Best restoration staff ability

Surfinginhawaii

So what is the best restoration staff ability, I'm currently using mutagen and combat prayer, is healing springs better? Thanks!

ThatHappyCat

Restoration staff skills generally complement rather than compete with each other. There is no "best" because every skill has its niche that, when used in combination, makes you a better healer.

That said, I assume you want to know what skill to spam for the best HPS. The answer is Blessing of Protection, but it's also very expensive to spam: Grand Healing provides great HoT (it stacks with itself) for a much more reasonable cost.

Surfinginhawaii

ThatHappyCat wrote: »

Restoration staff skills generally complement rather than compete with each other. There is no "best" because every skill has its niche that, when used in combination, makes you a better healer.

That said, I assume you want to know what skill to spam for the best HPS. The answer is Blessing of Protection, but it's also very expensive to spam: Grand Healing provides great HoT (it stacks with itself) for a much more reasonable cost.

One of the morphs for Blessing of Protection is Combat Prayer and one of the morphs for Grand Healing is Healing Springs, so with that being said, I guess I should go with Healing Springs. Thanks!

Chesimac

Multi-Target Burst: Combat Prayer
Efficient: Mutagen/Rapid Regeneration
Single Target Burst: Healing Ward
Multi-Target Efficiency: Healing Springs
No best heal in game

Natjur

The first three skills in Restoration Staff and the last three skills in Destruction staff are almost must have skills. Sure you may not use them all the time, but they are the best skills to have leveled up and ready when needed.

Grand Healing morphed to Healing Springs
Regeneration morphed to Mutagen or Rapid Regeneration
Blessing of Protection morphed to Combat Prayer


Force Shock morphed to Crushing Shock
Weakness to Elements morphed to Elemental Drain
Impulse morphed to Elemental Ring (some disagree with this morph)

DeLindsay

-Rapid Regen > Mutagen because if you have players dropping below 20% with regularity Mutagen will not save them.
-Healing Springs 100% and if you can get the Master's Healing Staff, just yum!!

I'm still on the fence about Healing Ward (Steadfast Ward morph). I've read comments from several players that they love it and probably just as many that they think it's useless. I've used it and it seems to work fine, but I can't say my life depends on it. Quick Siphon or Siphon Spirit, meh. It's nice if Siphon Spirit is on the boss, even if you didn't personally put it on but there are many times when you aren't attacking at all, just spamming heals, and in those cases it's meh. As a NB I use Funnel Health with my healing build and usually it's good to have extras ready as needed on your alt bar like Ring of Preservation (Fighter's Guild), Bone Surge (Undaunted), Mystic Orb (Undaunted), Razor Caltrops (Alliance War), Retreating Maneuver (Alliance War), etc.

Natjur wrote: »

Impulse morphed to Elemental Ring (some disagree with this morph)

That's absolutely the correct morph, unless you do little more than solo all the time. Puslar's -10% max Health for 30 seconds doesn't stack with the 300 other Stick and Skirt players turtled up in AvA or the ~8 other DPS in a Trial doing the same thing. It's good to have 1 player with it though.

Gyudan

If you are a templar:
- Healing Springs on your group
- Combat Prayer to buff DPS by 11% and increase armor / spell resistance
- Siphon Spirit on the boss to help your DPS with mana management and give them some additional health recovery when hitting the boss.
- Breath of Life to heal single players or the tank after heavy damage
- Rite of Passage when your team is receiving huge AOE damage, with a Healing Spring right before the ultimate

If you are not a templar:
- Healing Springs on your group
- Combat Prayer to buff DPS by 11% and increase armor / spell resistance
- Siphon Spirit on the boss to help your DPS with mana management and give them some additional health recovery when hitting the boss.
- Ward Ally followed by Mutagen to heal single players or the tank after heavy damage. Spam some additional Combat prayers if needs be.

ThatHappyCat

As a Templar, no Resto staff skills are necessary at all in 4-people groups (although using a Resto staff for the passives is still a good idea), Breath of Life is pretty much all you need. They're still helpful however for managing magicka.

