Healing Wave downranking
Casting a lower rank costs less mana, but a rank you learned long ago keeps less and less of your gear bonus as you level. This guide shows the rule and the numbers for every rank. The calculator uses the same rule on its heal rank table.
The rule
A rank keeps clamp(1 - (L - 17 - T) * 0.05, 0, 1) of its coefficient, where L is your level and T is the level the rank is learned. In words: up to level T + 17 the rank keeps all of it, then it loses 5 percentage points of the gear bonus for every level after that, until nothing is left. This was measured in the beta from level 18 to 30.
Worked example: Healing Wave rank 2 is learned at level 6. At level 30, L - 17 - T = 30 - 17 - 6 = 7, so it keeps 1 - 7 * 0.05 = 65% of its coefficient.
The coefficient
A heal’s spell coefficient is its base cast time divided by 3.5, with the cast time capped at 3.5 seconds. Healing Wave rank 1 casts in 1.5 seconds, so its coefficient is 1.5 / 3.5 = 0.429. Improved Healing Wave shortens the cast but not the coefficient. The heal is the average base heal plus the coefficient, times the share kept, times your Healing power.
Every rank
Gear bonus kept is shown at levels 20, 25 and 30. Heal and heal per mana are at level 30 with 200 Healing power, for the ranks known by level 30. Values marked Check are not yet confirmed.
| Rank | Learned | Base heal | Mana | Cast | Coefficient | Kept at 20 | Kept at 25 | Kept at 30 | Heal at 30 | Heal per mana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing Wave 1 | 1 | 41.5 | 25 | 1.5 s | 0.429 | 90% | 65% | 40% | 75.8 | 3.03 |
| Healing Wave 2 | 6 | 76.0 | 45 | 2.0 s | 0.571 | 100% | 90% | 65% | 150.3 | 3.34 |
| Healing Wave 3 | 12 | 138.5 | 80 | 2.5 s | 0.714 | 100% | 100% | 95% | 274.2 | 3.43 |
| Healing Wave 4Check | 18 | 267.0 | 155 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 438.4 | 2.83 |
| Healing Wave 5 | 24 | 355.5 | 200 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | 100% | 100% | 526.9 | 2.63 |
| Healing Wave 6 | 32 | 500.5 | 265 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned |
| Healing Wave 7 | 40 | 704.5 | 340 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned |
| Healing Wave 8 | 48 | 995.5 | 440 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned |
| Healing Wave 9 | 56 | 1,366.0 | 560 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned |
| Healing Wave 10Check | 60 | 1,615.0 | 620 | 3.0 s | 0.857 | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned | not learned |
| Lesser Healing Wave 1Check | 20 | 161.5 | 105 | 1.5 s | 0.429 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 247.2 | 2.35 |
| Lesser Healing Wave 2 | 28 | 228.5 | 145 | 1.5 s | 0.429 | not learned | not learned | 100% | 314.2 | 2.17 |
Ranks above level 30 are listed for completeness. The right rank to spam depends on your mana as well as your heal: the stat weights change with the rank you pick, so compare them in the calculator and read how stat weights work.