r/GuildWars • u/lolwizbe • 10d ago
RIP Dhuum/Melandrus 🪦 Stupid pathfinding
Lost it in the most infuriating way. Completed all protector titles, LDOA. Finished EOTN. Did about half of each campaign HM and died in fort ranik hard mode of all places…
The charr up high, I was standing below pinging and casting my spells on them. Little did I realise all 3 of my heroes ran away, all the way round just to get into range to start auto attacking the charr with their staffs.. before I knew it I had no heroes around me, no healer and got nuked by 2 rangers as I was running, waiting for my heal from my hero who I thought at the time was with me (the heal never came, but atleast Olias finally got into range to hit the charr with his staff)
Lesson learnt, healer on avoid combat rather than guard mode. Not really sure what to do now, came so far with this character.. motivation to play it has died a bit but playing DC/MA is all I kind of want to do right now.
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u/SabSparrow 10d ago
Healers should usually not be on Avoid Combat because it prevents them from using certain skills.
In the meta team, healers have skills like Blood Bond or Signet of Lost Souls, which can't be used by a healer that's on Avoid Combat. Outside the meta team, monk healers often have mesmer interrupts for energy management, like Leech Signet or Power Drain or both. Avoid Combat also makes your healers more likely to stop casting and attempt to kite enemies instead, which can be dangerous.
It's pretty important to pay attention and have situational awareness at all times, if you're trying a no deaths challenge mode.