Healing in WoW Forever is about much more than filling health bars. Priest, Paladin, Shaman, and Druid each approach the role differently through direct heals, shields, HoTs, Chain Heal, emergency saves, buffs, and mana management. This guide explains every healer, important talents, playstyles, strengths, weaknesses, and which class may suit you best.
Healers are one of the most important roles in World of Warcraft: Forever.
A strong healer does more than react when someone's health drops.
You need to understand:
who is likely to take damage;
which heal is efficient enough for the situation;
when a tank needs immediate attention;
when several players need healing;
how much Mana you can afford to spend;
when to use major cooldowns;
when to dispel;
where to stand;
when it is safe to contribute damage.
Forever keeps the Classic-style talent system but significantly redesigns many trees. Blizzard's goal is to make all 27 talent trees legitimate options while keeping class identities different rather than giving everyone identical tools.
That philosophy is particularly noticeable among healers.
A Priest does not heal like a Paladin.
A Paladin does not heal like a Druid.
A Druid does not heal like a Shaman.
Each solves incoming damage differently.
Another important Forever change is that bonus healing also provides one-third of that amount as bonus damage. This gives healer-focused characters better offensive support while questing or contributing damage between healing moments.
You are still a healer.
You are simply less helpless when healing is not required.
WoW Forever has four primary healing classes:
ClassHealing PathCore StylePriestHoly / DisciplineDirect healing, shields, flexible supportPaladinHolyStrong targeted healing, durability, BlessingsShamanRestorationChain healing, Totems, group supportDruidRestorationHeal-over-time effects, mobility, flexible recovery
Priest is unusual because both Holy and Discipline can build meaningfully around healing, while Paladin, Shaman, and Druid each have one primary healing tree.
Forever expands healer access between factions as well.
Dwarf Shaman gives Alliance players access to Shaman healing.
Undead Paladin brings Paladin healing to the Horde.
Gnome Priest is another new combination.
Skyborne can also play Druid on either faction, while Horde Windshaper Skyborne can become Shaman.
That means faction choice is much less restrictive for healers than it was in original Vanilla.
Because Forever's final numerical tuning is still developing, declaring one permanent healer universally strongest would be premature.
Their toolkits, however, already make their roles much clearer.
Best straightforward all-purpose healer: Holy Priest
Best shield and preventive healer: Discipline Priest
Best focused single-target healer: Holy Paladin
Best clustered group healer: Restoration Shaman
Best heal-over-time and mobile healer: Restoration Druid
Best healer for players who want two healing styles on one character: Priest
Instead of asking only, “Which healer is strongest?”, ask:
“What kind of healing do I enjoy?”
That usually leads to a much better class choice.
If you imagine a classic fantasy healer, you are probably imagining something close to Holy Priest.
Holy focuses directly on restoring health.
The toolkit includes several styles of healing rather than committing completely to one mechanic.
You can respond to one injured target.
You can heal a group.
You have healing-over-time effects.
You have efficient slower heals and faster emergency options.
Forever then adds several important tools that make Holy much more dynamic than its old Vanilla version.
The current BlizzCon demo talent tree replaces Lightwell as Holy's final talent with Prayer of Mending.
Prayer of Mending is placed on a player and activates when that character takes damage or receives certain healing, then jumps to another nearby party or raid member. The current demo version can jump multiple times.
This is exactly the sort of ability Holy needed.
Instead of waiting for damage and casting another direct heal every time, you can prepare a bouncing heal that continues helping the group as damage moves between players.
That makes Holy more comfortable during encounters where several people are taking intermittent damage.
Forever also adds Binding Heal to the Holy tree.
Binding Heal heals both another player and the Priest.
That is extremely useful when the healer and another party member are injured simultaneously.
Without it, healers often face an awkward decision:
heal yourself first,
or heal the tank first.
Binding Heal can help solve both problems at once.
Another interesting new talent is Litany of Light.
The current demo talent rewards alternating different healing spells by refunding part of their base Mana cost when one heal follows a different heal.
That reinforces a broader Holy Priest philosophy:
use the right heal for the situation instead of repeatedly pressing one spell forever.
Holy Priest should appeal to players who enjoy reacting directly to health bars.
You see damage.
You decide which spell fits.
A player loses a small amount of health?
Use an efficient response.
A tank suddenly takes heavy damage?
Use a stronger direct heal.
Several players are hurt?
Use your group tools.
