Best sets for healers

Brunoad

Please, share your experience what you think are the best gear sets for healers.

mdylan2013

SPC
Aether
Mending
Sanctuary
Transmutation
Kagnacs Hope

^pretty much what I'm running (SPC + one of the other sets depending on content/group).

What kind of content was you thinking of running?

Brunoad

Vet pledges at this point, to work on some Monster sets.

exeeter702

Brunoad wrote: »

Vet pledges at this point, to work on some Monster sets.

while most setups for healing gear are the same, would you mind actually stating what class you intend to heal on?

yes.. there are 4 viable end game healers.

EvilCroc

SPC + Twilight Remedy.
SPC + Kagrenac's until Remedy.

Tyrobag

SPC + Troll King + Worm cult (goes active on back bar w/ dual wield)
Works spectacularly for dungeons.

idk

Brunoad wrote: »

Vet pledges at this point, to work on some Monster sets.

For dungeons you can run most anything for gear.

Trials SPC is a mainstay then the following sets based in what the other healer is running and what the raid leader wants.

Worm
Mending
Sanctuary

Lightning staff on back bar.

Maybe twilight. Good to have. Great concept but other sets mentioned provide more to the entire group.

I do not think aether is a thing anymore since having a healer run blockade of storms provides even more advantages.

One set I see mentioned twice is one I would not recommend is Kagrenac. Say nothing to this. I'd pick julianos for a crafted set until getting other sets. kags 5pc is mostly for resurrection of players. If players are dying a lot in dungeons there are other issues. In trials the healer should not do resurrections.

Danksta

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Brunoad wrote: »

Vet pledges at this point, to work on some Monster sets.

For dungeons you can run most anything for gear.

Trials SPC is a mainstay then the following sets based in what the other healer is running and what the raid leader wants.

Worm
Mending
Sanctuary

Lightning staff on back bar.

Maybe twilight. Good to have. Great concept but other sets mentioned provide more to the entire group.

I do not think aether is a thing anymore since having a healer run blockade of storms provides even more advantages.

One set I see mentioned twice is one I would not recommend is Kagrenac. Say nothing to this. I'd pick julianos for a crafted set until getting other sets. kags 5pc is mostly for resurrection of players. If players are dying a lot in dungeons there are other issues. In trials the healer should not do resurrections.

Kagernac's is nice for lower CP players for the regen and health bonuses that you wouldn't get with Julianos.

Brunoad

Templar

Taleof2Cities

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

One set I see mentioned twice is one I would not recommend is Kagrenac. Say nothing to this. I'd pick julianos for a crafted set until getting other sets. kags 5pc is mostly for resurrection of players. If players are dying a lot in dungeons there are other issues. In trials the healer should not do resurrections.

Kagrenac's is still very good for PvP. I know some PvE players get tunnel vision and think the game is all PvE ... but Kags works fine for Vet pledges.

Ivehn

The following combinations are all said to be viable more or less, depending on group composition and content:

SPC + Twilight Remedy / Worm / Sanctuary / Gossamer / IA / Mending

I think in this patch magicka builds are used more, so Worm for example, is a great choice because of the cost reduction bonus. The good thing is that for trials only 1 of the 2 healers needs to wear it (as the bonus covers 12 players), and usually most healers have it, so you can wear another set if you prefer, or if you don’t have a full Worm set yet.

As was mentioned above, you can work a monster set in, but then you will have to lose the 5 piece bonus on one bar (in my opinion, it’s best to have as much SPC uptime as you can). Monster sets include Troll King, Sentinel of Rkugamz (good if you don't have other ways to help players with stamina resource management, like for example shards if not a Templar healer), and Chokethorn. The Master restoration staff is a great choice to incorporate in your build if you can get it, as well.

On my healer I use SPC and Worm with a master restoration staff and usually one piece Troll King (a heavy head, to benefit from the Undaunted and Heavy Armour skill line passives, and also to have the 2% increased healing bonus). I recently managed to finally find Twilight Remedy gear, so I’m looking forward to trying the following combination: 5 SPC + 2 pieces of the Troll King monster set + 3 Twilight Remedy (for the Bound Aegis 3 piece bonus).

Good luck with your adventures as a healer!

lolo_01b16_ESO

Another set that can be a nice is spc + shalk. It's a bit tricky as it only comes in heavy armour or healthy jewelery, but works fine if you use max mag + mag reg food.
In experienced groups where you don't need damage reduction from mending and gossamer, don't need additional healing from sanctuary and have enough sorcs in group to make aether useless it's my prefered choice.

Croblasta

What traits do you recommend?

Mephisto939

5 pc Lich, 4 Transmutation, 2 Troll King.

akl77

Croblasta wrote: »

What traits do you recommend?

Divine

Rodney_coon_ESO

Tyrobag wrote: »

SPC + Troll King + Worm cult (goes active on back bar w/ dual wield)
Works spectacularly for dungeons.

