soulbind is bugged?

Dobermann

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

05 Sep 2009 at 14:03 - 1
Ok, so I was vs some uber lame me/n fastcasting bspam trash with some uber lame hexway trash (yay for broken HA) and the mesmers took no damage from soul bind when they healed?

Surely this is a glitch as "life steal" HEALS the target, and soulbuind triggers when the target is healed and does damage too them?

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

05 Sep 2009 at 14:10 - 2
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Life_stealing

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Life stealing does not count as damage or healing, therefore it ignores armor and bypasses all forms of protection.

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

Tea Powered

Join Date: May 2008

UK

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05 Sep 2009 at 14:16 - 3
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Originally Posted by Dobermann View Post
Surely this is a glitch as "life steal" HEALS the target, and soulbuind triggers when the target is healed and does damage too them?
Healing is a specific mechanic. Health gain and life steal are not healing.
Soul Bind and Scourge Healing trigger on the healing mechanic only.

Some skills have the word "heal" in their description, but actually count as health gain as far as Soul Bind is concerned (such as Aura of Restoration), but otherwise only skills with the word heal in them are affected by SB and SH.