Diablo 4 Best Healers [Classes And Items Detailed]

Diablo 4 gives the players the option to choose from a plethora of classes. Unfortunately, it does not have an exclusive healer class. This might be off-putting for some players who like to go for those support builds or a self-sufficient build; however, rest assured because you can heal and provide utility for your teams through different items and skills.

Best Healers And Comparison

A summary table alongside a comparison for all Healers is provided below for your ease:

No.	Class	Skill	Type
1	Necromancer	Abhorrent Iron Maiden	Curse Attack
2	Necromancer	Enhanced Blood, Surge	Core Attack
3	Necromancer	Blood Mist	Active Ability
4	Necromancer	Gruesome Mending	Passive Ability
5	Sorcerer	Shimmering Flame Shield	Defensive Ability
6	Sorcerer	Warmth	Ultimate Passive Ability
7	Barbarian	Enhanced Lunging Strike	Basic Ability
8	Barbarian	Tactical Iron Skin	Defensive Ability
9	Barbarian	Raid Leader	AOE Ability
10	Barbarian	Invigorating Fury	Ultimate Ability
11	Barbarian	Fighter’s Rupture	Weapon Mastery
12	Rogue	Enhanced Flurry	Core Active Ability
13	Rogue	Siphoning Strikes	Core Passive Ability
14	Rogue	Mending Obscurity	Passive Ability
15	Druid	Enhanced Shred	Core Ability
16	Druid	Preserving Debilitating Roar	Defensive Ability
17	Druid	Circle of Life	Ultimate Ability
18	Druid	Prime Lacerate	Ultimate Ability
19	Druid	Mending	Passive Ability

Best Healers Comparison

The Necromancer Class

Best Minions-User Class

One of the strongest classes currently in Diablo 4 is the Necromancer. This class enables you to resurrect monsters to do your bidding.

The class is structured to fight from the backlines, so they have little healing prowess. Their kit does allow them to have some sustain in fights. This is extremely important as, in my playthrough experience, the necromancers are defenseless without their summons and, hence, need the additional healing to sustain themselves somewhat.

Skill	Type	Description
Abhorrent Iron Maiden	Curse Attack	For every enemy killed while affected by Iron Maiden, heal up to 5% Maximum Life.
Enhanced Blood, Surge	Core Attack	This ability rewards you with 2.5% Maximum Health upon drawing your enemy’s blood. If you manage to draw from more than 3 enemies, you heal an additional 2.5% Maximum Life.
Blood Mist	Active Ability	Turns into a bloody mist and disappears, becoming un-targetable for three seconds. You deal 2% more damage to foes and heal for 0.5% of your maximum life. However, your movement speed is lowered by 20%.
Gruesome Mending	Passive Ability	If your Life falls below 50%, all healing is increased by 10%.

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The Sorcerer Class

Best Late Game Class in Diablo 4.

Another alternative for the best healer class is the Sorceress Class. It is one of the most rewarding and riskiest classes in the game.

They deal enormous elemental damage and are highly effective the longer you play. They must scale up and are very weak in the early game. Besides their damage, Sorceress is frail and needs all the healing they can get.

Skill	Type	Description
Shimmering Flame Shield	Defensive Ability	It heals you for 50% of your Missing Life. Hence, the lower your health is when you use it, the more you heal.
Warmth	Ultimate Passive Ability	You heal for 0.3% of your maximum life per second for every surrounding burning enemy. If they are Bosses, then the healing is increased to 0.6%.

These abilities ensure that the Sorceress Class has some ways to self-sustain during the early game and doesn’t get one shot by the enemies. The Shimmering Flame Shield is instrumental if timed correctly and can change the outcome of a battle.

The Barbarian Class

Best High Damage Class in Diablo 4.

The Barbarian class builds have been making waves in the community as one of the fan favorites. This is due to the insane physical damage that the class provides. The Barbarian class acts as a bruiser that deals tons of damage but also has to stand at the frontlines and soak in the damage from the enemies.

To ensure that the Barbarian Class can withhold the enemy’s damage, they need to have some self-sustain. This is because the mobs become more brutal as you climb through the game and can even one-shot your character.

To deal with this, the Barbarian class skillset is designed to provide self-support and sufficiency, making them arguably the closest thing possible to a healer class.

Skill	Type	Description
Enhanced Lunging Strike	Basic Ability	The ability boosts your damage by 30% and heals 2% of your Maximum Life upon hitting an enemy.
Tactical Iron Skin	Defensive Ability	Heals for 10% of the Barrier's original amount as Life per second when Iron Skin is active.
Raid Leader	AOE Ability	With your shouts, this ability allows you to heal your allies by 1% of their Maximum Life every second.
Invigorating Fury	Ultimate Ability	For every 100 furies you spend, you heal up to 3% of your Maximum Life.
Fighter’s Rupture	Weapon Mastery	You heal 15% of your Maximum Life upon every rupture hit on different enemies.

I recommend these skills because they mesh well with the Barbarian playstyle and force him to fight to heal himself. This perfectly encapsulates the barbarian class as those frontline damage dealers who aren’t hesitant to take damage.

The Rogue Class

Best Class High DPS and Solo Play. 

The Rogue class is the next contender on my list as a potential healer class. The rogue class is an assassin class providing high mobility and damage.

The class provides good offensive and defensive abilities that you can use to one-shot enemies or disengage. The class also provides numerous abilities that you can use to heal while you reassess your enemies to try again.

Skills	Type	Description
Enhanced Flurry	Core Active Ability	You receive healing worth 1% of your maximum life, up to 12% maximum life per cast, each time Flurry deals damage to a crowd-controlled or wounded enemy.
Siphoning Strikes	Core Passive Ability	Whenever you Critically Strike a nearby enemy, you regain 1% of your maximum life.
Mending Obscurity	Passive Ability	You heal for 1% of your maximum life every second you are in stealth.

