Heal Firebrand

This build is very common in PuGs. It is part of a composition called PuG Meta. More info about this composition can be found here. This build provides a high amount of boons and a lot of safety to the group via its healing. It therefore shines most in less experienced groups as well as when you have bad instabilities. Once the safety of a dedicated healer is no longer needed, you can move on to running Power Firebrand or Condi Firebrand. We also added a new heal variant that is inbetween the full heal and damage versiont called Zealot Firebrand for parties wanting to transition to no heal runs.

Activating a Tome will replace your weapon skills and grant you 5 skill usages in the Tome. You can also leave the Tome early though.

Entering a Tome has a cast time and your Skill 5 on both weapon sets can cancel skill casts so make sure to not spam the 5 button when entering the Tome or you might end up cancelling the Tome.

Tomes also have the passive effect from the Virtues. Through

All Tomes are built in a similar way:

• Skill 1 creates an effect in a cone in front of you.
• Skill 2 creates an effect around you.
• Skill 3 is a ground target skill.
• Skill 4 creates a field.
• Skill 5 grants a unique buff to your allies.

• Use this Tome mainly for providing a Fire Field.
• Skill 1 and 2 are mostly useless on Heal Firebrand.
• Skill 3 is a CC. It pulls enemies together and can be used from range.
• Skill 4 creates a Fire Field that can be used to blast

  .
• Skill 5 grants an effect to allies that makes them inflict burning on their next attacks. This scales with

  so be careful when using this skill or skip it entirely when running with Condi Firebrands.
• When running Radiance, dealing damage with any skill in this Tome will trigger

  and share the

  to allies.
• When running Radiance killing certain enemies will reset this Tome. Keep in mind this will not reset the skills in the Tome.
• A common rotation in this Tome is 4-(5)-exit.

• Use this Tome for emergency healing and cleansing.
• Skill 1 heals in a cone in front of you.
• Skill 2 heals and cleanses conditions.
• skill 3 gives some boons but will rarely be used.
• Skill 4 places a healing field that can also be blasted for extra healing.
• Skill 5 converts conditions into boons and grants allies an cimoning healing modifier.
• When running Virtues entering this Tome also cleanses conditions.
• Common rotations in this Tome are 2-5-4-1-2 for maximum sustained healing or 5-4-2-1-1 for maximum burst healing.

• Use this Tome for massive

  ,

  or a reflect.
• Skill 1 grants

  .
• Skill 2 inflicts 1 second of

  on the enemy.
• Skill 3 places a bubble that reflects incoming projectiles.
• Skill 4 places a field that pulses

  to allies. This will help dealing with non-damaging conditions such as

  and

  .
• Skill 5 provides

  ,

  ,

  as well as extra Toughness.
• There is no set rotation in this Tome, use whatever skills you need for their utility and make sure to press Skill 5 as it is an incredibly strong skill.
• You can camp in this Tome for a few extra seconds to get an extra cast on an important skill, for example a 2nd reflect. However only do this when absolutely needed as you will not have access to the boons and healing your weapon skills provide.

• will be provided by using

  (which triggers

  every 7 seconds) and

  . Keep 2 charges of

  to provide

  and use it evrey time you go back to 3 charges. You can use

  down to 0 charges whenever you are stacked with your group.
• comes from different sources.

  is a big source of

  and should be used off-cooldown whenever you are on Staff and on the group. Using

  Skill 4 and blasting it with

  will also grant

  and give others the option to also blast additional

  . Using

  as mentioned above will also contribute to

  generation.
• will be provided through

  . Make sure to use this off-cooldown when on the Axe weapon set while peopel are stacked together. Try to use this skill 2 times before swapping to Staff.
• mainly comes from

  . Make sure to use this whenever you are on Staff.
• will be provided through

  when equipped. You can use it similarly to

  and keep 2 charges for condi cleanse while providing some

  whenever it goes back to 3 charges.
• Some

  can be provided through

  . This is your only reliable source of

  as you do not want to use

  just for the

  from Skill 5.
• is provided through

  . If you think you will not need a lot of

  you can use this down to 2 charges similar to

  in order to provide some

  to the group.

• Provide a Fire Field if needed.

  Skill 4 provides a short Fire Field.

  provides a longer Fire Field as well as extra

  but has to be specifically slotted for pre-stacking.
• to blast

  .
• and cast

  once and every other equipped Mantra as often as you can during the cast.
• if you have it equipped.
• if you can start the fight within 10 seconds of usage.
• Take the singularity.
• and use

  once during this cast.
• on the way to the boss and swap to Axe before the fight starts to place

  .

• Try to keep your group alive as well as you can through sustained healing and use your burst healing only when it is needed. Keep in mind that active damage mitigation through avoiding attacks or blocking them is very valuable and will help a lot more than a slight increase in healing numbers.
• A lot of consistent healing comes from your symbols through

  . Since you want to use

  and

  off-cooldown anyways to provide boons, This will give you a nice amount of healing through the entire fight. Same goes for

  .
• Thanks to

  you will also heal at the end of a dodge roll. Make sure to keep enough endurance to avoid mechanics but otherwise feel free to use up dodges for healing.
• If

  is equipped, it will provide

  to your group so make sure to use it down to 2 charges whenever it goes back up to 3.
• If Mace is equipped the auto-attacks will provide a good amount of healing and

  will provide extra

  .

• For emergency situations you have some smaller burst healing options as well as your

  .
• If you are swapping to Staff when healing is needed keep in mind that

  provides healing over time while

  and

  provide burst healing.
• is a great option for high burst healing when slotted.
• is the biggest source of burst healing and should be used as a last resort due to its long cooldown. However due to the cast of both opening the Tome and the skils within, make sure to not hesitate too long. If hte healing does not need to be immediate you can use 2-5-4-1-2, if you need the instant burst healing you can use 5-4-2-1-1.

• If a lot of condition cleanse is needed you will most likely slot

  which will then be your main reliable source of condition cleanse while also providing some extra

  .
• Blasting Light Fields also causes area condition cleanse. On Staff you can place

  and blast it with

  .
• Skill 2 and 5 will cleanse conditions as well, however same as with burst healing this is often a last resort. When running Virtues, opening this Tome will also cleanse conditions.

Here's two In-Depth video guides on Heal Firebrand. Keep in mind that we still highly recommend playing the default Radiance/Honor build from the build section.