Top 15 Healers 

As a guy who grew up with two parents working in healthcare, and eventually ended up working in the same sector for quite some time before switching jobs, this list spoke to me on a emotional level. And awesome for giving credits to Psychiatrists, I went to one to help me with my social anxiety and without their help, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

0:57 this reminds me of when I read a post online about Healers. Healer: I’m the one who decides if you live or die. I’ve never disrespected a healer ever since.

Honorable Mentions: *Morgana - Persona 5 -Granted, Makoto also does have healing moves as well, but this kitty is your first healer and you get him as early as the first palace! *Sharla - Xenoblade Chronicles -She heals... with a freaking sniper rifle! *Vestal - Darkest Dungeon -She's by far the best healer unit in the game. *Dr. Zed - Borderlands Series -He's been kicking as long as Marcus and is the one operating the medic vendors.

I’m already gonna like this when you started off with parody of “Friends on the Other Side.” For me, my favorite Healer is Vi from Bug Fables, once you unlock her “Sharing Stash” ability, from a very touching scene where she reconciles with her sister, it not only heals a good amount, but it cures poison and gives a heal-over-time Effect.

If I don't see The Medic from Team Fortress 2 someone is getting their bones sawed through.

Working on the Baron Samedi song was so worth it. Also, I was starving to see how people would react to Medic's placement. Was not disappointed lol

I'm calling it right now, The Medic is #1. Josh f#$king loves that megalomaniac. *Edit:* WOW, couldn't even make it to top 10. I was sure he would have at least got top 5.

She heals Link from beyond the grave with the strength of her feelings... Acting in his best interest thereby actively keeping them apart. That is just beautiful T_T

21:29 Actually, fire is just as important in nature, as it can destroy invasive plants and restore natural habitats to a certain degree. (for example; returning important nutrients back to the soil and get rid of any toxic waste to the plants). Anyway, I think my fav healer is Cotton Cookie from Cookie Kingdom (who just got recently added to the game and technically a support character.) Her skill 'A Warm Light' allows her to periodically restore her allies' HP (including her own) and increase the summoned creatures' ATK. She also summons sheep which charges at the enemies, dealing an area damage and stunning them. Her story is also bittersweet as it's a re-telling of the Snow Queen story.

My pick is Nia from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, because she's a damn good healer, has a very sassy personality where she comes off as cold at first, but quickly accepts Rex over her past with Torna, has a pretty tragic backstory, and... Unless we're factoring in a potential of a harem, she kind of got done dirty by Rex when it came to his focus on Pyra and Mythra, just like how Melia got ignored by Shulk when Fiora returned (eventhough I prefer Fiora more). And I guess I'll give an honorable mention to Sharla from the first game, since she can actually heal with a gun, and is far from timid since early in the game, she develops a huge hatred for the Mechon, not to mention her way to talk sense into Reyn.

Ngl I was expecting for the FE character it would be Linhardt. Since he’s the best healer in the game on an objective level. Plus on a personality level he hates seeing violence hence why he heals as much as he does. He’s got such a strong hatred of blood he’s really good about following the hypocratic oath unless he’s attacked. And on the advice level he gives a lot of very wise advice, you know when he’s not sleeping

DUDE! I adore that you know Trauma Center!!! Those games were literally my childhood, no joke they're the reason I'm actually going into emergency medicine 💊 thank you for giving this series the love it deserves 💓 keep being you!

Can't wait for the Top 10 Penultimate Bosses. Whether it be just a list of the 10 best Penultimate Bosses, or a list of the 10 Penultimate Bosses that're Better than the Final Boss, I'll still be satisfied.

This is exactly why Mipha was one of the characters I played as in the final battle in Age of Calamity.

Being a Healer is like being a Tank, you'll never get thanks for it

Aww, I wanted Alfyn from octopath traveler to be on here. His healer story questions whether it is right or not to heal criminals which made for one of the more interesting stories.