Damage is continuing across the party?
Prayer of Mending becomes more attractive.
It is intuitive without being shallow.
Holy offers:
broad healing coverage;
strong direct healing;
group healing;
Prayer of Mending;
Binding Heal;
Renew;
useful buffs;
dispels;
flexible spell choices.
Priest also receives Divine Spirit as a baseline class ability rather than a talent, increasing the class's group utility without forcing players to spend talent points for it.
Holy's flexibility means Mana management matters.
Casting your fastest expensive heal every time someone's health moves is an easy way to run dry.
Priest also wears cloth and does not have Paladin-style armor.
Positioning matters.
Best for: players learning healing, adaptable dungeon healing, players who want a large healing toolkit.
Discipline approaches healing from a different direction.
Holy mostly asks:
“How do I restore this health?”
Discipline often asks:
“How do I stop this damage from becoming dangerous in the first place?”
Power Word: Shield remains central to the tree, and Forever expands that identity considerably.
Forever adds Penance as a Discipline talent.
The current demo version can either damage an enemy or heal an ally through multiple rapid bursts. It also becomes the prerequisite for Power Infusion.
This gives Discipline a strong flexible spell that fits its offensive-support identity.
Need healing?
Penance the ally.
Nobody needs immediate healing?
The same talent can contribute damage.
Soul Warding reduces the cooldown and Mana cost of Power Word: Shield in the current demo tree.
It then leads toward additional talents that interact with shielded players.
That makes shielding less of an occasional Priest utility and more of a genuine Discipline playstyle.
Forever also adds Divine Aegis.
In current demo data, critical heals create an absorption shield on the target.
This means your healing can protect players beyond the health it immediately restores.
That is especially useful on tanks or players about to take another hit.
Unlike Holy's new final talent, Discipline keeps Power Infusion at the top of its tree.
The current Forever version increases the target's spell damage and healing for a limited duration.
That gives Discipline valuable support potential beyond raw healing.
Discipline is more proactive than Holy.
The better you understand encounters, the stronger preventive healing becomes.
If you know heavy damage is coming, you can prepare.
If you wait until everyone is almost dead before thinking about shields, you lose part of the spec's advantage.
That generally makes Discipline more demanding for new healers.
Discipline offers:
strong shielding;
preventive healing;
Penance;
Divine Aegis;
Power Infusion;
respectable direct heals;
strong support utility;
better ability to contribute offensively.
It can feel less intuitive than Holy.
A reactive healer can watch health bars fall and respond.
A preventive healer gains more value from understanding why they are about to fall.
Best for: experienced healers, players who enjoy shields and preparation, support-oriented players.
Holy Paladin is the durable healer.
You wear heavy armor.
You bring Blessings.
You have powerful direct heals.
And Forever significantly expands the Holy tree instead of leaving it close to its limited Vanilla design.
Blizzard has described Paladin as receiving the largest class rework in Forever. Holy gets a completely new final talent while Holy Shock moves earlier into the talent tree.
Holy Shock is no longer the final Holy talent.
Instead, it moves earlier in the tree and becomes a major building block for later talents.
Blizzard's updated Paladin design also reduces Holy Shock's cooldown compared with traditional Classic.
An instant healing spell is extremely useful because it gives Holy Paladin something its longer casts cannot provide:
immediate response while moving.
The current demo includes Infusion of Light.
Critical Holy Shock or Flash of Light heals can reduce the casting time of your next Holy Light.
This creates a natural rhythm.
Use your faster or instant healing.
Trigger an effect.
Follow with a stronger Holy Light when appropriate.
That is more engaging than repeatedly casting one efficient spell.
The new Reverence talent allows part of the Paladin's Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Mana longevity has always been central to healing.
A healer who survives the encounter but reaches zero Mana halfway through it has not solved the encounter.
Talents that preserve regeneration can therefore matter greatly in long fights.
The most important Forever addition is Light's Vigil.
Current demo data describes it as a mark placed on a target that interacts with your next Holy Shock. Used appropriately, it can remove Holy Shock's cooldown and create additional party healing.
That gives Holy Paladin something it traditionally lacked:
a more deliberate group-healing interaction built directly into the Holy tree.
It does not transform Paladin into a Shaman.
Its identity remains focused.
But it gives Paladin more options when damage is not confined to one person.
Holy Paladin works best for players who like identifying important targets and keeping them alive.
The tank is taking heavy damage?
