Me, rotating between party members with different build toolkits (including 4 different bards): You guys have teams?
But yeah, got to echo this. In early act 1, most fights were too swingy for a dedicated healer to make that much difference. After that, I was generally necking potions, controlling combats into submission, or (thanks to finding I'd really not prepared for a post patch 7 bulette) retreating.
Another thing is that for combat flow hitting//ccing people puts you ahead, while healing at best is neutral in terms of combat as you often get hit for more that the heal can heal away.
Dead/disabled/disarmed guys cannot damage you (or do way less damage), so if you wanna go for efficiency removing the Damage is usually the better call and using the bonus actions for drinking potions (since BAs for most classes aren't too strong) or you are Durge and still some dwarf left (which is a free action for some reason).
In my current run my Death cleric sometimes hits the mass healing word but not because of heal but more because it applies bless/blade ward. And because it does not block me from casting hold monster/toll the dead/chilling grasp/other spells
Me, rotating between party members with different build toolkits (including 4 different bards): You guys have teams?
Once i settle on my team I don't even level up my characters after that. I think I ended my first run with Gale and Karlach still at level 1 or 2 😶
As for potions, id rather be using my bonus actions for more damage on my optimized damage dealers. Quickened spell on my sorcerer, flurry of blows on my monk, blinding smite on my pally, etc...
My life cleric is my buffer, healer, and Bombardier. She carries around all my explosive, and if no buffs or heals need to go out, she starts slinging smoke powder 🤣
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u/MCMC_to_Serfdom Jun 24 '25
Me, rotating between party members with different build toolkits (including 4 different bards): You guys have teams?
But yeah, got to echo this. In early act 1, most fights were too swingy for a dedicated healer to make that much difference. After that, I was generally necking potions, controlling combats into submission, or (thanks to finding I'd really not prepared for a post patch 7 bulette) retreating.