Druid or Paladin healer?

[Kfunk]

I'd like to solicit some advice from other players on the merits of druid vs paladin healing in pve and pvp.

I have gone through 40 levels of war/pal/hunterx3 with no problems in pve, and just slight problems in pvp.

One thing that does concern me is my paladins lack of ability to drop large heals on multiple targets. In several instances of pvp, and a few in pve such as when I accidentally agroed half of SM, I have had problems throwing heals across the party with the paladin. I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, that a druid would be able to handle that better with heal over times on the hunters while still focusing big heals on the warrior.

So my questions:

Can druids solo-heal heroics?

How is the survivability of druids vs paladins when I may not be able to give them my full attention. Is throwing an instant HoT and shifting into bear as effective as a paladin standing there with a shield?

Will the Heal-over-times be worth the loss of blessings?


Thanks for any input on this!

[Majestic_Clown]

I would assume Druid would be a better healer, My main char is a healing pally and I think it will be good hard to spam heal, tank and dps all at the same time, with HoTs at least you have its paced out.

The healer shouldn't really pull agro much is HoTs is all your doing and the odd heal in between per tic.
I making my pally multi-spec, tank & healer and having a priest heal.

[Jusa]

I'd think shaman would be your best bet for group healing while still remaining a bit durable. Druids can take quite a bit if they ate spinning 3 lifeblooms and rejuv and regroth on them selves but that takes a bit more hands on than most boxers want. Shaman can chain heal in these situations they wear mail and have a shield and if they die you get another try without argo in the form on ahnk. Palls are great single target healers but group damage is not their thing. A resto druid in bear form is still weak and now they can't heal. Feral druid gear has alot more armor than resto gear so where a feral druid would have 25k + a resto in bear form would have 10k and no defense so you would be crit to death fast with no incoming heals.

Resto druids would be better than pally's as multi target healers but not as good as shaman or priests.

[ngilbert]

look at it from a different perspective. Pallys are great healers, spec'd right they can pretty much out heal (single target) anyone. Druids, priests, shaman are all good healers too.

But in your example, you probably had 5+ mobs on you, the problem.. no wrong word.. the issue was that its hard to keep agro on all of that as a warrior. Takes a TON of work, which is compounded by the fact you were boxing..


If you are considering rerolling a different healer.. roll a pally tank on your warrior's account as well. Level up a pally with a druid healer. That way you can try out both combos and see what you like better.
Pally tanks are really easy mode, and very simple to macro with cast sequences. That strength with a pally healer, really only focused on the tank you should be able to go far.

Plus 2 blessings, aura's, DI's when the fit hits the shan....

Kings and might for your hunters...

[Borogove]

Can druids solo-heal heroics?
Absolutely, without a doubt. As a shadowpriest in the single-player game, my usual daily heroic group has a druid as the healer.

How is the survivability of druids vs paladins when I may not be able to give them my full attention. Is throwing an instant HoT and shifting into bear as effective as a paladin standing there with a shield?
They're different. A druid performs better while mobile, and a paladin performs better while taking hits. A druid likes consistent incoming damage, and a paladin often heals reactively. A druid is flexible in terms of what role it can play in the same fight, and a paladin offers more group enhancements and buffs. With that said, in your example, no, a druid throwing a hot and shifting will not be as effective as a paladin simply because the druid stops healing whereas the paladin doesn't. Of course, most pvp druids won't just sit in bear form after tossing a heal, they'll try and run, healing on the move.

Will the Heal-over-times be worth the loss of blessings?
Hot's are the primary way druids heal, they're not a bonus. Contrawise, blessings are just one of a paladin's strengths. If you want to make a comparison, look at *all* of their advantages and disadvantages. In the end, you should decide which fits the way you like to multi-box.

As a final note, I will caution you on pve with a single druid as your healer: the battle-res timer is very long, and it's your only means of resuscitation. This issue goes away if you run with shadowpriests or paladin tanks, but keep it in mind for the group you have now.

[Lokked]

Druids are the current fotm OP healers for PvP, and quite possibly for PvE as well.

I have a 47 pally on my main account, but plan on ignoring him and leveling a druid along with my 4 alts. Druids are just better.

[Elmotrix]

Can druids solo-heal heroics?

any healer can solo heal heroics, i solo heal them easly with my holy paladin. with the extremly mana effective pally class i can do a whole heroic run without even drinking.

and the + side with a paladin healer, they don't start crying if they got mobs on them, tallents + aura and you got 100% or more chanse to not loose castingtime on heals. i often offtank mobs if its to many for the maintank, even while i'm the only healer.
in tier 4 i can do all the normal instances as only tank AND only healer, tanking in my healing gear, holding agro by healing.