Guild Wars 2

Is it just me or does regeneration not alway work. I have noticed many times that when i cast Mark of Blood I dont always get regeneration. I have noticed this mainly on boss battles but other places as well.
Is it only if it hits? I know it doesnt give you the boon when your health is full but would be nice to have that pre-emptive boon going in to a battle.

I am not sure I have noticed on reapers touch and well of blood but dont use those as much as Mark of blood.

It grants regeneration to anyone (max 5) inside the circle when it blasts, if you are not inside the circles AOE upon blasting, it will not grant you regeneration.

Also, it does grant regeneration at full HP, you can test this in HotM on the golems.

Tobby is correct.
You or your allies must be in the aoe when it is triggered to get regen.

Regen only occurs if the Mark is triggered.

However, I do seem to find that regen occurs on me even if I am not inside the mark when it triggers (this is in PVE). There was a thread about this a week or three ago. I’ll have to test some more and verify the regen is not related to the Full of Life minor trait instead.

EDIT: After testing, regen only triggered if I was inside the mark. I must’ve been mistaking the regen from Full of Life as being from the mark. Doh.

(i) you must be inside the mark (ii) while it gets triggered by an enemy