[0:00] today we're going to explain healing
[0:01] Mythic Plus at four different levels of
[0:04] complexity starting with the very Basics
[0:06] explaining what healing is like as a
[0:07] beginner and then how it should progress
[0:09] over time as you start pushing higher
[0:11] keys in your journey you gain experience
[0:13] as you develop a better understanding of
[0:15] what it actually means to be a Healer
[0:17] because at the highest level healing is
[0:19] kind of weird and in some ways almost
[0:21] backwards but more on that later some of
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[1:02] healing feels like for most beginners
[1:05] okay so maybe something went terribly
[1:06] wrong in your life and you decided you
[1:08] want to heal Mythic plus we're totally
[1:10] kidding of course we love healers anyway
[1:12] if you are a beginner you are probably
[1:15] paying a lot of attention to health bars
[1:17] while having this feeling that they
[1:18] always need to be topped I mean that's
[1:20] your job right you do the hard work to
[1:22] make sure your team is always safe and
[1:23] there's no safer feeling than having
[1:25] everyone at 100% HP at this point
[1:27] healing feels like an arcade game you
[1:29] see a bar go down and you want to
[1:31] instantly go back up you know that there
[1:32] are different categories of heels and
[1:34] you know how to use them you have your
[1:36] maintenance heels like Hots or Shields
[1:38] which you know to keep up all the time
[1:40] and then when one person drops low you
[1:42] have your spot heel which you can use to
[1:44] top them quickly if more than one person
[1:46] is dying you then have an AOE heal right
[1:49] now we're not too concerned about Mana
[1:51] because we can just drink anyway and you
[1:53] probably treat your cooldowns like
[1:55] powerups maybe you notice someone about
[1:57] to die and so you reactively pop a
[1:59] healing cool down to save the day at
[2:01] this point healing seems pretty
[2:02] straightforward this is healing in its
[2:04] non-GMO organic form but then you
[2:07] realize something wait I need to be
[2:08] doing damage too after all we're playing
[2:11] Mythic plus and we have a timer to be
[2:13] and every time you watch A Healer on
[2:14] Twitch they seem to be doing damage all
[2:16] the time but this seems kind of weird
[2:18] right I mean how can you even find the
[2:19] time to always do damage when you have
[2:21] health bars to top as a beginner the
[2:23] simplest way to solve this problem is to
[2:25] just damage Whenever there isn't a
[2:27] health bar to Top This makes total sense
[2:29] and it works if you play Disc priest or
[2:31] mistweaver monk you have a cheat code to
[2:33] skip this step automatically but no
[2:35] matter what as long as you're hitting a
[2:36] priority Target while balancing out your
[2:38] heals then you're doing a good job and
[2:40] now it seems like we're progressing we
[2:42] started with this basic idea that we
[2:43] need to be healing and now we've
[2:45] progressed to doing damage as long as we
[2:47] have some general knowledge about trash
[2:48] and boss mechanics we will feel like
[2:50] we're doing our job with just keeping
[2:51] health bars top reactively using
[2:53] cooldowns and doing our damage whenever
[2:55] it's convenient so how can we do better
[2:57] let's dive into level two and if you
[2:59] were paying attention you probably
[3:01] noticed we were missing something from
[3:02] level one it's our CC and
[3:05] interrupts okay priest we know you don't
[3:08] have a kick but pay attention anyway mob
[3:11] control as a Healer is more important
[3:13] than most people realize and we have to
[3:15] go back to economics 101 to understand
[3:17] why we all have to come to terms that
[3:19] DPS players have well Egos and they can
[3:22] be a bit sensitive World of Warcraft is
[3:24] a game about teamwork helping your
[3:26] fellow key Pusher achieve their goals
[3:28] and for DPS they want one thing and one
[3:30] thing only to get those juicy pink
[3:32] parses and if they don't then they're
[3:34] going to get their feelings hurt and we
[3:35] don't want that so how does economics or
[3:38] being healer have to do with DPS wanting
[3:40] to do more damage well you can think of
[3:43] every Global cooldown as having a cost
[3:45] so for a mage to give up a damage Global
[3:47] in order to CC or interrupt they're
[3:49] losing out on a global that they could
[3:50] use to do damage this is what we call
[3:53] opportunity cost and for DPS this cost
[3:55] is higher than it is for us now you
[3:57] might be thinking skill cap is saying d
[3:59] DPS should never kick let's be clear DPS
[4:02] should be using their kicks and stops
[4:04] but there are a few reasons why your
[4:05] interrupt is extra valuable as a Healer
[4:07] especially in this intermediate level
[4:09] number one sometimes you can't even
[4:11] trust DPS to use their kicks in the
[4:13] first place number two by kicking your
[4:15] group can do more damage remember lower
[4:17] opportunity cost number three your CC
[4:20] causes everyone to take less damage
[4:22] which means less healing for you and as
[4:24] an added bonus now you can do more
[4:26] damage safely it's kind of a neat little
