Explaining The 4 Levels of Healing in WoW

[00:00] today we're going to explain healing

[00:01] Mythic Plus at four different levels of

[00:04] complexity starting with the very Basics

[00:06] explaining what healing is like as a

[00:07] beginner and then how it should progress

[00:09] over time as you start pushing higher

[00:11] keys in your journey you gain experience

[00:13] as you develop a better understanding of

[00:15] what it actually means to be a Healer

[00:17] because at the highest level healing is

[00:19] kind of weird and in some ways almost

[00:21] backwards but more on that later some of

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[01:02] healing feels like for most beginners

[01:05] okay so maybe something went terribly

[01:06] wrong in your life and you decided you

[01:08] want to heal Mythic plus we're totally

[01:10] kidding of course we love healers anyway

[01:12] if you are a beginner you are probably

[01:15] paying a lot of attention to health bars

[01:17] while having this feeling that they

[01:18] always need to be topped I mean that's

[01:20] your job right you do the hard work to

[01:22] make sure your team is always safe and

[01:23] there's no safer feeling than having

[01:25] everyone at 100% HP at this point

[01:27] healing feels like an arcade game you

[01:29] see a bar go down and you want to

[01:31] instantly go back up you know that there

[01:32] are different categories of heels and

[01:34] you know how to use them you have your

[01:36] maintenance heels like Hots or Shields

[01:38] which you know to keep up all the time

[01:40] and then when one person drops low you

[01:42] have your spot heel which you can use to

[01:44] top them quickly if more than one person

[01:46] is dying you then have an AOE heal right

[01:49] now we're not too concerned about Mana

[01:51] because we can just drink anyway and you

[01:53] probably treat your cooldowns like

[01:55] powerups maybe you notice someone about

[01:57] to die and so you reactively pop a

[01:59] healing cool down to save the day at

[02:01] this point healing seems pretty

[02:02] straightforward this is healing in its

[02:04] non-GMO organic form but then you

[02:07] realize something wait I need to be

[02:08] doing damage too after all we're playing

[02:11] Mythic plus and we have a timer to be

[02:13] and every time you watch A Healer on

[02:14] Twitch they seem to be doing damage all

[02:16] the time but this seems kind of weird

[02:18] right I mean how can you even find the

[02:19] time to always do damage when you have

[02:21] health bars to top as a beginner the

[02:23] simplest way to solve this problem is to

[02:25] just damage Whenever there isn't a

[02:27] health bar to Top This makes total sense

[02:29] and it works if you play Disc priest or

[02:31] mistweaver monk you have a cheat code to

[02:33] skip this step automatically but no

[02:35] matter what as long as you're hitting a

[02:36] priority Target while balancing out your

[02:38] heals then you're doing a good job and

[02:40] now it seems like we're progressing we

[02:42] started with this basic idea that we

[02:43] need to be healing and now we've

[02:45] progressed to doing damage as long as we

[02:47] have some general knowledge about trash

[02:48] and boss mechanics we will feel like

[02:50] we're doing our job with just keeping

[02:51] health bars top reactively using

[02:53] cooldowns and doing our damage whenever

[02:55] it's convenient so how can we do better

[02:57] let's dive into level two and if you

[02:59] were paying attention you probably

[03:01] noticed we were missing something from

[03:02] level one it's our CC and

[03:05] interrupts okay priest we know you don't

[03:08] have a kick but pay attention anyway mob

[03:11] control as a Healer is more important

[03:13] than most people realize and we have to

[03:15] go back to economics 101 to understand

[03:17] why we all have to come to terms that

[03:19] DPS players have well Egos and they can

[03:22] be a bit sensitive World of Warcraft is

[03:24] a game about teamwork helping your

[03:26] fellow key Pusher achieve their goals

[03:28] and for DPS they want one thing and one

[03:30] thing only to get those juicy pink

[03:32] parses and if they don't then they're

[03:34] going to get their feelings hurt and we

[03:35] don't want that so how does economics or

[03:38] being healer have to do with DPS wanting

[03:40] to do more damage well you can think of

[03:43] every Global cooldown as having a cost

[03:45] so for a mage to give up a damage Global

