Shadowlands Healer Tier List - Mythic Castle Nathria Rankings for Patch 9.0.5

Live Опубликовано 21.04.2021 в 09:00 Squishei

Disclaimers About This Tier ListГрязешмякStone Legion GeneralsСир ДенатрийPatch 9.0.5 Shadowlands Healer Tier List for Castle Nathria

S: You are valuable on every encounter in Mythic Castle Nathria, bringing strong throughput, exceptional survivability and universal utility.

A: You excel in most situations in Mythic Castle Nathria but have some weaknesses on one or two encounters with your throughput, survivability or utility.

B: You are a solid choice in Mythic Castle Nathria. You may have a niche on some encounters but lack throughput, survivability and/or utility.

C: You are viable in Mythic Castle Nathria but suffer from many weaknesses in your throughput, survivability and utility.

D: You are viable, but the spec suffers from many weaknesses and should only be brought if there isn't another option.

Ranking

Spec

Writer Comments

Holy Paladin

Comments by Pelinal

Restoration Shaman

Comments by Niseko

Discipline Priest

Comments by Jak

A+

Restoration Druid

Comments by Jaydaa

Mistweaver Monk

Comments by Anomoly

Holy Priest

Comments by Jak

Patch 9.0.5 Shadowlands Healer Rankings and ExplanationsS Tier SpecsOverall Rating: S

Holy Paladins are one of, if not the most valuable healer in Castle Nathria currently. Holy Paladins bring passive damage, with options to invest further into damage, or invest into additional throughput. Depending on your legendary, gearing, and covenant choice you can switch between healing or damage depending on what suits the encounter, or your group. Holy Paladins also bring utility through spells such as Благословение защиты, Жертвенное благословение, Благословенная свобода, Аура благочестия, and Владение аурами. Most of these are available to all Paladins with the exception of Владение аурами being Holy specific. Владение аурами being a spread out damage reduction can be incredibly valuable, particularly on fights like Сир Денатрий, Stone Legion Generals and Грязешмяк.

Holy Paladins have the ability to invest heavily into burst healing cooldowns, to add to Гнев карателя which is already incredibly powerful by taking talents such as Святой каратель and Молот Света. All of this combined means that Paladin brings excellent utility, and can invest into being the highest damage dealing healer, or one of the best throughput-based healers, providing unparalleled utility, all while being quite durable through spells such as Божественный щит and Божественная защита. Paladins primarily play either Venthyr or Kyrian, where Venthyr provides more damage and a powerful cooldown in Пепельное освящение particularly when coordinated well with a team, and Божественный благовест for Kyrian which also provides a tremendously powerful cooldown that can be used to fit nearly every encounters damage pattern.

There are some disadvantages Paladins have. They don't have the highest mobility of any healer, meaning if an encounter involves constant movement they can struggle to stay in melee which currently is a requirement. However few encounters in Nathria pose this problem for far too long. In some cases on Леди Инерва Дарквейн, you may lose throughput doing orbs, and in Stone Legion Generals, you could get pushed out of melee. But this usually isn't a huge problem. Additionally, paladins don't stack extraordinarily well, as you introduce more paladins the "advantages" they bring are lessened, due to a large portion of their healing coming from Частица Света, and Свет зари. With 2, or more can reduce overall effectiveness. However, the benefits mentioned above can outweigh this (particularly if damage is of paramount concern).

All in all, paladins earn their S ranking because of their versatility/flexibility, powerful utility, and strong throughput in damage and healing. Every raid team either has one Holy Paladin or would like one.

Overall Rating: S

Restoration Shaman remains just as strong of a pick in Patch 9.0.5 for Замок Нафрия as before - maybe even more so with changes to other healers. While effectiveness differs from encounter to encounter, there is none where we are bad or even mediocre at regardless if one talks about progress or farm content. We bring a healing toolkit which fits all situations you can face in the raid combined with strong cooldowns (Тотем духовной связи, Тотем защиты Предков and Тотем целительного прилива) and great throughput potential, especially when Искусность: глубокое исцеление gets a chance to kick in a little more. Тотем духовной связи above all remains to be a cooldown that is hard to replace due to how much safety it can provide, particularly whenever its able to pierce through healing immunities; for example Статуя болезни души on Stone Legion Generals. Its 10% damage reduction is a bonus.

Looking at other aspects, Restoration Shaman also provides a wide array of utility (such as Тотем ветряного порыва for the winds on Stone Legion Generals, Пронизывающий ветер on encounters like Mythic Сир Денатрий and Тотем прилива маны for your other healers). On top of that, we have gotten surprisingly tanky with access to higher ranks of Прирост жизненных сил, Necrolords freshly reworked Скульптор плоти, Дух волка and Астральный сдвиг - while still having access to Реинкарнация if its really needed. Замок Нафрияs reposition mechanics are easily dealt with using Призрачный волк, Благосклонность предков or the appropriate covenant abilities.

