Mercy Stroke proper usage?

my HP on Warrior is over 10,000. how come sometimes Mercy Stroke only restores like 100-some points and other times will restore 1,000-some points?

i know the tool-tip says UP TO 20%, but really... is this really supposed to be happening like that? seems like the action is quite unreliable.

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Originally Posted by BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY

my HP on Warrior is over 10,000. how come sometimes Mercy Stroke only restores like 100-some points and other times will restore 1,000-some points?

i know the tool-tip says UP TO 20%, but really... is this really supposed to be happening like that? seems like the action is quite unreliable.

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It only restores 1000+ if you "kill" an opponent with the skill.

Are you using it with bloodbath on? That 100 you are seeing is probably the health restoration from that.

As said before you only get the 20% heal if mercy stroke actually kills the target.

If used properly it acts as a very reliable self-heal when pulling packs of mobs, as it restores your hp when dealt as the finishing blow. Practice the timing, and it'll give your healer a little breathing room. (It will also make you look super pro!)

yeah, i know how the skill works. and also wasn't using bloodbath. my WAR has around like 12,000-some HP. i have seen it restore around 126points and have seen it restore around 1,200-some points. i just don't understand why make the action potency vary by such a large degree. furthermore, i have never once seen the action restore even close to 20%. the most i have ever seen is a 10% return. what am i doing wrong?

I noticed this myself too, I always assume that it was because the heal amount was capped to my max HP.
Something like if I use Mercy Stroke at 14500/15000 HP and it killed the target I will only get 500HP healed instead of the usual 20% which should be around 3k HP

I was thinking for a while that Mercy Stroke should function like Mug, if you hit the target with Mercy Stroke and it dies within 5 sec, you should get the heal, regardless if your land the killing blow or not.
Since there are at least 3~4 player would hit it, one of them would have the chance to get the killing blow, if there able to land it correctly.

I love using a properly timed mercy stroke, especially on packs of mobs. It's actually helped save my butt from death when I take burst damage and not have a defensive cd lined. up. Couple a properly executed mercy stroke with equilibrium, and the healers go "WTH did I just crit?"

Landing that killing blow when quarantined in A4 sure is satisfying. Anyway were you testing that on a low-level dummy? I mean you can replicate that with souleater or bloodbath.

It is quite unreliable, though. Mercy Stroke has to be the killing blow, which is incredibly difficult to time as a consequence of latency. I generally just treat it as an off-GCD 200 potency attack that will sometimes occasionally heal me for a good chunk.

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Originally Posted by KinnisonArc

I noticed this myself too, I always assume that it was because the heal amount was capped to my max HP.
Something like if I use Mercy Stroke at 14500/15000 HP and it killed the target I will only get 500HP healed instead of the usual 20% which should be around 3k HP

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Yes, it won't heal you for more HP than you have to be healed.

Its an OGCD attack that you can use when it pops. Thats basically how you use it---a small damage booster.

If you're in a dps burn, or on a big boss, use it whenever it's up for that extra damage.

When killing trash or in A4 quarantine like rawker stated, try to get a killing blow. It's always nice to see that 3.6k heal tick before you get out of quarantine.

I doubt the skill was designed to be "reliable". Especially when you reach the higher levels where it's hard to gauge when to use it. And you pretty much use it as a OGCD dDPS skill rather than something you keep for it's "healing" effect. It's a really useful skill as a OGCD DPS skill but otherwise the healing effect has really little usage at the higher levels.

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Originally Posted by KinnisonArc

I noticed this myself too, I always assume that it was because the heal amount was capped to my max HP.
Something like if I use Mercy Stroke at 14500/15000 HP and it killed the target I will only get 500HP healed instead of the usual 20% which should be around 3k HP

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Originally Posted by Rbstr

Yes, it won't heal you for more HP than you have to be healed.

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maybe this is the issue i am experiencing then. it is hard to say, but quite likely.

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Originally Posted by Adrasteia

It is quite unreliable, though. Mercy Stroke has to be the killing blow, which is incredibly difficult to time as a consequence of latency. I generally just treat it as an off-GCD 200 potency attack that will sometimes occasionally heal me for a good chunk.

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Actually, it doesn't entirely need to be the "killing" blow. As long as the target dies during the animation you'll get the heal. Gives a bit more space in which to use it... a bit... xD

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Originally Posted by Rbstr

Yes, it won't heal you for more HP than you have to be healed.

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i just got healed for 1,256 HP when my HP was at 11997/12557.

so, i still don't know what is wrong with whatever i am doing. i have seen it heal for as little as 120-some points and as high as 1200-some points. i don't know why the return varies by such a large degree, but i can say i have never once seen it actually heal for 20% of my HP.

Like they said it's nice in quarantine.

I've noticed the amount healed doesn't depend on my hp, but instead the dmg done or more accurately the amount of hp remaining on the mob. If the mob has a sliver of hp I have only gotten 300 despite 24k hp. However if I kill the quarantine mob with 4-6% then I receive significantly more hp from mercy stroke.