Talk:Stoneborn Pact/@comment-24971427-20170310091514/@comment-27004415-20170310225603

Well for starter the heal will trigger when your ally auto attack, so you have this condition that excludes a lot of champions because they don't typically AA to deal damage. As a support, you can be pretty sure your adc will proc it if he trades, but as a jungler, is your xerath gonna AA?

Then you have another issue which has more to do with a player behavior. If your ally is low on health, what is the best course of action for him, kitting the enemy or staying and auto-attacking? The safest and often best course of action in a dagerous situation is to evade your opponent, which means that when a heal matters, your ally is most likely gonna chose not to use it for a safer option (fleeing). Only ranged champions can make use of the relative safety of their range to retaliate more consistently.

I don't think it's garbage though, might be extremely viable since you still get a decent heal that scales pretty good, but I just see it being more useful in teamfights than in ganks.