Argonians have more raw healing power than Bretons, but in PvE, it's mostly wasted, because crits from Breath of Life are usually overkill with either race. Thus, Bretons are usually better healers by virtue of their better Magicka pool and ability cost reduction. However, in PvP, the Argonian bonus healing comes in handy a lot more often, and the bonus health is always extremely helpful, as well as poison and disease resistance to help defend against Viper + Velidreth pricks.

So based on the things I've heard about both races, Breton is better for PvE and Argonian is comparable if not better for PvP.

Sorry forgot to include I am a Templar

AzuraKin wrote: »

love how people assuming he is templar heals. high elf is also better then breton for healing. breton only equals with high elf on 1 skill in the entire game cleanse the healing morph of the pvp skill purge.

Literally one person assumed that the OP is a Templar, that judgmental dingus. =P But, as it turns out, said judgmental dingus was correct. Still, what I said is still more or less true for other healers; Argonians have more raw healing power, but Bretons have comparable healing power and way more utility because of their superior Magicka pool (which helps with heals and DPS and the obvious utility of a bigger resource pool).

Bretons have the same amount of max Magicka as Altmer, so they stand toe to toe with Altmer with every healing ability, as well as every ability that deals non-elemental damage (most notably Radiant Destruction). I'm also a firm believer that cost reduction is better than regeneration, since cost reduction makes your resource pool and your regeneration go further (since it makes every point of Magicka more useful). Not to mention that the elemental damage passive from the Altmer is more or less wasted, whereas the Breton spell resistance is very useful for a healer (or for anything else, for that matter).

In the DPS role, Altmer are undeniably stronger, but for healers, Breton is extremely close to if not superior to Altmer.

WarLord2905 wrote: »

Sounds like it depends on PVP or PVE?

Yes, but they're close enough to the point where changing to an Argonian for either is probably not a worthwhile investment.