I main a healer. Due to country internet, I've not been able to play the new DLC as of yet - patch was still downloading. But I'm going to get to play tonight and I'm excited to start tweaking my builds to see if I can squeeze more utility out of them. That said, I'm curious about everyone's thoughts on the healer using the sets below.

1. Aegis of Galenwe. I know its a tanking set, but many tanks are already set up to run Yulnokriin+ ebon, dragon, or other team utility set. Offtank could run Galenwe in trials, but many times, they're just pulling trash mobs away from the group (i.e., Iron Atronarchs in Sunspire). So would it be feasible for a healer to run Galenwe and block-cast to try to maximize uptime on empower? It won't work in all content, but in some trials that are heavy on AOE, I can see this as being feasible. The downside is that basically every other bonus on the armor is useless to a healer, unless your not getting Minor Aegis from somewhere else.

2. Ebon Armory. Assuming that Galenwe overall would be better to run on an offtank (which is probably the case), it seems like if a healer could run Ebon instead, it may allow the tanks more flexibility, which is good for overall group build. Ebon provides nothing useful in the way of bonuses that help the healer other than survivability, but if you transmute jewelry and swap glyphs in your build, you could make it work where it doesn't hurt healer performance too much, and you would be providing a group buff that is usually provided by a tank. Again, it just allows for more flexibility, as there are now 3 tank sets with what I anticipate will be highly sought after bonuses in group content.

3. Wisdom of Vanus. Is this set now viable with Thrassian Strangler's nearly permanent decrease to healing received? At max stacks, they reduce healing received by 40%. Wisdom of Vanus allows a healer to have 6-7 second windows of Major Mending when combined with a resto heavy attack, which would counteract 25% of the reduced healing received. Combined with a set like Sanctuary which grants 12% additional healing received, and you have, in theory, negated 37% of the overall negative effect from Thrassian. The drawback may be that to use it effectively, you would have to really learn encounters in order to ensure you have Major Mending up when you will need it most. Still, at least on paper, it seems like it could be viable?

Anyways, I'm curious as to your thoughts on Healers running any of these three sets. Obviously not the healing meta, but with the right team build, I could see them working.