So I made a Battle Mage because I've been looking around and people have said that their bossing isn't too bad after the revamp in March. I remember my friend playing a BaM a few years ago and he would never die because he restored health on hit. I'm wondering if Draining Aura worked the same way as it did. On the tooltip it says "damage dealt by party member recovers to your HP". I was wondering if my character counts as a party member or not. Does it work somehow if I'm in a solo party or is it just completely useless sans the passive? Will I just be using Blue/Dark aura for the rest of the time?

Any extra BaM tips are greatly appreciated.

Edit: Another question. Do we ever get Stance? I find it kind of stupid that we're a melee mage and we get knocked around.