Guild Wars 2

I know it should be my personal preference but I would really like to learn the proper and most practical healing kit to use. I understand that the Healing Turret is the no.1 choice. 80% of the guides and builds I see involves a Healing Turret regardless of Pve,pvp or WvW. But based on my personal experience the HT just doesn’t cut it for me. It heals very slow and the burst heal just doesn’t give enough kick to help you survive those “im about to die moments” I also understand that making it explode also adds damage but that in a different note. As of now, I use the medical gyro since im using the Scrapper spec. Hammer is my main weapon, i got tired of the pistolx2,rifle and pistol shield. It just really didn’t work out for me. During my leveling, those weapons were good and handy but now I am enjoying the Hammer as main weapon. Elix H on the other hand gives a good heal when needed and some buffs. Also, the AED is pretty handy when you get hit because the heal return is very decent.

Okay, so my question is – how exactly is the HT the no.1 choice? Please forgive my ignorance and correct me if I am wrong, am I just using it wrong? The medical gyro’s F1 skill also helps my party. I like the idea that I can heal my party mates as well that is why I prefer the medical gyro. Before it was elixir H when I was grinding but since im doing dungeon and fractals atm I’d also like to help out with a little healing.

Look at this video, it should explain everything
https://youtu.be/zOkoeKJnggk

It’s simply the best heal period.
Deploy > overcharge > xplode when waterfield is up is the biggest chunk of heal possible + removes 2 condis + is aoe.

ElixH is good especially in HGH build, i just dislike the rng nature of his boons. Heal is just a bit behind HT.

AED is actually good but is situational. I liked to use it in superglassy build but is not reliable.

Medikit is plain bad and need a rework. Again. Make it a mediblaster already Anet!

Gyro…is a gyro…with all his problems. Might seen some usage if the heal wasn’t that subpar

hmm I’d really like to believe that its the best one yet but okay, lets say it terms of just heals. Is it still better than Elix H or Gyro? Medkit is out of the question haha I totally agree. Although I think the reason I dislike the HT is because I cannot command it to heal on a whim except for overcharge and the F1 key. Btw what did you mean by waterfield is up?

Gaaroth.2567:

Gyro…is a gyro…with all his problems. Might seen some usage if the heal wasn’t that subpar

Healing is a little less over 20s cooldown (I havent counted exactly, about 1000-1500hp less or so assuming blasted turret vs superspeed healing) but people that say it makes it healing “subpar” are missing the most obvious thing – the toolbelt skill. That’s about 5 seconds of AoE protection on a 25s cooldown that’s also a mobile waterfield. Reconstruction field is a literal lifesaver in many situations, especially vs bursting. Regenerating mists isnt even remotely close.

And this is ignoring its use as cc/damage when you pop it. Can you activate turrets while doing something else like stomping? I cant remember, it was so long ago since I used the HT lol. Gyros does not interrupt what you are doing, so stomp and heal at the same time.

Well, the biggest thing for me is healing turret’s condi clear. If you just want the condi clear, you can also pick up the turret for more condi removal over time. With the cleansing synergy minor, that’s 3 condis removed every cast

I imagine medic gyro+reconstruction field is better in zergs if you have condi clear and other people blasting covered.

I don’t solely use the healing turret, but I do it often.

If you aren’t sure then just try them all until you see which one works for you in most circumstances. Each and every one of them but the AED. That thing is only good if you’re in a party, somehow manage not to have the most healing, and get adorably kittened up by a group of enemies.