That is exactly the situation Holy Paladin is designed to manage.
A dangerous mechanic targets one player?
Paladin has strong direct responses.
You also bring defensive and support utility that can prevent bad situations rather than merely healing afterward.
Holy provides:
excellent focused healing;
heavy armor;
Holy Shock;
Light's Vigil;
strong defensive utility;
Blessings;
Cleanse;
excellent personal survivability.
Blessing of Kings is also becoming baseline rather than requiring a talent investment, giving every Paladin access to important group utility.
Even with Forever's improvements, Paladin remains less naturally built around continuously healing large numbers of separated players than some alternatives.
It also lacks the mobility toolkit of Druid.
Holy rewards careful target selection.
Best for: tank healing, targeted emergency healing, durable healer players, players who enjoy Paladin utility.
Restoration Shaman revolves around two major identities:
water-based healing
and
Totem support.
Shaman is especially comfortable when party members remain reasonably close together because spells such as Chain Heal naturally reward grouped positioning.
Current Forever material still describes Restoration as one of the game's primary group-healing and support specializations.
Forever also gives Restoration an important new final talent.
Riptide replaces Mana Tide Totem as the 31-point Restoration talent.
Mana Tide itself moves earlier in the tree rather than disappearing.
In current demo data, Riptide provides healing over time and strengthens Chain Heal when Chain Heal is cast on that target.
That is a very natural addition to the Shaman toolkit.
Riptide gives you a mobile HoT.
Chain Heal gives you bouncing group healing.
Together, they reward planning your healing through specific players.
Moving Mana Tide Totem away from the final talent slot means Restoration can potentially gain this iconic Mana-support tool without sacrificing access to its new capstone.
That is a substantial structural improvement.
Healers care deeply about Mana.
A tool that improves resource longevity can affect the entire healing group, not just the Shaman.
The current Forever tree also adds Water Shield.
Demo data indicates that it can restore Mana through specific triggers, including healing criticals.
This supports Restoration's ability to sustain long encounters.
Forever adds Mindfulness, allowing part of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
This is important because healers frequently spend long periods casting continuously during difficult fights.
Restoration is highly satisfying when several players need healing together.
Place Totems intelligently.
Keep useful effects active.
Use efficient single-target heals when one person needs attention.
Use Riptide to establish healing and support your Chain Heal targeting.
Then let Chain Heal do what it does best when damage spreads through the group.
Restoration offers:
excellent group healing;
Chain Heal;
Riptide;
Totem support;
strong Mana tools;
useful buffs;
strong dungeon and raid utility;
both direct and periodic healing.
Positioning matters.
Chain Heal becomes less impressive when the entire group is scattered.
Totems are also positional tools.
A Shaman who constantly places them in the wrong location loses part of the class's value.
This healer therefore rewards awareness of where your group is standing, not only which health bars are low.
Best for: grouped raid healing, dungeon groups, Totem enthusiasts, support-oriented players.
Restoration Druid heals differently from every other class.
Instead of relying primarily on large direct heals, Druid specializes in healing over time.
You often begin solving damage before everyone's health becomes critical.
Rejuvenation continues healing after you cast it.
Regrowth mixes direct and periodic healing.
Swiftmend gives you an immediate response when an HoT is already present.
Forever then adds Wild Growth and improves the speed at which Restoration can deploy its toolkit.
Icy Veins describes Forever Restoration as having significantly more in common with later versions of the spec than old Vanilla Restoration, with a much stronger HoT identity.
Swiftmend no longer sits at the very end of the Restoration tree.
It moves earlier, making the instant heal available before you finish the full specialization.
This is a major improvement because instant healing gives Restoration a strong emergency response alongside its slower HoT-based strategy.
The new 31-point talent is Wild Growth.
Current demo data describes Wild Growth as a heal-over-time effect applied to the target and their nearby party members. Healing is delivered rapidly at first and then slows through the effect's duration.
This significantly improves Druid's ability to answer group damage.
Instead of manually placing Rejuvenation on every injured player, Wild Growth provides another way to establish healing across several targets.
Forever adds Gift of the Earthmother.
The current demo version shortens the global cooldown for Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, and Wild Growth.
That means Restoration can apply important healing tools more quickly when damage begins spreading.
Current Forever Restoration information also indicates that heal-over-time effects can critically heal, expanding the value of critical-strike itemization for the spec.
This is another meaningful difference from traditional Vanilla assumptions.
