can disrupt tanking and other thieves' rotation. It may be easier to swap it out for another well or other utility.
Template Code
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Specializations
- paired with the Scepter/Dagger rotation means you'll never run out of initiative.
- is a good option too for more initiative.
- For more frequent breakbars, you may find valuable.
Equipment
Head
Harrier
Harrier
Shoulders
Harrier
Harrier
Chest
Harrier
Harrier
Hands
Harrier
Harrier
Legs
Harrier
Harrier
Feet
Harrier
Harrier
Backpiece
Harrier
Harrier
Accessory
Harrier
Harrier
Accessory
Harrier
Harrier
Amulet
Harrier
Harrier
Ring
Harrier
Harrier
Ring
Harrier
Harrier
Scepter
Harrier
Harrier
Dagger
Harrier
Harrier
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Harrier
Harrier
Pistol
Harrier
Harrier
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
- The can be replaced with a if you want to provide more CC.
Condi Variant
You can swap in 
Plaguedoctor stats for a massive damage boost and almost no loss of healing, but the boon duration is significantly lower - you want to make sure it's at least 60% or you might as well be running the healing variant of the DPS alacrity build.
Head
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Shoulders
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Chest
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Hands
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Legs
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Feet
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Backpiece
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Accessory
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Accessory
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Amulet
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Ring
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Ring
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Scepter
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Dagger
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Sigil
Sigil
Pistol
Plaguedoctor
Plaguedoctor
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
Usage
The two weapon sets have different playstyles:
Scepter/Dagger
This set is used for DPS, and the rotation revolves around stealthing yourself and using to build up barrier via . This barrier is then shared to allies with every well usage thanks to . This rotation offers less support, and relies upon the barrier remaining on you, making it worse in high-pressure encounters.
Sword/Pistol
Sword/Pistol can be swapped too as needed for the CC from , or burst healing. On this set you provide heals by spamming and to repeatedly trigger . This is higher healing, but significantly lower DPS than Scepter/Dagger.
Scepter/Dagger
Opener
- - this step can be skipped or moved if the CC will be needed shortly, and it won't be off cooldown every loop
- until Grasping Shadows is off cooldown
- - we stay in shroud just long enough to gain five stacks of
Loop
- Use one well that is available. Priority order is: , , , ,
- Repeat
- You should never run out of Initiative with the loop as by the time you're low you should be ready to go back to the opener, giving you time to regenerate initiative to go back to your loop
- Repeat Opener after and are off cooldown
- Rotate your wells to keep alacrity up and always keep on cooldown.
- Save and if possible for break bar damage
- Switch to Pistol if you need an interrupt or blind
- For extra break bar damage you can use Mind Shock after
Sword/Pistol
Sword/Pistol doesn't have a fixed rotation. As you don't need to be concerned with barrier management, you can just use , wells, and as they come off cooldown while spending your initative on spamming and and .
Consumables
Food
- or ascended versions
Utility
Ratings
There is now a proper Heal Specter build that works better for boons and alacrity output. This build is outdated and, while it performed poorly in the past, now no longer works due to changes to the trait Shadestep. Don't play this and look elsewhere for a useful Heal Specter build.
This is not recommended for a few reasons.
First and foremost, healing coefficients do not scale well with thief. (Recommended gear for this build variation would be minstrel givers or plague doctor)
Because consuming shadows is a vital instrument to this build, it's recommended to bring as much vitality as possible. If given the options of tanking, you can bring durability, ruins and minstrel gear or givers to provide a additional toughness while in shroud to mitigate damage.
Harold runes is another good option for protection up time/on demand.
Even before the June 27th 2023 patch, the build prescribed above is not sustainable for most content because of its lack of mitigation of its own received damage (vitality and or toughness) while in shroud or provide enough barrier uptime for sustainability.
Dagger as a offhand weapon to scepter is also not a viable option since June of 2022.
The shadow steps sword ( sword skill2) option is still viable to bring additional shadow force as of the 2023 June patch update.
But speaking to last year when this build was made and established, offhand pistol was a viable second hand option because of the ability to provide additional CC or even direct healing to an ally with scepter skill 3 (June 27th update dramatically improved group healing with the skill)
I hope this inside helps while reviewing heel alacrity Specter as viable build for PVE content
Definitely can get the job done and keep your party standing while providing alac, fury, vigor, regen, and protection and respectable amounts of CC. Great burst healing through Consume Shadows and resurrections potential with Shadestep. However, it lacks consistent stability along and the five second delay in your biggest burst heal, quickly reacting to panic situation is a bit sketchy in high pressure situations.
Along with the fact that Heal Alac Mechanist and now Heal Alac Druid can perform better in most, if not all situations, and that some of the biggest strengths of this build can also be achieved with a DPS Alac Specter build, I find it hard to recommend this build for optimized groups.
That being said, it's perfectly passable as a healer, and its a very fun, fast paced playstyle that's easy to pick up. If optimization is not your goal and you'd like to try something completely different from your normal heal builds, this may just be the build for you.
Please don't listen to the guy that gave this build 2 stars.... He must be trolling. This build is perfect for healing and supplies Alac for the group.
Good support healer when paired with a Hb or Druid. Brings Ala to the table.
So far from testing , this works. Did good with Eod strikes, but have not tried raids yet.
Very fun elite spec to play, and i would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to try out healing/support. Most people that say this spec is not good are just toxic players that never pull away from the meta. People seems to forget that the point of the game is to have fun, and this spec has a ton of it. Make sure your squad/party stands in boons , and dont be shy to use them. I was able to complete all raids,strikes, and all t3 fractals with no problem.
You can Zap People back to life in down state. Very fun spec for Eod Strikes, and would say100% viable.
Really good Build for strikes and t3+ fractals. Loving the single target heal and Insta res it has. Overall this build is fine for raids ands strikes bringing Alac to the table.
Had a lot of fun with this build paired with druid as the other healer. Easily made quick work of of the new Eod Strikes. I would recommend giving this build a try for healing/ alac.
Can work in a pinch but doesn't do anything that another class just does way better. Better off going condi boon support to still decent DPS and provide alacrity
i really like this build for fractal and strike , it just work, kinda hard to get ppl to stay in well for boons but i guess people will get used to it
it heals more then youd think
my favorit by far from this extention
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