Self Heal Options

[Bomoo]

So far I'm seeing that all of my self heal options are effectively for out of combat. The rat stew or whatever it's called HoT heals for barely anything and seems to get interrupted by damage. Likewise the blood heal that I can get maybe two uses out of before I'm totally out of blood.

Isn't there a healing flask like in dark souls or something? Or a burst self-heal ability on cooldown?

[BoiledTeaBag]

yeah you get some skills to heal you, they are balanced for combat since they are used in combat as a damage/heal.

popping a potion to top your hp to the lowered cap has saved me more times then I can count though, most bosses wont give you a chance but there is always a window to pop a quick bloodrose potion.

The quicker you stop relying on blood mend the quicker you will enjoy the game OP.

[travel]

You got a few minor heals and life leach but combat relies alot on dashing and using shields to avoid damage.

You get stronger healing potions that can do quite a bit but will still be combat canceled.
The only ways to heal during combat are spells or life leach. Theres targeted heals, or at least one that ive unlocked so its a matter of progression too.

[Bomoo]

Thanks, guys. At my level just about the best thing I have is blood rose brew, which I guess will have to do until I get something better.

[grraf]

So healing sources:
1)Brute blood/scholar blood(read descriptions and you will get it)
2)vermin salve&blood rose these are craft-able potions
3)Sanguine coil,crimsome beam,heart strike these are strong healing spells you learn from defeating certain bosses(and 2 of yr starting spells but these are rather minor)
4)Pendant of the wicked profet a craftable jewel accessory that give life leach on spells.

As for in combat healing potions try dashing first then using a potion(unless the enemy happens to be doing some AoE ability hell waste some 2 seconds chasing yr shadow giving you some time to heal(you can extend that time via foot work or using a shield ability to buy 2 more seconds(provided you don't get hit by an AoE)

[Bomoo]

Can't help thinking a souls type flask that refills when you sleep in a coffin, or interact with a dungeon heart, would be real nice.

[R131]

The salve heals for 25% of your max HP, and 25% is where the healing cap starts to lower your max HP in combat, so if you can pop a salve under a shield and then not get hit for 15s its good, best heal in the game is blood rose brew but its locked behind a trash RNG system.

[Bomoo]

Originally posted by Gamz:

The salve heals for 25% of your max HP, and 25% is where the healing cap starts to lower your max HP in combat, so if you can pop a salve under a shield and then not get hit for 15s its good, best heal in the game is blood rose brew but its locked behind a trash RNG system.

What do you mean trash RNG system? Isn't it made with super common materials?

[Darth Toast]

Originally posted by Bomoo:

Originally posted by Gamz:

The salve heals for 25% of your max HP, and 25% is where the healing cap starts to lower your max HP in combat, so if you can pop a salve under a shield and then not get hit for 15s its good, best heal in the game is blood rose brew but its locked behind a trash RNG system.

What do you mean trash RNG system? Isn't it made with super common materials?

What he means is the system in place in how you acquire said recipe for the blood rose brew. Turn in 50 paper to unlock a random recipe in the research desk, or get the recipe as a drop from a mob, boss mob is what dropped mine.

[grraf]

Originally posted by Bomoo:

Originally posted by Gamz:

The salve heals for 25% of your max HP, and 25% is where the healing cap starts to lower your max HP in combat, so if you can pop a salve under a shield and then not get hit for 15s its good, best heal in the game is blood rose brew but its locked behind a trash RNG system.

What do you mean trash RNG system? Isn't it made with super common materials?

You may 'luck out' and unlock that tech first(lucky you) OR last(FML the end games bosses are next and i'm stuck on 60% blood&vermin salve kind of situation)

[Smug Kot]

Purgatory by far is the best self healing spell.

[Bomoo]

Originally posted by Darth Toast:

Originally posted by Bomoo:

What do you mean trash RNG system? Isn't it made with super common materials?

What he means is the system in place in how you acquire said recipe for the blood rose brew. Turn in 50 paper to unlock a random recipe in the research desk, or get the recipe as a drop from a mob, boss mob is what dropped mine.

Oh, that. Should it not be a non-issue once you're able to get paper presses going? Until that point getting by with vermin salve isn't too much of a handicap. You could say the same thing about the upgrade to merciless copper weapons/armor.

[Bomoo]

Originally posted by grraf:

Originally posted by Bomoo:

What do you mean trash RNG system? Isn't it made with super common materials?

You may 'luck out' and unlock that tech first(lucky you) OR last(FML the end games bosses are next and i'm stuck on 60% blood&vermin salve kind of situation)

I don't get that. Don't you unlock the means of making your own paper around the mid game? And at that point you should be able to make so much paper that you can just go ahead and unlock everything on that earliest tech tier.

[The Undead Watcher]

I feel like the game rely's heavily on aggressive combat:
Get in, keep dodging and blocking things to heal yourself, should you get hit.
Of course not getting hit in the first place is the best "heal" out there, anywhere.

[Bomoo]

Originally posted by The Undead Watcher:

I feel like the game rely's heavily on aggressive combat:
Get in, keep dodging and blocking things to heal yourself, should you get hit.
Of course not getting hit in the first place is the best "heal" out there, anywhere.

I find it's completely the opposite, that it heavily punishes being aggressive. You get hit once, that's damage you're not easily healing back. You kinda have to play it like a granny playing dark souls, hit once, dodge a bunch of times, then go in and get another one hit in five minutes later.

Personally I would've preferred the tank/healer/dps dynamic but I can understand why they didn't go for it.

[Smug Kot]

Originally posted by Bomoo:

Originally posted by The Undead Watcher:

I feel like the game rely's heavily on aggressive combat:
Get in, keep dodging and blocking things to heal yourself, should you get hit.
Of course not getting hit in the first place is the best "heal" out there, anywhere.

I find it's completely the opposite, that it heavily punishes being aggressive. You get hit once, that's damage you're not easily healing back. You kinda have to play it like a granny playing dark souls, hit once, dodge a bunch of times, then go in and get another one hit in five minutes later.

Personally I would've preferred the tank/healer/dps dynamic but I can understand why they didn't go for it.

crimson aegis, power surge, blood rage, purgatory, veil of frost and sanguine coil exist... So you can play very aggressive unga bunga without getting raped.