Why Heal Area?

Bazooka

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

I'm a bit confused as to the usefullness of this Monk skill. I've read how it can be used in the "mirror" fights but can't get my head around why you would use it otherwise.

Is there some special combo this skill works in?
Does it hurt Undead?

DigitalX

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazooka
I'm a bit confused as to the usefullness of this Monk skill. I've read how it can be used in the "mirror" fights but can't get my head around why you would use it otherwise.

Is there some special combo this skill works in?
Does it hurt Undead?
no, no, and IMO its junk cuz it heals anything within its radius...

Nlandge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

PHX,Arizona

Dragon Blood

Mo/N

heal area heals for alot of health, thats why its usful, in pve the only way i found it usful was to heal myself in a tight spot, occasionally someone else. it heals enemies so really not to usfyul

mqstout

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Pittsburgh

Useful against those deadly packs of ranged attack baddies.

claundis

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

It's good to heal bosses so you can capture their elite skills. Also, sometimes it's better to get off that big heal, even if it heals the some enemies, so that the team survives long enough to kill the mobs. Basically, 140 health to my 5 teammates each is worth more than giving 140 health to 3 mobs.

Still, not always the most useful of skills.

Romac

Romac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

heal area is a very useful spell imo

you can save your whole party from annhialation by running up to the area and healing everything for 70 and it takes only 1 second to cast. it's of more use if you have 2 tanks, but it can be of use to save your entire party as well.

i hit mob
mob attacks my healer, then my mage, then my mesmer
so if i'm doing my job, i'm getting my 2 tanks to pull aggro off my healer/mesmer/mage
than means there's often a thick crowd of mobs and party members
if i see everyone's health plummetting, i run in, spam heal area, and at the cost of 1 second my whole party suddenly has full health again.

in pvp it's probably not as useful

Nlandge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

PHX,Arizona

Dragon Blood

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Romac
heal area is a very useful spell imo

you can save your whole party from annhialation by running up to the area and healing everything for 70 and it takes only 1 second to cast.

it actual;ly heals for about 140 if ur a higher level. but i used it and its not too ofen that ur entire party is randomly staning 10 feet away from each other in a circle. you might save a teamate or two, but over all healother + divine boon will do the job, in fact you really dont even need heal other as i have found, just cast orison and dwaynas kiss back and forth and you will have a steady healing for a while.

Tomo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Imo, its only good use is the amount it heals by. however, due to its ability to help enemies, its bad in pvp (unless your fighting ranged units, however, currently, its W/MO madness ^^) the radius is also small.

Sekkira

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nlandge
it actual;ly heals for about 140 if ur a higher level.
Correction: If you've got more attribute points in whatever the skill uses. Nothing to do with levels.

Romac

Romac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

you are right...henchment don't 'randomly' stand around but it's very easy to get the entire party or almost the entire party in range as i already explained in the above example.

melee mobs hit monks and casters first
i sic my tanks on the mob hitting my casters
blamo...everyone is within range...happens all day to me

i don't have to deal with the unpredictable behavior of players running all over the place because i only group for pve with henchmen

and like i also already said...it's probably not as much use in pvp when you have real players running all over like headless chickens

another use this has is that if you have tankers up front but have a ranger, healer, mage and mesmer standing back with you getting hit by their rangers and casters you can heal em all almost instantly without healing any enemies.

iczer

iczer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by claundis
Basically, 140 health to my 5 teammates each is worth more than giving 140 health to 3 mobs.
+140 health to most mobs is hardly noticeable on the monsters HP bar when they have a max hp far above a players max.

- Iczer

jdwoody

jdwoody

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Austin

I usually put regeneration/protection on the warriors, and then use heal area on all the range party members. It can be hard though as some folks like to move around alot. It's twice as much healing as heal party though and that little bit comes in handy...

Obviously this is in PvE not PvP...

Dumahim Ashenbane

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Steel Horse Men

R/E

Very useful spell. Especially if you've got 3 people close to death and you only have time for one heal. Saving all 3 of them, plus healing other party members is well worth it even at the expense of healing the other mobs.

Bazooka

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Thanks for the advice claundis! I've successfully deployed this skill during my pokemon..er..skill capturing sessions with my Warrior/Monk

As to other situations, you'd think Heal Party would be better.