The Best Healers in The War Within

The War Within Season 1 is almost here, so it's time to get ready. Knowing which classes will help you succeed is essential. Discover which classes shine in raids and Mythic+ dungeons.

Our guide is updated to keep up with the game's changing meta. We've already shared The War Within Class Tier List for the best healers, tanks, and melee DPS. Here, we'll go into more detail about each healer to help you choose the best one for you.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the Tier List Hierarchy to make informed decisions about Meta Healers.
• Healers in S & A Tier are top choices for raids and Mythic+ dungeons. They help you progress efficiently and handle challenges well. B Tier Healers are good but might need specific setups to perform best. C & D Tier Healers have more limitations and are harder to play.

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Understanding the Tier List System

Selecting the top healer can significantly impact your raid and Mythic+ success. Our guide delves deep into the healer classes, ranking them from indispensable to those needing a bit more love in this expansion. Let's break it down:

• S-Tier (Top): These healers got big upgrades in The War Within, making them the best for raids and M+. They have unmatched healing abilities, great utility, and top performance in the current meta.
• A-Tier (Highly Effective): Solid choices for most situations. These healers do well in various scenarios but might lack the extra edge of S-tier classes.
• B-Tier (Competent, but Limited): These healers can perform well but need specific conditions to shine. They might lack versatility or raw power compared to higher-tier healers.
• C-Tier (Underperformers): These healers often get outpaced by others due to less effective healing or limited utility.
• D-Tier (Challenging to Play): The hardest to use effectively in The War Within. These healers face big hurdles, lacking critical abilities and struggling with adaptability in fast-paced raids.

What Makes a Top-Tier Healer?

Choosing the right healer ensures your raid or dungeon team has the support needed for The War Within. Each healer has hero talants that can make or break your team's performance in tough battles.

Understanding each class's strengths and limitations helps you make better decisions, improve gameplay, and support your team effectively. Healers not only saves lives but also secures victories.

Best Healer Class Rankings

Below is a tier lists, showcasing the performance of each healer class in the current Patch 11.0:

Best Healers for Raids

Best Healers for for Mythic+ Dungeons

So, let's look at each one individually, their strengths, and weaknesses in different situations.

Holy Priest

Holy Priest: In WoW: The War Within, is a top healer in raids, holding the S tier. But in Mythic+, it's not as strong and is ranked in the B tier. Let's see why.

Hero Talents: With patch 11.0, Holy Priests got new Hero Talents - Oracle and Archon enhancing their powerful healing toolkit. Their 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses boost core spells like Serendipity, Heal, Flash Heal, and Prayer of Healing, making them even more effective in sustained healing situations.

Holy Priest in Raids

Holy Priests are S-tier and excel in raids with their powerful, reactive healing abilities. They manage sustained damage across many players well. Their Hero Talents, like Oracle and Archon, boost core spells like Heal and Prayer of Healing, making them great under raid pressure. These abilities make them crucial for handling widespread or sudden damage spikes.

Holy Priest in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ dungeons, Holy Priests have both challenges and opportunities, putting them in the B tier. Their low mobility and lack of an interrupt spell can be a disadvantage in fast-paced encounters. Despite this, their strong single-target and emergency healing can still be valuable. They require strategic play and careful positioning, as other healers may offer more versatility with crowd control and mobility spells.

In the end, it's a good and strong choice. Holy Priests are essential in The War Within. They adapt well to complex raids with strong healing and useful spells. As the game changes, Holy Priests stay a beacon of hope, guiding their team through tough challenges.

Restoration Druid

Restoration Druid: The War Within has changed the game for healers in World of Warcraft. Restoration Druids are now the best healers in Mythic+ Dungeons. They top the healer tier list here, even though they are still strong but a bit less dominant in raids. This shows how adaptable they are with the new game mechanics.

Hero Talents: In the latest update, Restoration Druids have received significant enhancements with the introduction of new Hero Talents - Keeper of the Grove and Wildstalker. These talents have been pivotal in elevating the class's effectiveness, especially in Mythic+ Dungeons.