[03:47] in order to CC or interrupt they're

[03:49] losing out on a global that they could

[03:50] use to do damage this is what we call

[03:53] opportunity cost and for DPS this cost

[03:55] is higher than it is for us now you

[03:57] might be thinking skill cap is saying d

[03:59] DPS should never kick let's be clear DPS

[04:02] should be using their kicks and stops

[04:04] but there are a few reasons why your

[04:05] interrupt is extra valuable as a Healer

[04:07] especially in this intermediate level

[04:09] number one sometimes you can't even

[04:11] trust DPS to use their kicks in the

[04:13] first place number two by kicking your

[04:15] group can do more damage remember lower

[04:17] opportunity cost number three your CC

[04:20] causes everyone to take less damage

[04:22] which means less healing for you and as

[04:24] an added bonus now you can do more

[04:26] damage safely it's kind of a neat little

[04:28] way you can see secretly carry in the

[04:30] background and speaking of carrying at

[04:32] this point you're probably doing a

[04:33] better job with your healing rotation

[04:35] and being smarter about how you

[04:36] distribute heals you're probably also

[04:37] used to the dungeons by now which also

[04:39] means you're thinking about cooldown

[04:40] Cadence remember back in level one you

[04:42] were pressing your CDs very reactively

[04:44] not really planning to use them for any

[04:46] specific reason just as an emergency

[04:48] button when someone drops low but now

[04:50] you have more dungeon knowledge and are

[04:52] starting to feel the actual strength of

[04:53] your abilities and because of this you

[04:55] know how to plan your cooldowns based

[04:57] around the scripted events of the

[04:59] dungeon you're no longer Panic pressing

[05:01] your CDs randomly but instead saving

[05:03] them for very specific moments maybe you

[05:04] know a boss will do a ton of AOE damage

[05:06] so you plann your biggest raid cool down

[05:08] in advance or if you play a class like

[05:10] Resto Druid you know when and how to

[05:13] properly ramp your heels in order to get

[05:14] those big flourishes or maybe you know

[05:16] there's a boss that does a big one shot

[05:18] so you see who they're

[05:20] targeting and you use your external to

[05:22] save the day this is what happens when

[05:25] you start to get better at wow you

[05:26] realize that planning for the future

[05:28] really pays off the further you can plan

[05:30] your moves out in advance the easier

[05:31] Things become all right let's go back to

[05:33] the drawing board we're still keeping

[05:35] health bars topped after all that's our

[05:37] job but now we're using our cooldowns in

[05:39] a more logical way saving them for when

[05:41] they're actually needed because of this

[05:43] we're now more comfortable at dealing

[05:44] damage especially now since we're

[05:46] focusing on Mob control but we're still

[05:48] on level two how could we possibly do

[05:51] any better than this let's graduate to

[05:54] level three and here's where things get

[05:55] a bit weird every experienced healer

[05:59] starts devel veloping this strange

[06:00] superpower that allows them to see a

[06:02] little bit into the future but instead

[06:04] of being able to do anything useful with

[06:06] his power like winning the lottery it

[06:07] gives them the ability to feel when

[06:09] someone is going to die because the more

[06:11] you heal the more you can feel the

[06:13] weight of your HPS and you can feel it

[06:15] side by side to how much damage someone

[06:17] will take at this point it sounds like

[06:19] we're discussing some spiritual hippie

[06:20] stuff but bear with us we don't have to

[06:23] tell you that World of Warcraft isn't a

[06:25] balanced game some classes are made of

[06:26] titanium and diamonds and could survive

[06:28] a nuclear event without pressing a

[06:30] button but other classes they'll die to

[06:32] a small Breeze as a Healer we can't

[06:35] change game balance but what we can do

[06:36] is try and change outcomes which will

[06:38] involve some proactive play and this is

[06:41] the theme of level three becoming more

[06:42] proactive in order to make smarter

[06:44] decisions this is the exact reason why

[06:46] omnic CD is so powerful since it allows

[06:48] you to make the best decisions for

[06:50] proactive gameplay remember back at

[06:52] level one we were only using our

[06:53] cooldowns as emergency buttons but then