Mercedes is literally perfect. Out of all the Three Houses characters, she’s the only one I’d love to meet in real life. She’s beautiful, is a super-duper sweetheart, is apparently a fantastic cook, will listen to all of your problems, will heal all of your wounds and defend you with her life, and does it all cheerfully. Not to mention her voice and smile will make anyone’s heart of ice melt.

It's videos like these that truly heal my soul. Just watching Josh struggle to not scream at the puns his editors place into his script is so fulfilling! Edit: I LOVE HIS SINGING! 2nd Edit: The River Lethe is the River of Forgetfulness. The River Styx is possibly the one Josh meant.

YES! I love being the healer, and they needed this kind of respect! And as for that beginning bit...I mean I can technically disagree because I don't typically directly talk to my teammates, but INTERNALLY...yeaaaaaah. Great list as always though!

Small correction, the Norse goddess Hel also functions as a healer, so Baron isn't the only underworld healer in SMITE.

When the baron samedi part happened,I expected to hear THAT LAUGH from live and let die

Here we go again: 15: Dr. Facilier is one of the best Disney villains. 14: She's pretty cute. I want to adopt her. 13: Donald is always getting the short end of the stick. Still, I can't disagree that Tink is better. 12: A very interesting choice for this list. 11: Let's face it; NOBODY is surprised this guy is on this list. 10: I need to start playing this series. 9: I'll be honest, I'm confused she got this high from Josh's description. 8: I've never managed to get into Fire Emblem, but Three Houses has somewhat piqued my interest. I'll play it someday. 7: Everyone loves the grandma character. 6: Fire & nature don't go hand in hand? Then why do fires need to be set by forest rangers when the trees get too crowded? Still, I get what you mean. 5: I expected Lucio for this list initially, but Zenyatta is also a great choice. 4: I need to check out that one Netflix series about this game, though I can never get into the game. 3: Let's hope they go with the RPG representation of Peach when they make the movie. 2: Okay, I won't disagree with how psychology is an important field, I can't say that Athena be on this list as a healer. She is an amazing character, though, so I'm not too upset. Honorable Mentions: All of them made me very, very happy to see them there. Moving on. 1: This is just one of the reasons why Breath of the Wild is one of, if not THE best Zelda game ever made. At least until the sequel comes out.

Have to admit, with the octopath music in the background I thought at least one of the 2 healers in the game would make the list. Ophilia as an honorable mention is nice and all, But Alfyn is really underrated. As an Apothecary he creates medicines with a variety of effects. And his story arc thoroughly explores trials and tribulations of the medical field. He searches high and low risking his life to find the the right ingredients for his medicines. He stands up against other doctors committing malpractice for their own benefits. His conviction to save every life he can is questioned when one of his patients turns out to be a violent criminal and he's forced to wonder if someone like that is worth saving. And he even saves someone who wants to die and restores their will to live.

I became a Mipha main the moment I started playing as her. She became my go to character through out the entire campaign. Back to some some honorable mentions. Most Persona 5 players would say Morgana is the best healer in the game, but Makoto was the best healer for me. Her defense buffs were useful as hell during the final battle.

The second I saw Mipha as number one...I cried with joy,She deserves the top spot.

One small bit I wanna add to the obligatory KH rep at 13, since we're specifically bringing up KH 1, I wanna give a shout out to Goofy and his Evolution skill. With how quickly Goofy can rack up MP bars, despite his low amount, he can essentially become an infinite use Mega Potion, healing the entire party with great efficiency. Unequip his other skills, and he becomes an amazing option for healing. But at the same time, considering how tempting it is to have Tornado equipped, sup-up his Strength, and absolutely hyuck-up enemy and boss alike, it's a hard to decide what to go with, but regardless, Goof is definitely one of the best party members in the series. Also, mad respect putting Derek and Athena on the list. Yeah, they're just regular people, but that doesn't make them any less of healers, just like many of our real life surgeons, psychiatrists, and therapists.

Really happy to see Estelle on here…but your description of how she takes on so much of the healing duty is giving me serious PTSD of the Schwann fight, coming at a time where not only Estelle, but Raven, the game’s sad excuse for a secondary healer, are gone. Thank Luna for DE giving you Flynn to pick up the slack.

