Healing DRK tanks sucks.

[Hypie]

What it feels like to heal a DRK (in my perspective):

50-54 is like healing a lvl 50 Warrior with the mitigation of a Paladin (when their CDs are down, they do take a bit of extra damage)

oh i like dem flowers...praise me more <3

[Lacifarus]

Most of what I run into is them not putting on grit or using defensive cds. I had one tell me yesterday," Paladins don't get shield oath until 40 so I'll be fine tanking without it." (Grit)
.....got the boot real quick.

[HolyKelistae]

Really? I've run with plenty of DrKs ever since I started on my Astro at level 30 and, honestly, they're some of the easier tanks Ive healed in a long time.

o.o

[Seryl199]

Their heals are baseline less potent. using whm comparisons since I don't have nocturnal sect yet.

cure 400 benefic 380 medica2 200/100 regen aspected helios 140/50 regen

cure2 650 benefic2 620 medica 300 helios 290 whispering dawn o intital/100 regen

so compared to sch, physick is same as cure. the sch spells with shields are slightly weaker than whm versions but shields are considered better than raw healing generally. I will hopefully have nocturnal sect tomorrow (had to log at 49, its killing me).

emergency heal is good though. baseline 400 potency (so same as a normal cure which sounds small) but instant, no mana, and increases potency the more heath the target is missing.

Another thing I would like to note is I don't have any aoe dmg yet. looks like the first aoe is at 52 in Gravity. by now whm has holy, and sch had bane ages ago, plus miasma2 and gets shadowflare at 50. Really noticeable in DD.

Diurnal stance gives AST increased cast speed, while Nocturnal stance gives them 5% healing buff, effectively closing the potency gap. I haven't had much time at 50 but I've yet to have issues with healing throughput, and only resort to Benefic II spam when the tank overpulls.

Most DRK I've run into have been competent, with one exception of an overeager low level tank that AoE pulled in Brayflox without CD's.

[HolyKelistae]

Most DRK I've run into have been competent, with one exception of an overeager low level tank that AoE pulled in Brayflox without CD's.

But that's with a good handful of tanks, Warrior and Paladin included. Not just Dark Knight.

[Seryl199]

But that's with a good handful of tanks, Warrior and Paladin included. Not just Dark Knight.

Right, so as to say that an average DRK is about as good as another average tank, bads will be bads regardless. Not fully understanding the DRK toolkit myself yet, I've encountered a precious few, likely PLD or WAR mains, that have a really good handle on self healing and mitigation on DRK.

[Chiramu]

A good DRK knows when to throw up their damage mitigation buffs, DRK has an ability like Rampart on PLD so DRK should be easier to heal than WAR. OP, I think you've encountered a lot of bad DRK tanks that don't mitigate squat. I have had not many DRK tanks while levelling WHM to 60 but I've healed one good one and one poor one.

It depends on the player of the DRK.

[Pomelo]

I'm loving DRK at the moment to be honest I just get a bit stressed during aoe pulls but I've been like that on every tank xD

[Shyluv]

I've not had any issues yet, leveling with a friend who is DRK. I find its actually really easy to stance dance.

Though one time when I entered a level synced dungeon I forgot to put Diurnal Sect back on. Thought I gave him regen and popped cleric stance. Whoops.

[Chiramu]

I'm loving DRK at the moment to be honest I just get a bit stressed during aoe pulls but I've been like that on every tank xD

In low dungeons it is a bit stressful making sure you get all aggro and to keep all aggro, but when you get higher(speaking for PLD experience mainly XD) aoe pulls are very simple. The hardest part is managing your cooldowns, a good tank makes it easier on the healer by making sure they pop their damage mitigation buffs so they do not take as much damage.