Healing takes the most skill in game. It’s fact. We have to carry tanks and dps when they stand in fire, expected to dps where possible, only role that has to manage there resource for the whole fight, going oom means you can’t heal with very little way of recovering, where as any other roles can just regenerate there resource.
We have to pay attention to everybody’s health bar, where as dps and tanks only have to pay attention to the boss and own health bar.
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I don’t know about difficulty, but it’s definitely the role that takes the most patience.
if you are in a bad group then yh, its tough, but if you are playing with actual humans you have the easiest role on the game
Clearly never healed a +15 or mythic raid.
Healers were consistently our worst players in the guild while around world rank 100, make of that what you will
Nice bait m8. i r8 8/8.
This isn’t an honest attempt at discussion from you but tanks have to pay attention to a lot of things too. Mob positioning is vital, kiting to avoid sanguine or spiteful mobs, moving on to the next pack as one dies to avoid downtime yada yada.
You won’t get an honest discussion, because the majority of people will tell you whatever they play requires the most skill.
I think it’s relative though, because I’ve been playing Healer for 12+ years I find it to be the easiest role along side DPS.
However tanking in M+ is really hard imo, because of having to know routes etc.
Limit’s max said in preach’s roundtable that healing is the hardest role for castle nathria at least I think.
I dunno about it being the most difficult role but it sure as hell is the most stressful.
DPS is more following a set rotation to maximize your DPS, while healing requires more decision making.
No. Definitely not.
I am playing all roles and have already 4 chatacters with 200+ ilvl and 2 characters on the way. Have been healing, dpsing and tanking keys like +10, have been healing, dpsing and tanking raid.
Tanking is HARDEST.
Hardest roles in game are:
Actually every class is likely the hardest role to someone in this game.
does it really matter what the most and or least difficult role is though? every role has its place and all are important.
you can ask 10 people and get 13 opinions on it since different roles come naturally to some and are easier or dont and are thus harder for others.
in my opinion there isnt a “hardest” role. i think at the base line they are equally easy to play, however, mastering them is hard.
Everyone has their perspective, i guess. Healing becomes the hardest when we have to heal when also doing mechanics, while dps can just move out and stop doing stuff (hello spitefull). Next to that we have to be flexible and be ready for when a cast goes off randomly. The better the group the easier healing gets.
Looking at M+ it seems tanks get destroyed big time. If you are not a mobile class, i suppose tanking is currently the hardest?
Tanking is basically just a dps with a bit of kiting.
Yes healing takes a lot more effort but a group of DPS and a tank that know how to play and avoid stuff makes the job a lot easier.
I don’t dare to spec healer for arena indeed 
Bgs and generally situations with more people and more healers are more healer noob friendly.
No, healers are the ones trying to keep them alive.
Not a chance when tanks are not playing well, or when a lot of casts go off with tank damage (scribes in DOS?).