#6 Mipha BOTW. Edit: Mipha was much higher on the list than expected :D

Great Facilier song tribute! A similar character, Voodoo Priest Dazzle in DOTA2, is actually my best character, or at least the only one I've ever gotten any legit praise for. I like how his healing steals HP from enemies and gives it to my allies. Like they'll care where I got all this extra blood from so long as I'm giving it to them. Shallow Grave can and has made the difference between victory and defeat.

Number 1 warmed my heart so much, as she is easily my new favorite character in the Zelda franchise, and I wish she could continue on to rest of the franchise. I love her character, ability, just…everything. So good.

After playing breath of the wild I agree with Mipha being number. She’s so sweet and caring and I literally just completed the mission to get her power. I can’t wait to test it out. Plus she’s gosh darn adorable.

I hope to see Serena from Dragon Quest 11 on this list. She's an amazing character and an amazing healer.

I figured Estelle may make this list. Love that she did 😊 Sees #1: OKAY I AGREE 100%! LINK X MIPHA FL!!!!!

Two of my favourite healers are Princess Garnet in FF9 as she perfectly represents the classic job class in the game and her in-game model is wearing the literal White Mage robe when she first meets Zidane. And second is Rena Lanford from Star Ocean Second Story/Second Evolution, having the whole second half of the game revolve around her and her character is so intriguing but as the primary healer she has single targets and aoe spells as well as buff and weaken spells too so when she is not in the party during certain areas of the plot; it hurts.

Some of my Honorable Mentions: -Daisoujou (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne) It’s Prayer ability can heal everyone tremendously and added with Meditation (which heals both HP and MP for Daisoujou), it’s incredibly broken. -Mercy (Overwatch) Really easy to use, can heal teammates fast, can revive anyone (for a price of a long slowdown), and her Ultimate can be pretty useful in tough situations -Rabbid Peach (Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle) The only character with a healing ability, she can definitely be a lifesaver at times when things are dire.

OMG!! I totally freaked out when Derek Stiles was on this list!! He's been my favorite characters for a very long time and I'm happy to see him here

So just to be clear we all know the medic from TF2 going to be in the top three right

If any Final Fantasy character I’m counting on to make the cut, it isn’t FFVII’s Aerith, but FFVI’s Celes - from the same game Josh’s all time favorite character/mascot of his channel comes from. (In other words, his favorite Final Fantasy character who ISN’T Kefka) EDIT: I’m surprised it was Yuna instead. 😮 And as a die hard Mario fan, I’m absolutely surprised yet STUNNED Peach made the Top THREE!! 😳🤩

Love the list! My own personal pick would be Nia from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Edit: Oh yeah, and if you are taking suggestions: Top 10/15 Protagonist Bosses, boss fights against a main character that was either playable earlier in the game, or in a previous game in the series. Examples include the Demi-Fiend in SMT Digital Devil Saga and now SMTV, Red in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver, and (a top contender for the #1 spot) Roxas and Lingering Will in Kingdom Hearts 2

I actually gasped at 1:45 seeing you post Lunar 2 and scrambled to subscribe, only to realize I was already subbed. Well, I'm just going to have to watch and like more of your videos now.

was gonna be mad that Medic was at #11 but then you mentioned that he was more of a mad scientist and you're totally right

I only just started watching the video and this may be one of my favorites of yours for using LoD to introduce the numbers.❤️‍🔥

16:55 Yeah, as much as I love Lorenz, his support with Mercedes is straight-up hilarious with just how savage she is when calling out his insecurities. 😂

I always look forward to these videos, especially because of the epic intro

2 H.M's for you guys: 1. Finka (Rainbow Six Siege) A healing effect that can restore health, revive allies from long range, reduce recoil, allow fast reloads, fast stun recovery, increased speed in barbed wire AND A SELF REVIVAL MOVE? Hell yeah. Also, 6P41 LMG rocks. 2. Doc (Back 4 Blood) Has better healing skills among the cleaners and grants TRAUMA RESISTANCE. Trauma is basically Rad Damage from Fallout, so yeah, always have a Doc on your team. Not to mention, funny personality.