The biggest moot point is the lack of damage potential, notably compared to something like a Venthyr Holy Paladin, but that currently does not affect viability too much. In order to keep up with the insanity of Venthyr Holy Paladins passive damage you would have to run a full DPS set, ideally using Night Fae and don't really have time to heal, at which point playing a DPS spec would be more beneficial either way. Not bringing an external defensive cooldown isn't fantastic, but the other healers usually bring enough of those to compensate for that - alternatively throw in a cheeky Тотем духовной связи and call it a day.
Overall Rating: S

Despite some hefty nerfs to Щит души's transfer rate from Искупление вины, Discipline and their mass absorbs are still a must have in a progression environment in Castle Nathria. That said, part of the challenge of this sort of tier list is that the community is heavily split on what is "best" right now due to where each player is at. Some are still progressing while others are reveling in farm parses. So some will base their opinion on what is "meta" based on the max potential of their output in a perfect scenario while others are interested in how something will perform if they are progressing on the encounters today, my rating is focused on the latter.

In any sort of progression-minded environment, Discipline is essential for guilds progressing the last three encounters of Castle Nathria. Щит души can easily line up with key mechanics on each of the fights, whether it is Грязешмяк's Громогласный рев or Разрушительный удар, the Кристаллизация of Генерал Грашаал and the Кровавая цена of Сир Денатрий. Each of these mechanics deals significant burst damage that absorbs and Слово силы: Барьер (excluding Кровавая цена) can help mitigate. Furthermore, Discipline brings good passive damage by dealing damage to produce these absorbs and their survivability, while low, especially on heavy physical damage bosses like Грязешмяк are made slightly better with frequent uses of the conduit for Уход в тень, Прозрачный образ.

Where Discipline falters somewhat is relative to their competition. Paladin's have stronger passive damage and utility, most other healers are more mana efficient, have a higher potential "maximum" output and are less reliant on Озарение to perform. Multiple Disc Priests on an encounter can often be situational, with some fights being excellent and others being very weak whereas Shaman and Paladin are more universally/easily stacked. Despite some of these issues, mass absorbs when operated correctly, are difficult to replace in a raid, no matter how much damage reduction or side utility from DPSers like Зона антимагии or Ободряющий клич that you might have. A 1 minute cooldown that produces massive absorbs for the entire raid, consistently results in a substantial boost to the raid's odds of survival and your team's chances of killing the boss.A Plus Tier SpecsOverall Rating: A+

With the recent Restoration Druid buffs of 9.0.5, the significant nerfs of Discipline Priest, and a farm environment which encourages underhealing, Restoration Druids have some of the highest healing throughput in Замок Нафрия. It's not obscenely ahead of the other healers but it's probably the strongest we've felt since Nighthold. How we deliver that throughput has also evolved in recent expansions; where previously we were typically more sustain-oriented healers, the sheer number of burst cooldown abilities (Расцвет, Воплощение: древо жизни, Спокойствие, and now Night Fae's ) have catapulted us to one of the premiere burst healers in Shadowlands.

The positives don't stop at just strong throughput. Our survivability, especially for healers, is nearly unmatched with Дубовая кожа, our passive healing Дар Изеры, an on-demand defensive via Облик медведя that can be further juiced up with Сердце дикой природы, and even a passive Страж природы-like effect via our conduit Отточенные инстинкты. The only thing missing would be a complete immunity, but to say it's difficult to kill a Restoration Druid would be a understatement. Combine this with exceptional mobility, both personally and raid-wide via the cooldown Тревожный рев, and you'll see there's a lot to love with Restoration Druids.

Where we tend to fall short is our less than stellar unique raid utility toolkit, specifically our ability to passively contribute damage and lack of a raid-wide damage reduction cooldown. We do still bring the highly valued Железная кора for tanks in addition to Озарение, Тревожный рев, and a host of other more niche utility. Unfortunately, most of that utility can be replicated by the other Druid specs. To deal meaningful damage, which is invaluable in undergeared progression raiding, we need to commit significant time and potentially even additional cooldowns like Созыв духов and Сердце дикой природы which can erode our healing throughput. If you raid with a Discipline Priest or a Venthyr Holy Paladin, both of which contribute significant passive damage, then it might be less of a priority for a Restoration Druid to contribute damage. Finally, reducing the dangerous onslaught of burst damage, especially when undergeared, can prove invaluable to raid survival, yet Restoration Druids still lack a significant way to contribute in this area. Fortunately, DPS abilities like Зона антимагии for Death Knights, Мрак for Havoc Demon Hunters, and Ободряющий клич for Warriors can help compensate for this weakness. A Tier SpecsOverall Rating: A

While Mistweaver Monks received only minor changes to the mana costs of both Заживляющий туман and Оживить, these changes did offer some boost to our overall power. Mistweaver Monks are not far behind other healers when we look at overall healing throughput, but are lacking in terms of damage reduction abilities. We can provide solid HPS across a fight, and then in times of need, have a strong three-minute cooldown in Призыв Юй-лун, Нефритовой Змеи or Призыв Чи-Цзи, Красного Журавля. We also boast some of the strongest single target healing in the game, which isn't greatly needed in raids, however, we do shine during the Sun King Salvation fight. Mistweaver Monks are some of the more sturdy healers, with access to a range of personals like Смягчение удара or Распыление магии, along with Укрепляющий отвар. With Кувырок and Трансцендентность: перенос we can quickly move into position, or save ourselves from a mistake.

