Hey Mooni,

dr00ds are great but more as off-healers which is probably what you are finding out for yourself. They do have the fastest heals in the end-game (and not to mention ports which are great for getting around) but unfortunately, if the tank is taking heavy damage, and a dr00d is the only healer - well - things could go south pretty fast (assuming a standard equipped character)

When it comes to matching a dr00d to a main-heal I'd probably go with the following combos:
- fury = defiler or templar (all casters)
- warden = mystic or inquisitor (all melee)
..these combos can be further complimented by matching the appropriate bard to the healer damage type as well (i.e., troub = spell, dirge = melee) - but not like you will be relying on the healers to provide the dee-pee-sss

If I had to choose and a dr00d HAD to be in the group:
- fury + defiler is an excellent combo with the defiler doing the main healing and the fury topping up and dishing out the dps
- maybe warden / inquis as a distant second choice

Can even narrow this down further, as I hinted above - fury + defiler = some very nice dps - this is the combo I tend to use when I am in farming mode for low-mid end content

But, even though I have offered these suggestions on how/where to use a dr00d - when it comes to crawling through a high-end dungeon (remembering I run 6 chars) - I leave the dr00d at home - I ALWAYS bring one of the shaman (defiler for more dps OR mystic for massive defensive warding PLUS a cleric (normally the templar)). I tend to favour the mystic / temp combo as to me it's the 'I can't die mode' (when high-end dungeon crawling BUT it is slow!). To add to this further - besides the healing, I leave the dr00ds at home when going high-end as simply, I find they die to easily! Leather wearers just get eaten too fast (even in full T2 + fables and crapola) unless they stand way back which is not my style as I always ensure everyones alway in melee range when I go hunting

..and just to add - I do have 5 of the 6 healers types (all 80s with some at 200aa - don't have a warden) so I have tried a fair few of the different healer combos but, as always, I don't know 'everything' so please post if you have had better success with other combos (and how you did it!)

N.B. of course if you did choose a shaman you want to make sure you choose the appropriate matching tank (i.e., sk + defiler, paladin + mystic, etc etc). Also some ppl swear by putting an inquis with the pally and a temp with the sk but I prefer the pally/mystic/temp and sk/defiler/fury combos (as I use the pally for crawling and the sk for farming).

Edit: - forgot to mention the guard tank - fair few ppl swear by the guard/defiler/temp combo - have tried that too and personally, I just hate having my @ss feared all over TSO so don't play the guard enough to comment

Edit 2: Just read through the post and better put it in context - when I say 1 tank and 2 healer I of course mean in a group of 6 chars because if you went this combo for a 3-box you'd be poking your eyes out with a pencil