Curse

Guild Wars Guru · Aug 11, 2005, 08:40 PM // 20:40

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cgobelman · Aug 11, 2005, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Some poo-poo this spell, but it's still the workhorse healing spell for Monk's. With a high Divine Favor you can crank out over 100 pts per heal with this puppy. Not bad for 5 pts of energy. Plus it's one of the few self-heal for Monks. Combine this with Divine Boon, and this spell can really rock. It hasn't left my skill bar since I got it.

Quintus · Aug 15, 2005, 03:33 AM // 03:33

"A Monk's Mission" a starter quest from Brother Mhenlo in Pre-Searing Ascalon or "Sowing Seeds" quest from Grazden the Protector in Old Ascalon or bought from Sir Bertran in Ascalon City

quickmonty · Aug 25, 2005, 07:53 PM // 19:53

self heal, 5 energy, 1 second recharge. this one is always on my monks skillbar

Monkish Monkey · Oct 22, 2005, 07:36 PM // 19:36

this spell is usefull because it heals over 100 with Divine Boon for only 7 energy (another 2 energy because of divine boon effect) but you should drop it as soon as you get word of healing

Kampfkeks · Oct 22, 2005, 07:59 PM // 19:59

Word of healing is crap though. Far too unreliable and you don't get a decent energy management this way.

Ristaron · Oct 22, 2005, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Orison is a staple healing spell.

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Originally Posted by Kampfkeks

Word of healing is crap though. Far too unreliable and you don't get a decent energy management this way.

You OBVIOUSLY do not PvP! And no energy management with WoH? It costs FIVE FRIKEN ENERGY! That's the lowest you can get a spell cost!
WOH heals 200+ for me with full divine favour and full healing if someone is below 50% hp. How in hell can you said it's crap?

Because it takes up the space of your Glad Defence for elite slot? Go learn to play, please, before you botch at one of the best spells in the game.

Charcoal Ann · Oct 22, 2005, 08:39 PM // 20:39

ahhh Orison. how do i love thee.
well sir. yon spell has saved me and ma squads bacon many a time. i reckon its inline for a medal!

using it with Divine Spirit gets you a spell that heals for almost 100 for just one energy. not too shabby.

Kampfkeks · Oct 23, 2005, 12:20 AM // 00:20

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Originally Posted by Ristaron

You OBVIOUSLY do not PvP!

Rank 5. But well... i guess that is not exactly PVPing.
Word of healing coud be nice, if it weren't for the bug that sometimes causes the calculation to go totally moo. Not firing the secondary bonus. Turning it into a slightly better normal orison. Yet placing WoHs fat back into the eliteslot. I'd rather have Energy Drain (even the nerfed version) or a similiar spell rather than trying to rely on buggy Word of Healing.
You know... heal other has the same punch of healing. But actually is reliable. And for only 5 energypoints more, which you'll have plenty of with stuff like Drain or Channeling.
And finally... only relying on one spell... uhm...
First: recharge
Second: diversion
Thirst: distracting *****
Fourth: Thievery
Fifth: Eliteskillblockin
Six: ... etc etc

So a healer completely relying on Word of Healing is a healer i'd never want in any of my teams. Probably one of those that also bring Healing Breeze on other occasions (Shatter me please Breeze...)

Inureface · Dec 18, 2005, 12:10 AM // 00:10

What I don't understand is: why do people use this spell in place of dwayna's kiss? Generally in PvP if you gotta heal an ally, chances are he's got some sort of condition or hex or whatever. Assuming healing prayers are maxed, having just one condition hex or enchant makes dwayna better. I know theres that 3 second recharge rather than 2 but it doesn't really matter because if you try to save an ally from death using orision instead of infuse, word, or heal other, you are pretty sad. BTW the link to dwayna's kiss topic on the skills page is broke.

Hiryu · Dec 18, 2005, 12:59 AM // 00:59

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What I don't understand is: why do people use this spell in place of dwayna's kiss? Generally in PvP if you gotta heal an ally, chances are he's got some sort of condition or hex or whatever. Assuming healing prayers are maxed, having just one condition hex or enchant makes dwayna better. I know theres that 3 second recharge rather than 2 but it doesn't really matter because if you try to save an ally from death using orision instead of infuse, word, or heal other, you are pretty sad. BTW the link to dwayna's kiss topic on the skills page is broke.

You often will find yourself needing spell duplicates. For example, 2 allies are both below max HP by 100. The enemy is running spike, but their skills are recharging. You use this window of time to use both spells on different targets. You don't have enough time to wait for the recharge of a single skill to recharge though.

Another example: Orison gets Diversioned out, you still have Kiss.