Mercy Stroke

[LYagami]

Would be nice for mercy stroke to have a 1-2sec buffer instead of having to be the killing blow. With the larger health pools and especially in 4-8 groups its almost down to chance to get it right. Is it just me or do others think this would be nice as well?

[Pavise]

Well it has quite a long cooldown, cannot see why it doesn't just heal on use.... Since for most fights you don't need a heal in an execute phase when you're killing your target anyway.

[zatoseyes]

It's a great tool for solo play. I really only use in a group when it lights up for a little extra damage. I don't bother with it when I play Paladin, though. I probably should since I never use Stoneskin unless I run out of TP.

[chidarake]

pld ss is not just for yourself.. put it on melee dps as well and help the healer.. or just anyone who may need it.

personally I use it quite often in boss fights...


as for mercy stroke.. agreed it pros should just heal on use as really most people probs just use it for the extra damage..

[Delorean]

yeah i wish it just healed for WAR/MRD, but a number like 20% is too high for that kind of consistency

[Noxifer]

Well, with the new levelcap incoming, there's room for them to make a trait for Marauder/Warrior for something like "even if it's not the killing blow, mercy stroke will heal you for X% of your hp", whether that new percentage is 5 or 10 i have no clue what would be reasonable, since it's only useable during a mob's last 20% hp and because of the cooldown on it (not that large, but large enough that you usually don't get in more than one on regular mobs, and rarely more than two or three on boss-types, at least in my experience).