SIphon Life

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

Does anyone use this? I hate needing to be close to people, but I like it.

I do wish it would show who it's healing as a stream or something going to allies.

Reorx_Holybeard · November 2016

I'm not aware of any skill named "Siphon Life". The only siphon I can think of that has short range is the Nightblades Drain Power line which is useful in AoE situations.

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

The restoration staves final skill. Morphs into quick siphon and siphon magicka.

Panth141 · November 2016

Force Siphon?

The Siphon Spirit morph is frequently used by trial healers for group magicka return (often alongside Ele Drain/Orbs), rather than the healing component - but that doesn't hurt either.

itsfatbass · November 2016

You dont have to be NEAR the target for this to work. The siphon heal part works anytime a member of the group does a hit of dmg to the target. But I agree with the lack of visual representation of this ability doing its magic, as a healer the heals from Siphon (minus the healing it does to myself) don't even show up on the heal parse.

Sadly I do not see enough healers using this in dungeons and trials, it's a very powerful ability that is largely overlooked.

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

Wow I can't believe I just noticed that. Thank you. Makes that worth a lot more. I'm using quick siphon right now. Other folks should be able to keep up the magic regen.

itsfatbass · November 2016

I thought about doing the Quick Siphon morph but I typically run with full magicka groups and this makes for endless sustain when paired with Elemental Drain and Necrotic Orbs.

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

I've got necrotic orbs maxed out as well. I run with pugs. I don't think many people use it.

idk · November 2016

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

The restoration staves final skill. Morphs into quick siphon and siphon magicka.

The morph that returns magika to those attacking the target is used in Trials. That is the only place it has a place and is good to have in case your raid leader requests it.

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

It seems I'm using the wrong morph. I really don't like the cast time. So much can happen in1.5 seconds.

idk · November 2016

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

It seems I'm using the wrong morph. I really don't like the cast time. So much can happen in1.5 seconds.

The quick siphon does not offer the buff to the group and therefore less desirable. For 4 man dungeons it really does not matter though.

Joshuagm1991 · November 2016

Thank you for the input. I'll have to change that back at some point. Glad I maxed out rank on necrotic orb as well.

Joy_Division · November 2016

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

The restoration staves final skill. Morphs into quick siphon and siphon magicka.

The morph that returns magika to those attacking the target is used in Trials. That is the only place it has a place and is good to have in case your raid leader requests it.

This!

NewBlacksmurf · November 2016

Yes. Helps as I'm trying a nb Breton healer

Drummerx04 · November 2016

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

Wow I can't believe I just noticed that. Thank you. Makes that worth a lot more. I'm using quick siphon right now. Other folks should be able to keep up the magic regen.

With a full damage build - which is very common with the high end dps - you will have very low regen. If you want the mag dps to be able to kill things as fast as is possible, then you really want to be running ele drain and siphon spirit even in 4 man content.

Little side note, siphon spirit has about a 1 second cooldown per target, so while the mag sustain provided isn't huge on its own, it pairs very well with ele drain.

itsfatbass · November 2016

Yeah whoever thinks thats Siphon Spirit doesn't have a place in 4 man dungeons clearly doesn't run with full magicka hard core dps groups. Siphon Spirit+Elemental Drain+Necrotic Orbs is INCREDIBLE to use in BOTH 4 man and 12 man stuffs.

The dps has pretty low magicka regen as they stacked SD, Max Mag and Crit rating. That's what I'm there for, to help their sustain.

ArchMikem · November 2016

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

I've got necrotic orbs maxed out as well. I run with pugs. I don't think many people use it.

I just started using it on my Templar. Leveling up the Resto Staff is difficult when it's not the bar I use to actually gain XP.

Saucy_Jack · November 2016

If you're doing quests, just have a bunch of resto skills on the bar you have up when you turn the quests in.

itsfatbass · November 2016

ArchMikem wrote: »

Joshuagm1991 wrote: »

I've got necrotic orbs maxed out as well. I run with pugs. I don't think many people use it.

I just started using it on my Templar. Leveling up the Resto Staff is difficult when it's not the bar I use to actually gain XP.

Gotta make sure to swap to the correct bar BEFORE a final boss dies in a dungeon, BEFORE you turn in a quest etc. That way the proper skills will get credit. I speak from experience when I say I hated swapping before killing the last boss in a dungeon cause it means I would have to break my Jesus Beam, and thats like a crime in itself!

Drummerx04 · November 2016

jphipps85b14_ESO1 wrote: »

Yeah whoever thinks thats Siphon Spirit doesn't have a place in 4 man dungeons clearly doesn't run with full magicka hard core dps groups. Siphon Spirit+Elemental Drain+Necrotic Orbs is INCREDIBLE to use in BOTH 4 man and 12 man stuffs.

The dps has pretty low magicka regen as they stacked SD, Max Mag and Crit rating. That's what I'm there for, to help their sustain.

I've always sort of thought of healing as a role responsible for healing all 3 resource pools which is amazing in proper groups. But most people seem to just want another dps with BoL on the bar.