User blog comment:Lord Artorias/Dark Souls II PvP/@comment-3492791-20140519182425/@comment-16047389-20140522165531

Invasions are not intended to be fair. Not for either side. If I duel someone, I intend to never heal at all unless they themselves do so. I DO consider healing with miracles and healing with estus seperately though. Healing via miracles shows that they dedicated both attributes and attunement slots in order for the miracle, thus I consider it as a viable battle tactic. If they heal via miracle, I will not use an estus. I will use my own miracles, however. But in invasions, anything goes. One time, I was invaded in Sinner's Rise, and I knew they were hiding around the corner in the waterway to ambush me, hoping to use the exploders against me. I didn't even bother going after them. I just popped a Seed of Giants. I was in no mood for that cheap s**t. One second later, I hear a mass of explosions, followed by the text at the bottom: Invader Banished!