soulbind is bugged? - Guild Wars Guru Archive

Krytan Explorer

Joined Jul 2006

Sep 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM • #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

Teenager with attitude

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Joined Jul 2005

Sep 5, 2009 at 2:10 PM • #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

Tea Powered

Joined May 2008

Sep 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM • #3

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Originally Posted by Dobermann

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.