Tyrobag would you mind listing your exact equipment details? I think this sounds like a good dungeon set(s) option and since I do mainly dungeons I would like to try it out.

akl77

I tried seducer, k'hope, the ones I settled is SPC with worm plus magicka regen monster helm.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

The bread and butter of any healer is Spell Power Cure. If you arent running SPC, well, get your grind on. Both healers should run it in trials.

The question becomes, what do you pair it with. I think Infallible Aether has been nerfed to uselessness I am afraid. The most obvious thing to run is Worm Cult in the current Magic Meta. For dungeons, you really cant beat Worm/SPC, unless all your DPS is stamina. For trials, one healer should run that and the other will run SPC + another 5 piece. Twilight is a solid option as are some of the others listed.

If you dont have any of this, and are looking to get your feet wet, Kags is the go to crafted set.

Another thing to consider is that the current DPS meta requires healers to run a lighting staff so they can use heavy attacks and blockade. This allows DPS to put 75% into thaumaturge to benefit from the Beserker passive.

Blackt00thGrim

Add on question: what are the meta preferred traits for the front and back staff?

Tyrobag

Rodney_***_ESO wrote: »

Tyrobag wrote: »

SPC + Troll King + Worm cult (goes active on back bar w/ dual wield)
Works spectacularly for dungeons.

Tyrobag would you mind listing your exact equipment details? I think this sounds like a good dungeon set(s) option and since I do mainly dungeons I would like to try it out.

Sure:
Troll King's Guise (Infused)
Troll King's Epaulets (Divines)
SPC Robe (Infused)
SPC Gloves (Divines)
SPC Sash (Divines)
Breeches of The Worm (Divines)
SPC Boots (Divines)
Necklace of The Worm
Ring of The Worm
SPC Ring

Front Bar: Worm Cult Resto Staff (Mine is defending)
Back Bar: Worm Cult Swords(Sharpened)x2 <- This toggles on WC while on the back bar, and lets you put out more dps.

The Troll King gear will help quickly spring health back up when it goes down, which means that you can put down hots and focus more dps. Just keep BoL as an OS heal on the dps bar.

You'll be able to keep on your back bar most of the time so WC keeps good uptime.

LordGavus

I run SPC, kagrenac, and kena shoulder.
Kags is a nice all round set, plus if I have to rez it means sh*t has hit the fan so I have to do it quick. Though I am in the process of replacing Kags with worm (or if the grind beats me, I'll just craft julianos)

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Blackt00thGrim wrote: »

Add on question: what are the meta preferred traits for the front and back staff?

@Blackt00thGrim
There is really no right answer for a healer. Powered, Precise, and Nirn all result in very similar healing output, but my testing shows that for pure healing, that is the order from best to worst. In trails, one of a healers primary duties is to spit out Warhorns as fast as possible. A lot of end game trial healers, therefore, run decisive as the weapon trait.

Baconfat79

4-man PUG stuff: SPC + Kagnarac
Trials: SPC + Worm

IronCrystal

In a trial, defending can also be useful for those no-death runs. It's easy to overheal people, but if the healer ever goes down *** happens.

I personally use infused masters resto staff but that's the only one I have.

O_LYKOS

Dungeons you can get away with a lot.

I've had the same simple healer set up for a while now , using 5 seducer, 3 willpower jewellery, resto/destro staffs. And more recently valkyn skoria. But to be honest that's simply because it looks bad ass, its one of my favourite monster sets plus it adds that extra little bit of dps as it's pretty much always proc'ing.

Rawst

I use 5pc SPC, 5pc IA and 2pc Sentinel of Rkugamz (?) for vet trials, no issues, works like a charm.

You can heal dungeons with crafted or more easily attainable gear. Max mag, mag recovery & spell power are the bonuses you should be looking for in sets.

AvalonRanger

Troll king 2piece
Infinity Archive arcanist set 5pieace
Roaring opportunity 5piece (use heavy attack to take magika from enemy by weapon enchant.)

I've been testing many set after read this thread, now this is my best choice.

ClowdyAllDay

not one person mention Jorvulds Guidance. It literally buffs your buffs. I mean i guess if you aren't buffing anyone it's pointless but if you buff then buff your buffs.

AcadianPaladin

This is a 2017 thread so may not be current. . . .

Reverb

mdylan2013 wrote: »

SPC
Aether
Mending
Sanctuary
Transmutation
Kagnacs Hope

^pretty much what I'm running (SPC + one of the other sets depending on content/group).

What kind of content was you thinking of running?

I didn’t notice that this was a 7 year old thread when I read the comment. It started off strong with SPC but my eyebrows went higher with each line.

Nobody should be looking to the info in this thread. Search for more current information or make a new thread.

Reverb

ClowdyAllDay wrote: »

not one person mention Jorvulds Guidance. It literally buffs your buffs. I mean i guess if you aren't buffing anyone it's pointless but if you buff then buff your buffs.

Because jorvuld’s didn’t exist when people made these comments. A lot has changed in the 7 years since this thread was last active.