Broil

[ExcogEnjoyer]

Also, consider most mechanics in this game are not meant to be healed through.

When mechanics in this game are "Do this or wipe." No amount of healing can save you. This drastically reduces the value of healing. It means you can't catch up to people's mistakes.

Did you get hit? You get a stacking vulnerability debuff that can't be removed. You get a "damage dealt down" debuff that can't be removed. You didn't get into the proper formation, you get sent off the arena and die. Explosions kill everybody. You can count actually heal check mechanics with the fingers of a single hand.

I still don't get the "Shields let you skip mechanics" when most mechanics essentially one shot you, even with shields, or punish you to the point your whole pull gets doomed to enrage and wipe.

I think he's referring to things like the Wall-Cup-Game Orbs in e10s where, with a lot of overshielding and mitigation, you can tank the big damage wall and not have to do the mechanic. Note: this is unintended and requires a higher commitment of resources than most deem worth it.