Alesia

At a Glance
Origin: Unknown Profession: Monk, specializing in Healing Prayers Armament: Wand

Pros Cons
 * Heals party members.
 * Always has Restore Life or some other resurrection spells, as opposed to the one-shot Resurrection Signet
 * Makes good decisions about when to resurrect and when to maintain healing.
 * Among the first to be attacked by nearly every enemy.
 * Does not equip any hex or condition removal skills. This is particularly harmful against necromancers and mesmers.
 * Makes poor movement decisions frequently. Some times will rush next to warriors which places her at great risk (especially from knockdown effects and high damage spells).
 * If she suffers from Death Penalty she becomes very vulnerable and dies quickly. This means that your party will be without healing.

Known Skills

 * Heal Other
 * Healing Breeze
 * Healing Touch
 * Orison of Healing
 * Restore Life

From Dragon's Lair on:
 * Word of Healing (replaces Heal Other)

Behavior
Alesia's contribution comes mainly in the form of Healing Breeze and Orison of Healing; the Breeze, particularly, will be used if you're suffering from some kind of Health degeneration. She does not heal while the party is moving. So, if someone needs healing, or is suffering from health degeneration, then party should stop running.

Alesia perfers to position herself approximately half an aggro radius away from the target of her healing. This allows some latitude for the target to run around chasing or escaping enemies without getting out of Alesia's spell radius. Unfortunately, this also means even with careful aggro management to keep the party's own casters safe in the back, Alesia could still run in range of enemy rangers and casters as she tries to heal the warriors in the front.

When resurrecting, Alesia prefers to stand right over the corpse of the party member. This seems to be the AI's way of judging if the corpse is safely away from hostile enemies, as Alesia would back off instead of running into the enemy's aggro circle. Unfortunately, if an enemy approaches during the resurrection process, Alesia would stay there and continue the resurrection process, which often ends in her own demise.

Tips

 * If you are doing solo exploration, carry a resurrection skill and if some of your henchmen are down, it is enough to resurrect her.
 * Keep Alesia in the back of combat at all costs; take advantage of the geography around you. On a slope or in a tunnel, monsters tend to charge in one at a time. Have a fighter-type take the heat, while Alesia stands back and heals.
 * If she is under attack, weigh the situation. One warrior-type monster will not bring her down (unless she has a death penalty), while running around to defend her may expose her to more monsters or to high-damage spell casters (like Imps). So, when you see a red dot near her, don't panic.
 * If you're relying on Alesia as your primary means of Health recovery, make sure you have one or two skills with you that you can use for yourself (such as Vampiric Gaze or Healing Signet).
 * Monsters like to go for the healer. If you cast Mending on her this will move her down on their attack priority list from the top to almost the bottom. But beware of critters that cast Shatter Enchantment.
 * For warriors, it is best to carry a protection attack to help protect Alesia. Knockdown attacks are best as the AI of warrior-like monsters is currently written such that if they are knocked down, they will get up and attack the nearest foe.