I used to raid heal heroic and m+ on my paladin. One of my favorite things is that when shit hits the fan and everyone is dying to massive damage intake, then you can bubble and not need to focus on yourself for a time.
Here's a solid way to start healing. Get Clique setup with heals mapped to your mouse. Left, middle click, right, middle scroll up and middle scroll down...plus the same buttons mapped to Shift +. That's 10 heal related spells right at your fingertips, you'll use more later of course. I'd make the 5 unmodified ones straight up cast heals and the Shift modified ones support heals. (HoT, AoE, shields, etc.) Then let your guild know you want to transition to healing and practice with them. They have a vested interest in you being successful, PUGs do not. I have healed since day one of WoW and one day I expressed an interest to try tanking to my guild. I was met with great laughter but in the end they all supported the attempt.
I actually prefer to setup clique this way. For example on my monk, E is my tiger palm, but in clique I have E as vivify. Which essentially gives you double value for each key instead of having 10 keybinds for offensive abilities, and 10 for healing. I use 10 keys for 20 abilities! :)
The best tip so far was: don't be afraid! See, a few years back (10 years) I had a WoW relapse and wanted so badly to return to the game as a Priest (original main 2004/5AD was Hunter/Shammy). Unfortunately, I purchased the upgraded version which came with a... boost. So I boosted a priest and it didn't take long until I was reamed-out for being the most idiot healer on earth (I quit the game again). Now here we are, 10 years later, giving this another go in the hopes of becoming a fulltime (outdoor) streamer. Everyone has to start somewhere, everyone! Lately I've been anxious starting off, so, I just wanted to sincerely thank you for tip #1 @nogylopp - I appreciate you and looking forward to learning more. Have a good one!
The best beginner tip i have is use the Proving Grounds, get some Muscle memory going, optimize your UI and macros between attempts to get gold. That way you can set things up perfectly to suit you without the anxiety of a group.
If you love a class and it's not meta right now... don't worry, the meta will change. Master the class you love because when it does become meta, you will be highly sought after and could really make a name for yourself on your server
My experience with asking other people questions could have been better so far. Coming from classic, I've realized this is an entirely different game in graphics and mechanics. I tried to ask someone about the profession, most specifically, 'Why can't I make anything below level 20 or 45 with my leatherworking.' his response was, 'If you don't even know, why are you playing the game? LOL’ And my second question was, 'How do I get back to Kul Tires from SW as the boat took me to Dragon Isles instead? I've tried asking several people that question, but no one responded. Finally, on the fourth player, I followed up with 'Are all the people on this server braindead or something’ I know it was rude, but I also wanted to test out if my whispers are delivered or not cus I was getting suspicious usually u don't get ignored on a classic like that at least they would have the courtesy to respond me to say ‘I don’t know' Anyway this guy finally replies to me just to smack talk back cus I insulted him and I had to say ‘So the only time I can get a response from people is when I insult them?’ And he goes back to his braindead form (Yes, he was a druid), keeps running into a wall, and ignores my response. The funny thing is that people don’t have the energy to be helpful, even to say, ‘Just wait for the other boat,’ which I found out later. But when they’re even lightly insulted, they can devise a snarky two paragraphs to own the person.
Thanks for the video, I've thing that really helped me when I started was to learn what each tank does. It made it a lot easier to heal DKs when I had some way of seeing how much runic power they had, for example
I’m returning to healing after a long break. It’s kind of tough to absorb all of the spells I get to play with, so I started with a core set of 5-6 core spells that got me through normal dungeons w/ no problem, got used to them as my go-tos, then started adding others for utility or special circumstances.
My first time ever healing. Been playing since wrath into cata, quit cata and then played here and there in bfa and only a couple weeks in shadowlands. Decided to pick up healer (bored from dps and do enjoy tanking, but wanted to try heals). Got all the addons for it and ended up making over 50 macros and now just training myself in heroics on the muscle memory. I'm used to this kind of stuff from Fortnite (since i played competitively). It's actually going good, I love the flexibility that a healer gets over a tank and dps
Major thing id suggest even to you video creator... shift your raid frames to either under your feet or to the right side of your screen because if you place it on the left or in the default location your hand is naturally on the right side of the screen as your hand is right of your keyboard so if you have frames up left you are crossing your hand and your field of view to look up... keep it where your hand is and keep your eyes in the middle of the screen where your character is
Thank you for this valuable video. I am new to healing but I've been playing WoW a long time as a hybrid so I understand a little. Going to be trying my hand at a Holy Priest in Dragonflight.