[4:28] way you can see secretly carry in the
[4:30] background and speaking of carrying at
[4:32] this point you're probably doing a
[4:33] better job with your healing rotation
[4:35] and being smarter about how you
[4:36] distribute heals you're probably also
[4:37] used to the dungeons by now which also
[4:39] means you're thinking about cooldown
[4:40] Cadence remember back in level one you
[4:42] were pressing your CDs very reactively
[4:44] not really planning to use them for any
[4:46] specific reason just as an emergency
[4:48] button when someone drops low but now
[4:50] you have more dungeon knowledge and are
[4:52] starting to feel the actual strength of
[4:53] your abilities and because of this you
[4:55] know how to plan your cooldowns based
[4:57] around the scripted events of the
[4:59] dungeon you're no longer Panic pressing
[5:01] your CDs randomly but instead saving
[5:03] them for very specific moments maybe you
[5:04] know a boss will do a ton of AOE damage
[5:06] so you plann your biggest raid cool down
[5:08] in advance or if you play a class like
[5:10] Resto Druid you know when and how to
[5:13] properly ramp your heels in order to get
[5:14] those big flourishes or maybe you know
[5:16] there's a boss that does a big one shot
[5:18] so you see who they're
[5:20] targeting and you use your external to
[5:22] save the day this is what happens when
[5:25] you start to get better at wow you
[5:26] realize that planning for the future
[5:28] really pays off the further you can plan
[5:30] your moves out in advance the easier
[5:31] Things become all right let's go back to
[5:33] the drawing board we're still keeping
[5:35] health bars topped after all that's our
[5:37] job but now we're using our cooldowns in
[5:39] a more logical way saving them for when
[5:41] they're actually needed because of this
[5:43] we're now more comfortable at dealing
[5:44] damage especially now since we're
[5:46] focusing on Mob control but we're still
[5:48] on level two how could we possibly do
[5:51] any better than this let's graduate to
[5:54] level three and here's where things get
[5:55] a bit weird every experienced healer
[5:59] starts devel veloping this strange
[6:00] superpower that allows them to see a
[6:02] little bit into the future but instead
[6:04] of being able to do anything useful with
[6:06] his power like winning the lottery it
[6:07] gives them the ability to feel when
[6:09] someone is going to die because the more
[6:11] you heal the more you can feel the
[6:13] weight of your HPS and you can feel it
[6:15] side by side to how much damage someone
[6:17] will take at this point it sounds like
[6:19] we're discussing some spiritual hippie
[6:20] stuff but bear with us we don't have to
[6:23] tell you that World of Warcraft isn't a
[6:25] balanced game some classes are made of
[6:26] titanium and diamonds and could survive
[6:28] a nuclear event without pressing a
[6:30] button but other classes they'll die to
[6:32] a small Breeze as a Healer we can't
[6:35] change game balance but what we can do
[6:36] is try and change outcomes which will
[6:38] involve some proactive play and this is
[6:41] the theme of level three becoming more
[6:42] proactive in order to make smarter
[6:44] decisions this is the exact reason why
[6:46] omnic CD is so powerful since it allows
[6:48] you to make the best decisions for
[6:50] proactive gameplay remember back at
[6:52] level one we were only using our
[6:53] cooldowns as emergency buttons but then
[6:55] as we gain knowledge of every dungeon we
[6:57] learned to prioritize them for specific
[6:59] moments
[7:00] and now at level three our goal is to
[7:02] proactively use our cooldowns on
[7:03] specific targets making sure that we
[7:05] trade efficiently and minimize overlaps
[7:08] because of this we need to understand
[7:09] that some classes need a bit more
[7:10] babysitting and even some players
[7:13] themselves need more attention before
[7:14] every dungeon starts you should be
[7:16] thinking about who is most vulnerable to
[7:18] damage some classes will be squishy and
[7:20] others are going to be passively tanky
[7:22] then there's even some classes who can
[7:24] be both depending on the skill of the
[7:25] player for instance Mages have an entire
[7:28] arsenal of defensive cooldowns but if
[7:29] they aren't actually using them then
[7:31] they're going to be no better than a
[7:33] level one boar in elwin forest and this
[7:35] is how Omni CD comes into play because
[7:38] it allows you to dictate your externals
[7:39] and raid cooldowns in the most efficient
[7:41] way possible when there is no
[7:42] communication you now have the
[7:44] information to fill in any defensive
[7:45] gaps being ready to trade before the
[7:48] damage happens and to take it a step
[7:49] further you'll even use Omni CD to fill
[7:51] in the gaps of your team's kicks and
[7:53] interrupts by passively monitoring who
[7:55] has their stops ready and who doesn't
[7:56] you can even avoid overlapping mob
[7:58] control even even when there is no voice
[8:00] communication and if you do have the
[8:02] luxury of playing in voice omnic CD
[8:04] makes you the conductor of your own
[8:05] Orchestra you become the inventory
[8:07] manager of your group's cooldown budget
