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ring/line of warding vs spectral wall
What? You can stability through all 3. Or maybe you saw a warrior use berserker’s stance and run through the spectral wall?
One is also a ring and one is a wall. A ring can trap someone, a wall cannot. If you use line of warding or unsteady ground, it’s the same situation as spectral wall (although there is the weird continual knockdown bug that can happen).
Also note that the fear can actually be a more potent CC in that it’s duration can be improved and you can trait it to do damage. You can even fear someone into it to cause a fear chain. In some cases it also makes it easier to force people into certain locations or off ledges, but it’s largely dependent on positioning for that.
Spectral wall also has a very fast cast time so it’s easier to drop it on someone without any setup.
Oddly enough, the other mentioned skills are all weapon skills while spectral wall is a utility.
One is also a ring and one is a wall. A ring can trap someone, a wall cannot. If you use line of warding or unsteady ground, it’s the same situation as spectral wall (although there is the weird continual knockdown bug that can happen).
Also note that the fear can actually be a more potent CC in that it’s duration can be improved and you can trait it to do damage. You can even fear someone into it to cause a fear chain. In some cases it also makes it easier to force people into certain locations or off ledges, but it’s largely dependent on positioning for that.
Spectral wall also has a very fast cast time so it’s easier to drop it on someone without any setup.
Oddly enough, the other mentioned skills are all weapon skills while spectral wall is a utility.
well this “bug” happens all the time if someone uses these on me I can never get away from it once they drop it on top of me even if I don’t move it knocks me down over and over… I drop the wall on someone and they can run around in it and even through it again with no issues. the long cast time always leads to situations like this because everyone else seems to have gap closers/insane mobility….
necro doesn’t have stability that doesn’t require heavy trait investment resulting in an extremely weak/pointless build
I have no problem with spectral wall, its a great defense if I need to get my heal off or just want to channel a skill and need them to stay back.
It’s a great skill imo, wouldn’t trade it for any other warding skill at this point.
“I’m waiting for the staff to get off their lunch
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”
Spectral Wall is amazing in WvW and PvP, but awful in stacking situations in PvE because it scatters mobs.
Well Spectral Wall can cause piles of players marching to their death off a cliff neither of which the ring or line of warding can do.
In fact, I’d argue both of those need tremendous buffing to even bring it in line with spectral wall.
Spectral Wall is just fine, or do I need to link you the video of the guy who 1v50’d a zerg with it?
Spectral Wall also grants people protection. I’d trade line of warding for Spec Wall easy.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards,
for there you have been and there you will long to return.
for there you have been and there you will long to return.
(edited by ArchonWing.9480)