The Book Wizard - Arcanist One-Bar Healer PVE Build

EASY MODE LET’S GO!!

That’s right! The EASY way to heal with the Arcanist, right off the bat for the release of the Necrom chapter and it only requires ONE BAR!

This class came with it’s own UNIQUE way to heal out side of the copy and paste single or aoe spamables you have been used to in the past for other classes and/or skill lines.

We do have some semi generic ground based heals in aoe which are of course a welcome addition to the class since it is relative to what people already accept as a style, BUT even these come with some extra bonuses!

The ground based aoe we have taken advantage of from the restoration staff skill line ( Healing Springs) and the Arcanist skill (Reconstructive Domain) combined, allow for some HUGE ticking heals over time and ALSO buff the group with stats, bonuses and recovery all at once!
Not to mention of course for using Arcanist abilities you further boost the survival of the group by supplying a brand new way to apply Minor Evasion! Thats right, Minor Evasion JUST for using Arcanist abilities!

Every class brings something to the table, and this class offers protection with NO effort! You don’t want to have any group without this EASY to apply protection, what a great bonus!

While this build is SIMPLE it is also designed to be that magic V word people misuse, yup “Viable”. This is DESIGNED to heal at such an aggressive rate, that it is almost impossible for people to die unless they are hit with something that takes ALL of their health in one hit. We all know you cannot heal a one shot right? Well, it’s pretty close! Our Curative Surge aka Bible Beam is absolutely insane! We heal in front of us in a 22m long 4m wide aoe BEAM and anyone inside of this INCLUDING you, will heal every 0.3 seconds! You can also move and aim this in any direction you like while channelling! If people run out of stupid and you LOOK at them, it will still heal them. The build was designed to allow for the ground based skills to do most of the work but THIS is for the “ut oh” moments where you need the extra heals and…well it is arguably the strongest heal in the game.

This build if you apply yourself correctly even without Major vitality or Minor vitality on the receiver (increase healing received) can heal end ticks of as much as 38.6k per tick!

While breath of life can EASILY be stacked with bonuses to pump out a 40k+ heal or even combat prayer can through out high 30k+ in aoe, NOTHING in the game can heal the entire group (people in front) for up almost 40k per tick 3x a second!!! The channel is 4.5 seconds, and the rate of heal is off the chart. Literally at this point in time, NOTHING can touch this healing beam.

However, with all things that are powerful, comes BALANCE. The balance or risk vs reward is, while you are channelling, you are obviously not doing anything else, so be sure your HOTs are already running, and more importantly, if you cannot AIM, you miss!

So, it will take a tiny bit of situational awareness and practice. The good thing however is, if you want to cut it off, you can stop the skill at any time by simply hitting block!

Overall the build is designed to provide BIG heals and SIMPLE buffs to the group in way of flat damage and resource management, the ultimate gives weapon and spell damage, the ground heal gives weapon and spell damage, everything you do gives recovery bonuses and shields/heals, and just for being there pressing buttons everyone gets minor evasion, you have everything you “need” in one place.

And one more important thing to note, and actually this could be the biggest supporting set to the whole build…

In order to get that bible beam up to standards, you need the buffs to push it. The heavy attack bonus from the restoration staff passives gives you major mending, this will increase the healing YOU do by 16%. Which is an essential bonus, BUT, the beam lasts 4.5 seconds, and you will have a TINY gap between the pop of the heavy and then applying the skill. So strictly speaking you are only going to get about 3 seconds of the buff. Which makes the last 1.5 seconds of the skill (the strongest part) pretty flat, and never actually benefit from that buff.

DON’T WORRY!!! That is FIXED with a carefully picked gear set. The main set we are utilizing allows for that bonus to last for 9 seconds!!! So you will Always have full up time throughout the entire skill boosting it’s max potential. This helps ALL of your ground heals in strength/uptime power, and at the same time, never have a weak beam again!

Oh and one more thing to note, if you build up crux, that beam REPLENISHES people’s resources!

Important things about the build:

•  One Bar! Less to focus on, more time to see mechanics, NO “omg wrong bar” moments!
• Spamable damage shield to provide protection to the group but ALSO stacks crux for stronger healing potential!
• Huge ground heals, stacked with bonuses from the Arcanist with no effort of application!
• Healing springs, Energy Orb, Bible beam, reconstructive Domain ALL give back resources and/or give recovery bonuses to the whole group!
• Vanus gives us 9 second major mending, ALWAYS maintain heavy attacks!
• Oakensoul means? Empower on tap! Yes your heavy attacks can HEAL you or an ally, the higher the damage the bigger the heal!
• Sanctuary boosts the entire group heals including heals that DON’T come from you, inside your space, so positioning can be taken advantage of in many situations!
• NONE of the armour/gear requires Veteran difficulty content! Even the shoulder piece can be gained from Undaunted Keys from NORMAL difficulty!
  
  Final notes: Heavy attack when possible, always use it before the beam to maintain that huge uptime on Major Mending. Build a crux from the damage shield first if you can (explained in the video) and above all, LOOK at the targets you want to heal. It’s a manual heal, but it is SO strong in the right hands. Remember YOUR space is where the healing is, be sure to not hide at the back too much haha!
  
  ENJOY!!