Guild Wars 2

I’m a little stuck on how to properly use this heal in combat. I like the short cooldown and sick condition removal but the obvious trade off is the fact that it’s channeled, so if I need to use it in combat, I’ve usually lost more health than I’ve healed during it’s use.

Any advice on making this work better? Or should I stick to Signet and Glyph? At the moment it seems I can’t use this practically without using a staff or a focus for an offhand to provide the skills to keep things off my back, and even then it’s iffy.

With all the eles’ ways to remove conditions I’ve never understood why anyone would consider it over the other heals.

So…no. I’ve never even unlocked it for PvE.

its actually pretty good if you have abit of healing power, since its actually more healing then the glyph or signet on use

but it seems to scale really poorly in places where your stats are boosted (orbs in wvwvw) or dropped (low level zones) because of the strange way healing power works

If you aren’t specced water, it’s good to have for certain fights. It’s short cooldown is also good (use early, use often), and the fact that you get partial heals for a partial cast is also useful if you get interrupted or have to dodge suddenly. On the whole, I prefer the glyph for most situations though.

i have actually never used any OTHER heal than this. shorter cooldown so its more guilt free when you use it.
90% of the time i channel it while in mist form haulin azz away from a fight im losing.
works out rather well since mist form dosent remove conditions.
it winds up being a full heal and full condition removal when used with mistform and the trait that makes mistform or cantrips regen.
just stop attacking while its on..

I’m with BishopX on this, I also use it all the time, very usefull!
Also in pvp, mistform and ether renewal lets you run very fast while healing and removing conditions. Heals a nice chunk of hp with regeneration on cantrips.

I love Ether Renewal. I think it’s the best ele heal there is, but the glyph is a close 2nd. The fact you can cure up to like 13 conditions over the cast time (I think it’s 13. Read that somewhere and it doesn’t seem too wrong). The glyph on the other hand gives you a boon, which can be very helpful, but I find the 25s CD rather too long in a fight (more so in spvp than elsewhere). I even used it when it rooted you (in the betas) in spvp. May have been seen as troll, but I won more fights than when I had the glyph.

The short 15s CD is really where it shines though. The cast is long, meaning you’re not doing dmg during that time, but that’s to offset the clear power the heal has. Several people made good points about it: Low CD, can partially cast, very effective with mist form. Give it a good try, you might just be surprised =D

I use Renewal almost all the time in open world PvE. I swap it out for something instant in heavy CC areas.

I have water 10, and still like the extra condition removal on the heal rather than taking up space in my utility skills.

Ether renewal + mist form = win

does it work with Zephyr’s Focus (+100% endurance regeneration while channeling)?