Hey man, healer main, glad you made this video as I did my own kind of testing and had similar results. Id like to say great quality descriptions and good showcasing thank you for showing it in content. 1. This is great for most 4 man's and especially when you have all melee groups. 2. Would kind of depend on group comp if someone else is running weaken as well. I find supporting sets/skills help like Regen stamina or an active visual helps other players get buffs/heals rather than passively. 3. I feel void gauntlet is better DPS while solo with only 100 intellect hitting roughly 1800white 2800crits. 4. The self heal is passive from flail but not quite as bursty. Flail has long CD's even with LA cd reduction. 5. As a mainspec healer we all default to life staff for "oh shit" moments 😂 even saw that in the mutated dungeon clip, being at ranged may be necessary for the majority of content being in a light setup. This would mean flail is a wasted skillbar when you could be shooting/debuffing from range with Void. And to be fair you can't pick and choose who you play with all the time cause that's unrealistic. Overall man this is an option to the meta and could be useful in Hive also. Most Healer's are ranged and this is a very viable option.🎉
This comment is top notch! Thank you for all of these tips. I totally agree with everything here, especially your last point. I do think lifetaker is the best offhand for a healer so you can still stack rends and play at a distance while keeping life staff cooldowns moving. If we aren’t min maxing heals and looking for a different play style for lower tier content; I think this build fits that as I think it requires a little less attention and keeps you up in the clump rather than at range all the time
Great video and build concept! I always appreciate your clear and easy-to-follow presentation style 🙂 In my opinion, the only time you'd really want to run Flail over VG is if there's already a dedicated VG player in the comp. For high-end content VG is pretty much mandatory for reaching empower and rend caps. I still need to test it myself, but you’d likely get more DPS with a VG too-and you still benefit from the same Flail utilities like weaken, root, and disease. Also: 6:41 Typically Enchanted Ward should be prioritized over Health for PvE (EW > Ref. > Weapon Perks > Health). 9:20 You do NOT want Regenerating as a healer since it increases and potentially prolongs your aggro!
Build looks fun to play. Void gauntlet has 20% weaken with tether and 15% weaken with oblivion passive, so its got some weaken. Voracious blade goes crazy too. Subbed.
I LOVE voracious blade. I have a video in the channel featuring a crazy dps vg healer with 200 intelligence and using blood drinker for even more sustain, but totally optional! Thanks for the info and advice!
Flail main on tank here, tanked Gorgon etc, even though vortex is fun you actually get more out of warding bludgeon. Not only is it a taunt but gives all nearby allies 50% fortify which is MASSIVE in preventing them from getting downed. Optimal abilities are smite-eruption-bludgeon
Flail is a good noob protection but the problem on tanks is u dont want to swap away from ur sword for a long time cause of the leadership buff so most user play GS to use their Safing abilities and Op agro abilities for backup and instantly swap back to sword. Thats especially important on typheus because u mostly lose because of dps
apreciate it u dint call it "paladin build " ;) but is very important to know Power Stone is important for healers , 20% reduce enemy damage without swap ur weapon is cool!
honestly will probably use it a lot more now that I know I can procc it with life staff. Lacking dps? lifetaker. People dropping like flies? its powerstone time
New player still only 63 but this build looks I do enjoy the flail .will need respec the flail I have it set up wrong looking at your build.would this help without the power stone just now. I tend to play solo plus I’m an old player 75 and I’m not running dungeons just enjoying the game.
Amazing video mate, I took a long break after Elysian wilds dlc became a little stale. Since console release im loving the game again and love your build idea as im a healer main. Keep up the great work 👍
Just wanted to let you know I tested this against my buddy in a duel. I can take him every time between gritting through his stuns and healing past everything else. He is a hammer/spear build and his stuns are annoying, lol.
Now that is amazing and hilarious lol. I’ve always told people who can’t kill me in PvP that they need to learn how to cc lock a healer as if we can’t cast, we aren’t living
I run a very similar build and man in PvP it is just funny. Players will just ask if we can stop dueling :P it is either hold out forever, or die instantly. no in between.
Love it, I changed from VG to flail and shield some days ago and my healer feels like a brand new character, so much more fun and I really think it’s viable. I’m using g bludgeon instead of arcane eruption. I also used the 4th weapon perk to lower the cooldown on bludgeon. The defensive and survivability it gives is insane. It’s almost spammable. Thanks for your guide! How is yo ur healing settings with target lock etc?
