WHM Guide

Last Words

I hope this guide has been useful for all WHM learning the ropes of the class. If you noticed, I never included a section on how to heal. Healing is so subjective and there are no rotations for it, even following a priority list is not advisable. The “Keep tank top up at all cost first, then DPS” may not necessarily be the best mantra.

Healing is an artform and aside from knowing the fight mechanics, it also takes a lot of understanding of your party’s dynamics to know when and how to heal. Especially in 8 man dungeons/raids, you need to understand your other healer’s style. Do you compliment each other’s healing styles or do you both chase for the same low health bars?

Do you want to let the Scholar throw in an Embrace + Physick on the tank first and you top off what’s left with a Cure II or Cure I? Or do you want to just hammer Cure II all the way to keep the tank up?

Your tank has half hp, but there is a DPS with lower health. Who do you heal? If you know your other healer will keep the main tank up, then you may want to drop a Cure II on the DPS first, then back to healing the tank. Or maybe you know the DPS will be in safe ground, and you drop a Regen on him instead and let the HoT do its job.

You may have a melee DPS who you know will get hit by cleave and probably be in the low 2-3 digit of health. Benediction? Cure II? Cure III?

There may be instances where you misclick and misheal, can you quickly rectify it? Your only OH SHIT heal is on cooldown. Can you trust the other healer to keep the tank up enough for you to quickly throw down your Cure II?

Sometimes we can get very engrossed in topping up health bars that we forget our surroundings. Always remember to be alert for sudden changes. Watch for that backtail cleave. Watch for that aoe circle.

Cancel heals if you have to just to save MP. Watch that crucial MP bar. Pop that Shroud of Saints. Call your bard to sing. There are just too many way to heal. It’s always all about making the right judgement calls and trusting your instincts.

Sometimes it’s important to record your fights (especially Raids) and rewatch them, just to see where you can improve- whether it’s squeezing out an extra heal or using a stoneskin/eye for an eye/virus at certain key moment to help mitigate a huge damage.

With this, I wish you the best in your healing endeavours!