Hello ESO Community!
Two years ago, I wrote a fairly well-received guide to healing on a Stamina Warden. At that time, I had done every DLC Hard Mode dungeon and every vet trial on that Stamina Warden, and I had lamented within the guide that Stamina healing at that time was relegated to only a single class in the game. Thankfully, that all changed when the fire nation att...I mean, when Gold Road dropped.
Gold Road dropped an absolute deluge of options into our laps, including enough support for Stamina healing that you are now able to build a viable Stamina healer on every class in the game. Some are definitely stronger than others (the gulf between Stamarc and Stamdk is...uhh, -noticeable- to say the least), but we are at least at the point where it's an option for every class to try out. I've spent the past two months farming scripts and testing builds on every single class in the game (I've probably spent multiple millions of gold on Grimoires and Luminous Ink at this point!), and I've taken the time to write down all my observations and everything I've learned into a comprehensive guide to Stamina healing in Gold Road, which you can find here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bG6q_4NYQj3Y6myXV3WuEE9g8BiKK_8gwZVl-H_yozY/edit?usp=sharing
My apologies that this is a link to an outside guide, but it's VERY long. I'm going to see if there is the possibility of putting the text in the comments of this post, though!
Now, I know the response to opening this up is going to be "oh my god, that is a gigantic wall of text." And it is - forty-nine pages of it, to be exact. I didn't intend this to be something that anyone sits and reads in one go, but rather a resource that you can bookmark and return to as it piques your interest. I tried to be incredibly thorough and explain to the best of my ability why things work, but that thoroughness does lend itself to length. It might also not all be applicable to you - you might already be an expert on Scribing and not need anything in that section, but the builds at the end might interest you.
I also want to be clear that the suggested builds at the end are just things that I've used that have worked well, but they are NOT me claiming that they are the best possible way to build that class as a Stamina healer. My goal in writing the entire rest of the guide is for people who aren't familiar with this archetype to be able to learn and experiment on their own to be able to actually develop a build themselves rather than just copying one. I've intended this guide to be a resource to learn from, not me telling you what to do.
And that's it for now! I've recently updated the guide with the U44 changes that went up on the PTS, but my plan is to continue regularly updating it with subsequent patches. I think Banner Bearer is really exciting for the archetype, and I'm hoping to see more continued support for Stam healing in the future. ZoS's has pretty clearly indicated over the past two years that they are interested in Stam healing being more viable, and I'm hopeful for the future!
In the meantime, buff Shadow Silk please.