Guild Wars 2

I do not get the passive effect from the signet. Is it broken ?

You probably just don’t notice it. It’s pretty terrible without hefty Healing Power investment and isn’t that good regardless.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

You probably just don’t notice it. It’s pretty terrible without hefty Healing Power investment and isn’t that good regardless.

i tested with 1500 Healing power. Passive effect doesn’t work (i stood still while mobs attacking me). This skill is bad >.<

Remember it can only heal you once every 2-3 seconds. So if you have multiple mobs attacking you you will get one heal off but probably die before the recharge is up.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Remember it can only heal you once every 2-3 seconds. So if you have multiple mobs attacking you you will get one heal off but probably die before the recharge is up.

Once per second. The rest is quite possible, though.

Remember that it doesn’t heal you instead of the damage.

Nope, not broken. Just tested and with 400 Healing Power I get healed 380 everytime something hits me (1 second CD).

this skill is useless anyway, even the well of blood is better than this…

Sublimatio.6981:

this skill is useless anyway, even the well of blood is better than this…

Considering Well of Blood is actually really good, that’s not saying much.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Sublimatio.6981:

this skill is useless anyway, even the well of blood is better than this…

Considering Well of Blood is actually really good, that’s not saying much.

Even Anti toxin spray is better then SoV.

Lily.1935:

Even Anti toxin spray is better then SoV.

Sadly true. While the max heal isn’t as large, it does so instantly and can’t be reduced by Poison (actually gets boosted). The group cleanse is quite handy, and it’s available more often.

I always use Well of Blood, and have never ever even placed Signet of Vampirism on my skill bar.

the signet was buried with so many internal cooldowns and limitations that it is in my mind the most useless skill in the game.

imho it needs a rework, ditch the passive but keep the active,
remove the ICD and limitations in the active.

Signet of Vampirism: heals 325 per second, only when being hit.
Healing Signet: heals 362 per second, always, forever.

Not broken. Obviously not as strong as warrior’s healing signet, but still decent in my opinion… talking WvW/PvE here. For solo roaming or pvp, I prefer CC.

I run a tanky build with siphons, and the damage mitigation from signet’s passive complements that. Let the warriors have constant healing; some damage returned as health better fits the necro IMHO.

The active could use some work, although I usually get 3 or 4 siphons off with dagger. A bonus being might and some extra, unmitigated damage on my target.

By itself, I agree it’s a bit lackluster. But I think that it synergizes well with certain builds. Specifically, high toughness for even greater damage reduction (further mitigated by signet) and high vitality for those oh kitten moments normally need CC for.

I would just stick with Consume Conditions. It’s not only the best Necro heal, but one of the best heals in the game.

i forgot this skill excisted.

well of blood has too long cd for me :|

Sublimatio.6981:

well of blood has too long cd for me :|

Long cooldown, but also the highest healing power scaling of any skill in the game. It is, in no way, a bad skill. It’s just not preferred as much because it forces you to stand in one spot and because entering death shroud wastes so much potential.

well for people who dont use healing power, this skill has much worse healing potential

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

i forgot this skill excisted.

This right here ^^

borrok.9267:

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

i forgot this skill excisted.

This right here ^^

And here again ^^ xD

Well of blood is more useful if u specced for 20% cd reduce on wells, otherwise, Consume conditions stay the best heal in my opinion.

Sinzaku.2980:

Well of blood is more useful if u specced for 20% cd reduce on wells, otherwise, Consume conditions stay the best heal in my opinion.

I did spec into 20% reduced recharge on wells. If you make a full wells build, Well of Blood is pretty good.

But in any situation, SOV is completely useless. I’d love to see people attempt a dungeon with SOV on their skillbar, and while not being healed by their team mates.

And the reason I dug this topic up, they gave SOV one extra second of active time. Yay! Still the worst skill in the game!

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

I’d love to see people attempt a dungeon with SOV on their skillbar, and while not being healed by their team mates.

I did that in fractals today. ^^

20/0/25/25/0 Vampiric build with Knight’s gear, lots of kiting and siphoning. I only used SoV to help the group heal up a bit on a few bosses. Couldn’t tell if it made a difference, probably not since I don’t have much healing power.

Still didn’t work at all on Mai Trin. After 2 wipes I just went Consume Conditions… and beat her.

My favorite thing about this skill is how close it came to making a Necro interesting in a group. It’s the biggest joke played on the Necro.