Ki Blast or Wholeness of Body

[cgrandall2]

I'm bouncing between the two feats and can't decide which to take for my level 8 class feat, so I thought I'd float it to the community. We have a Cleric in the group who has done amazing healing the party, the Wizard has Soothe via Psychic archetype, and my Monk has taken the Druid archetype so I too have the ability to heal myself already should I dedicate a spell slot to Heal or by wand or scroll.

The real question I have is, is a 1 action self heal better than a variable action force damage cone? They both look awesome, but I don't know if it's just a case of window shopping and everything just looks amazing across the glass. What are your experiences with each of these ki spells? Any suggestions? Thanks ahead of time.

[The Raven Black]

After checking the guides, both are considered pretty good. I would go Ki blast if your WIS is high because of the save. And Wholeness if it is so-so.

That said, if you expect lots of poison or disease, Wholeness without a doubt.

[shroudb]

I've used Wholeness to great effect before, but it was my only source of self healing and our party was light in healing in general.

So for a party with much higher healing, and if you have other sources of self healing, the result may be very different.

I haven't used, or see being used, ki blast, so I can't comment on that.

[Castilliano]

The juxtaposed question to how much healing y'all have (plenty) is how much AoE firepower does the party have? Then factor which of the two would benefit from being a renewable resource; does healing/AoE blasting run low by the end of an adventuring day?
And as Raven Black mentioned, Wis matters. An 18 Wis does about 50% more damage than a 12 Wis due to saves (given standard saves for one's level, I believe more if a lower level as one might expect vs. groups).

Personally I think Flurry + 2-action Ki Blast is just too cool to pass over as a standard routine, while healing might only occur occasionally (and retreating/skirmishing might be better anyway if issues are so dire).

[cgrandall2]

Thanks for the replies! My Monk has decent Wisdom (16) at level 8.

Castilliano wrote:

Personally I think Flurry + 2-action Ki Blast is just too cool to pass over as a standard routine...

Definitely leaning this way as the group has a plethora of different ways to heal, I think I was really just looking for some first hand accounts of it performed in action.

Thanks again for everyone's input!