HEAL ALACRITY SCOURGE! | NEW COMPLETE GUIDE 2024 | Guild Wars 2 | SOTO UPDATED!

[@MrMystic1]

Welcome back friends! This episode is based on my favorite healer this patch, the one, the only, Heal alacrity scourge! It is an extremely potent healer! A common misconception is that it cannot overheal well. That is WRONG. Good barrier means you can heal the other sub MORE. If your first sub is barrier protected it makes it easier for heals to spill into the next sub. That being said swiftness and stability are applied weirdly and im hoping anet make them easier to apply. Taking a herald with you makes your team unkillable! Thanks everyone! Please subscribe if you haven't already, and join the discord if you have any questions you'd like answered! Until next time friends.

[@Saint_Cuthbert]

Lmao that ending

[@lunarwist5655]

It turns out I don't need to farm Monk Runes from dungeons! Woo. (I already farmed a set this week) Water Runes are the path to joy :D

[@lothywia3610]

Just when u was about to return to gw2 this banger drops

[@sylvrzgaming5029]

This is nearly identical to the build I've been running since the patch... Nice job Mystic.

[@gsardalla23]

Love this build. Been having a blast with it and has now become my favorite healer. Thank you so much!

[@MrPhyxsyus]

I tried this build with magi's and it was still pretty easy to keep up alac. Thx a lot.

[@cambeul]

I play a similar build, the only the really different is I take a Staff with Soul Marks instead of Unyielding Blast, and with F1, F2, Desiccate and Serpent Siphon I have enough Might Generation, and enough Life Force to basically just press all my Shades off of Cool Down. Did not realize that Warhorn 5 also Healed my Allies too, I will need to Weapon Swap more often. Overall, I think Heal Scourge has become one of my new Fav Healers of Choice, and if you go with either a Quick Brand or a Quick Herald then the lack Aegis or Stab is not that bad, and has been absolute Clutch still on Boneskinner groups or other Instants where groups can get downed to a bad mechanic.

[@JosephSaintClair]

Came for the content. Stayed for the content + the song. 🔥🤘

[@Oatmeal-Savage]

Back in my day, people played Enya in their vids! :P

[@JosephSaintClair]

@@Oatmeal-Savage nice choice too Mate!!!

[@GabbyGoesHa]

Is this still a good healer? You said it lacks reliable boons? So not a good healer to main or is it?

[@hyodoz7650]

It's the first "healer" im playing in gw2, nice build!

[@wojciechszatko]

Serpent Siphon is definitely not mandatory. You want to bring it along with Trail of Anguish for many fights where aegis and stab are very useful, but otherwise you can swap it for something else. Spectral Grasp can be taken for more CC, Corrosive Poison Cloud for blocking projectiles, Sand Swell for kiting and mobility etc. In general heal Scourge allows more freedom in utility skills than for example heal alac druid. The only problem I have is that there is really no elite skill that would be particularly useful, so you take fleshgolem for additional CC, Ghastly Breach if boonstrip/additional might is required and/or when you don't need CC.

[@MrMystic1]

There is no secondary utility that you can take that is better or performs better than serpent siphon. You have one free utility slot already to fit something else. Serpent siphon provides might via barrier trait, aegis, barrier, condi cleanses, and regen all in one cast. It's value is much too high and unless you absolutely NEED to have two specific utilities to the encounter then I cannot in good confidence reccomend the general public remove serpent siphon for something else. If necro utility got buffed even further I'd be inclined to agree but as of now while technically you do not need it, it's probably a net loss to remove it unless you have a specific purpose. 😉

[@thephobos1810]

What overlay are you using where it shows "HELP" above a player low on health?

[@MrMystic1]

That is just editing magic. :D

[@orack6355]

Before choosing if I made a tanky or harrier version, I need to know : can it tank any encounter ?

[@TheDetrox93]

hello how do you make the hp Bars of your Allies so visible? i always struggle as healer to keep track of how much hp my allies have.

[@misdina56]

Just choose options stay on this and they are futher down

[@jads0202]

Good video.Trait and equipment links are not available and cannot be loaded

[@Skydust-rf1ir]

6:23 😂👍

[@gazettex8852]

Hello , im new to the game , what gear and stats are you using for this build ?

[@petrpucik]

Every healer use Harrier if want do Raids. Minstrel if do only fractal/WvW.

[@gazettex8852]

@@petrpucik thank you very much

[@rulotron]

Awesome build, how viable is the alac dps version?

[@sanguin3]

The alac dps is quite good too. Decent dps with the usual Scourge utility.