The UI thing is helpful I think some people, but I have a very unique way of playing with tons of keyboards. It has taken me years to hone in perfect my method, but I have easily and 25 to 35 keys that are programmed into my muscle memory, which I can easily click in a split second. And the hardest part for me, sometimes is certain healer classes have a little bit of button bloat, so I am not always able to find enough keys to assign everything to but an add-on would only take away from the key bindings that I already use everything easy to hit on my keyboard and mouse is already spoken for.
Hey good video even if it’s a year old! I like that you mentioned being consistent. There’s nothing wrong with meta chasing, especially if you have that competitive drive in you, but the majority of us are casual or moderate players. I’ve played MMOs since I was a child, and I am firm in the belief that if I don’t enjoy my class, I won’t enjoy the game. Every class and spec can clear normal/heroic and decently high keys with enough knowledge and practice. My guild is doubting my decision to make my alt a Resto Shaman right now, but I’m eager to prove them wrong!
Hey thanks! The video is hopefully always relevant :) Yeah exactly, if you aren't having fun you likely won't be as good as a class that you are enjoying. Prove them wrong! I love shamans!
Thanks so much. I played for so long as an altaholic. I finally settled down a little to raid for the first time doing dps in SL. Hoping to try some healing out in intense settings soon.
Clique might be the savior for me. I have never used macros for healing and i did all raid prog and CM's before i switched to prot in WoD. Healing now just feels so weird, it almost feels like im using down ranked spells even when im decently geared.
As a returning player who is a brand new Resto Shaman, these tips were great :D got a sub from me my dude. Not related to Healing; what's the UI you're using? The font and everything looks so clean.
The only downside of Clique is that if you set it to mouseover, then you can't cast on yourself without having to find yourself in the group display aswell, meaning that occasionally you waste precious time.
I have an issue. You say to set your party frames and optimize UI but I don't think you explain how. I know this isn't a UI setup guide, but it would have still help. I am new to WoW and add-ons in general. I come from ESO on console I might add. That game is very different to this game which is tab target. I don't know how to make my screen look like yours. It looks clean and not messy but still looks like it displays the info one needs.
welcome to WoW! They are optimized by having them right in front of your face parallel to your character so you can see everything without having to turn your head or look to the side of the screen. I hope that helps :)
I just started healing as I holy pally and I like my heals to be on my mouse does the click add on make it to where the thumb buttons will cast my holy spender heals when over player frame cause currently with the blizzard mouse over it won't let me it makes me physically hover over the character to even use it
Hi, I just wanted know what add on you're using to make your chat log in the bottom left corner look like that? If anyone could let me know, I'd appreciate it.
if I may ask, what did you do for your UI? I don't know how to get to those green bars of health i tried one run and it was really bad using the default WoW pictures to the left is really difficult
my friends say I'm never allowed to heal when I'm max lvl because they say we have two healers we don't need a third but I'm loving lvling my healer what do I do
I'll update this comment when i find it, but i have made a macro for all healing spells that is basically a get all benefits macro, all u do is cas the spell in either mousover>ur target>yourself in this priority order, u can customize it to have focus target added between target and mouseover for cleanses. This way u only need to replace ur heal spells, with a version that has this macro, this way u can be much faster at healing yourself or ur target by simply moving ur mouse away from a target, or clutch heal urself when ur dpsing without having to mousepver anything
Here is my tip as a 3.2 Rio Disc. Log out and roll a dps for no responsibility at all. If you want some say - roll a unkillable tank (any). You can thank me later.
Been two years now, since the lvl reduction have a Zandalari Holy priset I used to run Wotlk dungeons with, now its just 38 in BFA mode, plenty of CC and vicious mobs….bosses are easy though
Great vid. The UI and tunneling tips are great. My healer friend also recorded our keys. We would watch the replays when we had a disaster to try to find out exactly what led to the wipe. We were mostly pugging as a healer tank combo and it helped us figure out if it was our problem or a pug DPS causing an issue.
I don't know how to get over tunnel visioning :( It's like I legit become blind to everything (usually my actionbars/timers or the player frames) /sigh
You had me until you recommended Clique or external help to heal. This game is too hard to play as a healer, and suggesting that new players shouldn't trust themselves but rely on addons instead is depressing (not because of you, but because of the state of healers in the game).
i'm new to this game nd mmos in general(i have played them before but never got to endgame on any) and i just think this is too much info at once 😭😭 healing in other games i have played was so much easier
Sometimes i still forget to heal myself :(
CAN RELATE -especially in raids. It'sjust because we are just so selfless :)
@@nogylopp oh - and i just subbed :D
I used to raid heal heroic and m+ on my paladin. One of my favorite things is that when shit hits the fan and everyone is dying to massive damage intake, then you can bubble and not need to focus on yourself for a time.