the first thirty seconds of your video made me remember all of those healer memes from a while back like the ones from Merryweather comics

Some of my favorite healers: Chasun - Summoners War I don't know how the meta has changed since I haven't played since 2017, but she was at the time ridiculous. Her Fallen Blossoms skill was completely busted for the longest time since she could equalize any straggling unit with her own health and restore them to full health if she was full. Milt - Food Fantasy In terms of HP, she can heal the entire party for ten seconds when linked with Caviar, she doesn't remove status effects but I don't believe in objectivity so yeah personal bias is in her favor. Aeris - Final Fantasy VII Again, personal bias but she is a strong healer and an endearing personality. It's not a stretch to say that a lot of VII's longevity can be attributed solely to her. Yeah, all of the characters in that particular entry have been Flanderized over the ensuing decades, but going back to the original game you remember how playful and teasing, a far cry from the enigmatic Mary Sue she'd eventually become.

The Healer is one of my favorite classes in any RPGs; D&D clerics can do some really cool stuff, and considering I'd get my ass handed to me in an IRL fight, it's probably the role I'd want to play if my friends and I ever found ourselves in a tight situation. My dad's a doctor, so maybe it's just personal. P.S. I wholeheartedly approve of that #2 pick!

Fun fact regarding Derek Stiles, and some other characters from Trauma Center: They actually cameo in the Etrian Odyssey series! Namely the original versions of 1 and 2 (And 2 Untold, to an extent). How so? Easy: Prior to Etrian Odyssey 3, there were actually two types of shops: The one that gave weapons, armor and some items (Shilleka's Goods in 1 and Sitoth Trading in 2), and a hospital of sorts (In 1, it's Ceft Apothecary and in 2... Lagaard Hospital) that also sold curative items before the shops sold them in later games. These hospitals are handled by one of two characters from Trauma Center: Haufmann, who's the hospital director of the original Trauma Center handles the clinic in EO1 and is even involved in the story mode of Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold as the head of the Midgar Library, a character resembling Angie (The Nurse assistant of Derek Stiles) is involved in certain sidequests of EO2 (Final Edit: She's also an NPC in EO3), and Derek... handles the Lagaard Hospital in EO2, even if his name isn't known in-game... But anybody who knows about Trauma Center can recognize the similarities in appearance. QUICK EDIT: The games also have a Medic class (more or less VITAL if you want to handle the tough challenges of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth), and though it had many different iterations (War Magus in EO2 to an extent, Monks in EO3 and Botanists in EO5), the Medic Class does reference Trauma Center in some of its skills, with Healing Touch (An Out-of-Combat heal that was only in EO1) referencing Derek Stiles' power and the attack skill Caduceus (A staff attack in the first two games) which can be a reference to the organization (Though, it could be broader than that, since the Caduceus is a symbol used to represent doctors in general), and in Etrian Odyssey 4, one of the Male Medic avatars references a doctor in the last game of the series, Trauma Team, named Gabriel Cunningham.

that nod to snakes being added to ft2 at the end plus the video with pyro and the "here comes the boy" song

I love that Athena Cykes is on this list, thanks for acknowledging the importance of counseling as a profession

Ngl, I like Mipha, cause she reminds me of my older sister, my sister is less... compassionate compared to Mipha, but it's tough love. Even when I felt down, she still cares a lot for me and my family.

Merry Christmas, Josh.

Weird choice but Butters from South Park stick of truth, he has a good healing ability and decent damage output and plus his ultimate(wheel of chaos) can heal you if your lucky enough

You're not slick Josh, I caught that Bill Burr reference at the end. Also, Mipha definitely deserves her spot.

Calling it on who I think might be on this list.: Rosa- Final Fantasy IV The Medic- Team Fortress 2 Blissey- Pokémon Celes- Final Fantasy VI Aerith- Final Fantasy VII (Technically, her Limit Breaks) Killmaster- Brutal Legend Mordin Solas- Mass Effect Trilogy And if I’m wrong, I’m wrong!