[@sarrormiki3363]

so like what build are you playing?

[@MrMystic1]

All builds are in the description of the video!

[@Oatmeal-Savage]

One thing I'm still a bit fuzzy on regarding how heal scourge works, and hopefully someone can explain. My understanding is the heal scourge is there primarily to provide barrier.. not actual heals. So the emphasis on plus heal stats, what all does that affect, exactly? Do heal stats affect barrier in some way? Or is it just there for Well of Blood, and for the bit of regen provided by Serpent Siphon?

[@iRoXsOxAlOt]

Heal power works on barrier

[@Oatmeal-Savage]

@@iRoXsOxAlOt Ok, that makes sense, then. Thanks! So the more heal power, the bigger the barrier? Up to the max limit, of course.

[@firby7341]

@@Oatmeal-Savage f4 also heals a good amount, and you dont need serpent sipphon for regen. just dodge, you will place the mark from staff2 that grants regen. safe serpent sipphon for aegis.

[@cornicrafted8567]

why i have so much less health if i do the build on my own?

[@helebarda344]

Lack of permanent swiftness or superspeed makes this a good choice but not the best. As a war main I hate this build.

[@MrMystic1]

If your heal scourge is a good friend, he can use relic of Febe for perm swiftness. But I agree anet need to buff warhorn or trail of anguish.

[@Mallisun]

I am soooo happy there's no BIP muahahahaha. Thanks Mystic. I will def try this today. It looks amazing and I love my scourge.

[@lashdajkbfejhdflajdh]

should I use rune of the water or monk?

[@MrMystic1]

Rune of the water is better.

[@miguelclementecastanera5981]

Hi! I've tried it and it's my favourite healer as well. I use staff instead of dagger/WH though, cause I was thinking: how does dagger heal other allies?

[@Oatmeal-Savage]

it's all about the life force generation.

[@MrMystic1]

Dagger provides life force generation which you will need when you are spamming your shades skills. Warhorn has some decent healing attached to it, albeit not great some is better than none.

[@evilkamatis542]

​@@Oatmeal-Savagei also use staff for more heal from skill 2 and the thing is i never ran out of life force even though im button smashing.

[@miguelclementecastanera5981]

@@evilkamatis542 That's right, I also use marks to generate life force and give perma regeneration, which also gives a good heal, and never had problem. But since I have seen many videos of ppl using dagger I was wondering if it could somehow heal allies.

[@MrMystic1]

@@evilkamatis542 Staff 2 doesn't actually provide more healing, it just gives regen, which you will have plenty of already. Pro tip dodge rolling actually gives the same mark! Also torch is very important for might and cc!

[@arsw2496]

I'm curious to try it out. Do you think celestial gear will also work (probably with some additional toughness, if tanking)? And thank you so much for your builds!❤

[@Cross_111]

Could work but its better to focus Because dps stats are not really significant - you lack the traits to do dps Therefore while it works (boon should be ok - healing could be better tbh) its preferable to make dedicated gear (harrier, minstrel, giver) - whatever you prefer (tanking or not) But to have celestial gear is never a bad idea for a good open world/wvw scourge/harbinger

[@anders8461]

You can use full plague doctor for more dmg and lifeforce pool

[@hamzanaveed826]

Does warhorn 5 provide heal to allies around u?

[@MrMystic1]

Yes, and it will heal more the more enemies that are around you.

[@picsor7494]

Quick mention, on ashcg you DO NOT need Siphon nor WH5 to provide alacrity to your subgroup. Which means you can replace those for much better options like tp, cc or signet or simply ignoring SH5 in your rotation most of the time. :) (This is in the case aegis is not required obv)

[@Punisher1992]

but you need the prot from it

[@anders8461]

I agree. You can use BiP to generate more might and than dessicate and signet of undeath for revive and lifeforce generation. Anyway i think using siphon is a must for the protection uptime it provides.

[@wojciechszatko]

@@anders8461 You don't need more might from Blood is Power on this build.

[@wojciechszatko]

You need Serpent Siphon most of the time because of aegis. If the fight doesn't require you to go aegis you can obviously take more CC or even minions for additional dps. Signet is kinda pointless, bc dagger heal Scourge has more than enough life force to freely spam all shade abilities and fully cap the life force.

[@Theuubestofbuus]

Heal Alacrity Specter's be like "just sitting and chilling waiting for our video 📷" (Heal Alacrity Specter thinking to themselves) 😅 I know (content creators ) they don't like me but my healing will steal their heart ❤️ 😂

[@brandonnowonline6533]

That transmog is not it... xD