Soulburned Healthstones increase Health by 20% and therefore Death Pact efficiency by 20%, but it seems better to Death Pact, take damage, then use a Soulburn Healthstone to get the health back.
Is it worth playing around this, or just use as necessary?
I think you’re overthinking it.
But, generally, if you’re expecting to take significant damage in a short duration, its better to use dark pact first (before you take big damage), then burn healthstone when the shield is broken for the top-up.
Alternatively, if you take big damage first, you would burn a healthstone first to top up, then dark pact to shield away subsequent damage.
It really depends on the type of damage you’re taking (instant or DoT) and evaluating from there. The SB:HS into Pact is better if you’re taking damage over time with enough of a window to wait until you dip low before you SB:HS → Pact. If it’s a huge up front hit, just rip Pact and SB:HS if you’re super low afterwards and more damage is coming.
I use the macro after/during taking pulsing damage or when sshh hits the fan.
Soulburn Healthstone Dark Pact
Use modifiers with [combat] so you can otherwise eat HS after combat ends and you still have a DoT on you.
Its incredibly overkill to use them together like that, also wastefull.
If you need a weak defensive use Dark Pact, need a stronger defensive use Unending Resolve, need to heal and want a nice defensive along SB:HS.
Thanks all! I figured I was overthinking it.
All good, eventually you get a sense of what cd to use.
if you want an practical exemple, mythic ansurek.
Healthstones: I use them outside of moments where healer CD are going and i need to heal due to a mistake or mechanic (because it will overheal) and to cover moments where i don’t have Dark Pact or UR.
Dark Pact : i use it freely as the cd is very short (45s cd) and your most avaliable active cd.
UR: I have to use it on the 2nd pull of intermission and at a specific moment of p3, meaning i can use it before or after those as long as they are avaliable in those moments.