Mercy Stroke proper usage?

[Rbstr]

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

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

[Faytte]

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

[flakko]

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.

[Dami]

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.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

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

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

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

[Valenth]

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.

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

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

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

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.

[Dezwaan]

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.