force siphon morph on a regen healer

Huxide · October 2015

meta templar healing is starting to bore me so i decided ill try healing without using BoL aka regen-healing.... i thought siphon would be a nice skill to check out but now i leveled it enough to morph it and i have no clue which to choose......

i dont really need the 1.5 secs of cast for something else because due to the regen aspect of the build i dont need to be ready for a BoL, but the magicka return is so small i doubt it's even somewhat useful.....

lolo_01b16_ESO · October 2015

The magicka return isn't small at all. Every group member restores 1% of his maximum magicka with each attack, which equals about 1.5-2k magicka recovery for magicka dps.

Flaminir · October 2015

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

The magicka return isn't small at all. Every group member restores 1% of his maximum magicka with each attack, which equals about 1.5-2k magicka recovery for magicka dps.

I wish it was that high!

But that would mean that people were running around with 150k - 200k magicka!

Assuming that an average end game magicka build has their magicka around the 40k mark.... 1% is 400 magicka per hit.

That is pretty similar to elemental drain....

And I know from running with a lot of our healers who use that, but not siphon spirit, that it does make a BIG difference! The magicka retuirn is very useful.

Keep that up along with elemental drain and your magicka DPS'ers will love you!

lolo_01b16_ESO · October 2015

If you hit your target with 4 attacks in 2 sec, which doesn't require too much skill, you will get magicka equal to 1.6k recovery on a 40k max magicka build.

tangy.citrus · October 2015

if you're bored as a healer by simply spamming bol and not helping out with dps, then maybe thats the route you should take?
A healer can get to 5/7k single target dps while still keeping the party alive and running ele drain, its not the easiest thing to do, but if you're bored just spamming heals then you should try it. Mobs will die a lot faster with the healer and tank outputting 5k dps each, which will increase the time and survivability of the group.

Just my suggestion to all healers who spam heals and still manage to die/let someone die.