It helps me to use raid style party frames.
Here's a solid way to start healing. Get Clique setup with heals mapped to your mouse. Left, middle click, right, middle scroll up and middle scroll down...plus the same buttons mapped to Shift +. That's 10 heal related spells right at your fingertips, you'll use more later of course. I'd make the 5 unmodified ones straight up cast heals and the Shift modified ones support heals. (HoT, AoE, shields, etc.) Then let your guild know you want to transition to healing and practice with them. They have a vested interest in you being successful, PUGs do not. I have healed since day one of WoW and one day I expressed an interest to try tanking to my guild. I was met with great laughter but in the end they all supported the attempt.
Exactly, click is so good and a standard mouse has MORE than enough to get you started on healing.
Tanking, whats that?!
I actually prefer to setup clique this way. For example on my monk, E is my tiger palm, but in clique I have E as vivify. Which essentially gives you double value for each key instead of having 10 keybinds for offensive abilities, and 10 for healing. I use 10 keys for 20 abilities! :)
With the cell unit frames addon you get clique built in, and it also works for all spells unlike clique
Do you have any more tips!? Let everyone know - discord.gg/68hSFwSbRa
The best tip so far was: don't be afraid! See, a few years back (10 years) I had a WoW relapse and wanted so badly to return to the game as a Priest (original main 2004/5AD was Hunter/Shammy). Unfortunately, I purchased the upgraded version which came with a... boost. So I boosted a priest and it didn't take long until I was reamed-out for being the most idiot healer on earth (I quit the game again). Now here we are, 10 years later, giving this another go in the hopes of becoming a fulltime (outdoor) streamer. Everyone has to start somewhere, everyone! Lately I've been anxious starting off, so, I just wanted to sincerely thank you for tip #1 @nogylopp - I appreciate you and looking forward to learning more. Have a good one!
The best beginner tip i have is use the Proving Grounds, get some Muscle memory going, optimize your UI and macros between attempts to get gold. That way you can set things up perfectly to suit you without the anxiety of a group.
damn that is a great tip! NICE ONE.
If you love a class and it's not meta right now... don't worry, the meta will change. Master the class you love because when it does become meta, you will be highly sought after and could really make a name for yourself on your server
ooh make a name for urself on a server how fabulous wowww cant waitttt
Meta is for average players.
Good players win doing what they like.
My experience with asking other people questions could have been better so far.
Coming from classic, I've realized this is an entirely different game in graphics and mechanics. I tried to ask someone about the profession, most specifically, 'Why can't I make anything below level 20 or 45 with my leatherworking.' his response was, 'If you don't even know, why are you playing the game? LOL’
And my second question was, 'How do I get back to Kul Tires from SW as the boat took me to Dragon Isles instead? I've tried asking several people that question, but no one responded. Finally, on the fourth player, I followed up with 'Are all the people on this server braindead or something’ I know it was rude, but I also wanted to test out if my whispers are delivered or not cus I was getting suspicious usually u don't get ignored on a classic like that at least they would have the courtesy to respond me to say ‘I don’t know' Anyway this guy finally replies to me just to smack talk back cus I insulted him and I had to say ‘So the only time I can get a response from people is when I insult them?’ And he goes back to his braindead form (Yes, he was a druid), keeps running into a wall, and ignores my response.
The funny thing is that people don’t have the energy to be helpful, even to say, ‘Just wait for the other boat,’ which I found out later. But when they’re even lightly insulted, they can devise a snarky two paragraphs to own the person.
Yeah the retail wow community has gotten increasingly toxic to the point where people don't want to play. I'm sorry this has happened to you.
Idk if you figured it out yet, but there's a portal in stormwind mage sanctum that just takes you to Boralus
The best beginner tip
goat man
Thanks!
Thanks for the video, I've thing that really helped me when I started was to learn what each tank does. It made it a lot easier to heal DKs when I had some way of seeing how much runic power they had, for example
absolutely, that class is insane with self healing.
I’m returning to healing after a long break. It’s kind of tough to absorb all of the spells I get to play with, so I started with a core set of 5-6 core spells that got me through normal dungeons w/ no problem, got used to them as my go-tos, then started adding others for utility or special circumstances.
this is honestly the best way to do this, great job!