[06:55] as we gain knowledge of every dungeon we

[06:57] learned to prioritize them for specific

[06:59] moments

[07:00] and now at level three our goal is to

[07:02] proactively use our cooldowns on

[07:03] specific targets making sure that we

[07:05] trade efficiently and minimize overlaps

[07:08] because of this we need to understand

[07:09] that some classes need a bit more

[07:10] babysitting and even some players

[07:13] themselves need more attention before

[07:14] every dungeon starts you should be

[07:16] thinking about who is most vulnerable to

[07:18] damage some classes will be squishy and

[07:20] others are going to be passively tanky

[07:22] then there's even some classes who can

[07:24] be both depending on the skill of the

[07:25] player for instance Mages have an entire

[07:28] arsenal of defensive cooldowns but if

[07:29] they aren't actually using them then

[07:31] they're going to be no better than a

[07:33] level one boar in elwin forest and this

[07:35] is how Omni CD comes into play because

[07:38] it allows you to dictate your externals

[07:39] and raid cooldowns in the most efficient

[07:41] way possible when there is no

[07:42] communication you now have the

[07:44] information to fill in any defensive

[07:45] gaps being ready to trade before the

[07:48] damage happens and to take it a step

[07:49] further you'll even use Omni CD to fill

[07:51] in the gaps of your team's kicks and

[07:53] interrupts by passively monitoring who

[07:55] has their stops ready and who doesn't

[07:56] you can even avoid overlapping mob

[07:58] control even even when there is no voice

[08:00] communication and if you do have the

[08:02] luxury of playing in voice omnic CD

[08:04] makes you the conductor of your own

[08:05] Orchestra you become the inventory

[08:07] manager of your group's cooldown budget

[08:09] which might seem like a stressful task

[08:11] at first but is actually the best way to

[08:13] keep a calm ahead because you can plan

[08:15] more in advance and speaking of planning

[08:17] in advance you are now more aware of

[08:19] your Mana this is one place that often

[08:21] gets overlooked by healers if you are a

[08:23] druid for instance you have probably

[08:24] realized by now that innervate is almost

[08:26] best used on coold down even when you

[08:28] are high on Mana to begin with if you

[08:30] plan to ramp your heels then you know to

[08:32] use inate to proactively conserve Mana

[08:35] as a shaman you've learned by now to

[08:37] plan around tidal waves realizing that

[08:39] you can't just slam your heels without

[08:41] weaving in rip tides here and there it

[08:42] might not seem like a big deal but

[08:44] anytime you spend drinking is time you

[08:46] don't spend doing damage which will slow

[08:48] the run down again we have to think

[08:49] about opportunity costs now we've

[08:51] leveled up again instead of just playing

[08:53] cool down usage we're now dictating it

[08:55] by being proactive even with our Mana

[08:58] but since we started we're still keeping

[08:59] health bars topped and maybe we're not

[09:01] super confident on when exactly to do

[09:03] damage safely we said level three was

[09:06] weird but level four is where things

[09:08] become

[09:09] counterintuitive there's something in

[09:11] World of Warcraft that we've called the

[09:12] goldilux problem and it's everywhere

[09:14] here's how it works with healers some

[09:17] healers are too cold they want to sit in

[09:18] the back and vape with their heels alone

[09:20] damage that's for the DPS but then

[09:22] there's the timer and the realization

[09:24] that slacking on damage could mean a

[09:25] depletion on the flip side other healers

[09:28] are too hot with their damage they want

[09:30] to press W with their group and pump the

[09:32] meters while this can definitely be fun

[09:34] it's sometimes a bit Reckless and can

[09:35] end in a disaster if people die because

[09:37] of it these players sometimes try to

[09:39] copy what they see on Twitch because

[09:41] there it seems like everyone is pumping

[09:42] with their group but it's important to

[09:44] remember that healers like royben theer

[09:47] and elmir are playing with highly

[09:49] coordinated groups everyone is cycling

[09:51] interrupts and stops pressing defensives

[09:54] and actively avoiding damage playing

[09:55] with good DPS is an absolute luxury as a

[09:57] 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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