Below is a list of all known abilities that do not target Mistweavers (and now Holy Paladins). I will be updating this as the expansion goes on.
Starting the list here for pre patch.
- Gorefiend - Surging Shadows will never target us, allowing us to stack on melee.
- Iskar - Fel Chakram targets three roles: Tank, Melee, and Ranged. We fill the melee role in Fel Chakram's targeting.
- Socrethar - Volatile Fire Orb, Apocalyptic Felburst, and Gift of the Man'ari
- Tyrant Velhari - Edict of Condemnation will never center on us.
- Mannoroth - Felseeker will never be centered on you.
- Archimonde - You'll never be the main focus of Shadowfel Burst. Dark Conduit will never target you.
Emerald Nightmare
- Cenarius - Nightmare Brambles will never spawn under our feet, but a nearby ranged player may unintentionally kite them over you.
- Xavius - Lurking Eruption (the small adds) will never explode underneath and then fixate on us.
Trial of Valor
- Odyn - Hymdall's Dancing Blade will never center itself under us.
- Helya - We can receive the Orb of Corruption designated for melee players, meaning two healers can be targeted at once.
The Nighthold
(Updates in Progress)
- Trilliax - Sterilize will not target us.
- Spellblade Aluriel - Mark of Frost will never center on us, but can jump to us if we're too close to others soaking.
- Krosus - Orb of Destruction will not target us.
- High Botanist Tel'arn - Parasitic Fetter will not target us, but the Lasher's fixate will. Call of Night will not target Mistweavers.
- Tichondrius - Brand of Argus will never center on us.
- Gul'dan - Eye of Gul'dan (and Empowered Eye of Gul'dan) will not channel onto Mistweavers.
Chiburst discussion here.
just an update from blizzard as far as legion goes,
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, imagine a debuff that requires you to move away from other players for a short time or move to a certain location. In many cases, we exempt melee DPS from such abilities not because it would wipe the raid, but merely because reducing their effectiveness to near-zero for many seconds would be overly frustrating. We are much less concerned about asking Mistweavers or Holy Paladins to respond to these kinds of mechanics, because they can still use most of their abilities and be reasonably effective while briefly out of melee. In these cases they'd simply be handling the same mechanics that other healers were required to handle
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ReplyDeleteWhat about botanist's roots? I want to stand with the melee/tanks, but am worried that I'll be that random ranged player that gets targeted for roots. I know you can get rooted regardless of your class type if a plant targets you and catches up, but melee do not get targeted as far as I've experienced.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the process of updating Nighthold bosses. Mythic gives me an opportunity to get a large amount of spell casts to see where we fall. Updated the guide with Botanist info.
DeleteGul'dan - Eye of Gul'dan (and Empowered Eye of Gul'dan) will not channel onto Mistweavers.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that is not true anymore as I was targeted by the channel of the Eye