When we look at our ability to help the raid beyond just HPS, we have of course our 5% physical damage debuff in Таинственное прикосновение, however this can be covered by any of the 3 monk specs and is not unique to Mistweavers. Mistweavers only external, Исцеляющий кокон, is a middle of the road type external. With a 2 minute cooldown, it cannot be used often, but as an absorb, it does have uses in fights that contain healing reduction mechanics. An example would be shielding Ненасытные миазмы targets when low during the Hungering Destroyer encounter. With Тигриное рвение, we can dispel roots on fights like Lady Inerva Darkvein or help people move into position for dropping Раскатистый взрыв on Stone Legion Generals. We also do offer a raid wide dispel, which can help save wipes in certain instances, such as a missed kick on Council of Blood. Also, when utilizing our healing style that centers around the use of Сгущающийся туман, we can contribute a large amount of damage during any encounter. We are one of the best classes at adding this damage, beyond the current iteration of Holy Paladin.

One of the key weaknesses of Mistweaver Monks is that the class in general is not as popular as other classes. We suffer from an under representation, which in turn, taints the perception of the power of our class across the community. This is a cycle that is difficult to break from, but Mistweaver Monks are by no means a liability in your raids. Another weakness mentioned above is that we also do not bring a raid wide damage cooldown to the raid. While this seems like a larger weakness, it is lessened over time once you have enough gear to survive a large damage event outright. You can generally rely on HPS throughput to pull you through those areas of an encounter. We also do not possess the best external cooldown in the game, but Исцеляющий кокон does have uses throughout Castle Nathria and should not be overlooked. So when compared against other healers, Mistweaver Monks do not have the best answer for all situations, but we do offer enough across the board to be considered in any healing team.Overall Rating: A

While frequently in the shadow of its sister spec Discipline, Holy has been steadily improving throughout 9.0.5 with buffs to the Fae covenant increasing Holy's utility and buffs to their legendaries improving their overall output. With the buffs to legendaries there has also been a rising pivot in legendary gameplay further increasing their output. While immobile and with fair survivability, Holy is steadily improving and does bring improved value to the raid team compared to 9.0.

The Night Fae's Волшебные стражи being buffed in Patch 9.0.5 to double the damage reduction given is a significant buff to Holy's utility and survivability. With the ease that you can move around the fairies, one can easily swap between using your covenant ability as a personal defensive (which is sorely needed) and as an external cooldown for your tanks. 20% damage reduction for 20 seconds every 90 seconds shores up some of the primary weakpoints of the spec for years, that of weaker tank support which is very significant in Shadowlands where tanks are very vulnerable and personal survivability. While Holy can enjoy many different covenant options with similar output results, only the Fae offers output increases in cooldown reduction and mana return while also giving a flexible personal/external cooldown.

From the legendary perspective, Быстрая концентрация's buff in duration has led to a significant rise in its representation and its ease of use. This makes it much easier to maintain on the high movement required on the last two bosses, allowing the Holy Priest to be more efficient with their mana pool casting less Быстрое исцеление to force Быстрая концентрация uptime and more Исцеление to take advantage of the legendary's buff to the spell. This further compounds the benefits that Holy receives from the Fae and makes the spec tremendously single-target focused in nature.

Despite the improvements to Holy, the spec lacks unique utility to push it into the Disc/Shaman/Paladin league that has dominated the healer meta for far too many years now. It is the same, tired repeat of Слово силы: Барьер, Щит души, Тотем духовной связи, Владение аурами, and Paladin's incredibly high damage contributions dominating the raid healer environment, which frequently leaves a singular slot in that 4th or 5th healer spot for the Holy Priest, Mistweaver Monk or Restoration Druid. If Holy Priest is chosen into that slot, it does have some good support to bring to the team, certainly more than Battle for Azeroth, but it is not at the top level where you'd see heavy representation at the World First end-boss level.

When looking at how this relates to the average raid team progressing right now, Holy fits in very well. Nathria is filled with high tank pressure and high spot-healing pressure as well. Иссушающее прикосновение from Изобретатель Зи'Мокс, Зловещая рана from Генерал Кааль and of course Пригвождение and Смертоносная искусность from Сир Денатрий all put pressure on the healer team to sustain these targets and Holy is well-positioned to take the lion's share of healing on these targets. Spot-healing is always a challenge in a raid environment and too often healers progressing mythic at the moment will struggle more heavily with properly supporting their tanks and priority targets, having a healer on hand who is primarily focusing on this is a strong benefit to improve the diversity of your healing squad.

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