I feel the need to point out that this skill is INSANE when you trait it now. When traited into meditations, this skill suddenly goes from a 2K heal that heals you for some of your damage, to a 3K heal that heals you for some of your damage, deals 1K+ damage on it’s own, grants 8 seconds of fury in aoe, AND removes a condition. This is one of the most bloated skills I’ve ever seen put in the game. Definitely a must have for any meditation users.
Edit: upon further inspection, because you technically activate two meditations with this skill, you actually get 8 seconds of fury.
I tested Litany and..i wont be back to shelter. So what if you block some damage when i pop up litany and boom back from 3k to full hp. It also proc smite boon more often
The shelter skill block somewhat got nerfed because might stack on block has icd now.
But it’s still good due to higher burst in pvp I guess.
About LoW traited, it combo well with smiter boon (8 sec of fury wat).
The dmg converted to heal thing will work best if you play aoe symbols and consecretations probably with greatsword and mace focus.
And maybe take feel my wrath as elite to maximize burst instead of renewed focus (and drop virtue tree)
If you trait into retal on heal + while under retal you do more damage, you will outheal most stuff when you also cast “Feel My Wrath”. The heal and elite both have the same cd untraited + the effects lasts almost as long as eachother. Not to mention that LoW has the shortest cast time of all heal skills.
So yeah I’m sticking with LoW in dungeons from now on
As a long-time litany user for roaming builds I’ve actually moved back to shelter because of all the burn-on-block contributions to the 6-10k/s from condition damage insanity we have at the moment….
With the absolute insanity that mesmers, theives, and necros are packing, you cannot afford NOT bringing shelter with you. Damage mitigation is far too valuable now that a true zerker amulet exists and you can practically eat 12k openers with even more follow up damage.
For carrion hybrid in Pvp. im loving LoW, Added with Balth runes it also gives you AoE burning on use, which then also helps with healing, since ALL damage, even condi, heals you while litany is active. As was mentioned earlier, I have gone from low health to full in the matter of a second or two just because of this. I still see the use for shatter, but for right now im going to be working with LoW
Side note: Totally called LoW being viable due to this!