[8:09] which might seem like a stressful task
[8:11] at first but is actually the best way to
[8:13] keep a calm ahead because you can plan
[8:15] more in advance and speaking of planning
[8:17] in advance you are now more aware of
[8:19] your Mana this is one place that often
[8:21] gets overlooked by healers if you are a
[8:23] druid for instance you have probably
[8:24] realized by now that innervate is almost
[8:26] best used on coold down even when you
[8:28] are high on Mana to begin with if you
[8:30] plan to ramp your heels then you know to
[8:32] use inate to proactively conserve Mana
[8:35] as a shaman you've learned by now to
[8:37] plan around tidal waves realizing that
[8:39] you can't just slam your heels without
[8:41] weaving in rip tides here and there it
[8:42] might not seem like a big deal but
[8:44] anytime you spend drinking is time you
[8:46] don't spend doing damage which will slow
[8:48] the run down again we have to think
[8:49] about opportunity costs now we've
[8:51] leveled up again instead of just playing
[8:53] cool down usage we're now dictating it
[8:55] by being proactive even with our Mana
[8:58] but since we started we're still keeping
[8:59] health bars topped and maybe we're not
[9:01] super confident on when exactly to do
[9:03] damage safely we said level three was
[9:06] weird but level four is where things
[9:08] become
[9:09] counterintuitive there's something in
[9:11] World of Warcraft that we've called the
[9:12] goldilux problem and it's everywhere
[9:14] here's how it works with healers some
[9:17] healers are too cold they want to sit in
[9:18] the back and vape with their heels alone
[9:20] damage that's for the DPS but then
[9:22] there's the timer and the realization
[9:24] that slacking on damage could mean a
[9:25] depletion on the flip side other healers
[9:28] are too hot with their damage they want
[9:30] to press W with their group and pump the
[9:32] meters while this can definitely be fun
[9:34] it's sometimes a bit Reckless and can
[9:35] end in a disaster if people die because
[9:37] of it these players sometimes try to
[9:39] copy what they see on Twitch because
[9:41] there it seems like everyone is pumping
[9:42] with their group but it's important to
[9:44] remember that healers like royben theer
[9:47] and elmir are playing with highly
[9:49] coordinated groups everyone is cycling
[9:51] interrupts and stops pressing defensives
[9:54] and actively avoiding damage playing
[9:55] with good DPS is an absolute luxury as a
[9:57] Healer and you can't really copy paste
[10:00] play styles from twitch into everyday
[10:01] groups while it might be tempting to
[10:03] play aggressive remember that group
[10:05] stability is going to be more important
[10:06] than doing marginally more damage if
[10:08] your group isn't playing in a
[10:09] coordinated way but you might be
[10:11] wondering how do I know when it's the
[10:13] right time to be aggressive because
[10:15] obviously you can't be cold and need to
[10:17] do more than just heal to beat the timer
[10:19] to solve the gold Deux problem you need
[10:20] to rethink how and when you use healing
[10:23] cooldowns there's a tendency for healers
[10:25] to hold on to their healing cooldowns
[10:26] assuming that they will be needed for an
[10:28] upcoming boss thinking that because
[10:30] damage isn't going to be high then it's
[10:32] better to save them for later when
[10:33] damage will be high but by doing so it's
[10:36] possible that they are losing out on
[10:37] multiple chances to press their
[10:38] cooldowns these dead spaces might seem
[10:40] minor in isolation but over the course
[10:42] of an entire run they can cost time this
[10:45] is because cooldowns are more than just
[10:46] survivability tools but also act as
[10:48] safety nets for offensive play watch
[10:50] here as royin presses flourish on this
[10:52] trash pack which allows her to play more
[10:55] aggressive with damage she does this
[10:57] knowing that the cooldown is basically a
[10:58] throwaway anyway and won't be needed
[11:00] until much later and let's go back to
[11:01] where we started remember this whole
[11:03] time we were concerned about keeping
[11:04] health bars topped well here's where we
[11:06] can break that rule the best healers
[11:08] realize that health bars don't always
[11:09] need to be at 100% HP if there's not
[11:12] going to be any damage in the next few
[11:13] seconds then you can afford to be more
[11:15] aggressive and only heal when it's
[11:16] actually needed if there is no future
[11:18] damage about to happen it's fine for
[11:19] someone to hover low and let your Hots
[11:21] do the work this is why healing is so
[11:23] weird in dragonflight the game isn't
[11:25] really designed around rot damage
[11:26] anymore like it used to be but instead
[11:28] these big isolated events where someone
[11:30] might get one shot but as long as you
[11:32] know when those events are going to
[11:33] happen you have a much better time
[11:35] knowing how and when to balance your
[11:36] healing job with the other five jobs you
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[11:39] decided to become a Healer and as a
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