Old Restoration gearing advice should not simply be copied into Forever.
Restoration rewards prediction.
If you wait until the tank is almost dead before beginning to think about healing, you are not using HoTs to their full potential.
Instead, you anticipate sustained damage.
Place Rejuvenation.
Keep healing ticking.
Use Swiftmend when immediate recovery is needed.
Use Wild Growth when damage affects the wider party.
Restoration becomes especially satisfying when you understand the rhythm of incoming damage.
Restoration offers:
excellent heal-over-time coverage;
strong movement healing;
Wild Growth;
Swiftmend;
Rejuvenation;
Nature's Swiftness;
strong flexibility;
shapeshifting utility.
Improved Mark of the Wild is also incorporated into the class rather than requiring the old talent investment.
HoTs take time.
If someone drops from full health to almost dead instantly, a ticking Rejuvenation alone will not solve the problem.
That is why Swiftmend, Nature's Swiftness, and direct heals remain important.
Druid healing is strongest when the player learns to combine preparation with emergency responses.
Best for: mobile healing, HoT fans, sustained group damage, players who enjoy proactive healing.
Five-player dungeons put different demands on healers than large raids.
You frequently have one tank taking constant damage while individual DPS players occasionally take heavy hits.
You also have more responsibility for:
dispelling,
positioning,
Mana,
emergency saves,
and sometimes crowd control or damage.
All four healing classes can work.
Holy Priest is probably the easiest healer to understand immediately.
Its varied direct-healing toolkit gives you a response to many different damage patterns.
Prayer of Mending should also fit naturally into groups taking recurring damage.
Discipline is excellent when you understand when damage is coming.
Shielding important targets before dangerous mechanics can reduce panic healing later.
Penance also provides a versatile emergency tool.
Paladin naturally excels when the tank requires heavy attention.
Its armor and defensive tools also make mistakes more forgiving when enemies reach the healer.
Shaman becomes especially strong when party members remain close enough for Chain Heal to work efficiently.
Totems bring additional group value beyond healing.
Druid handles sustained damage extremely well.
HoTs can continue working while the Druid moves or performs another action, while Swiftmend provides faster recovery when necessary.
Raid healing depends heavily on encounter design and healer composition.
A good raid does not necessarily want every healer doing exactly the same job.
One healer might focus primarily on tanks.
Another handles widespread raid damage.
Another specializes in prevention or emergency support.
That makes healer diversity valuable.
Holy offers broad flexibility, while Discipline adds shielding and support.
A raid can potentially use both healing philosophies even though they come from the same class.
Holy Paladin naturally fits important-target and tank-focused responsibilities.
Forever's new group-healing interactions make it less one-dimensional than the Vanilla version.
Chain Heal and Riptide give Restoration a natural place when players are grouped together and taking widespread damage.
Totems provide additional reasons to bring the class beyond raw healing throughput.
Restoration is suited to sustained raid-wide damage.
HoTs can already be working on several players before another wave of damage arrives.
Wild Growth strengthens that group-healing identity further.
The strongest raid healing team may therefore be mixed rather than stacking whichever healer happens to have the largest current number.
For a player learning the healer role, Holy Priest is the clearest starting point.
The reason is not simply power.
It is readability.
Someone loses health.
You heal them.
Different spells cover different amounts and patterns of damage.
You learn the fundamental healer skills without needing to understand Totem positioning, extensive HoT preparation, or preventive shield windows immediately.
Holy Paladin is another approachable option if you prefer keeping one important target alive.
Restoration Druid and Discipline Priest become more rewarding as you learn to anticipate damage rather than only react.
Restoration Shaman sits somewhere between these styles.
Restoration Druid stands out.
HoTs and Swiftmend allow significant portions of your healing to happen without long casts.
Gift of the Earthmother also improves the responsiveness of several key Restoration spells in current demo data.
Holy Paladin's Holy Shock provides useful instant healing as well, while Shaman gains Riptide.
But movement naturally suits Druid's healing philosophy particularly well.
Holy Paladin is the most naturally focused option.
Paladin's toolkit revolves strongly around keeping specific players stable through direct healing and defensive utility.
Holy Priest can also perform strong focused healing, while Discipline can reduce incoming pressure through absorption.
Restoration Druid can maintain HoTs on the tank while handling other targets.
Shaman has Healing Wave and other direct-healing tools.
So “best tank healer” does not mean “only healer capable of healing tanks.”
