Why Healing is Not Fun in Dragonflight - Healing Deep Dive With Theun
Famed Restoration Shaman and Wowhead Class Guide Writer, Theun, explains why healing has felt lackluster in Dragonflight. Explore the issues plaguing healers with Theun's VoD and log analysis from both past and current expansions to understand how to make healing fun again.
By comparing relative healing metrics from past expansions, we can get a more thorough understanding of some of the healing issues that have arisen in Dragonflight. What is the relative power of a healer compared to a DPS? What's the ratio of a healer's throughput compared to an allies health? These metrics help underscore how powerful healers are in Dragonflight and yet how spiky the damage needs to be in current raids in order to pose a threat.
This leaves very little margin for error for healers to combat that spike damage. Additionally, when bars are being topped so quickly, healers often feel superfluous and unnecessary leading to a really unfun healer meta.
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