Best non-cleric class for in-combat healing?

[shroudb]

Caralene wrote:

I think alchemists make great support healers. Tools like smokesticks are super underrated, and while not the strongest on their own they can also provide a lot of debuffing with bombs and poisons.

chirurgeon and mutagenists just don't work.

the other 2 fields can scrap some builds together (and even have a clutch elixir of life at med and high levels), but especially those 2 they offer nothing to the alchemist kit.

plus, it's difficult to say that you are even a "support healer" when you need to hit level 5 to even begin healing (since 2-3 actions for 1d6 healing until then is basically just trolling your mates^^)

[kripdenn]

If you went with a divine witch with the cauldron feat and medicine skills, you'd be stacked on different ways to heal the party.