Berserk Healer for Arena (>11.8K score build)

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Hello all! I’ve had some success in arena lately and have consistently obtained scores over 11K with various team configurations using this build. Firstly, I’d like to thank my guild Hodor who take me along in arena, allow me to test my ideas, and who avoid the red like pros making my job as healer awfully easy.

This build is named the Berserk Healer because you will be putting out 8-13K DPS per round when it’s done right. During execute phases I have easily exceeded 23K DPS.

Gear.

• Head: Torug’s Pact, medium, infused, magicka glyph
• Chest: Torug’s Pact, heavy, nirnhoned, health glyph
• Shoulders: Martial Knowledge, divines, magicka glyph
• Hands: Martial Knowledge, divines, magicka glyph
• Waist: Adroitness, well-fitted, magicka glyph
• Legs: Martial Knowledge, infused, magicka glyph
• Feet: Martial Knowledge, infused, magicka glyph
• Necklace: Adroitness, arcane, reduce spell cost
• Rings: 2X Cyrodiil’s Light, arcane, reduce spell cost
• Weapon 1: Master Restoration Staff, precise
• Weapon 2: Master 2H Greatsword, infused

Attributes and Race.

I am Breton but have used this build on a Dunmer Templar too. Breton>Altmer/Dunmer>Imperial in my opinion.

Attributes split between health and magicka. Get ~17.5K health then slot the rest into magicka.

Champion Points.

• 30 points into Elfborn, 1 point into Spell Erosion, the rest into Thaumaturge.
• Split points between Hardy, Elemental Defender, and Thick Skinned.
• 30 points into Arcanist for Synergizer passive, then the rest into Magician (cost reduction).

Bar 1: Restoration Staff.

1. Reflective Light – Major Prophecy and Minor Sorcery. Hits 3 targets and can be spammed through block.
2. Healing Springs – group spammable heal that can be layered.
3. Combat Prayer – boost defences and damage output.
4. Breath of Life – panic heal 1.
5. Puncturing Sweep – best single target skill, 10% crit passive for slotting Aedric ability.
6. Ultimate: Aggressive War Horn – boost stats and damage.

Bar 2: Master 2H Greatsword.

1. Channeled Focus – boost defences and regain magicka.
2. Solar Barrage – spammable AoE, grants Empower, can be used through block.
3. Repentance – panic heal 2, requires corpses, returns stamina, zero cost.
4. Blazing Spear – AoE, 10% crit passive for slotting Aedric ability, synergy returns stamina.
5. Radiant Oppression – execute!
6. Ultimate: Nova – only used in Steamworks.

Notes: if I have magicka DDs in the group I swap my second bar to Master Inferno Staff (precise) and swap Solar Barrage off for Elemental Drain.

How to use:

• Keep Reflective Light buff up.
• Keep Combat Prayer up.
• Keep Channeled Focus up.
• Start of round, get on your rune, throw Blazing Spear where portals spawn, swap bar and apply Combat Prayer then jab the portal for spawn kill.
• Surrounded by adds? Spam Solar Barrage and keep Blazing Spear up.
• Group surrounded but you are at safe distance? Spam Reflective Light and keep Blazing Spear up.
• Solo small adds? Execute even if over 50% health – the DDs will bring them down to executable range during the channel.
• Boss over 30% health? Jab him. Boss below 30% health? Execute.
• 2-3 corpses around? Use Repentance.

Special notes:

In my opinion healing is the hardest job in arena. You must watch everyone’s health bars, know where all the adds are, know when each add is about to do sizeable damage and pre-empt which heal is appropriate, all while trying to help with the DPS. It is thrilling! Follow the above rules and with a decent group you won’t be healing much. War Horn I make sure to use just as bosses are spawning in wave 5 of each stage. Radiant Oppression has a range of 28 metres – snipe enemies with it! Get into a habit of using Repentance regularly – don’t wait to be asked for stamina.

Conclusion.

I had a score of 11,702 in arena with ZERO PvP buffs throughout the whole run. As of 01/06/2015 this was the world #2 score. To my knowledge it is by far the best unbuffed score in the game so far. I have achieved scores of >11K with NB and DK tanks (stamina and magicka DK tank builds), magicka Sorcerers, stamina Templars, and magicka/stamina DK DDs. It is a risky and costly build as you are constantly burning through resources, but it has been profitable to me. Give it a try and let me know what you think! Any suggestions on improvements are welcome! I will link the YouTube channel of our 11.7K run so you can see it in action (sorcerer DPS POV sorry! I will record a healer POV run soon).

I recommend subscribing to this channel as Enclaver will often update it with progression videos of our arena runs.

Update: we hit 11,846 last night and took the world #1 spot as of 02/06/2015. That was with only 2% crit from PvP and the offensive scroll bonus (5% spell power) with a team of 2X stamina Templars, stamina DK tank and me healing. Videos by @Alcast from stam Templar POV

There are 2 video, stages 1-5, then stages 6-10.

Watch and laugh at me nearly let the whole team wipe on stage 4 due to bad resource management!

• This topic was modified 1 week, 4 days ago by  EgoRush.