Guild Wars 2

I’m currently on the fence about the Altruistic Healing build.

The recent nerf to Vigorous Precision is why I learned about it in the first place (you forum-goers whine and moan like crazy~), and of course, the nerf is one of the big reasons to why I’m reluctant to switch over.

I love the chill-condition, so Glacial Heart seems really neat, but that 45 second cooldown dampens my enthusiasm. Is it worth using, or should I wait until it’s buffed?

Edit: Oh, and I’m a PvE-focused player. I wouldn’t be asking if I were PvP. :P

DreamOfACure.4382:

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I’m currently on the fence about the Altruistic Healing build.

The recent nerf to Vigorous Precision is why I learned about it in the first place (you forum-goers whine and moan like crazy~), and of course, the nerf is one of the big reasons to why I’m reluctant to switch over.

I love the chill-condition, so Glacial Heart seems really neat, but that 45 second cooldown dampens my enthusiasm. Is it worth using, or should I wait until it’s buffed?

I have been thinking about trying it. I mean I usually leap into combat and chuck down some smack. Then retreat and try again if their line does not break. Usually, I have to wait the CD of Judges Intervention. That is about the same as Glacial Heart.

You might get some good stuff from using Glacial Heart and/or Hydromancy Sigils if you run a GS/Hammer build. Something I have been thinking about lately.

For PVE its pretty worthless. You would get more out of Purity and the Toughness to Crit trait.

DreamOfACure.4382:

I’m currently on the fence about the Altruistic Healing build.

The recent nerf to Vigorous Precision is why I learned about it in the first place (you forum-goers whine and moan like crazy~), and of course, the nerf is one of the big reasons to why I’m reluctant to switch over.

I love the chill-condition, so Glacial Heart seems really neat, but that 45 second cooldown dampens my enthusiasm. Is it worth using, or should I wait until it’s buffed?

Edit: Oh, and I’m a PvE-focused player. I wouldn’t be asking if I were PvP. :P

Word of advice Insulting the people you want to answer your question isn’t a smart idea.

Tyber Valens.5148:

Word of advice Insulting the people you want to answer your question isn’t a smart idea.

Better advice: Invest in chill pills.

Oh and stop getting attached to game-mechanics that are subjective to change in any update, especially if they’re considered strong.

If you ran AH with 0/10/30/30/0 with the empowering might trait, you barely got a nerf. So if you’re on the fence about AH it still works. Also, if you equip a superior sigil of blood and/or life stealing food, you make up for the healing loss by the VP nerf 3-4 times over.

Honestly, he’s right. Better to not ask a question while insulting those giving the advice sought, Dream.

But, as for the question, no. Glacial Heart is pretty much terrible, unless nothing in the first two tiers of Valor appeal to you. Retributive Armor, Purity and Honorable Shield are much better options. It’s better to use a sigil to gain a chill effect than it is to rely on Glacial Heart proc’ing at just the right time. Plus, using a hydromancy sigil means you get to activate it upon weapon cd, which means you can activate chill over an area multiple times as opposed to glacial.

So yeah, another worthless trait.

Finally bought the Hydromancy Sigil and it is the bomb in WVW… just what the doctor ordered with all our movement woes. Not a fix but a bandaid to say the least.

Glacial heart is good as concept, but too RNG dependant with too long CD.
There are better traits on the valor line to invest on this.

wish it was available on other weapons. dont think i really care about chill on a hammer when i can just knock them down.