So u explained the build Very good and ur gameplay show was decent till the bosses because u meant to stick at ur DD all the time with flail ur flail tree is pretty good but i have 2 things to mention First Flail build is only good if u stick at ur dd all the time for the boost Second if u r BIS healer u use Orb Sacred Beacon so the goal is the throw all healing abilities and swap to flail to maintain weakness on the boss and keep ur empower up to ur mate and its debaltable to skill weakening on getting hit instead of weakening on heavy attacks in flail tree
Love the tips! I’m not sure I agree that BIS is orb. I’ve ran so many expeditions and have tried everything healing build and not having a big heal like splash, LE, or DE is difficult as these dps keep running around with 5 con and running out of heals. BIS healer is the one that keeps the team alive!
@darkenedcyrusgames someone alr Said this thats the reason why u only Run flail if u alr havr a VG in ur team because essence will make dd that r Not in ur aoe heal heal themselves in a second oh and nearly forgot that maybe If u show ur builds u should explain it better necklace because U showed a normal necklaces that doesnt work for m3 cause U want the resistance for the mutation and a necklace for the dmg the Boss does because mutation effects dont Work ON bosses for raids also
Amazing video. Please keep it up. Please think of making a video with Solo PVE content that you can do without a group. The build you showed here is nice, but takes a bit too much time to kill stuff.
A lot of newer players is what I’ve learned. Take a moment and type that in chat and see if it helps. I’ve done a lot more teaching the past couple of weeks.
@darkenedcyrusgames Oh, I haven't run any dungeons yet. I'm just an experienced tank and healer in a handful of mmos, and the footage on youtube that I've seen of NW dungeons blows my mind. Great looking build, btw. And, the rest of your content is good also. GGs👊
@@brassbat Weapons automatically move your character forward in this game so staying behind mobs are a constant struggle. Even tab targeting helps but if enemy moves it's game over
@sethbenton7555 I get ya. Just seems like a lot of extra work for the healer and risk of death is greatly increased, lowering dps and increasing chances of wiping. There's backstap dmg in this game. Is it not a significant enough bonus to make the effort to stay behind the pack?
Void gauntlet will heal you probably more and do more dps when solo I run void gauntlet for pve and pvp most broke weapon in the game I don't even need to use the lafestaff the healing on VG when setup correctly OP
Not sure platform really matters, but get to 65 and focus on getting gear from the gold cursed well as the pvp perks you can get from there are very helpful! Best thing to start with is finding a build you like and STICK with it! Changing builds doesn't let you build up armor that works for that build, and recognizing that skill gap is a real thing and a poorly kitted pro pvp player can stomp a BIS armor low skill pvp player any day.
Hey man, healer main, glad you made this video as I did my own kind of testing and had similar results. Id like to say great quality descriptions and good showcasing thank you for showing it in content.
1. This is great for most 4 man's and especially when you have all melee groups.
2. Would kind of depend on group comp if someone else is running weaken as well. I find supporting sets/skills help like Regen stamina or an active visual helps other players get buffs/heals rather than passively.
3. I feel void gauntlet is better DPS while solo with only 100 intellect hitting roughly 1800white 2800crits.
4. The self heal is passive from flail but not quite as bursty. Flail has long CD's even with LA cd reduction.
5. As a mainspec healer we all default to life staff for "oh shit" moments 😂 even saw that in the mutated dungeon clip, being at ranged may be necessary for the majority of content being in a light setup. This would mean flail is a wasted skillbar when you could be shooting/debuffing from range with Void. And to be fair you can't pick and choose who you play with all the time cause that's unrealistic.
Overall man this is an option to the meta and could be useful in Hive also. Most Healer's are ranged and this is a very viable option.🎉
This comment is top notch! Thank you for all of these tips.
I totally agree with everything here, especially your last point. I do think lifetaker is the best offhand for a healer so you can still stack rends and play at a distance while keeping life staff cooldowns moving.
If we aren’t min maxing heals and looking for a different play style for lower tier content; I think this build fits that as I think it requires a little less attention and keeps you up in the clump rather than at range all the time
Great video and build concept! I always appreciate your clear and easy-to-follow presentation style 🙂
In my opinion, the only time you'd really want to run Flail over VG is if there's already a dedicated VG player in the comp. For high-end content VG is pretty much mandatory for reaching empower and rend caps. I still need to test it myself, but you’d likely get more DPS with a VG too-and you still benefit from the same Flail utilities like weaken, root, and disease.