• Keeper of the Grove: Enhances key spells like Regrowth, Wild Growth, and Swiftmend. The new tier set increases these spells' healing by 10%, improving group healing.
• Wildstalker: Boosts proactive healing. After using Soul of the Forest, it increases healing by 8% for six seconds, perfect for critical moments in raids and Mythic+ encounters.

Restoration Druid in Raids

Restoration Druids are great in raids but rank in A Tier, meaning they are excellent but not the best. Raids need steady, predictable healing, where they do well. However, they are not as essential here as they are in the more unpredictable Mythic+ dungeons.

Restoration Druid in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ Dungeons, Restoration Druids thrive, securing their place in the S Tier. This environment demands rapid responses to burst damage and the ability to handle high-intensity situations where healing needs can spike unpredictably. The introduction of new Hero Talents such as Keeper of the Grove and Wildstalker greatly enhances their ability to manage these situations, offering powerful healing boosts and utility that can be pivotal in tight encounters.

Their quick adaptability and strong utility options make them invaluable in high-stakes runs. These new talents shine in the fast-paced, complex environment of Mythic+, highlighting their essential role in any dungeon team.

Holy Paladin

Holy Paladin: The same situation applies to the Holy Paladin as with the Restoration Druid. The versatility of the Holy Paladin truly deserves recognition. They are the best in Mythic+ and really good in raids.

Hero Talents: Herald of the Sun and Lightsmith. These talents provide significant boosts to the Holy Paladin's healing capabilities and overall utility.

• Herald of the Sun: Enhances spells like Holy Shock, increasing its healing by 10% and reducing its cooldown by 10%.
• Lightsmith: Focuses on boosting the initial healing of Word of Glory and Light of Dawn by 8%, stacking up to 4 times, which significantly improves healing during critical moments in raids and Mythic+ encounters.

New Tier-Set: 2-Piece Bonus Increases the healing of Holy Shock by 10% and reduces its cooldown by 10%. 4-Piece Bonus: Holy Shock increases the initial healing of your next Word of Glory or Light of Dawn by 8%, stacking up to 4 times.

Holy Paladin in Raids

While the Holy Paladin excels in Mythic+ dungeons, their performance in raids places them in the A-tier. The removal of Daybreak cooldown and enhancements to Avenging Wrath contribute to their healing and damage output, but they face stiff competition from other top-tier healers in raid environments.

Holy Paladin in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ dungeons, Holy Paladins shine with their strong utility and defensive skills in the S-tier. Even without new changes, their toolkit is very effective. Holy Paladins offer great utility, including a 3% damage reduction aura, powerful single-target stuns, full health heals, and combat resurrection.

With abilities like Lay on Hands and various blessings, they can handle big damage and help in critical moments. Options like Repentance and Blinding Light provide versatile crowd control, making them invaluable in Mythic+ dungeons.

Holy Paladins have become even stronger in The War Within. They offer great healing, versatile utility, and strong defenses. This dual proficiency makes them a compelling choice for players looking to excel in both small-group and large-scale PvE content.

Mistweaver Monk

Mistweaver Monk: Mistweaver Monks might not be the top pick for raids due to their limited group healing and cooldowns, but they excel in Mythic+ dungeons. Their updated talents and abilities make them strong healers with great utility and damage potential.

Hero Talents: The new Hero Talents, Conduit of the Celestials and Master of Harmony, plus a new tier set, have greatly improved their performance. The 2-piece tier set boosts Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist healing by 10%. The 4-piece set makes Vivify extend these spells on the main target by up to 4 seconds.

Mistweaver Monk in Raids

In raids, Mistweaver Monks are in the C-Tier. Despite some improvements, they struggle because they lack a strong raid-wide cooldown. Their single-target healing is good, but raids need healers who can provide strong group healing and mitigation. In these areas, Mistweaver Monks don't perform as well as other healers.

Mistweaver Monk in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ dungeons, Mistweaver Monks really stand out, earning an A-Tier ranking. The updates have greatly boosted their HPS and DPS, making them effective in many encounters. Their Mystic Touch ability, which increases physical damage taken by enemies, is super helpful in melee groups. Plus, their utility spells like Ring of Peace and Life Cocoon are great for mob control and tank survival.