These skills work extremely well with how the rogue class plays out. You can shroud yourself using a Smoke Screen and heal yourself through Mending Obscurity whenever you are in a pickle.

For More Information: Diablo 4 Best Rogue Build [Skills, Aspects, Weapons]

The Druid Class

Best Tanky Class in Diablo 4.

Last but not least, I have the Druid Class, which showcases exceptional prowess in battle. Having the ability to shapeshift, the Druid class can turn into werewolves and other animals and can take advantage of the unique attack and attributes of the animals.

They are known for being the most diverse class in how they attack and plan things. Furthermore, Druids can also cast spells and use weapons against enemies to heighten their damage and ensure their victory in a fight.

Skills	Type	Description
Enhanced Shred	Core Ability	The ability shred is buffed by 30% attack speed and heals you for 2% Maximum Life upon hitting an enemy.
Preserving Debilitating Roar	Defensive Ability	Gain 4% Maximum Life for every second the ability is active for.
Circle of Life	Ultimate Ability	Skills from Nature Magic that drain Spirit replenish up to 3% of your maximum Life.
Prime Lacerate	Ultimate Ability	Recover 3% of your Maximum Life after each Critical Strike delivered by Lacerate.
Mending	Passive Ability	Healing from all sources is increased by 10% in werebear form.

From my experience, these abilities make the Druid Class one of the most all-rounder classes in Diablo 4 and one of the contenders for the closest to being the Healer type. Their biggest drawback is that their skills don’t provide any sustainability for their party/allies but only for themselves. 

These are the classes and their corresponding abilities that can provide you with healing. You must decide which class fits your playstyle better and can work as the healer class. Apart from the classes, various items and gems grant you healing.

If you have already selected a class that doesn’t have many healing abilities, worry not. The items below will help you sustain yourself in fights and come out as the victor.

An Interesting Guide: Diablo 4 Best Druid Build [Skills, Aspects, Weapons]

Best Healing Items

Diablo 4 provides players with items that can help them heal in fights. Knowing how hard the bosses get at the later half of the game, Diablo 4 has numerous healing potions, starting from the Weak Healing potion, which is given to all new players in case they don’t have a healer beside them.

The Healing potions require crafting materials, so refer to the chart below whenever you go to explore and watch for the materials you need.

Item Name	Required Level	Required Material	Description
Weak Healing Potion	Level 1	-	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 17 Life on use.
Tiny Healing Potion	Level 10	2 Gallowvines	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 48 Life on use.
Minor Healing Potion	Level 20	15 Gallowvines 5 Biteberry 400 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 80 Life on use.
Light Healing Potion	Level 30	20 Gallowvines 10 Biteberry5 Crushed Beast Bones 470 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 141 Life on use.
Moderate Healing Potion	Level 45	20 Gallowvines 12 Howler Moss5 Demon Heart 900 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 255 Life on use.
Strong Healing Potion	Level 60	27 Gallowvines 15 Reddamine5 Palentogue 1700 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 378 Life on use.
Greater Healing Potion	Level 70	36 Blightshade 18 Lifesbane5 Grave Dust 5 Angelbreath 2500 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 559 Life on use.
Major Healing Potion	Level 80	27 Reddamine 27 Biteberry 27 Blightshade 27 Lifesbane 27 Howler Moss 10 Angelbreath 5 Fiend Rose 5000 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 827 Life on use.
Superior Healing Potion	Level 90	36 Howler Moss 36 Blightshade 20 Angelbreath20 Grave Dust 20 Demon Heart 10 Forgotten Soul 10 Fiend Rose 12500 Gold	Heals 35% of your maximum life over 3 seconds and 1274 Life on use.

These are all the healing potions available in Diablo 4. As the potency of the potions increases, so do their cost and the required materials. The materials become hard to find as you go down the table; hence, keep your eyes peeled whenever you explore.

In my opinion, the best time to use them is when your skills are on cooldown, and you are below 50% Life. In such scenarios, don’t hesitate to chug one of the potions down and stay alive until your healing skills come up.

Best Healing Gems

Lasting, I have the best healing gems to use for your build. The skull gems are the most useful for healing, so pick them up. They can provide you with an avenue of escape and can even save your life in dire situations.

Furthermore, they can be upgraded, so make sure you avail of that facility whenever you can. You must ensure a good gold balance to unlock the later skulls, as they are quite pricey.

Gem Name	Required Level	Required Material	Description
Crude Skull	15	-	+3% Healing Received+100 Armor +2 Life on Kill
Chipped Skull	20	3 Crude Skull 4500 Gold	+3.5% Healing Received +125 Armor +5 Life on Kill
Skull	40	3 Chipped Skull 18000 Gold	+4% Healing Received +150 Armor +8 Life on Kill
Flawless Skull	50	3 Skull 12500 Gold	+4.5% Healing Received +175 Armor +11 Life on Kill
Royal Skull	60	3 Flawless Skull 50000 Gold	+5% Healing Received +200 Armor +14 Life on Kill

These are the Gems capable of heightening your healing prowess and giving you a self-sustaining edge in a fight. These gems might not seem as much, but I believe they make a difference.

I suggest using them to farm a horde of monsters, as they provide additional Life on every kill. However, ensure you can have them in your Weapons and Armor to reap their healing prowess.

My Thoughts On Best Healer

All these skills, items, and Gems compensate you for lacking a specific healer class and provide you with utility for yourself. Every class has its own playstyle and ways to heal, so choose the best among them that aligns with your play style. 

Check out these other guides, such as Diablo 4: Whispering Key [How To Get], Diablo 4: Best DPS Class [Rogue Build], and Diablo 4: Best Solo Classes [Explained].