Also:
6:41 Typically Enchanted Ward should be prioritized over Health for PvE (EW > Ref. > Weapon Perks > Health).
9:20 You do NOT want Regenerating as a healer since it increases and potentially prolongs your aggro!
Love these tips! At least for M2 and below, this has been great to use. Anything above, I would totally agree.
Build looks fun to play. Void gauntlet has 20% weaken with tether and 15% weaken with oblivion passive, so its got some weaken. Voracious blade goes crazy too. Subbed.
I LOVE voracious blade. I have a video in the channel featuring a crazy dps vg healer with 200 intelligence and using blood drinker for even more sustain, but totally optional!
Thanks for the info and advice!
Insta thumbsup for voidbent heavy transmog, OG credentials
represent!
Thanks for the video, I got the flail my second trial!
Nice!! Grats!
Yesssss I can’t wait for the Tanking build!
It’s a lot of fun to play! Honestly, I think the healers are thanking me when I use it lol
Flail main on tank here, tanked Gorgon etc, even though vortex is fun you actually get more out of warding bludgeon. Not only is it a taunt but gives all nearby allies 50% fortify which is MASSIVE in preventing them from getting downed. Optimal abilities are smite-eruption-bludgeon
Thank you for this info!!!
Flail is a good noob protection but the problem on tanks is u dont want to swap away from ur sword for a long time cause of the leadership buff so most user play GS to use their Safing abilities and Op agro abilities for backup and instantly swap back to sword. Thats especially important on typheus because u mostly lose because of dps
Great stuff dude, love the content
Thanks!
apreciate it u dint call it "paladin build " ;) but is very important to know Power Stone is important for healers , 20% reduce enemy damage without swap ur weapon is cool!
Agreed! This totally isn’t a paladin build, at least in my opinion as you are still too squishy to tank everything. Great for support though!
honestly will probably use it a lot more now that I know I can procc it with life staff. Lacking dps? lifetaker. People dropping like flies? its powerstone time
My thoughts exactly here!
New player still only 63 but this build looks I do enjoy the flail .will need respec the flail I have it set up wrong looking at your build.would this help without the power stone just now. I tend to play solo plus I’m an old player 75 and I’m not running dungeons just enjoying the game.
Nice Build, cant wait to see your Tank build :D
Thanks!
Amazing video mate, I took a long break after Elysian wilds dlc became a little stale. Since console release im loving the game again and love your build idea as im a healer main. Keep up the great work 👍
Welcome back! Appreciate the love and I agree, the game feels awesome right now after the release!
Absolutely loving this. I never looked to see that Soul Trials are available for good loot. I'm off to grind for my power stone.
Love this! Good luck!
Nice video! I just started playing and just hit 65 a few days ago so i’m wondering what is the best way to get good gear like the one you’re running?
Just wanted to let you know I tested this against my buddy in a duel. I can take him every time between gritting through his stuns and healing past everything else. He is a hammer/spear build and his stuns are annoying, lol.
Now that is amazing and hilarious lol. I’ve always told people who can’t kill me in PvP that they need to learn how to cc lock a healer as if we can’t cast, we aren’t living
I run a very similar build and man in PvP it is just funny. Players will just ask if we can stop dueling :P it is either hold out forever, or die instantly. no in between.
I tested this also in PvP and have had the exact same response… lol
Love it, I changed from VG to flail and shield some days ago and my healer feels like a brand new character, so much more fun and I really think it’s viable. I’m using g bludgeon instead of arcane eruption. I also used the 4th weapon perk to lower the cooldown on bludgeon. The defensive and survivability it gives is insane. It’s almost spammable. Thanks for your guide! How is yo ur healing settings with target lock etc?
Great advice here! I’ll try that myself! As for healing settings, I have an entire video discussing that and keybinds!