Healing in this exp is indeed a kinda had compared to SL
My first time ever healing. Been playing since wrath into cata, quit cata and then played here and there in bfa and only a couple weeks in shadowlands. Decided to pick up healer (bored from dps and do enjoy tanking, but wanted to try heals). Got all the addons for it and ended up making over 50 macros and now just training myself in heroics on the muscle memory. I'm used to this kind of stuff from Fortnite (since i played competitively). It's actually going good, I love the flexibility that a healer gets over a tank and dps
Man im new to the game and i started as a healer i needed this guide. Specially tip number 1
i got you homie.
Cheers brother! Solid video
Thanks for this. Returning to WoW after a decade and man this helps.
Very welcome!
Major thing id suggest even to you video creator... shift your raid frames to either under your feet or to the right side of your screen because if you place it on the left or in the default location your hand is naturally on the right side of the screen as your hand is right of your keyboard so if you have frames up left you are crossing your hand and your field of view to look up... keep it where your hand is and keep your eyes in the middle of the screen where your character is
I appreciate the suggestion but i've healed with this set up for as long as i can remember, at least 15 years, so its really hard to change it up.
Thank you for this valuable video. I am new to healing but I've been playing WoW a long time as a hybrid so I understand a little. Going to be trying my hand at a Holy Priest in Dragonflight.
Very welcome. Good luck!
The UI thing is helpful I think some people, but I have a very unique way of playing with tons of keyboards. It has taken me years to hone in perfect my method, but I have easily and 25 to 35 keys that are programmed into my muscle memory, which I can easily click in a split second. And the hardest part for me, sometimes is certain healer classes have a little bit of button bloat, so I am not always able to find enough keys to assign everything to but an add-on would only take away from the key bindings that I already use everything easy to hit on my keyboard and mouse is already spoken for.
Hey good video even if it’s a year old! I like that you mentioned being consistent. There’s nothing wrong with meta chasing, especially if you have that competitive drive in you, but the majority of us are casual or moderate players. I’ve played MMOs since I was a child, and I am firm in the belief that if I don’t enjoy my class, I won’t enjoy the game. Every class and spec can clear normal/heroic and decently high keys with enough knowledge and practice. My guild is doubting my decision to make my alt a Resto Shaman right now, but I’m eager to prove them wrong!
Hey thanks! The video is hopefully always relevant :) Yeah exactly, if you aren't having fun you likely won't be as good as a class that you are enjoying.
Prove them wrong! I love shamans!
Mouseover is godsend
Thanks so much. I played for so long as an altaholic. I finally settled down a little to raid for the first time doing dps in SL. Hoping to try some healing out in intense settings soon.
You bet and good luck!
how did u get out of altoholism.. stuck in a deep hole right now
How can I get these green healing numbers over the characters?
Clique might be the savior for me. I have never used macros for healing and i did all raid prog and CM's before i switched to prot in WoD. Healing now just feels so weird, it almost feels like im using down ranked spells even when im decently geared.
As a returning player who is a brand new Resto Shaman, these tips were great :D got a sub from me my dude. Not related to Healing; what's the UI you're using? The font and everything looks so clean.
Thank you! I just use ElvUI with the Shadow and Light Skin, so whatever that default font is.
what spell rotations should I use as a MW monk, also a new healer and I am very scared. Great video by the way
The only downside of Clique is that if you set it to mouseover, then you can't cast on yourself without having to find yourself in the group display aswell, meaning that occasionally you waste precious time.
I have an issue. You say to set your party frames and optimize UI but I don't think you explain how. I know this isn't a UI setup guide, but it would have still help. I am new to WoW and add-ons in general. I come from ESO on console I might add. That game is very different to this game which is tab target. I don't know how to make my screen look like yours. It looks clean and not messy but still looks like it displays the info one needs.
welcome to WoW! They are optimized by having them right in front of your face parallel to your character so you can see everything without having to turn your head or look to the side of the screen. I hope that helps :)
I just started healing as I holy pally and I like my heals to be on my mouse does the click add on make it to where the thumb buttons will cast my holy spender heals when over player frame cause currently with the blizzard mouse over it won't let me it makes me physically hover over the character to even use it
new healer here
Welcome to the show
Hoq to use clique with new UI in TWW? I literally can't bind any spell
Hi, I just wanted know what add on you're using to make your chat log in the bottom left corner look like that? If anyone could let me know, I'd appreciate it.
hello! That is elvui :)
I'm using the in game ui and for some reason my clique keybinds arent healing the unit frames I select.
if I may ask, what did you do for your UI? I don't know how to get to those green bars of health i tried one run and it was really bad using the default WoW pictures to the left is really difficult
I use vuhdo for mythic plus and elvui for raid. my whole UI is on the discord or link below if you need help let us know!
my friends say I'm never allowed to heal when I'm max lvl because they say we have two healers we don't need a third but I'm loving lvling my healer what do I do
Haha you should always play what is most fun
What are the pros of using Clique instead of HealBot?