Mercedes is one of my favorite characters from three houses so I'm happy she's on here

Love seeing Legend of Dragoon at least as a transition. I adore that game so much

That Fire point is so true! In one of my fave video games, there’s literally a skill that uses fire to remove all the conditions on you!

I would have to put my boi Alphinaud onto this list. He's had some serious character growth, going from a haughty noble to a confident negotiator, all while remaining true to his desires to simply HELP people. And he's always been a healer.

I got so happy when you brought up Derek Stiles, No one talks about these games anymore, and it hurts me inside ;w;

a nifty thing i found in Super Mario RPG: in a hidden treasure chest somewhere in the "sunken ship" area, you can find a unique ring. (i forget the name) the description says it makes the wearer immune to "insta-death" attacks, but i found that it ALSO makes the wearer immune to ALL bad status effects! not just "mushroom", but mute, fear, EVERYTHING! equip Peach with that and she REALLY breaks the game!

I love this list and nice to see athena make a list. Wich rolled into my suggestion if thats oki. Anyways yes ik you dont normally do this on the chnnel and have taken a brake frome mlp. However thirs some fan content you could try and im not sure what chnnel to suggest this on so forgive me. Anyways the fan made cross over by the al javis brings mlp and ace atternoy togther his old project turnabout storm started the idea maybe start thir if you havent seen it. His new project and chnnel is elments of justice thir 1 full case but thirs also a 2nd case that has 3 parts ik you are busy so just a suggestion tho you have to make some time for as 1 to about 2 hours per part on the cases so ya. If you want to on cam or off cam you may like those projects one exspands on.phniox write with athena applo and his adobted kid. Love youre content!! Also qustion on the tabel top games will shatered wild with eliora come back soon?? kinda left us on a cliff hanger thir. Have a grate day!! /)(\

Thank you for giving so much love to Athena! I think she might the most underrated character in the entire franchise! Which is so wrong because she's a great character!

I wonder if we'll see Blissey from Pokémon make the list.

I like the friendly healers just as much as the next guy, but characters like Medic from Team Fortress is a breath of fresh air.

As someone who usually plays Legends of Runeterra, Soraka is definitely worthy of the list. Her playstyle is basically "Heal allies enough to enable another healing card to instantly win the game". Being one of the defining cards of a heal deck makes her stand out from the rest of the crowd.

I can't believe you made a reference to Redo of Healer in in the start of video. Bold move Mr Scorcher, very Bold move………… But, you have more Respect from me showing your choice of doing so

while i love using the Legend of Dragoon for the countdown how did you not include Miranda/Shana in the list at the very least honorable mention? at the end of the game you get her best weapon exploding arrow that attacks all enemies and does massive damage. her dragon magic once you get her to lv 5 does 100 light magic to all enemies and 100% heals the whole team

Looking forward to your 2021 Company Fails video! I think we ALL know what's going to be at the Number 1 spot......and I look forward to Josh going off on the asshole responsible for it.

I would love to see you talk about "top ten military leaders" or something like that.

Just gonna say it now... "Nobody F**KS with the white mage."

My favourite healer is Medkit from the Roblox game Phighting. He’s basically a depressed, war torn army medic inventor who gave up on peace after he got his eye torn out. He attacks/heals with both the titular med kit and his pistol and is the current only class which can revive other players with his ultimate.

These top lists videos always get little more unique every time

Everyone: I bet medic from team fortress 2 will top the list. *when they see his actual placement* 😮

Even though neither made the list, I am at least HAPPY to see both Polka and Fina in some of the video footage. Thanks Josh!

Thank you for putting Mercedes on this list. You would not *believe* the build-up I felt, as you slowly but surely wiped away all doubt that you were talking about the first fictional character I ever fell in love with. Sure, Makoto Niijima was cool, but I know I more convinced myself of my feelings towards her than truly feeling them from the bottom of my heart. And yeah, she is the big sister of the family that is the Blue Lions

I made a written list of my fav Video Game Special moves years ago. My #1, ANY TYPE of Healing Spell! I seriously don't think one can defeat game without it, if it's available. Especially in RPGs. The Healers for me are one of the most vital party member.

