Drg buff usage

[KDSilver]

The only buff I can think of that I don’t use is B4B. In a fight where I know I’m going to take heavy damage I never use it because I don’t feel it’s worth taking the extra damage.

As long as you have the recommanded ilvl or higher, you should have enough vitality to survive any non dodgable party aoe.
Besides, that's why shielder healers exists and why almost everyone has mitigation tool.
Don't worry too much about healers as well. Aoe heals are very powerful and will heal you to full HP quickly.
And even if you are afraid, you still have Second Wind and and Bloodbath for self healing.

You should be using B4B whenever it's up to maximize your DPS.
Dev team know about that when designer fights. As long as you do mechanics, that "extra" HP you loose won't matter for healer ^^

The only time you could not using it is if you have vulnerability stacks. In that case, if there's no mitigation, then yes, you might die from party aoe. Otherwise, it should be perfectly fine.

I very rarely had problem when B4B kill my DPS, and when it was, that was on an undergeared Bard, back in Heavensward when it still was a cross skill.