Talk:Life Barrier

did someone actually manage to cast Life Barrier at 18 Protection Prayers, or was that BS? o_O" -PanSola 03:36, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't believe that's possible. I notice however that the usage notes appear to be implying that it is Life Bond, as it recommends pairing it with Essence Bond and Balthazar's Aura - that's not particularly helpful however in the case of Life Barrier - at least no more so than with any enchanment - I assume they are referring to the fact that Life Bond's transferred damage, even if it is 0, triggers Balthazar's Aura, so you can generate a lot of energy while protecting folks.  I'll just remove that bit I think, as it is irrelevent here.  --Epinephrine 16:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Life Bond redirected damaged didn't trigger Balthazar's Aura the last time I tried (which would be a short while ago). --theeth 18:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Odd - I know it doesn't trigger Mantras (of elements), and doesn't trigger Essence Bond, as the damage loses its type, but it has always worked for me, even giving energy of "-0" hits, as has Symbiotic Bond. Not at home, can't verify, but easily tested in any case.  If it has changed it would need to be in the past week or two, as I ran a bonder sometime earlier this month I believe, though it is hard to keep track of when I play what.  Given that the Life Bond/Bal's Spirit combo is a rather fundemental part of bonder builds I imagine we would have heard the hue and cry at the skills change; the activation of Balthazar's Spirit by Life Bondis mentioned on the Balthazar's Spirit page as well, and we should determine by testing whether it is still true. --Epinephrine 10:06, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that. Both Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit trigger, even if Life Bond only causes 0 damage to the caster. I ran bonders quite a few times during the last month. ;) --Nilles 04:35, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
 * With regard to Talk:Mo/Me PvE Life Barrier Monk, just noting that the above comment is yet another independent confirmation of what I believe to be true. F G 22:32, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

Damage reduction w/Life Bond
I'm confused... what's the difference in damage reduction if this is casted after Life Bond? And how about before? --Xiu Kuro 09:01, 7 September 2006 (CDT)
 * No difference for the Bondee, However for the bonder you want the Life Bond to take effect after the Life Barrier so you take less damage. --JP 09:07, 7 September 2006 (CDT)
 * Sorry was in a bit of a rush there! If life bond takes effect 1st the Bonder takes 50%-x damage. If Barrier takes effect 1st (and it does if it's cast 1st) the bonder takes 25%-x damage.  -- JP 12:26, 7 September 2006 (CDT)