Healing and Vampirisim 2018

RedBranch

Being a Vampire as a Healer - worth it in 2018?

pauli133

Doesn’t matter

Entirely optional.

Seraphayel

No

I don't like being a Vampire that much. Every Magicka character I play does absolutely fine without it while at the same time 99% of the Magicka players I see (ab)use it.

wayfarerx

Doesn’t matter

I don't really see vampirism moving the needle for a healer, at least in PvE. Go for it if you want to I guess.

Jhalin

Yes

Depends what you wanna do. Anywhere you're gonna end up having to Purge spam (vHoF, vAS, vMoL) you'll probably want the extra regen. But it's not gonna make or break you in most cases.

Tryxus

Doesn’t matter

Personally, I don't like the fire weakness. But Undeath and the extra regen are handy

It's entirely optional

GrumpyDuckling

I have a character named "Bloodmender" that is a vampire Nightblade healer (because the blood-theme works well).

Then I use blood-themed skills and sets that have blood-like effects and/or blood-like names:

Earthgore
Amber Plasm
Funnel Health
Sap Essence
Invigorating Drain
Blood Altar

CaffeinatedMayhem

Doesn’t matter

OT - anyone remember when healing a vamp would drain their health? That was fun in dungeons...

phileunderx2

None of my healers are vamps but so far I haven't had any issues with sustain. But I don't do trials either so I don't know if that content is more demanding resource wise.

srfrogg23

Yes

It seems to work fine.

Tasear

Yes

Damage reduction below 50% and more health. It's a good idea.

Mindcr0w

Yes

Undeath more than makes up for the fire weakness.

jbjondeaueb17_ESO

Yes

Honestly it's in between yes and doesn't matter.
Mist form is actually nice for Kiting in vAS and is also the only source of mobility for a Templar in PvP. In other trials if you stay on stage 2 the increased regeneration is nice and the fire damage not an issue.

Troneon

Yes

If your CP is high enough is far better to have it. You do not even notice the fire damage but you will notice you are more squishy in pvp from certain skills.

If you are low CP, forget it, so many things will just one shot you if you do not know the pve content mechanics or in pvp.

FakeFox

Yes

It's not required but very strong and has no downsides in PvE apart from the look.

Doctordarkspawn

No

Vampirism is quite frankly never worth the hassle the downsides come with.

Firedamage out the wazzo, horrific looking char model, for...10% regen and some other stuff I get as a tank allready. No thanks.

jssriot

Doesn’t matter

I have 3 healers atm and only one is a vampire. Aside from not being able to use Mist in pvp, I genuinely don't see any disadvantage to being a non-vamp healer.

The vamp mag regen for healers isn't that essential of a bonus since you should already be managing your mag pool smartly with resto heavy attacks, a good rotation and regen from other bonuses, like racials or gear. If you're struggling as a healer to keep up your mag, being a vamp won't be enough to fix that--you need to rethink your build and rotation first.

Plus by being a non-vamp you can save those skill points for something else...