Guild Wars 2

Hullo

Could someone please set my brain right regarding Heal as one and boon sharing with your pet.

I’ve heard this can be an important skill (depending on build), but I don’t fully understand how it works. For example; If I have the trait Fortifying Bond, does the important of the sharing of Heal as one disappear? How does staking/duration work when using heal as one?

I guess what I’m really asking is for tips/explanations on using this as effectively as possible. My mind is still a bit muddy on its usage.

Thank you!

We Heal as One is one of, if not the, best heal skill Rangers have. It’s a burst heal with good numbers and has a great cooldown trait. It’s a safe and effective choice in most situations.

Fortifying Bond copies boons one way: from you to your pet. The duration is fixed by the trait but if you get swiftness, your pet will also get some swiftness. If both you and your pet get a boon at the same time, like say Warhorn 5 by yourself; you will get the boons on the tooltip, while your pet will get the boons on the tooltip + the stacks and duration from the copied version.

WHaO copies boons both ways. Your pet gets a copy of everything on you and you get a copy of everything on your pet. You can use this to keep boons up and stack might for short periods.

So for example, cast Warhorn 5 (Call of the Wild) on you and pet (no FB yet). That’s 3 Stacks of Might on both of you. WHaO copies the boons both ways and now you both have 6 stacks. Warhorn 5 with FB will give you 3 stacks and your pet 6 stacks (boon + copy of yours). WHaO and you now both have 9 stacks.

Another good trick is to pair WHaO with Strength of the Pack. SotP to Longbow 2 to Longbow 5 then WHaO and suddenly you and your pet both have 25 stacks of might. This will work with any pet but a Bristleback F2 in there will really keep things ticking.

That said, to use it effectively, use it as a heal skill first, boon copy second.

Chrury.4627:

So for example, cast Warhorn 5 (Call of the Wild) on you and pet (no FB yet). That’s 3 Stacks of Might on both of you. WHaO copies the boons both ways and now you both have 6 stacks. Warhorn 5 with FB will give you 3 stacks and your pet 6 stacks (boon + copy of yours). WHaO and you now both have 9 stacks.

The pet will actually end up with 15 stacks after wh5 + FB + heal, because the 6 stacks you gain from the heal will get transferred back to the pet again by FB.

FB and WHaO basically multiply each other, which makes the combination of NM + BM so strong.

Ah ha! It’s much clearer to me now.

Many thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply, your explanations really helped.