Mirror mirror...
With the high uptime on mirror access through dodge roll trait, manipulation trait and the skill itself, throw in a traited focus and it could be quite fun to mess around with.
I hope they buff the heal of mirror a little though – to say 4.5k (unless I’ve missed reading something it seems it could stay the same?).
Keep in mind the 15s cd, which traited is 12s, add to this synergy with on heal runes and effects and it’s not looking so bad.
At the very least it will be fun to troll pew pew rangers, ks warriors or even p/d thieves with.
The healing value is indeed rather low (while the HPS isn’t thaaaat bad). However, against a ranged opponent you can potentially negate a bigger amount of damage than any other heal would ever heal. Additionally, you can hurt them quite significantly. On top of that, the cooldown is very low making the only alternative to MoR when running specific runes.
I’m quite sure you are aware of all that. I’m just trying to say that people really underestimate Mirror. I’ve been running it exclusively in PvP since almost two years and I don’t regret it. Mirror becomes better than other heals in many situations as soon as your opponent runs at least one ranged weapon. Of course, it falls a bit flat against pure melees or those pesky GS Mesmers (hissss….). But it still is a reasonable choice despite the healing value.
The healing value is indeed rather low (while the HPS isn’t thaaaat bad). However, against a ranged opponent you can potentially negate a bigger amount of damage than any other heal would ever heal. Additionally, you can hurt them quite significantly. On top of that, the cooldown is very low making the only alternative to MoR when running specific runes.
I’m quite sure you are aware of all that. I’m just trying to say that people really underestimate Mirror. I’ve been running it exclusively in PvP since almost two years and I don’t regret it. Mirror becomes better than other heals in many situations as soon as your opponent runs at least one ranged weapon. Of course, it falls a bit flat against pure melees or those pesky GS Mesmers (hissss….). But it still is a reasonable choice despite the healing value.
gs mesmers and d/x thieves are part of the reason i don’t mirror more often. GS is pretty much a hard counter to mirror.
However the fun that can be had trolling all the other classes is often too good to pass up.