Guild Wars 2

This is not a S/D thief whining about the upcoming changes, I am just looking for some clarification on them. I really like the idea that you have to land flanking to procc larcenous, but on the other hand will blocking cause this not to “land”? If this is the case I could see the 2nd part of the skill (the unblockable one) become entirely useless in a 1 on 1 setting. This could become an issue, although for group fights its not a problem as thief has extremely great mobility. Any light shed on this issue would be appreciated!

It’s not going to become useless just because someone can block Flanking Strike to deny you from getting Larcenous Strike.

The idea behind Larcenous Strike being unblockable is that your enemy can’t just start blocking as soon as they get hit with Flanking Strike to avoid the boon steal. This is particularly true because Larcenous Strike has a huge telegraph in the form of Flanking Strike, even more so now that you’ll have to connect with Flanking Strike.