I haven't used healbot before but i know a lot of people do. Unfortunately i can't give you a well formed opinion on that one :(
Personally haven't used HealBot in like 10 years, but I do remember that Clique amazed me the first time I tried it after HealBot lol
I'll update this comment when i find it, but i have made a macro for all healing spells that is basically a get all benefits macro, all u do is cas the spell in either mousover>ur target>yourself in this priority order, u can customize it to have focus target added between target and mouseover for cleanses. This way u only need to replace ur heal spells, with a version that has this macro, this way u can be much faster at healing yourself or ur target by simply moving ur mouse away from a target, or clutch heal urself when ur dpsing without having to mousepver anything
Here is my tip as a 3.2 Rio Disc. Log out and roll a dps for no responsibility at all. If you want some say - roll a unkillable tank (any). You can thank me later.
How do you make party members health bars appear like in video?
Been two years now, since the lvl reduction have a Zandalari Holy priset I used to run Wotlk dungeons with, now its just 38 in BFA mode, plenty of CC and vicious mobs….bosses are easy though
Great vid. The UI and tunneling tips are great. My healer friend also recorded our keys. We would watch the replays when we had a disaster to try to find out exactly what led to the wipe. We were mostly pugging as a healer tank combo and it helped us figure out if it was our problem or a pug DPS causing an issue.
Thanks so much! I still struggle with tunneling but more so in raid, with 5 main content at least my bar is with everyone elses.
Physician heal thyself
Great vid, thanks! Really like your UI for the priest. Any chance you could share the string? :)
Check it out here! If it doesn't work let me know. wago.io/p/Zander#12865
bro is holly priest too
Huge respect 🫡
What Raidframes do you use?
elvUI!
I try and research a dungeon that I want to run before getting into it
Is there any addons that can clearly let me know when people need dispelling Or somthing that clearly shows what debuffs are on other players?
Elvui does it by default you can also check out decursive, healbot or vuhdo but that is more advanced.
Okay awesome thanks mate!
how do you get the live player frames for your carater and target?
3d models in Elvui!
Should I use HealBot Continued with Clique?
I have never liked Healbot so i would suggest a simple raid/party frame with Clique.
Step 1) roll mistweaver monk
Step 2) jadefire stomp
Step 3) beat enemies up
Step 4) ???
Step 5) Profit
Nice mog
I want to learn how to heal but I always tanked and dps so it feels so weird for me to do so xd
I don't know how to get over tunnel visioning :( It's like I legit become blind to everything (usually my actionbars/timers or the player frames) /sigh
Understandable. Work on hiding your action bars and using muscle memory and weakauras on the center of your screen :)
I've been a resto druid since vanilla. Just play what you want.
Nice
@@nogylopp I have all healer classes to at least level 60 but dudu is just something I find the most fun. 😄
What class did you decide on? I want to see if your tier list is same add madskilz. He is saying holy pally has mana issues
no :( Paladin/Evoker/Monk are the top 3.
ha! Yeah his tier list was interesting. I haven't decided when or if ill do one since i haven't focused too much on the priest or shaman.
Im new!!!! Do you think you could help me out with a handful of cool add-ons i could use to help make my game play more fun?
Could you not just use mouseover macros rather than an addon ?
I wana make a holy paladin but so nervous 😢
I'd do it now so you are ready for the re work :)
You had me until you recommended Clique or external help to heal. This game is too hard to play as a healer, and suggesting that new players shouldn't trust themselves but rely on addons instead is depressing (not because of you, but because of the state of healers in the game).
i'm new to this game nd mmos in general(i have played them before but never got to endgame on any) and i just think this is too much info at once 😭😭 healing in other games i have played was so much easier
DPSing as a healer? Huh, thanks for convincing me to stay away from that game. If I wanted to DPS, I'd play a DPS
Lmao soft
Dont play with rdms. toxic af
Learn how to cleanse