Guild Wars 2

I’m confused by how the spirits “boon” works. Does it only activate once per time the boon is applied?
The water spirit can have a 70% chance to heal on hit but it does not heal half often enough for this to be true.
If it only can activate once every 6sec then vigorous spirits is only good for the extra hp it gives the spirit.( I assume that people are attacking at least once per second.)
I read here on the forums that I need to bring Frost Spirit, but if it only gives one attack per 6 sec that can have a 10% damage buff I question it’s necessity unless you are doing everything you can to maximize dps.

I hope I am wrong.

spirits are bad. the % is all luck on your part and your guaranteed nothing for the cost of the traits and skill slot….well almost nothing, I guarantee the spirits following you will die in aoe or from bouncing weapons long before your opponent does.

Spirits pulse their “boon” every 3s, which lasts for 6s. While the 6s boon is active, you have a chance to trigger their special effect. All spirits except for Frost Spirit and Spirit of Nature have an ICD of 10s. This means you can only get a 3s protection from Stone Spirit once every 10s, but you can get an average total DPS increase of 7% from Frost Spirit while it’s up. The 10% damage can proc on multiple hits in channelled attacks such as Hundred Blades.

Spirit of Nature is unusual, it gives a passive~380 heal every second to multiple party members within range. It’s basically like giving a warrior’s healing signet to your party for 60s

thank you very much!

geist.3980:

spirits are bad. the % is all luck on your part and your guaranteed nothing for the cost of the traits and skill slot….well almost nothing, I guarantee the spirits following you will die in aoe or from bouncing weapons long before your opponent does.

The top DPS PvE spec endorsed by Death and Taxes uses Frost Spirit.

The top sPvP build is a spirit build, which uses spirits in all utility slots as well as for the elite.

The mechanics of spirits can be frustrating, especially in PvE since spirits die so easily, but you don’t really have a leg to stand on if you want to say that they are “bad”.

After a spirit dies, it will pulse its buff 3 more times (in the area around their corpse) which means that you can have the Frost Spirit buff for up to 15s after the spirit dies if you stay near the corpse. Dead spirits are fine if the battle doesn’t move much.

I want new spirits in the game. I love this spec. I want more options for spirits.

I would like a spirit that causes damage attacks to remove boons.

And a spirit that causing damage to transfer boons.

A spirit that causes damage to apply Torment would be awesome!!!