List of skills by profession that Hero AI is incapable of using

If your health is already low from the degen, I suppose the hero is trying to prevent a death from the next attack by casting PS on you.



Not true at all. My Me/Mo hero casts it very often throughout the battle, unless you have set yours to passive. I roll with 3 smite monks sometimes depending on what area i'm in and who i'm with (destroyers fall to them quite fast) and as far as [signet of judgment], they don't use it as often as i think they should. i do keep my 3 hero windows open and it seems like they'll use all other smite skills first before using soj. and even then, i've seen them wanding targets, with all but soj recharging, and they won't use it.

i don't know if this is just the ai in general being wonky, or the ai having some sort of moment where it doesn't like soj, but yeah, it does happen pretty frequently.

luckily i keep keys bound to micro my heroes so i can force them to cast it when need be.

i don't know if this is just the ai in general being wonky, or the ai having some sort of moment where it doesn't like soj, but yeah, it does happen pretty frequently.

luckily i keep keys bound to micro my heroes so i can force them to cast it when need be. I would agree that they dont necessarily cast it as soon as it refreshes because they take turns to use other skills as well. But they do cast it quite often. I am positive that they use it multiple times throughout a battle as I have been observing my hero throughout the entire battle. Maybe it is your skill bar?

That's because everything is burning nearly all the time.

Look at essence strike; it's spammed when there's no spirit. Shock Arrow, spammed randomly on foes. Mind Blast; just spammed on recharge. Same with Glowing Gaze, except the condition is nearly always satisfied so it doesn't really matter too much. Glowing Gaze has 2 effects, and the idea is to set it up to were you can use both of them at the same time.

Heroes will prioritize burning targets over non-burning ones with Glowing Gaze, which means they use it fairly well. I've seen my hero wait on casting it till something was burning as well. (Chose another skill down the line instead of GG).

The idea with any skill, is a hero will tend to use them in a priority order, depending on what skills you have and how you order them. If the AI says "Use skill X in X situation", it will be used over a skill further up on your bar. It ultimately weights the situation to figure out what skill it should use (conditions on targets, condition of target, condition of self, skills on bar and recharge status). They don't take equipment, other ally's skills, or some secondary (or even primary) combinations into account.

Learning to manipulate that is good. [[glowing gaze] will work poorly on anyone who's not set up to cause burning, and works better if you're set up to constantly cause burning as a team or an individual. However, it will still cause damage, which means it has some function even outside of E-management, and that's why the AI will use it even if the target isn't burning, if he has no better alternatives at the time (according to the AI).

Expecting anything less is an exercise in stupidity.

I roll with 3 smite monks sometimes depending on what area i'm in and who i'm with (destroyers fall to them quite fast) and as far as [signet of judgment], they don't use it as often as i think they should. Maybe they wait for two or more foes standing close to meet the AoE-Condition?

I'm surprised nobody mentioned [skill]reversal of fortune[/skill] yet...
it's the no. 1 skill heroes completely FAIL at! well 95% of the pve monks fail with that skill too so ..

Oh, I've had problems with [Energetic Was Lee Sa]. Heroes don't like to cast it if they have another item, and they drop it immedately after they do cast it for the immediate effect. Only Xandra is bad with Energetic. She'll drop it once her energy reaches max I think. Razah will use it to it's full duration. I've never found out what's so bad about RoF on a hero. Stick it on a necro and it'll be no problem with SR. I had my kahmu run it with a d/n order derv to maintain his energy. Just waiting or you to finish laughing now...Done? Good. Even through long fights, Kahmu's energy stayed near max and we weren't dying. We only had two healers too.

One skill that heroes seem to use perfectly is [healer's boon]. It's one of the first things they'll cast and they keep it up indefinitely if they can. I disagree that they use it perfectly. If it get stripped off and someone else needs healing, they will heal first, then put HB back up. In an emergency that's ok, but when it's not, it's just a waste. They do use it well, though.

Not true, [Aegis] and some of the condition removal skills they use just fine. Aegis is nigh-impossible to stuff up so it's a moot point really

I disagree that they use it perfectly. If it get stripped off and someone else needs healing, they will heal first, then put HB back up. In an emergency that's ok, but when it's not, it's just a waste. They do use it well, though.

[frenzy] because....

they cant mantain [mending].... LOLOLOLOLOLOL SO FUNNY WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS

Btw, heroes are godly at [ancestor's rage]. They don't use that unless an ally has more than two or more enemies adjacent to him. Now it would be good if heroes prioritized using ARage on allies with 2+ adjacent enemies, but I still want heroes using it if no ally has 2+ adjacent enemies.

They don't use that unless an ally has more than two or more enemies adjacent to him. Now it would be good if heroes prioritized using ARage on allies with 2+ adjacent enemies, but I still want heroes using it if no ally has 2+ adjacent enemies. And? How is it bad if they priorotise an ally who has most enemies sitting on him? They use it greatly, never had problems with ARage on heroes.

And? How is it bad if they priorotise an ally who has most enemies sitting on him? They use it greatly, never had problems with ARage on heroes. They don't use it well when it's "mop up" time, or against strong bosses if they're the only ones around (they require it to hit 2+ enemies or they don't use it)

I've found that Heroes fail hard at using the entire cookie-cutter HB build. All they use is like 3 skills. they are to smart to use crap like that. give them a WoH hybrid bar