It means Paladin's toolkit naturally aligns with that job.
Restoration Shaman and Restoration Druid stand out, but they approach the problem differently.
Shaman uses Chain Heal and Riptide to move healing through grouped allies.
Druid spreads HoTs and uses Wild Growth to establish healing across several nearby players.
Holy Priest remains highly flexible and has its own party-healing tools.
Paladin is gaining more group support through Light's Vigil but remains the most focused of the four.
Exact final builds should wait for live tuning.
The current talent data comes primarily from the BlizzCon demo, and individual values can change before or during beta.
However, the important talent directions are already clear.
Pay close attention to talents supporting:
Prayer of Mending;
Binding Heal;
Litany of Light;
Improved Renew;
Spiritual Healing;
efficient direct healing.
These talents support Holy's flexible, reactive identity.
Key current tools include:
Penance;
Soul Warding;
Improved Power Word: Shield;
Renewed Hope;
Divine Aegis;
Meditation;
Power Infusion.
This path supports shields, Mana efficiency, critical-heal absorption, and utility.
Important current Forever talents include:
Healing Light;
Reverence;
Infusion of Light;
Illumination;
Divine Favor;
Holy Shock;
Light's Vigil.
Holy is clearly being redesigned around the interaction between critical heals, Mana management, Holy Shock, and direct healing.
Current important tools include:
Improved Healing Wave;
Tidal Mastery;
Mindfulness;
Water Shield;
Mana Tide Totem;
Healing Way;
Riptide.
Riptide and Chain Heal interaction appears particularly central to the new Restoration identity.
Important talents currently include:
Reflection;
Gift of Nature;
Gift of the Earthmother;
Improved Rejuvenation;
Swiftmend;
Nature's Swiftness;
Living Spirit;
Wild Growth.
The tree strongly encourages efficient HoTs, fast reactions, Spirit, and group healing.
A healer's Mana bar is effectively another health bar for the group.
If you waste too much Mana early, the party may die later even though you technically healed correctly at the beginning.
Do not automatically cast the strongest heal available.
Use the smallest efficient spell capable of solving the problem.
Avoid excessive overhealing.
If the target is missing a small amount of health and is not in danger, they usually do not need your largest heal.
Forever's redesigned talent trees contain several Mana-support mechanics:
Priest: Meditation and Litany of Light.
Paladin: Reverence and Illumination.
Shaman: Mindfulness, Water Shield, and Mana Tide.
Druid: Reflection and other efficiency talents.
Mana efficiency is not boring optimization.
It is what allows you to continue healing when the fight lasts longer than expected.
Your job is to keep the group alive.
That does not mean you should stand still doing nothing whenever everyone is healthy.
Forever makes healer damage more practical because bonus healing also grants part of its value as bonus damage.
Priest can Smite or use other offensive tools.
Paladin can contribute Holy damage.
Shaman has Lightning-based attacks and shocks.
Druid can use Wrath, Moonfire, or forms depending on build and situation.
But one rule is more important than your damage meter:
Do not spend the Mana you need to save the group.
Damage is a bonus.
Healing remains the responsibility.
You do not need a full endgame healing build to heal every leveling dungeon.
Hybrid classes can usually level through a damage-oriented setup while carrying appropriate healing gear and using their healing toolkit.
Priest can level through damage talents while retaining healing spells.
Feral or Balance Druids still know Restoration abilities.
Enhancement or Elemental Shamans retain heals.
Retribution Paladins can still cast Holy Light and other support spells.
As dungeons become harder, healing-specific talents become more valuable.
By the time you are preparing for serious level-60 group content, a dedicated healing setup makes increasingly more sense.
Forever's talent interface has shown a Primary and locked Secondary setup, although Blizzard has not yet fully explained exactly how that second configuration unlocks or functions.
Until that system is fully documented, do not assume modern Retail-style specialization swapping.
Do not automatically copy old Classic healer Best-in-Slot lists.
Forever changes itemization significantly.
Blizzard has confirmed:
healing power contributes partially to damage;
spell, melee, and ranged crit are unified;
spellcaster weapons provide spell damage and healing;
dungeon itemization has been reviewed;
many quest rewards have new alternatives.
Restoration Druid also gains additional value from critical strike because Forever HoTs can critically heal according to current class information.
Each healer will therefore need to evaluate the Forever version of an item, not simply its Vanilla reputation.
