Ralif Redhammer
Legend
The Life cleric remains the gold standard for healing. In my head I know that the cleric now supports a variety of roles. But the old-school part of me still finds itself measures the effectiveness of a cleric by healing ability.
I don't follow when you ay "lack of strong healing". It's on the cleric chassis which starts with strong healing, plus it has a potent ability that goes off whenever it targets an ally with a spell - including healing - so it's more likely to cast them because it gets more for the slot then other clerics.
It may not be "the best healing in the game" but you start with a strong heal list with full casting and get heal+attack for what other clerics would just get a heal. That sounds like it's one of the top.