Q:
Healing with bombs - poer or healing power?
It’s healing power only and it doesnt scale well so at about 1400 healing you will still only do ~300 bomb heals as opposed to 1xx with 0 healing power.
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Think of it less as healing with bombs, and more as bombs that also heal. Go power. Damage is king.
What i do with my “healing” bombs is i go with Clerics armor (healing, toughness/power), and then go 30 explosions, 30 inventions and make sure to grab the 5% toughness —> power, i end up with ~3.2k attack damage or so in sPvP, and my bombs heal for ~300 a bomb, makes it REALLY nice for bombing points, because my boms are hitting hard and i’m pretty sturdy from all the armor and healing.
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I find this cleric set really awsome for support heal.
You get 10% of healing power as power and 5% thoughness as power (traits)
You have good DPS power with bombs and spamming 300+ heals (larger explosion radius) can be really nice healing.
Med kits heal for 1800+ instead of 1000 with full healing power. Also there is this awsome superior rune wich grants 3 stacks of might + fury for nearby players every 10-15 sec while all you have to do is grab med kit and stow it again in like 0.5 sec work.
I really love this build, full support/heal for your team and still awsome dps power from bombing. Also high thoughness makes you awsome to stand next to the tanks or even be the tank while bombing your target. Using pistol/shield mode ofc and trait for +10% dmg from explosions also add nicely.
I find this cleric set really awsome for support heal.
You get 10% of healing power as power and 5% thoughness as power (traits)
You have good DPS power with bombs and spamming 300+ heals (larger explosion radius) can be really nice healing.Med kits heal for 1800+ instead of 1000 with full healing power. Also there is this awsome superior rune wich grants 3 stacks of might + fury for nearby players every 10-15 sec while all you have to do is grab med kit and stow it again in like 0.5 sec work.
I really love this build, full support/heal for your team and still awsome dps power from bombing. Also high thoughness makes you awsome to stand next to the tanks or even be the tank while bombing your target. Using pistol/shield mode ofc and trait for +10% dmg from explosions also add nicely.
Right, even though bombs don’t scale that well with healing power, going full cleric’s is not a bad idea. The med kit bandages get the scaling of regular healing skills, which is way, way better than the scaling on secondary healing skills. If you’re planning on taking a ton of healing skills and being full party-support, cleric’s isn’t bad at all.
If you’re just adding healing to a bomber-dps build, no amount of healing power will make a noticeable difference.
The issue I would have is the lack of on-demand swiftness. With the way vets run dungeons and wvw these days, I don’t see how one would ever keep up with the group using this build. What am I missing?
You can pour all your stats in healing and never double the heal from it. You can pour those same stats into Power and quadruple the damage. (bit of an exaggeration)
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I found a good mix to be soldier armor (coglin’s advice) and cleric’s trinkets. Haven’t tried it the other way around but I have to say that I enjoy the extra life it provides. I know healing bombs don’t scale that well with healing power, but med-kit sure is great with cleric trinkets.