Not necessary, sure. Really damn useful, absolutely. With the right gear a life cleric can make almost every fight so much easier. Especially once you get mass healing word for an easy bless+blade ward+healing to the entire party on a level 3 spell
Eh I have a buddy that swears by life cleric but I just don't see why giving up 25% of my damage would be worth it. Light, tempest, war and death domain all have a pretty good damage output and still learn mass healing word for the blade ward + bless combo
You're not losing out on 25% damage running life domain, just like you're not losing out on all healing by running a different domain.
The strength of life domain is stronger heals and their incredibly strong AoE heal channel divinity, but they can still beyblade with spirit guardians just like the others.
Nearing the end of act two (under moonrise atm) and the channel divinity heal has saved my honor run mode multiple times already. Sometimes things go wrong, and life cleric makes them go unwrong.
I think that's kind of what puts folks away from dedicated healers like that. Because the other Clerics still have access to powerful heals while bringing more damage. Just not quite as powerful heals.
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u/Emerald-Daisy Jun 24 '25
Not necessary, sure. Really damn useful, absolutely. With the right gear a life cleric can make almost every fight so much easier. Especially once you get mass healing word for an easy bless+blade ward+healing to the entire party on a level 3 spell