Spirit of Nature or Hounds of Balthazar

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Posted by: johny five times.9320

johny five times.9320

Ok, so you’ve got all your other elites and 30 skill points to spend. You do mainly PvE / Dungeons, and a bit of WvW…which do you pick?

For dungeon runs the SoN sounds perfect for a support function but if it’s as kitten as the rest of the Spirits then is it really worth it?

How much damage do the hounds really do, you don’t see people popping them that often, so are they worth it?

yours,

confused from compton*

*merseyside, actually.

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

I haven’t used hounds, but I know SoN will Rez all downed allies and defeated friendly npcs in the area (It doesn’t look like there’s a cap on it as long as they’re in range) purges all conditions from all allies in range, and heals for ~450 passively with 1300 healing power.

Ontop of this he has significantly more health and toughness as the other spirits, AND his pulsing heal applies to himself, and other spirits which in most cases means the spirits won’t be killed unless they REALLY want to kill them.

I can say this withou a shadow of a doubt, with the double health for spirits trait equipped my nature spirit has NEVER died until his time went out.

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As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna

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Posted by: johny five times.9320

johny five times.9320

thanks for the reply. I was already leaning toward the SoN really but was worried they were as underwhelming as the others.

sounds like a plan.

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Nah SoN is actually really powerful, granted the CD is long (which saddens me), but he does last 60 seconds so you can get off 3 mass Rezs, 4 with natures vengeance.

They sing dark, delicious notes about power and family.
As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna

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Posted by: Obsidian.1328

Obsidian.1328

SoN has some very impressive abilities, just keep in mind it doesn’t last very long, maybe 10 seconds??

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Nope, it’s 60, same as all other spirits

They sing dark, delicious notes about power and family.
As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna

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Posted by: Obsidian.1328

Obsidian.1328

Oh jeez, I was thinking of Avatar of Melandru…

Sorry about that, I’m an idiot. :|

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