what class is considered best healer ?

[gandalf]

please advice.

[Dragonmaster]

There really is only 2 "healing" type classes, Bard, and Pally. Bard has better "massive" group healing but takes time to build up AND prevents you from providing your damage buff instead.
Pally has a much smaller group heal still tied to a decent CD and an AoE heal with the signature that heals for a little bit.

Essentially
Bards - Best DEFENSIVE Support
Pally - Best OFFENSIVE Support

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by gandalf:

please advice.

Dragonmaster is right

Bard is a bit harder to play, as paladin you can just spam almost everything off CD more or less without much thought

[GreenBearD]

They are both good. Play the one you like.

Paladin: naturally more tanky than bards, can play at range, no super armor for push immunity, identity skill provides heals, mitigation, atk buff. (think of paladin as a overall sustain support, provides everything at moderate value levels)

Bard: squishy unless you get level 3 heavy armor, must play close range,multiple skills have super armor push immunity, identity skill you must choose to heal OR atk buff your team, does not do both at same time, although identity heals/atk buff potentials are larger than paladin. (think of bard as burst support, with larger value levels, you must build 3 bars of identity then choose whether to provide heal or atk),

Paladin easy to play, provides good value for any skill level team.

Bard not as easy to play as paladin, provides best value when used with experienced teams. You do not want to be using your identity skill for heals. Team mates forcing you to heal constantly are better off playing with a paladin.

[Katzh]

Wardancer

[MASTERNIKOFTW#PATRIOTS4TRUMP]

PALADIN is the best support class in all of the game.

[Dragonmaster]

Originally posted by MASTERNIKOFTW:

PALADIN is the best support class in all of the game.

Debatable and up to preference.
Plus going by the KR numbers, Bard is the more COMMON support.
At the top level, spec bards are essentially the strongest support since if they dont have to heal, provide the largest dps buff.

[Itrace4]

Pally = less heals, more shields and better buffs
Bard = more heals, regular shields, solid burst buffs

[Double Dark]

Both are good, but a lot of it depends on the player and party. They have a lot of the similar skills.

Paladin is easier to play. They're better for a ranged team. They can apply consistent shields and small heals in a large area. They're very good at countering bosses and can actively cleanse debuffs.

Bard is harder to play. They're better for a melee team because most of the heals and shields affect a small area. They have a large burst heal which can save people that take a lot of damage. Bard is more squishy and doesn't have any mobility/dash skills, so they can have a harder time avoiding damage. Their 'cleanse' prevents one debuff instead of removing it, so it's harder to time.

Both classes increase party damage and reduce damage taken. They also both have large shields.

[Dragonmaster]

Originally posted by Itrace4:

Pally = less heals, more shields and better buffs
Bard = more heals, regular shields, solid burst buffs

Bards actually have the "better shields"

Pallies only have 1 main source on a longer CD, the Signature Shield and a targeted small aoe shield.

Bards have 1 self AoE Shield, 1 Ranged AoE Shield (on a shorter CD), the Signature Shield and a targeted small aoe shield. Most of the shield skills are on shorter CD's then the Pally and the most part stronger.

As I stated, Pallies have the better OFFENSIVE buffs/support (all of their DPS increasing buffs are long range). Bards have the better DEFENSIVE buffs/support via better shields and stronger healing.

Based on KR between the two.
Swift Bard - Best for learning parties or parties that need babysitting
Pally - Best for established groups that are good at avoiding damage and doing good DPS. Good with chip damage.
Spec Bard - Best for the HIGHEST quality groups with synergy to take advantage of the largest DPS buff.

[Spirit]

Originally posted by Dragonmaster:

There really is only 2 "healing" type classes, Bard, and Pally. Bard has better "massive" group healing but takes time to build up AND prevents you from providing your damage buff instead.
Pally has a much smaller group heal still tied to a decent CD and an AoE heal with the signature that heals for a little bit.

Essentially
Bards - Best DEFENSIVE Support
Pally - Best OFFENSIVE Support

this will change when the artist get released

[nyxjeanz ♡]

Originally posted by Dragonmaster:

Originally posted by MASTERNIKOFTW:

PALADIN is the best support class in all of the game.

Debatable and up to preference.
Plus going by the KR numbers, Bard is the more COMMON support.
At the top level, spec bards are essentially the strongest support since if they dont have to heal, provide the largest dps buff.

Spec Bard is underrated unfortunately at the current state of the game. I got trashed on a lot when my alt Bard was previously Spec over Swift