User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-28303251-20151005051230/@comment-5043481-20151005164000

Most of the regular attacks with a lance heal about a potions worth, maybe a little less. However, one reason life honing is so good on lance is that you tend to suffer damage from blocking attacks. With life honing you can just keep on stabbing. It'd probably be just as good with gunlance for much the same reasons, but i don't use gunlance so I can't really say.

Oh and one more thing. Life honing ruins adrenaline runs.