Or IO from dota as well, he is kinda similar with most healers like medic from tf or mercy becausw of the healing link, but what makes him unique is that when he is attached with a unit, the unit will gain the bonus hp regen of IO, like all types of bonus regen of IO will be given to the linked unit like magic stick whicj instantly provide hp to yourself will also be given to an ally you are linked to. His ultimate must be the coolest thing for him tho, it makes him and his linked ally teleport to any part of the map for 8 sec and will be warped back after the duration. And also, when you buy a specific item on him, will also upgrade his link ability, and will stun all units that gets hit by it for 2.5 seconds, its really difficult to use but is cool mechanic

Excellent video! :D Good topic. I would love to one day see any form of healer though who's whole shtick was hitting stuff to heal it. ;3 In a similar vein to someone 'fixing' a broken appliance by smacking it, which surprisingly works sometimes, naturally with some magical fun in there to make it actually functional. ^^ Think something like Thor but instead of damaging lightning it healed instead. How hilarious would that be!? "Oh no this person has a gaping wound and could die at any second!" *KABONG!* "All better!" :D

Dammit, Josh, you tease me with Shana and Legend of Dragoon throughout the WHOLE LIST... and don't even give her (Or Meru) even an honourable mention?! Rood, dude. Relegating my favorite game of all time to the background. Still nice to at least see LoD still being noticed at all though, so thanks. Great list, great vid.

My favorite healer in video games, is a tank from a mobile game, ironically. Namely, “Basil The Batlord”, from “Lego Legacy”. He’s a tank that heals by casting his own HP, in order to create AoE healing spells. However, to get BACK that health, he can deal AoE life drain attacks on the enemies, allowing him to essentially regenerate health. As a bonus, he can even self-revive!

Some Special Mentions from other games: for some info ahead. Rena Lanford, Star Ocean II - is one of the selectable protagonists, is actually good in combat, and has some nasty offensive spells on top of being the better of only *two* possible Healers in the game. Nia & Dromarch, Xenoblade Chronicles II - sassy catgirl and her pet *tiger* are your main healer - until Nia reveals herself to be a Goddess-tier Blade herself, making Rex all but unkillable gameplay-wise. And she does a ton of damage for a Healer-type Blade. Frog, Ayla, and Robo from Chrono Trigger - the shapeshifted Knight, the strong-as-an-ox Cavewoman, and the futuristic (literal) Killing Machine are not the people you'd think would carry healing powers. Yet, they have some great single and party-healing powers, and can combo with other characters to have some of the best party-heals in the game. The Baby Metroid, Metroid: Samus Returns and Super Metroid - it only has two apperances, yes. It's not much of a "character" outside of those two appearances, yes. But it *does* heal Samus during fights against two of her most dangerous adversaries, while dealing severe damage to both in return.

Anime healer: Sempi sugoi qauaii OwO Realistic healer: *drinks deeply from their whiskey* all right ya crazy careless bastards, who’s the looser in need of healing? *tired Of your shit*

My personal fafroute healer is Mal'Damba from Paladins. I really like him because he takes skill to play. His most consistent healing abilty is his snake that shoots a hitscan forward that heals allies if it connects. You can heals allies from really far away if you are good. And he has a unique mechanics in that he shoots and stunning project when he is done reloading.

The greatest healer once said: My rod, or this rod?

Trauma Center was one of the first games I had for my DS.

