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A role in team-based games specialized in restoring teammates' health during combat, the third core MMO party role alongside tank and DPS, essential for keeping a group alive through sustained damage.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Our healer kept the whole raid alive through that final boss phase."
LORE & ORIGIN
Established as a core MMO role archetype alongside tank and DPS from the late 1990s onward, becoming one of the most universally recognized team-based gaming roles across nearly every subsequent multiplayer genre.
FIRST SEEN
1998
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (MMO Optimization Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
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