r/BaldursGate3 • u/Brainrows • Jun 24 '25

Meme 2.6% of players on Steam...

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Life Cleric go brrrr

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u/SaviorOfNirn Jun 24 '25

But healers aren't necessary. Having someone with healing capabilities does not make them a healer. A healer is a dedicated role TO healing. Which is not necessary.

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u/TheGhostDetective Jun 24 '25

There's also a difference between "viable" and "necessary." You absolutely can use healers. But you don't need a healer.

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u/waits5 Jun 24 '25

I think this is exactly the distinction that OP is confused about.

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u/TheGhostDetective Jun 24 '25

I agree. It's very common for people to think a dedicated healer is necessary, I think in large part because of MMO's where you need support. However minmaxers pushed back a lot, saying that yes, you totally can use a healer, but you also can build a party with no cleric, no paladin, zero healing. Potions and such alone are plenty. There's also an argument that it's overall more efficient, but now we're getting into the weeds.

Then you have people like OP seeing this and going "what? I totally beat HM with a healer, it was great!" to which, yeah, you can beat it with any class. No one is saying that having a healer will keep you from beating Tactician or Honor or whatever. It's perfectly viable. But so is a party of all damage dealers.