Swen_von_Walhallion

Gyudan wrote: »

If you are a templar:
- Healing Springs on your group
- Combat Prayer to buff DPS by 11% and increase armor / spell resistance
- Siphon Spirit on the boss to help your DPS with mana management and give them some additional health recovery when hitting the boss.
- Breath of Life to heal single players or the tank after heavy damage
- Rite of Passage when your team is receiving huge AOE damage, with a Healing Spring right before the ultimate

If you are not a templar:
- Healing Springs on your group
- Combat Prayer to buff DPS by 11% and increase armor / spell resistance
- Siphon Spirit on the boss to help your DPS with mana management and give them some additional health recovery when hitting the boss.
- Ward Ally followed by Mutagen to heal single players or the tank after heavy damage. Spam some additional Combat prayers if needs be.

Well with my tem i use onld rapid regeneration from resto with putrifi and tem big heal an have no problém heal all dungs or DSA HM. Heling ultimate usinf only on two mobs in dungs and healing spring only for fast chargig ultimate. In DSA is combat prayer an ůd healing spring use rly limited and ward... wel why use IT when hev big direct heal for three targets insted protect on one for me rapid regeneration is best skill from resto

jeanette

Is Force Siphon anything to have, or does it just take up unnecessary space?

ThatHappyCat

IMO Force Siphon isn't that useful. I personally wouldn't use a slot for it.

DeLindsay

jeanette wrote: »

Is Force Siphon anything to have, or does it just take up unnecessary space?

The Siphon Spirit morph is VERY helpful when your are doing naked (only using a Weapon) Vet Dungeon runs for the fun of it like my Guild does from time to time

Pmarsico9

Chesimac wrote: »

Multi-Target Burst: Combat Prayer
Efficient: Mutagen/Rapid Regeneration
Single Target Burst: Healing Ward
Multi-Target Efficiency: Healing Springs
No best heal in game

Breath of Life or Green Dragon's Blood are the best heals in the game.

Stannum

heavy attack

Thechemicals

Grand healing. One of the few skills that generate ultimate very easily for the cost.

Chesimac

Pmarsico9 wrote: »

Chesimac wrote: »

Multi-Target Burst: Combat Prayer
Efficient: Mutagen/Rapid Regeneration
Single Target Burst: Healing Ward
Multi-Target Efficiency: Healing Springs
No best heal in game

Breath of Life or Green Dragon's Blood are the best heals in the game.

This for restoration staff I think you really really missed something.... Maybe I should have restoration staff heal but the title says it all

Dubah

And this is where everyone's opinion will differ (I'm assuming healing springs is the morph that doesn't offer the extra tick of healing) However i prefer the extra tick of healing, also i like mutagen because the 20 second timer, recasting every 16 seconds is just not my cup of tea. Also I have absolutely no problem with healing using these specs over the other and also have tried both rapid regen and the other morph of the healing circle but i rather enjoy healing the way i do. There is no best way to heal, and tbh ive tested all the numbers, it really doesn't matter, its all personal preference just like some people think honor the dead is better than breath of life... It's all opinionated

Jagath

DeLindsay wrote: »

Natjur wrote: »

Impulse morphed to Elemental Ring (some disagree with this morph)

That's absolutely the correct morph, unless you do little more than solo all the time. Puslar's -10% max Health for 30 seconds doesn't stack with the 300 other Stick and Skirt players turtled up in AvA or the ~8 other DPS in a Trial doing the same thing. It's good to have 1 player with it though.

I thought this would stack if it was a different element. Unless something changed I knew a group that used to run with 3 guys with pulsar all with a dif element and they said it stacked.

DeLindsay

Jagath wrote: »

DeLindsay wrote: »

Natjur wrote: »

Impulse morphed to Elemental Ring (some disagree with this morph)

That's absolutely the correct morph, unless you do little more than solo all the time. Puslar's -10% max Health for 30 seconds doesn't stack with the 300 other Stick and Skirt players turtled up in AvA or the ~8 other DPS in a Trial doing the same thing. It's good to have 1 player with it though.

I thought this would stack if it was a different element. Unless something changed I knew a group that used to run with 3 guys with pulsar all with a dif element and they said it stacked.

It used to and was an unintended mechanic that players in AvA complained about, ZoS fixed it and it no longer stacks.

JamilaRaj

jeanette wrote: »

Is Force Siphon anything to have, or does it just take up unnecessary space?

I think it's mildly intriguing if you follow with multiple-attack skill like healing jabs. Another possible use would be to drop it on multiple enemies and e.g. with a NB sap them.