Guild Wars 2: The Healing Classes | Guide & Primer

In Guild Wars 2 you have the flexibility to choose any class and customize them to the role you wish to play. This video will act as a beginner friendly tool, so you can overview all the classes and how they generally approach their support playstyles. Enjoy, and happy healing!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Guardian
1:30 - Revenant
3:00 - Warrior
4:00 - Ranger
5:30 - Engineer
7:10 - Thief
8:15 - Elementalist
9:20 - Necromancer
10:15 - Memser
11:20 - Wrap-Up

[@kennethvannorwick3557]

I love healing as Chrono. It is quite strong, and I love that I can switch between alac and quickness with just one change.

[@KROOF]

It’s so nice to have the convenience of switching between the two on the same spec.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Kroof fun watch, tons of great knowledge. This is my favorite video you have done in a few weeks as a healer main in every mmo I play was neat to see you go over each healer type with what roles and buffs they can offer. Terrific stuff :)

[@MelonRoulette]

I want to add a bit about the barrier. It's not that common but if you're a class that use your hp as both second hp bar and resource like reaper or specter(?? idk I don't play thief) I love when I have barrier healer since barrier will take dmg before your hp so you wont get kick out of your shroud prematurely

[@wojciechszatko]

That's why heal scourge is usually paired with dps specters and reapers :D

[@biiwaletplay]

Thank you, I enjoy play Healer.

[@KROOF]

I as well @ w @

[@MsSilentH]

Yay another healing video! I can't get enough of healing once I'd dipped my toes into it. In other MMOs, it always was super intimidating, but GW2 I find it to be super fun and rewarding, and also honestly not as scary to get into some sort of useful spot. Healbrand has been a main for me for a while (though I do feel the pain with the cone shaped stuff, especially when trying to keep up quickness), but chrono has been such a pleasant surprise for me, especially with rifle now. And even with a lot of the healing/boons being on the shatter mechanic, (and timing wells properly) it's not been too bad, and I'm nowhere near a mesmer main. I still tend to have difficulties with, for example, Vale Guardian greens, but the rifle really helps out filling the gaps in that case. Heal scourge is now next on the list for me. I've already had so much fun on condi alac scourge, and the healing seems to be just as fun, though a bit different being more barrier heavy than pure healing power, something I might be a bit hesitant to bring right to raids, as I am also usually the tank. Something about having less direct healing power worries me about trying to fill both roles.

[@megcarlton9794]

This is fantastic!!! Thank you so much. Would you be interested in covering how each healer reacts or preps for incoming burst damage? Like what’s the burstiest healing each class has and is capable of?

[@Salamandr0]

Do you happen to have a build link to share for each of these examples? I would love to compare the builds between the 2 options per class like Scourge vs Harb, or Chrono vs Mirage.

[@helebarda344]

HFB cone attack is getting an increase to 160 degrees.

[@sanguin3]

And the Mantras are now automatically recharged in combat also (PvE only), very nice QoL changes.

[@MistJester]

As someone who mained WHM in FFXIV I wish I could find a group to try this game with.

[@caitwn8548]

This is excellent; I enjoy your content in general but this was so helpful as I am looking to return to GW2 after many years away, and healing/support are what I enjoy. Can you share any comments about the specs which are low intensity in playstyle?

[@greven182]

As a thief main I would love to play Thief Healer more but allied targeting sucks balls. I really hope Anet would fix this, but I have not much hope.

[@Hyullian]

I wish Tempest provided alac through auras and not just by overloading.

[@manslaughterinc.9135]

I hate that alac/quick are required in order to play healer. Heal Vindicator is super fun to play. The messed up part is that Vindi has permanent self quickness, and they are tanky as all get out. It really plays like a Paladin Dragoon.

[@dew_b_dew]

Couldn't agree more. The alac/quick comp is boring. I think the game would be better without these boons. It would open up a lot more flexibility for support archetypes.

[@KROOF]

@@dew_b_dew I would love a world where these boons were not such defining factors.

[@adarg2]

Make your own squad, request one of each boondps for your subgroup.

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

Heal Scrapper with the Double Function Gyro trait would feel so good... But alas we have to vomit out quickness. 😔

[@aquapendulum]

I'm gonna keep spreading this meme healer build around: Heal DPS Virtuoso wearing Seraph and Celestial gears. It surprised me how LITTLE healing capability, boon providing capability and utility Mesmer has to sacrifice by picking the Virtuoso spec, and now its healing capability got supercharged with the addition of the rifle. Basically: Do the typical Virt DPS rotation with dagger/shield and deal 10k dps, average amount of passive heal and give loads of boons to your group just by doing the rotation, switch to rifle when burst heal is needed, then switch back and dps rotation. You'll need a qdps and adps in your group but that's no big deal. It's a meme build but the rifle made it viable. Try it.

[@Salamandr0]

I would love to see more squad comps that uses Pure Healer, qdps, adps, and 2 dps. It would allow builds like heal Virt and heal vindi to shine more.

[@amievil3697]

Uhg, haven't played GW since EoD! I forgot everything

[@creestee08]

scrapper medikit not there? for shame.

[@KROOF]

It is - just not in gameplay.

[@aniimey]

How much GB is the game rn ?

[@KROOF]

GB? as in giga-bytes?

[@aniimey]

@@KROOF yeah i want to download but idk if i have enough space 😅 i have too much game

[@KROOF]

@@aniimey 70GB

[@aniimey]

@@KROOF oh lord okay thanks

[@l-chan3347]

Healbender in the corner: 😢

[@KROOF]

Heal bender is in the corner spitting droplets of healing on people. 😭

[@potatoraccoon27]

I really like this video, but mentioning Catalyst as a possible healer while not mentioning Willbender at all sounds atrocious to me.

[@KROOF]

You know what else is atrocious: Willbender “healer”

[@Omar_PS9inchhs]

how the f hard can it be to simply add a Cleric class and get it over with...why complicated it this much.