Seeking Any Healer Advice

[Niamh_Rillemaugh]

Since it looks like Stoneskin is still up for debate, I'll throw my opinion in.

Stoneskin is absolutely vital for some endgame fights without a scholar, but otherwise the only time I ever cast it is in between pulls. I usually start casting when the last mob in a pull is around 15-10% health so the tank will get the buffer and we can move on quickly.

I don't have to cast stoneskin, I could just heal any damage that comes the tank's way, but there's a very specific reason I make sure it's up, once that nobody here has really touched on yet: Stoneskin lets me know when it's safe to start healing the tank. It gives the tank a safe period to generate pure aggro without having to compete with my healing. By the time stoneskin goes down, I have a divine seal regen waiting that won't pull anybody towards me except in the worst scenario. If I leave stoneskin off and I have to start worrying about damage right away, there's always a chance that I could pull an enemy, especially if the tank is a warrior and hasn't had time to position the mobs for a proper overpower yet.

And since it hasn't been explicitly said yet: Stoneskin is 10% (18% with the Graniteskin upgrade) of your target's hp, not your own. That's nothing to sneeze, especially if you have a warrior with defiance.