Discipline Priest

Discipline Priest: Discipline Priests have had mixed performance in WoW: The War Within. Their Hero Talents add interesting dynamics, but their effectiveness changes a lot between raids and Mythic+ dungeons.

Hero Talents: Discipline Priests get two powerful Hero Talents - Oracle and Voidweaver. While Discipline Priests struggle in raids (D Tier) due to low mobility and no interrupts, these Hero Talents make them strong in Mythic+ dungeons (A Tier), offering high healing (HPS) and damage (DPS) with versatile utility.

Discipline Priest in Raids

In raids, Discipline Priests face challenges because their Hero Talents focus on mixing damage with healing, which can be less effective in chaotic environments. They also have mobility and durability issues, making consistent healing hard to maintain. Plus, the lack of an interrupt ability makes it tough to control dangerous mobs, reducing their overall effectiveness in raids. Because of these issues, Discipline Priests are placed in the D Tier.

Discipline Priest in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ Dungeons, Discipline Priests are in A Tier due to their ability to provide both high healing per second (HPS) and damage per second (DPS). Their utility package is one of the strongest among healing specializations, offering numerous tools to support their team. However, mobility remains an issue, and the absence of an interrupt can be a drawback, especially in dungeons with caster mobs.

While they might struggle in raids, their strengths in Mythic+ Dungeons stand out. Their unique playstyle and strong utility make them valuable in any dungeon team, despite raid challenges. Stay updated on changes to optimize your gameplay experience.

Restoration Shaman

Restoration Shamans: In particular, have had big changes that affect how they perform in both raids and M+ dungeons.

Hero Talents: Restoration Shaman received a complete rework, introducing new raid-utility, two new Hero Talents - Farseer and Totemic, and a new tier-set. The 2-piece set bonus increases the healing of affected spells by an additional 10%, while the 4-piece bonus makes Tidal Waves 80% more effective and reduces the mana cost of affected spells by 8%.

Restoration Shaman in Raids

In raids, Restoration Shamans perform well - B Tier. Their new Hero Talents and tier-set bonuses boost their healing, making them great for group-wide healing. However, they lack strong defensive cooldowns besides Spirit Link Totem. While Spirit Link is powerful when the team is grouped up, a single-target damage-reduction spell like Druid's Ironbark would be very helpful.

Restoration Shaman in Mythic+ Dungeons

In Mythic+ dungeons, Restoration Shamans struggle a lot and are in the D tier. Their AoE healing and positioning issues make them less effective in the fast-paced, mobile environment. Despite their utility and healing abilities, they fall short compared to other healers who adapt better to the dynamic demands of Mythic+.

Preservation Evoker

Preservation Evoker: They face challenges in raids due to limited range, but show promise in Mythic+ dungeons. Their mix of healing and DPS, along with unique utilities, makes them an interesting choice in The War Within. As further tuning and adjustments come into play, Preservation Evokers may see their roles solidify and potentially rise in the healer rankings.

Hero Talents:With the new War Within expansion, Preservation Evoker got big changes, including two new Hero Talents - Flameshaper and Chronowarden, and a new tier set. The 2-piece bonus boosts Reversion and Emerald Blossom healing, and the 4-piece bonus greatly boosts Reversion's healing after using Verdant Embrace.

Preservation Evoker in Raids

In Mythic+ dungeons, Preservation Evokers face challenges due to their limited range and need for group coordination. They have strong healing but struggle when the group isn't close together. This can be a problem with many ranged DPS or uncoordinated groups. Despite their great utility and crowd control, their lack of fully ranged abilities is a big drawback in the fast-paced, mobile environment of Mythic+. And that's why they are in C Tier.

Final Thoughts

New Hero Talents and class reworks have changed the game, making some healers shine more than others. It's important to know the strengths and weaknesses of each healer class. This will help you succeed in raids and Mythic+ dungeons.

The meta can change with patches and updates. Keep an eye on class changes and adjust your playstyle and talent choices to stay competitive.

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Change Log

• 06.06.2020 - published.
• 20.07.2024 - guide updated for The War Within expansion.