World of Warcraft Class Roles: Healing

In the World of Warcraft, the healer’s main responsibility is keeping the tanks alive, allowing the rest of the party to fulfill their role.

Aside from making sure the party survives combat, healers must constantly watch their mana pool and ensure that they are able to cast the right spell at the right time. All of the healing classes in WoW have their own play styles, skills and abilities. Most of the healing classes have beneficial spells to aid their party as well, even the ability to raise the dead.

WoW Priest – The Ultimate Healing Class
The Priest in World of Warcraft is the strongest healing class, and Priests are always in demand throughout their WoW career. Using spells such as Renew, Flash Heal and Holy Nova, the priest is quite capable of keeping their party alive and fighting.

Should one of the party members fall during the course of combat, the Priest may raise them after combat using Resurrection. While by no means the only capable healers in WoW, Priests are easily the strongest.

World of Warcraft Druid – Healing With the Power of Nature
While technically a hybrid class, the Druid in WoW is nearly as capable as the Priest when it comes to healing. Using direct heals such as Healing Touch, healing over time (HoT) spells like Rejuvenation, and their own hybrid healing spell Regrowth, Druids are more than capable of keeping their parties alive.
Especially so should they choose to spec in the Restoration tree. Druids also boast the only resurrection spell which can be cast in combat, Rebirth, gained at level 20.

WoW Hybrid Healers: The Shaman and the Paladin
While not as single-minded as the Priest or as efficient as the Druid with their healing powers, the healing powers of the Shaman and the Paladin are quite useful to any group. Often filling the role of back up or emergency healers, these hybrid classes are always welcome in World of Warcraft for their healing and buffing skills.

Shamans in WoW have several useful healing abilities including Healing Stream Totem, Healing Wave, and Cure Poison. Their totems also offer various other beneficial effects to their party such as increased armor (Stoneskin Totem), increased strength (Strength of Earth Totem), and mana regeneration (Mana Spring Totem). Shamans also have the ability to raise the dead with Ancestral Spirit, gained at level 12.

Paladins in World of Warcraft also have the ability to heal and protect their allies using spells such as Holy Light, Lay on Hands, and Purify. In addition to their healing spells, Paladins can aid their group with auras and blessings.

The Paladin’s auras and blessings offer a variety of benefits such as increased armor (Devotion Aura), increased attack power (Blessing of Might), and mana regeneration (Blessing of Wisdom). Paladins, like all of the healing classes in WoW have the ability to resurrect using Redemption gained at level 12.