Curse

Guild Wars Guru · May 23, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

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Kodoku · May 23, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

So you die just as fast, but your healer can't save you? Any necromancers have any idea how this spell can actually be useful? The {Elite} designation seems extremely unfounded.

Magus · May 23, 2005, 06:33 PM // 18:33

It essentially gives you double the healing from "DoT"-type (I guess healing over time?

) healing spells, such as life siphon or healing breeze, in addition to the healing at the end.

Mercury Angel · May 23, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47

It's ideally to be used in conjunction with regeneration heals such as Life Siphon and Blood Renewal, and sacraficing skills. Unfortunately, with Poison and Bleeding being so common in PvP these days, you'd need 7 pips of regeneration just to match that effect, let alone surpass it. And if you don't match it, well, degeneration is doubly effective as well.

May 23, 2005, 10:09 PM // 22:09

It's a PvE skill

As others have said regen/degen are twice as effective on you while under AoTL so you want to use it with something like LS. Too bad this spell cant be a hex or it would rock.

ShadowStorm · May 24, 2005, 12:53 AM // 00:53

Anyone know the location of this one?

Mercury Angel · May 24, 2005, 03:27 AM // 03:27

Necro boss during the final mission. (Oddly enough, the 'Undead Lich' doesn't actually count as a boss. It's just one of the Titan variations that has the skill.)

free4all · May 24, 2005, 10:41 PM // 22:41

ok here is the trick use this not while going into battle first but after going into battle and enemy dieing. Use this then use soul feast. This is death magic so is soul feast.... so my soul feast heals for 220 at lvl 11 so .... use this and soul to be ubr in battle for huge amount of time very useful for me E/N!

Witcher King · May 30, 2005, 07:58 AM // 07:58

Ok, so use a damage reducing skill AFTER the enemy is dead? I get you.

Axehilt · May 31, 2005, 03:40 AM // 03:40

Anyone know if life "Stealing" counts as healing? If not, then a blood magic build would work awesome with this skill. If so, then you're pretty much resignated to things like Life Siphon and other Regen-based heals.

free4all's advice of using this 3-second cast spell after going into battle seems fairly poor.

Combining this skill with ranger Troll Unguent (+3-9 regen) or monk Healing Breeze (+3-8 regen) would be very effective healing.

JjK · May 31, 2005, 04:10 AM // 04:10

If only the Troll Unguent could be given to another player in your party.

Axehilt · May 31, 2005, 08:04 AM // 08:04

Pfft, that'd be overpowered. I was mere saying that N/Rs and R/Ns have that combo available to them.

Elyscape · Jun 04, 2005, 06:57 PM // 18:57

This looks really useful. One, you gain a lot of health when it starts, as it only halves your max health and not your current health. Then, when it ends, you gain a bunch more health.

Jijimuge · Jun 04, 2005, 07:16 PM // 19:16

Well, there's another use from it, depending on how it works. I haven't got this skill, but am wondering what happens when you're already at half health when you cast the skill - does

1) Your health not reduce at all, as it's only your max health that's reduced rather than your current health

2) Your current (half) health is halved again, making 1/4 of your normal health

3) You lose current health equivalent to half your max health, effectively killing you.

I *hope* it's not (3) as that would be rough!

However, (1) would give some possibilities. i.e. Start the fight with lots of health sacrificing debuffs and buffs, such as leading out with Enfeebling Blood and Verata's Sacrifice or Defile Flesh on a key target such as a healer.

This way, you'd be able to get a free heal out of Aura of the Lich.

If that's so, then it would also work well with a Dark Aura build I'm sure. It'd be nice to cast aura of the lich after you've sacrificed some health, but the 3 second casting time mitigates against that.

However, a ranged blood mage (not dark aura) could do OK with life siphons, lots of dark pacts, followed by an aura of the lich and then more siphons and pacts, amongst other things. Hmmmm....

NilePenguin · Jun 05, 2005, 01:06 PM // 13:06

It has other uses than that. Let's say, to make the example easier, that you have 400 base health, and that you get 200 health when the spell ends.

You have 400 Health. You use Aura. You now have 200 health.
You get hit with a spell that would do 80 damage. It only does 40 damage. You are now at 160 health.
Aura ends. You get 200 health back. You now have 360 health.

You only lost 40 health, as opposed to 80 without Aura.

Evan The Cursed · Jun 06, 2005, 02:30 AM // 02:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jijimuge

1) Your health not reduce at all, as it's only your max health that's reduced rather than your current health

I hope it's that one o.o

*must progress with N/Me faster, must progress with N/Me faster*

clonmac · Jun 14, 2005, 04:48 AM // 04:48

I just got this skill last night with my Necro. I must say, I think it is one of the best skills in the game. I got it in Hell's Precipice. Combine this skill with: blood renewal, life siphon, and demonic flesh and you are unstoppable...literally. With blood renewal and one cast of life siphon the enemies already can't deal damage faster than you can heal. Then throw on Demonic flesh and you can gain your max health back that you lost from Aura of the Lich! Awesome!

Actually, it was pretty cool because when I first captured it, I already had the elite skill Grenth balance equipped. So I would used Aura of the Lich then grenth's balance on the boss and did about 500 damage in one shot!!!

cool stuff. But alas, that combo isn't possible.

clonmac · Jun 14, 2005, 04:50 AM // 04:50

Oh, one more tip, carry with you Plague touch, because any form of bleeding or disease can hurt a lot. Nothing that blood renewal can't ease, but it still can hurt.

FEANOR ISTAR · Jun 24, 2005, 07:07 PM // 19:07

YO ALL, your all forgetting about LIFE STEAL, thats not effected by half healing from healing spells, if you steal 50 health with aura of leach on, it's like stealing 100. THAT is why this is an elite.

Khift · Jun 30, 2005, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonmac

Actually, it was pretty cool because when I first captured it, I already had the elite skill Grenth balance equipped. So I would used Aura of the Lich then grenth's balance on the boss and did about 500 damage in one shot!!!

cool stuff. But alas, that combo isn't possible.

But it just might be, my friend. Don't give up so soon.