For a pure Cata Healer do the following:
Stats:
- Pure Intelligence from the first 10 points to the last point put in.
- Heal Mastery Club, Heavy Heal Mastery Armor, Heal Mastery Charm, and a Heal Charm with Enhanced Effect in the Accessory Slot.
You also have another option for the armor which is listed here:
Two schools of thought--are you going to tank, or heal? If you have high EE/high dex armor (must be both), you'll want to tank:
Believe it or not, Heal mastery isn't the most important stats here. Find yourself some heavy plate with a ton of EE, and you'll save yourself a lot of mana on heals. While the Guardian is clearly designed to heal, he can also tank with the best of them. He is virtually impervious to all attacks except critical strikes because of his high intelligence and low dexterity.
I use level 35 plate with 100+ EE, and I only see two sort of hits--0 and 300+. The advantage is 1) Other members are more safe, and you can worry about watching your life and not theirs, and 2) You'll save on mana in the long run. All those hits for 0 that would have been hits for 100 really add up. You'll heal far less often. If you can find EE plate with Heal Mastery, dexterity or Max Life/Max Mana, all the better.
If, however, you have a friend who prefers to tank, you can sit in the middle comfortably with very high heal mastery (and bonus max mana if you can find it)
http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=22760522&f=74Check the second post for more info.
This post was edited by UsmanSimjee on Jul 17 2009 05:53am