Am I missing something or is Blood Craze just Junk?

[VV]

I have this great Savage/Dark, and I picked up Blood Craze because hey, a heal on a Dom. That's pretty sweet. But, I use it and it just makes almost no difference. I have it fully slotted out, and still, it barely moves the HP bar. Does anyone like this? Am I crazy? Or is it really just junk?

[Coyote]

Huh. It's a pretty strong heal, about 50% with a single Heal IO.

However, the heal is HoT, so it comes up over several ticks. It's not an instant heal, so if you're looking at the bar right after you use it, it will look quite weak (about 14% on the first tick). And then the rest of it isn't too fast, it takes 9-10 seconds for all of the healing to tick off.

[laudwic]

It is a power that you need to use once your starting to get into trouble rather than when your in trouble. 

 

I have only an IO in it.  Its helpful but I make sure to use it far earlier than I would with other healing powers.  Basically, I use it when I'm almost at half, still having a fight and as I'm taking more damage more healing is coming in.

[kiramon]

I mean it’s 8.5% global recharge with full slotting... why not lol

[Frosticus]

I didn't like it at first as heals tend to be reactive, but this one needs to be used proactively. After playing bio armor extensively and getting comfortable with absorbs, I find blood craze to work in a similar manner.

 

It actually ends up working quite well for savage as the set really likes to scrap, so the HoT can keep you trucking along in the thick of it.

 

I'd like a bit shorter base rech though.

[VV]

Okay, so basically, I should just single-slot it and not rely on it too heavily. That's good. I need those 5 slots elsewhere.

[kiramon]

4 minutes ago, VV said:

Okay, so basically, I should just single-slot it and not rely on it too heavily. That's good. I need those 5 slots elsewhere.

Just remember- heals have two nice 6 set bonuses - 8.5% recharge or 3.75 ranged, so consider it 

[Tater Todd]

The Preventive Medicine proc is pretty amazing.  It has saved my butt far too many times.

[Riverdusk]

40 minutes ago, Tater Todd said:

The Preventive Medicine proc is pretty amazing.  It has saved my butt far too many times.

Agreed.  Not only its effect, but just seeing that message pop up when it procs a lot of times is a good reminder "hey you might be in trouble here" when I'm otherwise not paying attention to my health bar.

 

As to Blood Craze, I can say its recharge time is pretty crazy and I'd like to see it get a cut.