Heal Quickness Firebrand

December 2022

Heal Quickness Firebrand is a flexible healer that provides permanent Quickness, Fury, Swiftness, and <25 stacks of Might to the party. It also has strong access to Stability, condition cleanses, and Aegis.

Axe variant offers permanent Fury uptime, higher personal DPS, and access to Blazing Edge, which can pull enemies towards the group and break defiance bars.

Mace variant sacrifices permanent Fury uptime for access to Regeneration via Symbol of Faith. In addition, Faithful Strike provides more sustained healing, while Protector's Strike can be used reactively to block attacks and grant additional Aegis to the party. (Note that while the Mace variant still provides decent Fury thanks to "Feel My Wrath!", be sure to bring another Fury provider to ensure uptime of this powerful boon.)

Build Fundamentals

Mantra skills instantly apply beneficial boons, healing, and other beneficial effects in a small cone directly in front of you. When using Mantras, face your allies and stand slightly behind them to support your group. Since Mantras do not interrupt the casting of other skills, feel free to use them while channeling skills like Empower or Shield of Absorption.

Apply Quickness with Mantra of Solace, Mantra of Potence, and "Feel My Wrath!". Note that Mantra of Solace only applies Quickness once every 7 seconds due to Liberator's Vow.

Apply Regeneration with Mantra of Lore, but keep at least 1 charge for cleansing conditions on allies. If you are running Mace, Symbol of Faith is another excellent Regeneration source.

To provide boons and healing to your party, use Empower, Symbol of Vengeance/Symbol of Faith, and Symbol of Swiftness.

Finally, buff your party’s DPS when possible with Epilogue: Ashes of the Just in Tome of Justice.

Damage Mitigation

Share Aegis with Shield of Judgment or provide Stability, Aegis, and damage reduction with Tome of Courage. Note that Epilogue: Unbroken Lines increases your allies’ toughness, which could cause problems if your Tank is in another subgroup. The Mace variant allows you to freely spam Aegis with Protector's Strike and "Advance!".

Because you can’t offer permanent Protection, time your Shield of Judgment to reduce direct damage pressure when needed. The Axe variant offers some (although unreliable) Protection with Protector's Restoration, while Mace offers more consistent Protection via Protector's Strike.

When facing condition pressure, Tome of Resolve and Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery offer multiple cleanses. For more cleansing, use Holy Strike in the Light field from Line of Warding, Symbol of Vengeance, and/or Symbol of Faith. You can also cancel out movement-impairing conditions with Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand in Tome of Courage.

Reflect projectiles with Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark in Tome of Courage or block them with Shield of Absorption.

Crowd Control

• Blazing Edge
• Shield of Absorption
• Tome of Justice Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke
• Tome of Courage Chapter 2: Daring Challenge with Taunt
• Line of Warding
• Hammer of Wisdom
• Sanctuary
• Bane Signet

Alternatives

Skills

You can replace Bow of Truth (if you can give up healing) and/or Mantra of Lore with:

• "Stand Your Ground!" for low-cooldown group Stability.
• Hammer of Wisdom / Bane Signet / Sanctuary (use with Master of Consecrations) for more Crowd Control.
• "Advance!" for Swiftness and more Aegis.
• Wall of Reflection for more projectile reflects (use with Master of Consecrations).
• Signet of Mercy for a long-range single target revive.
• Merciful Intervention for long-range shadowstep to an ally.

To be an absolute Stability beast, take Mantra of Liberation as your elite skill for fights such as Kaineng Overlook CM.

You can also use Stalwart Speed which will result in the same Quickness uptime on paper – 20% less uptime from Mantras vs. 4 seconds of Quickness every 20s from Mantra of Liberation. This trait can still help you achieve better uptimes with more frequent applications of Quickness. You can also activate Stalwart Speed more often with skills such as "Stand Your Ground!", "Advance!", and Shield of Courage.

Traits

• Master of Consecrations in Virtues if you are using any Consecration skill
• Pure of Heart in Honor if you want some extra healing and won’t suffer from longer Staff cooldowns
• If you absolutely need reduced Shout recharge times, take Pure of Voice in Honor. Keep in mind that you will lose some boon uptime and healing when switching from Writ of Persistence.