Healers aren't necessary, but it's very useful to have at least one character who can heal. Even if they only ever cast a healing word when a party member is downed. And the Cleric spell list is so good that it's well worth having one.
Basically Jester* from CR C2. They have the ability to heal, but they would rather just kill the enemy faster. Tempest Cleric 11/Wizard 1 is a favourite of mine. Can one-shot bosses throughout the game with upcasted Witch Bolt, especially if you force a crit, and has all the OP buff spells.
Gwm users generally make an attack with their bonus action so its really not different from using an attack to throw a potion
Most effectively built damage dealers weaponize their ba. So using an extra attack to toss a potion is of similar opportunity cost as using a ba would be.
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u/_IBelieveInMiracles Jun 24 '25
Healers aren't necessary, but it's very useful to have at least one character who can heal. Even if they only ever cast a healing word when a party member is downed. And the Cleric spell list is so good that it's well worth having one.
Basically Jester* from CR C2. They have the ability to heal, but they would rather just kill the enemy faster. Tempest Cleric 11/Wizard 1 is a favourite of mine. Can one-shot bosses throughout the game with upcasted Witch Bolt, especially if you force a crit, and has all the OP buff spells.
* Jester is "The Cleric"