Guild Wars 2

i need some help i what is the most optimal healing build for druid that has dps after the patch i’ve been gone from guilds wars for a while so far i hear full magi’s but thats no damage and i hear zealot, im casual pve’er only and enjoy healing good amounts, support buffs, and at least some dps so at least do dungeons etc i dont want multiple sets of gear…any suggestions would help i just have magi armor staff with sword warhorn and trinkets all being zerk atm and running water runes until i can get monk runes

Trying to make a hybrid between damage and healing really isn’t gonna get you anywhere to be honest. If you plan to heal, you may as well just stick with the role cause the majority of the time you will spend as a heal Druid is inside your Celestial form, leaving the only time you actaully ‘DPSing’ is with staff.

Gear wise, I would suggest full magi armor, Monk runes, Sigil of Transference & Renewal. Utility wise, Rice Balls for the healing power and outgoing healing %.

If you want to run Druid with damage, just run a condi or zerk set and slot in Druid.

DoogySnowStalker.2069:

Trying to make a hybrid between damage and healing really isn’t gonna get you anywhere to be honest. If you plan to heal, you may as well just stick with the role cause the majority of the time you will spend as a heal Druid is inside your Celestial form, leaving the only time you actaully ‘DPSing’ is with staff.

Gear wise, I would suggest full magi armor, Monk runes, Sigil of Transference & Renewal. Utility wise, Rice Balls for the healing power and outgoing healing %.

If you want to run Druid with damage, just run a condi or zerk set and slot in Druid.

ok i’ll jus go full magi then i was jus getting confused with all the zealot gear talk from ppl in the forum

Hello Cat.7964:

ok i’ll jus go full magi then i was jus getting confused with all the zealot gear talk from ppl in the forum

Can give you my take on it, since I was one of the few who crafted zealots…. The damage increase is pretty minimal, since you will be in Cele form the majority of the time.

Hello Cat.7964:

i need some help i what is the most optimal healing build for druid that has dps after the patch i’ve been gone from guilds wars for a while so far i hear full magi’s but thats no damage and i hear zealot, im casual pve’er only and enjoy healing good amounts, support buffs, and at least some dps so at least do dungeons etc i dont want multiple sets of gear…any suggestions would help i just have magi armor staff with sword warhorn and trinkets all being zerk atm and running water runes until i can get monk runes

A player tested out lots of builds. Enjoy!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4g7y77/heres_a_dps_comparison_of_43_ranger_builds/?client=safari

Edit- Oh, yeah, those silly healing scale changes…

Forgot to ask, what mode are we talking about here?

I see you’re talking about casual pve, dungeons. Since that is where you play I would definitely not say full magi. It does heal most compared to all other healing builds but you certainly do not need that in casual pve. If you ever want something to kill yourself because you’re pve-ing alone or your allies are not around, it will take you ages.
I’d go zealot’s or a mix of magi and berserker seeing the game mode you play and your preferences.

Full magi is for t4 fractals or raids, not casual pve

mode is important:
raid – full magi healer
fractals/dungeons – full viper condi or full zerk
open world pve – have fun do whatever
WvW – zerk backliner, commander shoutbow

these are just the meta builds, feel free to make some adjustments but the gear is the best you can use in each game mode.

edit: take it from someone who sunk a lot of gold into making zealots gear day 1, it’s NOT worth it!! even in t4 fractals full magi healing is overkill, healer is a raid only build.

Agreed with post above