Look, let's be honest, the new Healer class has just dropped in Sol: enchant. The Healer is basically your go-to support archetype for keeping allies alive, and plenty of players are already leveling them up as squad characters. Naturally, everyone is scratching their heads over which skills, gear, and bonus stats to run. So KookminTree did some digging to bring you the ultimate Healer guide.

※ Note: Recommended skill MP costs are rough estimates.
※ Skill books listed are strictly limited to those purchasable via Nine.
※ Gear recommendations may vary depending on individual character stats.

Q. What skills should a Healer use?
A. That entirely depends on your leveling goals.

Your reasons for raising a Healer dictate which skill books you ought to buy. If you are just building them as a squad character, rare-grade Icicle III and Divine Sword I are solid choices. If you can push your MP recovery up to 95, heroic-grade Divine Ray and Divine Orb II also enter the conversation.

If your jam is supporting allies in massive PvP modes like Sky Island or Tower of Gods, well, you basically want every single skill on the table. Grab Divine Stance I, Bless Heal, Holy Recovery, Holy Barrier I, Divine Stance II, and Heal Boost at rare grade. At that point, you are investing roughly as much as you would on a main character.

The Healer's offensive arsenal consists solely of Icicle I, II, III, Freezing Fall, and Divine Ray. It sounds sparse, but the bread-and-butter skills Icicle and Divine Ray boast blistering cooldowns of just 8 and 6 seconds respectively. Plus, aside from Icicle I, all of them are AoE skills hitting multiple targets. Thanks to that, your farming speed is surprisingly decent despite the limited toolkit.

Comparing them to existing jobs, Icicle feels a lot like the Mage's Flame Casting, while Divine Ray channels the Ranger's Storm Breaker. The main catch is that their cooldowns are significantly shorter, though the damage numbers are a bit lower to compensate. That snappy cooldown makes up for having fewer offensive tricks in the book.

That said, because most Healer skills are AoE, you are going to pull aggro from packs of mobs. If your stats are on the lower side, staying alive can be a proper struggle. Healing and Bless Heal will help keep you ticking, but solo farming is undeniably rough. We'd suggest dropping down to an easier hunting ground or tagging along where other players are gathered.

The rare skill Freezing Fall has a 60% chance to freeze targets, but frozen targets will dodge literally every attack thrown their way. It is the exact same annoying mechanic we suffered through in the watermelon dungeon event. Unless you are heavily into PvP, you can safely skip learning Freezing Fall, or at least keep it off your bar during regular farming.

As a heroic skill, Divine Ray comes with a chunky MP cost of 50 per 20 seconds to match its short cooldown. Your MP consumption jumps straight from 45 (just running Icicle I, II, and III) up to 95 the moment you pick up Divine Ray. Make sure your MP recovery can actually handle the drain before investing in it.

Healing and Bless Heal have a handy auto-cast feature that kicks in when a party member's HP drops low. Setting this up properly guarantees you survive the tight spots. Just calculate the percentages against your max HP—usually around 90% for Heal and 60% for Bless Heal works nicely if your max HP sits at 3,000.

Similarly, buff skills like Divine Sword, Divine Shield, and Holy Barrier can auto-cast when a party member within 10 meters lacks the buff. Toggle these settings to ON, and they will trigger automatically whenever conditions are met.

Q. What armor, accessories, and weapons do you recommend for a Healer?
A. It depends on your stats and whether you plan to use Divine Ray.

For standard players raising a squad character, the undisputed rare weapon choice is the Silver Staff thanks to its bonus damage against undead. Armed with that, you'll want to farm locations like the Dungeon of Despair, Undead Ruins, Undead Forest, or Cursed Mountains depending on your current level and stats.

If you are already rocking high early-game stats thanks to Heroic God Armor, spirit gear, extensive codex collections, and research, the Guardian's Staff is a better recommendation. From there, head over to areas like the Cultist Assembly Point for efficient AoE farming or Calteon Forest to hunt down rare skill books. Keep in mind this route assumes you've got the stats to back it up.

When you hit level 50 and claim your heroic weapon selection box, go with the Reaper's Staff for its superior overall stats. To break down the comparison, the Devil Wand grants +1 INT, but the Reaper's Staff gives you +1 damage, +1 accuracy, and an extra +20 damage against undead. However, since a Healer's healing output scales with INT, grab the Devil Wand if bolstering your heals is your absolute priority.

When it comes to rare armor sets, the roadmap points straight to Shaman's Robe > Shaman's Headdress > Lamia's Scaled Gloves > Wisdom Boots. Since level-up rewards hook you up with up to three pieces of rare armor, take the robe, headdress, and gloves, then craft and equip the Inquisitor's Boots for that sweet accuracy stat.

Your accessory choices depend heavily on your endgame targets. As mentioned earlier, keeping Divine Ray rolling demands a total MP recovery of 95. If your current setup falls a bit short of that threshold, you'll need to patch the gap with proper accessories. Prime candidates include the Despair Necklace > Scale Belt > Crystal Earrings.

If you have zero intentions of buying the Divine Ray skill book, the shopping list changes. Running just Icicle only requires around 46 MP recovery, meaning you can swap out the Crystal Earrings for Priest's Earrings and the Scale Belt for Beast's Belt to pump up your damage instead. Stick with the cheap, cost-effective Advanced-grade Ring of Regeneration for your rings; there literally isn't a rare ring out there that beats its MP recovery or offensive punch.

Q. What bonus stats should a Healer prioritize?
A. INT is priority number one, followed by WIS.

Sink your Healer bonus stats straight into INT first. Every single level puts +1 to Magic Accuracy and +1% to Healing Output. Plus, every 2 levels grants +1 Magic Damage, every 4 levels gives +1 Magic Amplification, and every 6 levels boosts Magic Damage Increase by +0.5%. Once you've maxed out your INT, pivot over to WIS for that precious MP recovery. The exact stat gains per bonus stat level can be found via the [KookminTree Bonus Stat DB Page] link.