How do vehicle heroes heal themselves?

[Lampros]

Like the Tank Commander? I see a shop item for healing machines, but it doesn't seem to self-heal?

[Erik Taurus]

You can only heal some units with an action.
To heal vehicles you can either stand still doing nothing for a few turns.
Depending on where you stand the faster your vehicle will heal.
This applies to all units.
Land: 10% (Corrected)
Outposts: +50%
Cities: +100%
Overwatch break the heal.
Outposts and cities also provide extra cover.
Aircraft can only heal in Outposts you or your ally control

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Erik Taurus:

You can only heal some units with an action.
To heal vehicles you can either stand still doing nothing for a few turns.
Depending on where you stand the faster your vehicle will heal.
This applies to all units.
Land: Regular (Don't know exact, but I guess +25%)
Outposts: +50%
Cities: +100%
Overwatch break the heal.
Aircraft can only heal in Outposts you or your ally control.

Ah, so I guess to get an active heal, I'd need to bring another unit that can heal a vehicle hero. Thanks!

Edit: With such sophisticated future technology, you'd think Astra Militarum would have created a reinforced repair vehicle. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Enginseers are too fragile to count on! ;(

[Erik Taurus]

Originally posted by Lampros:

Ah, so I guess to get an active heal, I'd need to bring another unit that can heal a vehicle hero. Thanks!

You're welcome! Yes, you have to bring another unit to decrease the down time.

Originally posted by Lampros:

Edit: With such sophisticated future technology, you'd think Astra Militarum would have created a reinforced repair vehicle. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Enginseers are too fragile to count on! ;(

The Techpriest Enginseers are very squishy and soft!

Then again, so are the healer units for other factions as well.
I think the "tankiest" is the Chaos Warpsmith. It's also the best vehicle healer in the game (I think)

Edit:
About the aircraft and outposts and cities.
They do get the defence bonus (weirdly)

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Erik Taurus:

The Techpriest Enginseers are very squishy and soft!

Then again, so are the healer units for other factions as well.
I think the "tankiest" is the Chaos Warpsmith. It's also the best vehicle healer in the game (I think)

I have another idea. I guess use Commissars (with the shop item) to heal the Tank Commanders. It's not like Commissars are kicking butt in the front-lines anyways! ;)

[Slowpork]

Or you can buy (don't remember the name) an item which gives +3 hp and +100% hp regen. Paired with repair research for IG you can heal 30-40 hp easily per turn. That's what I usually do when Tank Commander gets too damaged.

Pull back, skip a turn and you are good to go.

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Slowpork:

Or you can buy (don't remember the name) an item which gives +3 hp and +100% hp regen. Paired with repair research for IG you can heal 30-40 hp easily per turn. That's what I usually do when Tank Commander gets too damaged.

Pull back, skip a turn and you are good to go.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[Stardustfire]

With such sophisticated future technology, you'd think Astra Militarum would have created a reinforced repair vehicle.

before GW done its 360 crapmove on the lore to squise in the Primaris for cashgrab the Lore sayed Humanitys Tech was falling rapidly (what makes the new tech from Master Smurf even more obvious as a lore breaker) , making them nearly Techno Babarians. they dont understand mostly what they use. there is a matter Tech Priests pray to a Machine God. they use "sacred rites" and "liturgys" when they repair a Machine. read: the are reciting old repair manuals and oiling the right parts how they learned it in the form of sayed rites. not much technical understanding at that front.

Aircraft can only heal in Outposts you or your ally control

not sure where that Myth came from, but they have the same heal rules as everything else: dont use action or movement points, dont get attacked, ground defines the rate, thats it.

I think the "tankiest" is the Chaos Warpsmith. It's also the best vehicle healer in the game (I think)

he is outclased by Miles from the AdMech Healer Hero, the Necron Healer will give him also a run for his money. and his own pal, the Master of Possesion, does a more general Healing job better, makeing the Warpsmith obsolete in his own Faction.

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

before GW done its 360 crapmove on the lore to squise in the Primaris for cashgrab the Lore sayed Humanitys Tech was falling rapidly (what makes the new tech from Master Smurf even more obvious as a lore breaker) , making them nearly Techno Babarians. they dont understand mostly what they use. there is a matter Tech Priests pray to a Machine God. they use "sacred rites" and "liturgys" when they repair a Machine. read: the are reciting old repair manuals and oiling the right parts how they learned it in the form of sayed rites. not much technical understanding at that front.

Thanks for the fascinating lore bit. While I know a ton of Warhammer Fantasy lore, I know next to nil about 40k. So that was truly enlightening and does explain much. (Of course, it doesn't prevent them from engaging in space travel! ;)

[Stardustfire]

The Tech was on its all Time High when the Emperor was walking around, after that and before that time too, Humanity Technical understanding was in decline. most of the Tank shematas are 10 Millenia old. some are even lost, so what is still in action from such lost shematas is mostly refered as masterpieces and preserved at all cost. thnx to the higher standard when that stuff was made.

[Erik Taurus]

Originally posted by Lampros:

I have another idea. I guess use Commissars (with the shop item) to heal the Tank Commanders. It's not like Commissars are kicking butt in the front-lines anyways! ;)

Yes, that works well!

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

not sure where that Myth came from

I don't think it is a myth because it is how it actually work!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3386983090

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

he is outclased by Miles from the AdMech Healer Hero, the Necron Healer will give him also a run for his money. and his own pal, the Master of Possesion, does a more general Healing job better, makeing the Warpsmith obsolete in his own Faction.

That is why I wrote "I think" in parentheses! xD
I don't agree on the Master of Possession since they changed him actually blood sacrificing meaning he kill himself...

Also who are the Smurfs you keep referring to?