I don’t know if it counts but I wanna mention this because I remember him well. Joe Castle from Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII. In the game, you play as a fighter squadron Captain and can command your wingmen. Tom will keep fighters off you, Frank will go after targets and Joe can fix your plane from damage. How? His role is “Mechanic Wizard”, which means he can take one look at your plane and give you a diagnosis (basically do a button combo and the plane’s ‘Health’ goes back to max). I used him a lot playing the game, since I wasn’t so good. In the narrative of the game, he’s the youngest of the pilots and thus gets into more trouble than he should. Still, he pulls his own weight and is good company since his personality is ‘Southern Farmboy’. But the game kills him off by the third act. It becomes such a gutpunch not just narratively, but it means by that point you won’t have the healing mechanic anymore. Every mission from then on has more weight, since it means if you wanna 100% the game, you need to play the game perfectly, with little to no damage. And everyone feels the weight of his loss, especially Tom. I dunno, I feel like he’s the character that made the game memorable for me...besides being the game before I played War Thunder.

1:19 hehe. Even with that Hippocratic Oath rule, it ain’t keeping the tf2 medic off the list

Henrietta from South Park: Fractured, but Whole would be a recommendation, even if she doesn’t quite meet all the criteria. Uses satanism to buff and heal allies, and her ultimate involves calling on Satan himself to rip out the souls of her enemies(damaging them) to heal her allies at the same time.

As long as medic is better then mercy than I am happy Medic:11th place Mercy:Nowhere

For me my favorite healer is Elara Dorne from Star Wars the Old Republic who is the Republic Trooper's healing party member. It isn't even just because of how good having a healer is for a class like Trooper which is about tanking I like her character. She is an Imperial Defector who overcompensates for her past by knowing the Republic Military regulations from cover to cover and being a former Medic when she was in the Empire, is one of the only healer characters to have medical training in their backstory. A close honorable thought belongs to Nathan "Dallas" Steele from Payday 2. Due to how the game's character builder works, Dallas isn't the only person who can heal but the Mastermind skill tree and the Crew Chief perk deck which are associated with Dallas due to being the leader of the gang have some of the best healing abilities in the game. The Crew Chief perk deck when fully upgrade has a passive boost to the heal of the rest of the crew and two of the three branches of his Mastermind tree feature multiple useful healing abilities. The Medic branch improves the use of either First Aid kits which can regenerate some health for whoever uses it or Doctor Bags which can both heal a player and reset the number of times they can go down before being put in custody (effectively means you are dead) and Inspire which when upgraded means you can instantly revive a downed player by shouting at them. The Controller branch also has some beneficial passive abilities such as Forced Friendship which when upgraded gives damage absorption to the crew that increases with how many hostages you have, Stochholm Syndrome which is effectively an automatic revive for players in custody (though it is only good once) and other passive buffs for having hostages or converted enemies. It also surprisingly fitting in a game that has you play as ruthless criminals Dallas is the healer archetype because while he is not the most compassionate person in the world, he does care about his crew which is shown in the myth and how he felt about having to leave one of his crew behind.

You wanna know what we did right to end up on Tinker Bell's good side? We didn't threaten to get in the way of her relationship with Peter Pan. Intentionally, or unintentionally.

Top 10 Snake Bosses, calling it right now.

Ophilia Clement from Octopath Traveler. A Cleric on a Pilgrimage to light Aelfric’s Flame. Ophilia has moves like Heal More,& Reflective veil to both heal your Party’s Health & reflect against Magic attacks. Her Ultimate is Aelfric’s Auspices a Spell that lets you Act Twice!

One of my favourite healers from video games, and one you may not have heard of, is Morka from Silverfall. She's a troll, so big, muscular and bald. She suffers from depression due to not being able to protect a noble's child she was the body guard of from poison. She learned how to heal in order to try and redeem herself.

To be fair on the Medic's lack of the Hypocratic Oath, his bio mentions he grew up in Stuttgart back when it was the Hypocratic Optional Suggestion.

I would also like to nominate Sharla from Xenoblade Chronicles. Her Heal Bullets are great for getting the team back on their feet. Especially Reyn. He's not kidding when he says he's always getting banged up, and Sharla is perfect for fixing that.

