I created a mage to use as a healer and lvled him to 27 already.
but when i went to the healer build guides, most were talkin about
guardian//healer and barb//healer...

did i pick the wrong class to use as healer?,and could someone please explain why guardian would be better healer than mage or vice-versa?

thanks to all who look

Guardian is suggested because its usually cheaper, has healing abilities that charge faster when playing guard, and you can also fill the role of tank if need be.

Mage is fine tho. Its the second best option to heal with of the starting classes. If you are doing ok with it, keep at it.

thnk you for this information, i just checked out guardian abilities and they are rlly cool...can i use those abilities as a mage or are the exclusive to guard

You can use them but they charge slower on mage, I would suggest multiheal and maybe Salvation. Do not use Healtank because it charges with weapon.

i appreciate all the info...i want to create a pure healing character...so any other opinions mage healer, good idea or bad?

Its nice

But guardian is better imo
The Abilities for guardian are heal and the guardian can tank more then à mage

Make mage if u Wanna do much DMG+some heal

is this physical or magic damage

can i get a suggestion for gear to wear on mage/healer?
weapon- with int or healing mastery or both?
armor- with both hm and int
main charm- hm and int
acc charm - EE

does that sound good?

yes but u should probably go for hm rather than int, it gives u a better heal boost and also items with hm are cheaper compared to int cuz int is also used by casters whereas the demand for hm items isn't that high atm
http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=425644&p=321789
if this is the char u're talking about the arm and main charm are good, u might wanna think about getting a new staff
moreover, i'd say u should get a better acc heal, as u can see ur main charm heals better than the actual heal with ee, so u should upgrade it every ~20 or so lvls, there's a 30lv wild 5x ee for 5 fg on the market which would improve ur healing much more than trying to upgrade hm items, or there's a 45lv heal 7x ee for 19.98 which could easily be used as a mq heal i'd say - that's if u have enough fg obviously

This post was edited by Leny on Jul 14 2011 02:08am

man this game is hard to do anything lol i cant find monsters i cant catch fish or nothing lol... sigh whens ladder slasher coming out in 3-d like zelda lol