Shadowlands 9.2 Healer Tier List for Mythic+ Season 3 - Dratnos and Tettles Predictions

Posted 2022/02/28 at 8:00 AM by tettles

Disclaimers About This Tier ListIf you want to make an argument that your spec should be in a higher tier, you are saying that you do not believe it deserves a buff!Patch 9.2 Shadowlands Healer Tier List Predictions for Mythic+ Season 3Healer Tier List Definitions

S: An exceptional choice that we expect will dominate the top of the leaderboard.

A: A great choice, healers in this tier will be very common to see in top groups.

B: A solid spec that can handle all the content, but relative to the above tiers falls slightly behind in damage, survivability, or utility.

C: A spec with weaknesses that make it noticeably harder to use effectively.

D:A spec with serious issues that requires very high player skill to achieve reasonable throughput results, while also not bringing especially valuable cooldowns, damage, or other utility. No healers in this time.

F: A spec with horrifying weaknesses that is in immediate need of developer attention and we’d be surprised to see played in many groups at all. No healers in this time.

VideoPatch 9.2 Shadowlands Healer Rankings and ExplanationsS Tier Specs for Mythic+ Season 3

Restoration Shaman is a healer that got relatively few changes coming into 9.2, but the biggest change they did get was the ability to wear 2 legendaries while playing Kyrian. Deeptremor Stone + Raging Vesper Vortex is an absolutely absurd amount of damage for M+ while they are also able to keep the party alive with good kit throughput.

Their damage coupled with the fact that Resto Shaman has top tier M+ utility in the form of Wind Shear, Capacitor Totem, Earthbind Totem, and Hex makes other healers difficult to compete. Resto Shaman is generally a jack of all trades healer in raid, but this definitely works to their benefit in M+. With them having no identifiable weaknesses, they are able to really carry in M+.

A Tier Specs for Mythic+ Season 3

Holy Priest being in the A-Tier is probably going to shock a lot of people. A lot of the strength of Holy Priest comes from Kyrian and just generally Holy Priest doing a surprising amount of damage in 9.2. Double legendary definitely works toward their benefit as well as Spheres' Harmony is something that will help them.

The biggest source of the power spike for H-Priest in 9.2 comes down to the fact that tanks on average take a lot less damage. This allows them to allocate more globals to damage output while they have a fairly strong healing throughput. Holy Priest has always been a healer that if the globals allowed it they could put out ample amounts of DPS, and this seems like the first season where tanks are sturdy enough to allow H-Priest to really pump.

Holy Paladin is a healer that has been dominant for almost all of Shadowlands. The nerf to Ashen Hallow + the terrible amount of throughput healing puts Holy Paladin in a spot where they may be somewhere between B and A-Tier. Holy Paladin is definitely being given the benefit of the doubt ranking wise as they may climb ranks slightly later on into the patch, but early on I suspect it will be very difficult to play with Hpally.

Paladin utility is still something that is quite potent if given the right circumstances. Blessing of Protection, Divine Shield, and the access to a disease dispel are all reasons that Holy Pally can definitely remain in the top echelon of M+ healing comps.

B Tier Specs for Mythic+ Season 3

Druid is a healer that coming into the 9.2 PTR looked quite impressive with Kyrian link. However, with the link being nerfed a lot of the luster from resto druid has faded a bit.

A shining spot resto druid is their ability to play a second DPS legendary if they so desire, but even then their damage is a bit below where it needs to be for them to be bumped up. The major benefit of them though is their throughput. Resto Druid does a great job at making the group not feel in danger due to their insane amount of healing and great utility abilities for tanks. Unfortunately their really low amount of DPS keeps them in B-Tier but if you need a solid healer for pug groups this is high on the recommended list.

C Tier Specs for Mythic+ Season 3

Ultimately the reason Disc Priest is C-Tier is their immense struggles at keeping groups topped up and having enough throughput healing on a per-pack basis. While tanks are getting stronger as a whole this season, they do still require throughput healing to keep them propped up. This means that Disc has to throw more Shadow Mends into their target to keep them alive.

Additionally, Disc does not have great upper bounds for potential damage output as a lot of their damage is passive. While this is great for raid as it generally translates to a lot of free DPS, for M+ maximizing the time you can spend DPSing from the healer position is an integral part of the game. That coupled with their lackluster HPS throughput are the reasons they are C-Tier.

Mistweaver Monk needs a LOT of help in the DPS department. Monk as a general rule has great utility in the form of things like Ring of Peace & Leg Sweep, but even with this being the case MW monk is really hard to bring due purely to their terrible damage.

They have great sustained throughput and while that is grand, they also do not have a reliable tank defensive which can become an issue as you go into higher keys. Ultimately though the reason they’re C-Tier is because their damage just is not close to other healers.