Intellect, Spirit, healing power, critical strike, Mana regeneration, and other stats can all matter differently depending on class and talent choices.
The first mistake is trying to keep every player at exactly 100% health.
Not every missing health point is an emergency.
Another mistake is using expensive fast heals constantly.
Fast healing exists because sometimes you need speed.
That does not mean it should replace efficient healing.
Do not ignore your own health.
A dead healer heals nobody.
Do not stand next to the tank unless your class or encounter specifically requires it.
Do not forget dispels.
Removing a dangerous effect can prevent far more damage than healing through it.
Do not burn every cooldown during the first difficult moment.
A worse one may follow.
Shaman players should pay attention to Totem placement.
Druid players should prepare HoTs before sustained damage.
Discipline Priests should use shields before predictable danger.
Holy Paladins should identify the targets that genuinely require concentrated healing.
Holy Priests should use their broad toolkit rather than depending on one spell.
Most importantly:
Do not judge yourself only by raw healing numbers.
Prevented damage, dispels, Mana efficiency, defensive saves, good positioning, and keeping the correct people alive matter more than padding a healing meter.
There is no confirmed permanent overall winner while Forever's final tuning is still developing. Holy Priest offers the broadest traditional healing toolkit, Holy Paladin specializes in focused healing, Restoration Shaman excels at grouped healing and Totem support, Restoration Druid specializes in HoTs and mobility, and Discipline Priest emphasizes shielding and prevention.
Holy Priest is the most straightforward recommendation for players learning to heal because its toolkit directly covers single-target, group, periodic, and emergency healing without requiring one highly specialized mechanic.
Holy Paladin has the most naturally focused toolkit for strong single-target healing and defensive support. Forever also builds Holy more heavily around Holy Shock, Infusion of Light, and Light's Vigil.
Restoration Shaman and Restoration Druid are both strong candidates. Shaman uses Chain Heal and Riptide, while Druid relies on HoTs, Swiftmend, and the new Wild Growth capstone.
Yes. Discipline gains substantial healing support through Penance, improved Power Word: Shield interaction, Renewed Hope, Divine Aegis, Meditation, and its existing direct-healing toolkit.
Prayer of Mending replaces Lightwell as Holy's current 31-point talent in the BlizzCon demo tree.
Riptide replaces Mana Tide Totem at the top of Restoration. Mana Tide moves earlier in the tree, while Riptide provides healing over time and strengthens Chain Heal interaction in current demo data.
Wild Growth replaces Swiftmend as the 31-point talent. Swiftmend moves earlier into the tree, while Wild Growth provides group healing over time.
Light's Vigil replaces Holy Shock at the top of the Holy tree. Holy Shock moves earlier and becomes part of the talent interaction leading into Light's Vigil.
Yes. Undead can become Paladins in Forever, giving Horde players access to Holy Paladin.
Yes. Dwarves can become Shamans in Forever, giving Alliance players access to Restoration Shaman.
The four WoW Forever healing classes are designed to solve the same problem in very different ways.
Holy Priest is the flexible traditional healer. It has answers for many types of damage and gains Prayer of Mending, Binding Heal, and new Mana interactions.
Discipline Priest thinks ahead. Shields, Penance, Divine Aegis, and Power Infusion reward a player who anticipates damage instead of only reacting afterward.
Holy Paladin concentrates enormous attention on important targets. Holy Shock, Infusion of Light, strong direct healing, defensive utility, and the new Light's Vigil talent give the spec a more complete Forever toolkit.
Restoration Shaman shines when the group fights together. Riptide, Chain Heal, Totems, Water Shield, and Mana Tide create a healer built around group support and intelligent positioning.
Restoration Druid wins through sustained healing and movement. Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, faster HoT deployment, and Wild Growth allow healing to continue while the Druid is already preparing the next response.
The best choice depends on what feels satisfying to you.
Choose Holy Priest if you want a broad healing toolkit.
Choose Discipline Priest if you enjoy shielding and prevention.
Choose Holy Paladin if keeping one critical target alive sounds satisfying.
Choose Restoration Shaman if you enjoy Chain Heal, Totems, and supporting tightly grouped parties.
Choose Restoration Druid if you prefer HoTs, preparation, and mobile healing.
Forever's final balance can still change during testing.
The identities behind these healers are much more important than whichever one temporarily produces the highest number.
A great healer is not the class at the top of a meter. It is the player who understands their tools well enough to keep the group alive when the fight stops going according to plan.
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