If we’re talking healers, then you gotta talk about Overwatch’s Mercy. A angel that descends from the heavens above to heal all her party members even those that fell in battle……. That is until blizzard nurfed her into the ground! But my personal favorite is Moira. Like the medic from team fortress, she’s more a mad scientist than her counterpart Mercy. But her ability’s that allows her to drain health from her enemy’s, while healing herself and her allies can be essential. There’s also my favorite from the Type moon Fate series. Nightingale. A servant based on the famed medic herself, Florence Nightingale. She’s a great help to the team, being able to heal and cure debuffs. Her personality, being effected since she’s in the berserker class. Means she’ll heal you, even if she had to kill you. Which makes for great comedy.

In the two D&D campaigns I'm currently playing, I'm actually the main healer in both groups. In my first game, I'm playing a living doll (homebrew race) cleric with an identity-crisis named Coppélia. She was made in the image of her creator's late daughter in hopes that his daughter might be able to live on through her, but seemingly failed. Years after her creation, Coppélia suddenly came to life after years of being locked away in a glass case in a toy shop, always looked upon but never played with like a doll should, and ran away from her creator. I honestly don't know if the toymaker who created her is gonna turn out to be a good guy or a bad guy, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that part of her backstory will be played out. Although she lacks any true emotions of her own, she is desperate to hide her identity as a living doll in fear of being locked away again. She's very observant and mimics the behavior of others to try and pass as a living being. She utterly despises that she isn't a real girl and wants nothing more than to become one. A real Pinocchio situation, I know, but one that I've managed to make unique to her. Her party believe her to be a little girl on the run from a abusive home, but she's managed to hold her own and prove herself useful with her healing spells and a racial ability she has that allows her to detect the race type and alignment of others. She's really won over the hearts of her teammates has established some bonds with some of them. One relationship is very much like that of sisters, while another is mostly my character bluntly pointing out the many mistakes of our human paladin (not maliciously or anything, but it does give everyone a good laugh). In my other game, I'm play an aasimar/drow cleric (formally a warlock) named Estanna. If you couldn't guess, I made her an intentional edgelord. Luckily, no one has had any issues with how I play her and I even inspired the others to get more into roleplay with my character. She was born into a cult after her father, the head of the temple of the goddess of the hearth, was abducted. Her father was sacrificed not long after they tired to escape, and she swore vengeance against the cult and the goddess who had seemingly betrayed her father. She ended up making a deal with a fury in exchange for power (making her a warlock) and escaped the cult, but was not strong enough to destroy them. She knew that she had to team up with strong adventurers if she was to have any hope of defeating the cult which motivated her to join the party. Through her interactions with the party, however, she discovered that not all of the world viewed her as some destructive monster who could only do evil and began to question her path. After quite a bit of development, she abandoned her pact with the fury and was able to learn the truth about why no one helped her and her father, inspiring her to finally become the cleric she wanted to be before losing her father. She still has massive trust issues and some anger management to work out, but she's fiercely protective of the party and would sooner give her life than risk lose someone else important to her. I personally find it kinda funny how the edgelord of the group somehow managed to develop the strongest bonds with the two goofballs of the party, a literal Prince Naveen bard (cursed frog prince and all) and a gluttonous dragonborn paladin. Her relationship with the bard is based on the two having rather similar backstories, though from different points of lifestyles (hers from a cultist life while his is from a royal life). It so far feels like a bond between a big brother and little sister, and I am loving it. Her relationship with the paladin is a bit more heartbreaking. In their first major battle after she became a cleric, she was rendered powerless by some petrification spell (she wasn't turned to stone, but wasn't able to move) and witnessed the paladin die, triggering her worst memory of how her father died. We were able to revive the paladin after quite the journey, but she now has quite a bit of trauma after the event and is terrified of seeing him die again, which he sadly will if we don't defeat the leaders of the cult that imprisoned my character within 3 months as part of a deal the paladin had to make with the god of death to be allowed to return to life. I'm really excited to see how my clerics' stories will turn out and I'm really glad that I was able to put an interesting twist on the "healer persona" for them both in unique ways. One isn't a living being who desperately wishes to be alive, while the other is a reforming edgelord with trauma. Okay, maybe not the most original ideas in the world, but not really the first things you would think of for the main healer. Let me know what you guys think of them.