Class Guides

Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Devourer DHHavoc DHVengeance DH

Balance DruidFeral DruidGuardian DruidRestoration Druid

Aug EvokerDevastation EvokerPreservation Evoker

BM HunterMM HunterSurvival Hunter

Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage

Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin

Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest
Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue

Elemental ShamanEnhance ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemo WarlockDestro Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

Comment by yuukimuratbh disc priest should get insane amounts of AOE damage. buff all the AOE spells it has, that way it's not broken in raid and it's decent in M+, at least on fortified weeks, if the damage works with AtonementComment by GorerackTypo on MW: at the bottom it says “S-Tier” instead of “C-Tier”Comment by zeiwenhow come all of the tier lists you shared today can be consistently wrong?

resto druid has one of the best single target dps among healers especially as necro and kyrian is still looking strong even after the nerfs. it's obvious that resto shamans are another level in terms of healer dps in 9.2, but saying that druids have 'really low amount of dps' is just wrong.

if you include 4 sets, there is absolutely no way for disc to be in same tier as mistweaver. tpo + boon + 4 set adds a lot to disc's dps.Comment by LindestriaMight want to note that this is based on the 'High Key Meta' not Mythic+ in general, anyone who skims these articles is going to think Disc and MW are too difficult to do M+ in general.Comment by AnckIt's a bit sad that the main thing now separating healers is DPS and they're not even close to balanced in that aspect. Looking forward to another season of resto shaman dominance.Comment by TailleventMight want to note that this is based on the 'High Key Meta' not Mythic+ in general, anyone who skims these articles is going to think Disc and MW are too difficult to do M+ in general.Comment by havtorMight want to note that this is based on the 'High Key Meta' not Mythic+ in general, anyone who skims these articles is going to think Disc and MW are too difficult to do M+ in general.Comment by ValestriI came to read about best healers.
But post only talks about dps.

Its primitive to only focus on that.Comment by Urzu77Not to be rude, but to think that healer dps is not a crucial component of group performance is equally "primitive". Each of the spec writers contributed their thoughts on throughput ("best healers"), utility, and dps. If you think that a healer's only role is to heal, then that's fine if the groups you run keys with are satisfied with that. A large majority of players expect their healers to contribute as much in the dps department as possible when not busy healing.Comment by ApollomantisThe holy paladin take is the only one I take issue with, they may of has ashen hallow nerfed, yet their healing was buffed by 6%, which means their not completely out of the game at this point in time. AH was certainly a big CD to bring that allowed for big pulls to be done without much risk or going off without a hitch, yet their healing was fine too. In that I feel like the extra healing from dawn will come will grant them needed AoE healing, and boost their healing in AoE situations given you can bank the charges for a little. I know a lot of people like to doom and gloom a lot when it comes to anything that messes with DMG and healing to a spec, yet I feel that your not going to struggle with one simply put. I feel like AH is still going to be a potent CD in its nerfed state, as they did undo a bit of the nerf with the passive 6% buff they did. In that also having 6% increased healing should also soften the blow and scaling should further help main and secondary stat wise in M+. Not to mention their toolkit that the above mention oddly did not mention aura mastery, beacons, and the fact that they are extremely strong spot healers.Comment by Istinontbh disc priest should get insane amounts of AOE damage. buff all the AOE spells it has, that way it's not broken in raid and it's decent in M+, at least on fortified weeks, if the damage works with AtonementComment by adrianwhatyou're ignoring the fact that they also nerfed wings by 33% and they already did way less damage than resto shaman.

They are not going to be good.Comment by duranoxI came to read about best healers.
But post only talks about dps.

Its primitive to only focus on that.Comment by 2350822The healer interrupt is invaluable. I would be shocked if anything was ranked higher than Shammy given their damage output in combination with the only healer that can interrupt.Comment by PuppetfaceI came to read about best healers.
But post only talks about dps.

Its primitive to only focus on that.Comment by Puppetfacehow come all of the tier lists you shared today can be consistently wrong?

resto druid has one of the best single target dps among healers especially as necro and kyrian is still looking strong even after the nerfs. it's obvious that resto shamans are another level in terms of healer dps in 9.2, but saying that druids have 'really low amount of dps' is just wrong.

if you include 4 sets, there is absolutely no way for disc to be in same tier as mistweaver. tpo + boon + 4 set adds a lot to disc's dps.Comment by BuffyangelEven when I try on my resto Druid my dps is low. Then on my Rshaman damage is free. Looking at the meters you think resto Druid isn’t dpsing as much as resto Shaman, but I’m getting in my dots etc, it’s just nothing hits as hard on Druid comparatively.

GREAT TO HAVE DORKI commentary, he’s frontline and has good knowledge. I liked his thoughts on all specs.