Heal Alacrity Druid

October 2024

Introduction

Heal Alacrity Druid is a strong, flexible defensive support that provides permanent , , , , , , and 25 stacks of to a subgroup. This build also brings abundant condition cleanses and high amounts of Crowd Control.

Build Fundamentals

Alternate between Mace/Warhorn to provide boons and Staff for healing and .

Use as soon as it is available for healing, , and application through . Feel free to stay in for longer if you need to provide extra heals.

Build Specifics

It’s important to keep on your group with a combination of , , your pet’s F2 abilities through , and Glyphs via . Don’t hesitate to use these abilities if you won’t need them for mechanics.

Use off-cooldown for . While you may be using regularly for protection uptime, it may be useful to save it if you need to block certain mechanics like Deimos’s Mind Crush.

If you don’t need to be on a specific pet because of some encounter mechanic, consider swapping pets to provide extra boons via from .

Using changes the effect of your Glyphs. For example, instead of cleansing conditions on allies, provides , , and revives downed allies. becomes a powerful burst heal, while breaks stuns for allies.

Finish Mace Auto-attack chains for and use and regularly to provide and while increasing outgoing healing via Nature’s Strength.

provides to allies that walk through it, and can also be used to convert enemy projectiles into healing bolts for your team.

Druid produces Combo Fields that can be used in conjunction with to increase burst healing:

• – Water Field
• – Water Field
• – Water Field
• – Light Field (Cleanses conditions if Blasted!)

Use one of the following Blast Finishers for massive healing:

• Pet Swap

Pet Usage

• for damage and an application from .
• for CC.

Crowd Control

• dazes nearby foes when you enter .

Alternatives

Pets

• if you need more CC.
• for a smoke field if you have multiple Mirages in your squad.
• for extra .
• for additional condition cleanse.
• for extra DPS in fights where Confusion is strong.
• for projectile management.

Heal Skill

for:

• for additional condition cleanses.

Utility Skills

for:

• for CC or to push enemies away (Vale Guardian, Soulless Horror).
• for a long-range revive on an ally.
• for a party-wide stun break and self and barrier.

 for:

• in fights where you need extra .
• if you need extra pulsing healing or emergency revives.

Traits

Swap for:

• – for extra condition cleanses
• – for even more CC.

Gear

This build can also tank, but to be able to survive, run the following defensive gear setup:

• Giver’s Trinkets and Weapons
• Minstrel’s Armor
• Use instead of for more Boon Duration