Guild Wars 2

Ahoy!

Since I haven’t had the chance to try it out and being slightly impatient, could someone enlighten me about the Fern Hound heal?

It grants regeneration, but the sheet states it grants burst healing as well. Does it affect you, people in a radius, or the hound only?

I was planning to try this build out for PvP.
http://gw2skills.net/editor?fNAQNAsfVjEq0xaNLusQ1aAOhqVA8eF20W2dDkBrcGP9gMJ-TJxHwADOFAa2fAwTAoYZAA
The idea was to try out pets that grant long lasting buffs, giving my team mates might, healing and other goodies. A Red Moa would be the alternative.

Comments on the GM trait Invigorating Bond and your experiences with it would be welcome, as I haven’t dabbled in ranger stuff for a while and am curious how well it works.

It heals everyone, but the direct heal is pretty small (as you can see.)

If you want to be group heal-y, look at Nature’s Voice, Spirit of Nature and Healing Spring.

I think you can get more out of your pet. For example a wolf howl will prevent far more damage than the fern hound can heal.

Alright, thanks. I usually use the wolf and was researching alternatives to spirit builds. The Fern Hound would do a 3500 AoE burst heal with 4000 regen to all allies over 18 seconds. In combination with Troll Unguent you would heal 1160 hp every second for ten seconds in dire situations.

The wolf howl is good, but very easily dodged, evaded, nullified. People generally don’t bother too much with attacking pets, unless they’re spirits, which means that they will likely ignore the Fern Hound howl as they know it to only produce regen, so it will most likely succeed very often. My point is the wolf howl can be dodged, cured og simply ignored with stability, the fern gully regenerate howl not. I suppose it depends on the situation. In bigger skirmishes people are less inclined to notice a wolf howling than in a 2 vs. 2 or 1 vs. 1 situation.

So, apparently strength runes won’t affect Jungle Stalkers Mighty Roar ability.. and the regen duration from Fern Hound was incorrect. GW2skills isn’t very reliable it seems. Back to the drawing board. :/

Zero equipment affects your pet. It’s basically another player.

Concentration Training is a horrible trait because it requires the pet to be in combat. If the pet isn’t in combat mode, the trait won’t work. Same goes for Compassion Training.

Commanding Voice is a much more reliable trait because it always works.