Riddle Me This: "Regen on pulls is bad"

[tinythinker]

If you cast regen on the tank -as- he is rushing towards the mobs, you will pull hate and the tank will need to work overtime to prevent the mobs from rushing after you first.

Better to let the tank build up hate first, then cast Regen before going into Cleric Stance. ^^

The reason not to use regen before a pull is because you will be the top target the moment the tank goes in to attack. Once the tank has aggro, feel free to pop a regen on them but before hand is dangerous for you and can mess the tank up, especially if they can't manually remove it easily like on PS3/4

OK, so I had it right EXCEPT wait for Regen until the tank finished pulling first, and lay off of it if s/he needs to reacquire aggro. Thanks so much. Lots for me to learn. I hope maybe other new healers will learn from my error.

[Ashkendor]

OK, so I had it right EXCEPT wait for Regen until the tank finished pulling first, and lay off of it if s/he needs to reacquire aggro. Thanks so much. Lots for me to learn. I hope maybe other new healers will learn from my error.

Yep, exactly! Shield Lob/Tomahawk/Unmend only targets one mob, but the rest in the pack will typically link to those and will automatically be pulled to the tank (often referred to as body pull/facepull) but they will have no aggro at all on them until the tank hits them with something (usually Flash, Unleash, or Overpower). Regen ticks go off faster than you can go from one GCD to the next so by the time your GCD comes up again and you can use an AoE hate skill, the mobs are nomming on your healer's face. Healers don't like having their faces nommed. On the off chance that you do pull hate, run to the tank. :3

BTW, you ask good questions. Also, kudos on being proactively DPS'ing. ^^

[MrsFluffyButt]

As a tank main, I can honestly say that if you or the tank you have is competent, regen on pulls is perfectly fine, especially with larger pulls. As a tank, if you plan on doing large, multi pack pulls, you shouled ALWAYS use your aoe emnity skill on pack before moving forward, isn't hard and you can do it whilst moving so there's no reason not to. That Regen could be the thing which keeps you up and running during large pulls, don't be an idiot tank.

[TheFatHousecat]

As a tank main, I can honestly say that if you or the tank you have is competent, regen on pulls is perfectly fine, especially with larger pulls. As a tank, if you plan on doing large, multi pack pulls, you shouled ALWAYS use your aoe emnity skill on pack before moving forward, isn't hard and you can do it whilst moving so there's no reason not to. That Regen could be the thing which keeps you up and running during large pulls, don't be an idiot tank.

This is correct.