Guild Wars 2

Resolute Healer as it stands doesn’t seem to be worth taking. I have a tank healer build that I love, and I love the idea of this ability, but the Shield of Absorption that appears doesn’t last for more than .5 secs.This may be intended, but on top of that it rarely if ever knocks people away as it is supposed to do. It makes getting people away so I can revive before they finish them off nearly impossible and the skill itself null and void. I still use it in hopes of it working 1 out of 10 times, but it’s getting old getting to my teammate to revive long before the finisher takes place and nothing happens when the bubble blasts outward.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Or is this possibly just a latency issue? My ping is 30-60 so I’m a little baffled as to how it could be that.

Resolute Healer isn’t bugged, as far as I know. It’s just situational and hard to use. The tooltip really should be updated, but the Shield of Absorption generated by Resolute Healer: 1) Doesn’t last very long (1s I think), 2) Only absorbs projectiles and does not push enemies back and 3) Functions as a brief Combo Field: Light. The lack of a knockback is, as far as I know, by design.

It’s not my favorite trait. Resolute Healer is hard to use well. I strongly recommend Protective Reviver, though. Now there’s a lovely reviving trait.

Yeah I use protective reviver as well, but I am wondering… You say it doesn’t knockback, why then have I had it knockback? Or was it just several well timed coincidences, and why would anyone want a 1s projectile reflection?

it has been just a well palced coincidences, the shield of absorption from reviving a teammate appears, it will not push back, however, you also are thinking of the guardian’s shild of absorption comes from his shield skills, now THAT one does knockback.

however, its not “1s of projectile reflection”, its about 3 or 4 seconds, and that can be handy, i know ive seen it stopping things when reviving players, granted, it is not useful in spvp, but in wvw and pve it is quite useful, i myself have have protective reviver, and i like it.

There is a forum open with guardian bugs. I would have recommended checking there first but there are reports where it does not function properly.

If you ask me, this should really be changed from a shield of absorption to a sanctuary. The AOE heal would be a real benefit for other people trying to revive a fallen ally and would make the trait worth taking.