So u explained the build Very good and ur gameplay show was decent till the bosses because u meant to stick at ur DD all the time with flail ur flail tree is pretty good but i have
2 things to mention
First Flail build is only good if u stick at ur dd all the time for the boost
Second if u r BIS healer u use Orb Sacred Beacon so the goal is the throw all healing abilities and swap to flail to maintain weakness on the boss and keep ur empower up to ur mate and its debaltable to skill weakening on getting hit instead of weakening on heavy attacks in flail tree
Love the tips! I’m not sure I agree that BIS is orb. I’ve ran so many expeditions and have tried everything healing build and not having a big heal like splash, LE, or DE is difficult as these dps keep running around with 5 con and running out of heals.
BIS healer is the one that keeps the team alive!
@darkenedcyrusgames someone alr Said this thats the reason why u only Run flail if u alr havr a VG in ur team because essence will make dd that r Not in ur aoe heal heal themselves in a second oh and nearly forgot that maybe If u show ur builds u should explain it better necklace because U showed a normal necklaces that doesnt work for m3 cause U want the resistance for the mutation and a necklace for the dmg the Boss does because mutation effects dont Work ON bosses for raids also
Totally agree, but that’s a very specific use case and in all honesty, if you’re at m3’s, you know you need to run specific amulets and gems
what would you think about lifestaff an firestaff ?
Amazing video.
Please keep it up.
Please think of making a video with Solo PVE content that you can do without a group.
The build you showed here is nice, but takes a bit too much time to kill stuff.
Agreed. I’ll add this to my list!
hold down block all the time when you light attack on your flail.
you get some blocks in at random.
Really? Is that viable?
how do you do the challenges for the flail? i have to fight some boss but it needs 15 people?
From dungeon footage, I've seen lots, and lots of tanks dont turn the pack away from the grp and the dps dont attempt to get behind the mobs....why?!
A lot of newer players is what I’ve learned. Take a moment and type that in chat and see if it helps. I’ve done a lot more teaching the past couple of weeks.
@darkenedcyrusgames
Oh, I haven't run any dungeons yet. I'm just an experienced tank and healer in a handful of mmos, and the footage on youtube that I've seen of NW dungeons blows my mind.
Great looking build, btw. And, the rest of your content is good also. GGs👊
@@brassbat Weapons automatically move your character forward in this game so staying behind mobs are a constant struggle. Even tab targeting helps but if enemy moves it's game over
@sethbenton7555
I get ya.
Just seems like a lot of extra work for the healer and risk of death is greatly increased, lowering dps and increasing chances of wiping.
There's backstap dmg in this game. Is it not a significant enough bonus to make the effort to stay behind the pack?
When I crafted mine up to 725 to add refreshing move on it my base damage didn’t go up like yours.
Often play this build in opr as well
Really? Do you feel powerful or just self sustain?
@darkenedcyrusgames I can impact the game more with this build play closer to the action so to speak.
You can use this build for PvP too. But Take correct perks^^
Awesome! What perks do you recommend?
@darkenedcyrusgames ele ward, Slash con for example
fortify sacred ground vs keen beacon what's better to put on my lifestaff ?
Sacred ground all day.
@@darkenedcyrusgames thnx for the fast answer
Void gauntlet will heal you probably more and do more dps when solo I run void gauntlet for pve and pvp most broke weapon in the game I don't even need to use the lafestaff the healing on VG when setup correctly OP
Agreed. I totally love running void gauntlet! This is just a fun build to try out when tired of running VG constantly
Do you got discord? And one question for armour and weapons what gem use ?
Diamonds in the weapons, a mix of onyx and opals for armor! And yep, discord in the description!
What is the best pvp Leveling Build for a Ps5 user?
Not sure platform really matters, but get to 65 and focus on getting gear from the gold cursed well as the pvp perks you can get from there are very helpful! Best thing to start with is finding a build you like and STICK with it! Changing builds doesn't let you build up armor that works for that build, and recognizing that skill gap is a real thing and a poorly kitted pro pvp player can stomp a BIS armor low skill pvp player any day.
Got the Power Stone but now to complete the upgrade quests......Trials and PVP ugh.... That's harder than actually getting the flail lol.
Took me 4 hours in pvp zone.... good luck!
@darkenedcyrusgames yeah just tried for 1 hour last night and snagged 5 of the 50 I needed lol.
i keep getting rejected from doing gorgon cause i have the power stone lol they tell me to get void gauntlet instead
They want the rends, which I get, but there is definitely a place for the power stone for weakens
In that same thread, can I reject anyone who has 50 con and under because “I can survive” and then ask for revives?