Are Dragonknight healers viable?

Bigevilpeter

I thinking since argonians are getting a healing buff, so I want to make a healing one. Don't want to do templar again since I have an Altmer templar healer already.

So any advice guys? and why don't I see it often?

schroed360

Sure. Can t tell more with détail cause I m not the one playing it. But last week I ve run vwgt with a DK healer. We have done it with speed achievement and missed the no death by one...death.
Why don t you see them ? I just supposed that since it s unusual( everybody want à templar) dk healer must tend to play more with poeple they know.Also they are great tank and dd...
Advice? Not really since as i Said i m not practicing so i can just throw some theorical hypothesis. Thinking of trinimacs set + kagrenac or seducer( kagrenac for more power seducer for more susain) or trinimac + wormcult. I supposed you could find build from exp DK healer somewhere.


Édit Forget to mention spell power cure...

Kathrein

both DK and NB are very nice healers i love nb especally, super easy to heal with and you can keep spc up with no trouble at all!

Asmael

Nothing too fancy, just pick your usual destro/resto setup, use Igneous shield, Molten armaments (or Igneous weapons if your stam DDs don't want to go flower picking), Rapid regen and Combat prayer (or healing ward if you have a fight where you can't stack).

Inferno staff bar has Elemental drain, Inner Light, Engulfing flames, Blockade of Elements and Either Molten Whip or Force pulse.

Spell power cure x5, Worm cult x5, Maelstrom staves. You have plenty other possibilities (the usual sets for templars do perfectly fine).

You still have a flexible slot on your resto bar, you can put Eruption for the extra deeps, Siphon spirit for more support, Mystic orbs for more magicka (altho you already have Elemental drain, and I tend to prefer Siphon spirit). Plenty options here.

Just do yourself and everyone a favor and don't use Cauterize.

phaneub17_ESO

There are no DK specific healing spells, you'll mostly use the Resto Staff spells. You might use Igneous Shield, but they nerfed the Major Mending buff it provides to 6 seconds and the group Shield is fairly weak. Cauterize is really, really stupid since it has a fixed proc timer it never heals anyone when they actually need it and cannot target yourself. None of the DK's Ultimates are healer oriented, maybe Magma Shell but Barrier is better. They won't get any healer benefits from their class passives except Battle Roar. At most you may be using Igneous Weapons, assuming it works, to give a Brutality and Sorcery buff to the rest of the party.

Basically if you want a class that relies purely on the Restoration Staff with no class perks, Dragon Knight is your best choice.

lolo_01b16_ESO

Depends on your definiton on viable. For dungeons every class will work. With a experienced group you usually don't need any real healer so every class can heal enough. The easier trials will also be possible on a dk, the only place where you most likely need a templar (or maybe sorc) to get the healing done are vSO and vMoL.
However your group almost always benefits more from a templar healer than from a dk, because of what they add to stamina management. Without a templar unexperienced tanks might have issues and experienced ones will have to change their build and support the group less than they could with a templar.

HuawaSepp

Every class can heal but Templars are the better choice for dedicated healers.

mb10

try and be that person who kicks it off!

the beauty of an mmo is your style is completely your own