Mercy Stroke proper usage?

[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.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

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.

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

[Ferth]

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.

[Torunya]

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!)

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

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?

[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

[Zetsubou]

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.

[Flipside101]

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?"

[rawker]

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.

[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.