Guild Wars 2

I downed a Ranger in a secluded part of the map (nobody was around). I proceeded to try to stomp (I was right next to him when I downed him) and predictably got interrupted then immediately started stomping again at which point a dog appeared next to him (it did not run to him it just appeared out of thin air). Mid stomp the Ranger got up and killed me.

Is lick wounds supposed to be so powerful where it immediately heals half of your temporary health bar? If so it’s not a bug, it’s just imbalance.

It heal 1000 + of ranger HP. You need to interrupt his pet ASAP or down him ASAP. (the former is the best way). Lick wound will summon ranger pet (if too far from him) near him directly, but will not summon ranger pet if its near him. Interrupt when pet starting to heal him (not before).

Or bring stability/stealth-stomps if possible. He could have called a wolf (he changed pet while being downed, which you can) and feared you on top, so stability would either way have countered that.

Other classes can do it too … some might have to go a bit out of their way, though.

No, I think it IS a bug. I remember reading that if the Ranger has Ogre Runes and got a rock dog out from those runes, then it also heals him on top of the pet and even for higher ticks than the pet itself, resulting in a very fast rally.

I did not test this personally, but with the dog appearing out of thin air it may actually be the case here.

Did they change Lick Wounds recently because I have never seen this before. It’s only recently that I have been seeing rangers abuse this.