Guild Wars 2

Title. I think it would be really cool to see a build that used this. I imagine it would also use signet of malice.

Here is why not:
E. g. You have 70% critchance with fury: so 7 of 10 hits will crit, and you only get health on the crits. All in all you heal yourself for 3,5 % of your damage.

But if you take executioner you deal 20% more damage, while your enemy is under 50% health. That is a damage increase of 10%.

So what would you take:

3,5% longer till you die or do 10% more damage (the faster your opponent dies, the less damage he can do to you)

It’s good in PvE with Fiery Greatsword.

I also found it useful in Crown Pavillion Gauntlet matches.

Until they separate the % heal based on single and AoE attacks, this trait will be no more than a gimmick test along with some pve builds.

Juston.6817:

Here is why not:
E. g. You have 70% critchance with fury: so 7 of 10 hits will crit, and you only get health on the crits. All in all you heal yourself for 3,5 % of your damage.

Well, crits deal more damage on average, so with a 70% crit chance more then 70% of total damage would be from critical hits. Still it’s less then 100% so you’ll see less then 5% of your total damage as healing.

The rest of the argument stands, it’s a poor trait, especially as a grandmaster major with stronger traits competing with it. It might be able to compete if it was increased to 7% and turned into a lifesteal. Or if it swapped places with Side Strikes, which would then have to be buffed to (at least) a +10% crit chance.

But if you take executioner you deal 20% more damage, while your enemy is under 50% health. That is a damage increase of 10%.

So what would you take:

3,5% longer till you die or do 10% more damage (the faster your opponent dies, the less damage he can do to you)

In PvE if you want to, you can build a solid tank, except vs some 1 shot mechanics. S/P + Signet of Malice + Invigorating Precision.

In order to survive 1 shot skills, you’d need to spec into a lot of vitality.

It’s a really boring build concept, but amusing to play occassionally. You just spam pistol whip to deal damage and evade, if you do get hit Malice and IP heal you up immediately.