User blog comment:Velum/RS healers/@comment-25698482-20140829133828

I would like to input my own opinion on this.

I own all RS healers aside from Tiara and Themis, but I've used them as allies often enough to get a feel of their capabilities.

Attack does not matter when it comes to healers. They are there to heal, not to attack. Attacking is something your other units should do, not your healer.

I will also not judge stats much, and LS is negligible because there are better LSes from non-healers.

In my opinion, the order (greatest to least) is Elimo>Tree>Rashil>Themis>Lancia>Tiara>Phoenix.

Elimo is easily the best healer due to her niche of offering a rather large boost to defense and a 25% (tested) damage mitigation buff. She heals and keeps the party alive at the same time. The next time Elimo has to heal, your party will most likely have high HP. Another test has shown that her heal is the largest heal among the RS healers. Ironically, she has the lowest overall stats but her utility makes up for it.

Tree is all-around amazing. He's the status-begone healer, which is VERY useful for especially difficult dungeons - Maxwell, some Raids, later questing - and his SBB just rids status goodbye. He has high HP and Def, but Rec is lacking.

Rashil places third for me, not due to his crit buff, but because of his SBB. (And no, he's not new, he's been out in JP for a LONG time now.) His SBB effectively turns him invulnerable for that turn, and with a BB spam squad he'll be healing forever while giving a small crit boost.Ths means that Rashil can stay alive forever if you keep his SBB up at all times, and he'll keep everyone else alive forever.

Themis is an odd healer, an offensive one I'd like to add. She has the highest attack among all healers, which is rather... interesting. She adds Dark element to everyone's attacks, which is pretty useful. Her SBB is overly redundant, giving a Rec boost while massively healing. Since her BB heal is usually enough to nuke my units back to full HP, I am not sure why the Rec boost is there. For Tesla, maybe? :P

Tiara's another offensive healer. She's a glorified Phoenix, really. Higher stats, Water element to all allies, HoT BB, Offensive/HoT SBB. Pretty useful in certain situations e.g. one-turning Vargas Lv3 with a crit team.

Phoenix is just bad. Low stats in comparison to newer units, HoT BB and SBB. At least he's easy to spark with due to his animation and SBB.

Anyway, this is just my rambling. I agree with Elimo being the best healer, though.