Let's Talk About CANNI-5 For A Minute

[Jandoleer]

[Gloriana]

I don't see a link to a Magelo - that would help me make suggestions for how you should use the ability.

Can 5 takes off around 1900 hitpoints (IIRC) if losing that many hitpoints might put you in a dangerous situation (AEs, low hitpoint mob aggro, just flat out kill you in one shot) take care and plan accordingly.

Right now, Can 5 gives me back around 12% of my mana pool. I usually click it everytime it's available unless I am within 10% of full. I usually click it and then cast a heal over time. I've put a lot of points into regen and try to keep talisman of perseverance on myself at all times. It's getting to the point where can 5 isn't moving my hitpoints very much and I don't often use a heal over time, I just let regen fix me up.

I also try to take advantage of other classes - if a BST casts paragon or if a druid is using SOTW to get a free heal top off.

[Jandoleer]

[Samanna]

Oooh, it's BoarMaster!

/wave

Basically, Can5 allows me to cast more, because I can hit it every few minutes. A single Q will heal all of the damage, plus some. Nowadays, it's more about what can I cast fast enough and less about what do I have mana to cast. Not always, but more often than not.

[Gloriana]

Yes, your experience will be different than mine. Can 5 will take a sizeable chunk of your hitpoints (always fun to make the clerics scream!). You might want to consider a hotkey to use while grouped that will let your cleric know your damage is self-inflicted. The benefit to a hotkey is that your group mates know what you're doing, the disadvantage is that a hotkey won't show you the ability re-use time.

To make a hotkey:

/alt activate 47
/g CAN 5 - I'm okay, don't heal me (or something witty if you can think of it)

In your situation, I would immediately follow a cast of can 5 with your best HOT. It was second nature to me, can 5, HOT. Can 5, HOT. Definitely leverage the heals of other people in your party. If a cleric casts a group HOT, that may be a good time to use can 5.

Don't cast can 5 in a situation where your lowered hitpoints might get the mob's attention. In the past, I generally cast can 5 between pulls. Mob inc - malo, slow, leopard/panther, nuke nuke, mob dead, can 5, hot, can 4...pause can 4 Mob inc, repeat as necessary.

[Jandoleer]

Hey Samanna Man!!

/WAVE BACK...

[Jandoleer]

[Yesak]

[Kgustev]

I usually Can5 then PM...Then I go into Melee (Hitting mob in the back), I drop to about 70% Hp..and using Despair for LT with an additional LT Aug to it...I tend to gain the added Hp back..Plus having some of my Healing AA done, It helps out. Rarely do I SS myself anymore.

[Brohg]

With SCRM & Healing Boon with Serenity, the heal over time WAY overheals the Canni bite. Torpor used to fit it wonderfully, but doing a modern heal is overkill. I just leave it, and put a heal on myself when I'm around 60% (by whatever means I got there)

[KB]

Boarmaster got canni5 already! Wow, I remember when he posted about duoing Mammoths with his wife(?) in EF. Gratz, was always a pleasure reading your posts on the live forum.

[Scowls]

[lightus]

[Grokii]

[Brohg]

[Fandele Longtooth]

[Kgustev]

MUHAHAHAHA....Likes that!

[Beafly]

[Scowls]

i still have a social for canni, just says "canni". nothing huge, and i dont call ever dot, nuke, debuff, slow, root, snare, heal like some folks do (certain druids come to mind). i dont like mindless spam, and i only use it so the cerics dont drop a group hot cause my hps drop 15%...which happens in fast paced raid encounters/clearing