Best weapon switch for healers and why.

TicToc

razgondkb16_ESO wrote: »

Since armor doesn't switch along with weapons, it would probably always be a good idea to swap between weapons that uses the same power, i.e. stamina or magic.

Actually, I think that is a bad idea. You are always going to have stamina, and having it sit there unused is a waste. It would be better to have a stamina based weapon equipped so that you can do damage while your magicka is recharging. If you are using a weapon that drains magicka to attack, then you won't have the magicka to heal.

Sestar

The fighter guild's skills use stamina, so no need to equip a stamina weapon to burn it.

Solomon_Cato

SirPuppingtonVonHat wrote: »

It looks like they've patched the momentum-persists-on-swap, so it no longer buffs a different weapon type. Oh well, sorry for giving you guys bad/outdated information. >.<

Yea, that is kind of sad. I think sorcs are the only ones who can get away with it now with Surge, since it is a class ability and not weapon specific (at least I think, please no one prove me wrong >.>). If momentum still persisted through weapon swap, I would seriously consider using a 2h as my second swap on my sorc healer, would be nice to have a weapon boost using stamina as well as magicka through Surge. OP heals imho.

P.S. I have to agree with Sestar on his comment as well. As a healer, especially Templar (unless you have equilibrium) you should be using your resto staff to regenerate your magicka, not switching to a stamina weapon to wait on your magicka (too much could happen I think in that time). If anything, I'd slot Silver Shards and pop it a few times while using heavy attacks with the resto staff.

TicToc

Sestar wrote: »

The fighter guild's skills use stamina, so no need to equip a stamina weapon to burn it.

Well, that assumes that people have fighters guild skills slotted and want to spam them, which I don't think the majority of players do. . It isn't about burning off the stamina, it is about switching to a stamina based attack while your majicka recovers, so that it is available for healing when needed.

Solomon_Cato

TicToc wrote: »

Sestar wrote: »

The fighter guild's skills use stamina, so no need to equip a stamina weapon to burn it.

Well, that assumes that people have fighters guild skills slotted and want to spam them, which I don't think the majority of players do. . It isn't about burning off the stamina, it is about switching to a stamina based attack while your majicka recovers, so that it is available for healing when needed.

Then if it isn't about burning off stamina....... why would you switch to a stamina weapon in the first place, when you can do the same thing you said without really having to change weapons types? And as far as not having Fighter's Guild skills, you can have Silver Bolts available almost as soon (if not before due to completing anchors) as completing Doshia.