Mellee Healer Geomancer

[Hammerhorn]

What if Geomancer was a healer with a 2 handed hammer that stood toe to toe with enemies using water to mend , flame to cauterize wounds and wind to dry the tears of battle weary companions? In this healers tool kit you could have abilities that heal nearby party members as he attacks , vines that could spring from the gound slowing and debuffing enemies from blunt damage, all while dancing in a mellee style combat. Mellee Healer - make it happen.

[Pixelmancer]

What if Geomancer was a healer with a 2 handed hammer that stood toe to toe with enemies using water to mend , flame to cauterize wounds and wind to dry the tears of battle weary companions?

Why would a geomancer, a mage that specializes in Earth magic, use every element except Earth?

In this healers tool kit you could have abilities that heal nearby party members as he attacks , vines that could spring from the gound slowing and debuffing enemies from blunt damage, all while dancing in a mellee style combat. Mellee Healer - make it happen.

People would die while you closed to melee range.

[Nekotee]

Well
I would say that any skilled healer will not be in ranged except for mechanics requirement

Like do you really see a whm behind his group ?
If the answer is yes, ask him to hand over his staff

All healer should be be in melee range or close range (3/5 yalms)
Because because far away kill all his spell so... It's dumb to run away

The only one that can go a bor far away is the scholar that put his fairy near the melee
Because she is his main heal tool

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Otherwise i like the geomancer idea
But he need a spécial power to be unique
Or he will only become sub SCH or sub Whm

[Ametrine]

Geomancer could very well be a healer that fights melee distance, but you can\\'t reliably heal if you need to dart all over the area. Having a ton of AOE heals may work, but in practice.... Ehh.

I\\'m just concerned about my ranged DPS or tanks that have to spread out to handle adds. A melee focused healer would be screwed if they were forced to solo in such situations, rendering the job undesirable.

Geomancer\\'s (or toaist or feng shui warrior depending on the game or language) entire gimmick is that they wield certain skills that change dramatically depending on the terrain they fight on. Different potencies, additional effects, etc. They also equip bells in most games they appear in.

Geomancer would need some intense redesigning to operate as a healer or melee.

[Ametrine]

Well
I would say that any skilled healer will not be in ranged except for mechanics requirement

Like do you really see a whm behind his group ?
If the answer is yes, ask him to hand over his staff

All healer should be be in melee range or close range (3/5 yalms)

Why on earth would any healer, all of which are squishy mages, be in melee range when literally every skill we have affords us PLENTY of room to stay out of danger while keeping everyone else in danger alive?

As you kind of pointed out, the only time I need to get up my tank's butt outside of the obvious dodging of attacks with range or stacking mechanics is when someone (tank or myself) derp and I need to get them back on a mob I have aggro for.

There is zero benefit to standing right in the thick of combat as a healer.

[Supersun]

There is zero benefit to standing right in the thick of combat as a healer.

[Nekotee]

0 benefit ?

Coming from a whm it's HIGHLY surprising
Because melee range give you access to fluid aura à good dps gain
You can auto attack between spell (minor dps gain)
It favor holy because you are sure to hit everyone
If you put asylum you're healed too
You can aoe heal with cure 3 instead of shitty medica
If you got aggro you don't move the tank is here
If there is huge cone aoe you dodge them with one step on the side instead of sprint all the way out which almost never work because cone aoe have fast cast

The only downfall is that player target circle aoe will Land in melee range disrupting melee dps because it add one more to dodge

Otherwise there is only benefit to be melee range as caster ! (Heal or dps)

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BTW healer are not squishy
They are 3rd in line went it come to tanking
Tank > dragoon > heal

In my case I have nearly 19k5 hp as AST...
Which is almost more than all dps i encounter
So explain the squishyness of a healer ?

[gehrtalert]

Id play a melee healer. I think a potion-based class would be a better fit for it that a geomancer class tho. Geomancer sounds like too much of a Mage-class to be close range. I like your idea tho OP.

[Supersun]

So explain the squishyness of a healer ?

For physical damage at least tanks mitigate 30% of damage just from their armor. DDs mitigate 15-25% (more for Dragoons, less for ranged DPS). Healers/casters only mitigate 10%.

Sure, you may have more HP, but most of those melee DDs have an extra 15% effective health from their better defense from their armor.

[Nekotee]

Effectively true
But in the end healer got a huge healing ability
That DD cannot emulate

Both are équivalent

But a tanking DD won't last long without healer
While a healer alone can last for a bit using appropriate healing and timing
> Neither of them would survive in case of tank buster anyway