Guild Wars 2

all that damage

Never. Next question?

OP, did you honestly just stand there and take a full round of Lich Form claws to the face for ~20 seconds? Without ever moving?

Sorry, but if you go AFK in PvP, you cannot complain about damage being dealt to you. Lich Form is terrible in PvP exactly because without someone to hold the target still, something as simple as moving will make the claws miss. They fly extremely slowly.

lol, he was obviously downed when he got hit by that amount.

And yeah, lich form is insane, especially with sigil of fire and sigil of air, and the trait that casts spinal shivers when the target goes below 50%, if fire and air procs at the same time as that trait you get hit for 10k+ dmg while below 50% health, gl surviving.

Elites are OP in 1v1 but if it was a team fight just call a teef , steal the stability from lich necro and GG.

a t s e.9614:

Elites are OP in 1v1 but if it was a team fight just call a teef , steal the stability from lich necro and GG.

What a joke in the end…..thief doing the same job as a necro but…better. On top of the fact that the thief is taking away the advantge from a necro in this typed situation.

Ghostwolf.9863:

lol, he was obviously downed when he got hit by that amount.

Oh noes. someone got killed in a 1v1 situation after they got downed! Quick, call the Whaaambulance!

The problem with Lich Form, like all the transform elites, is that it scales up your stats. This makes sense for stuff like Toughness and Vitality, but for Power and Precision, it has some pretty stupid effects.

The interaction between scaled up Power and skills outside of the normal set of Transform skills (such as Sigil of Fire, Sigil of Air, Spinal Shivers proc, Wells and Marks laid down before the transformation) causes Lich Form to do ungodly amounts of damage that it really shouldn’t do.

In my opinion, Transform Skills should have their Power/Precision increases removed, but the Transform kit skills themselves should have very large Base damage and damage coefficients to compensate (since being Transformed gets rid of your armor/accessory/amulet stat increases).

Or you could just dodge/evade/run/block/blind/interrupt/knockback/knockdown/etc/etc

It is balanced. It is probably THE slowest moving projectile in the game, and it hits accordingly. Because its a slow projectile, you may pick any of the above, and utilize them in the time the claw is coming towards you. If your quick, you might even have time to order a pizza.

Argon.1563:

Or you could just dodge/evade/run/block/blind/interrupt/knockback/knockdown/etc/etc

I would like to point out that Lich Form comes with stability.

it was in a 1v1 duel, i can only evade twice, and block once, lol

Edit: not saying it should be balanced around 1v1, it was just a QQ post to show my hatred towards lich form

Mickk.6875:

I would like to point out that Lich Form comes with stability.

While true, everyone else comes with stability too, stripping it is pretty much the prerequisite for any CC nowadays.

Its SOOO funny when people gripe about lich form.

Step 1: Thieves-Boon strip and burst and blind gg
Step 2: Mesmer-Boon Strip CC>GG
Step 3: Necro-Terror necro destroys power necro and another power necro can also destroy lich form.
Step 4: Warrior with hammer can inflict weakness a weakened lich is useless(ele as well, and mesmer, and engi, and another necro)
Step 5: ????
Step 6: Profit.

jportell.2197:

Its SOOO funny when people gripe about lich form.

Step 1: Thieves-Boon strip and burst and blind gg
Step 2: Mesmer-Boon Strip CC>GG
Step 3: Necro-Terror necro destroys power necro and another power necro can also destroy lich form.
Step 4: Warrior with hammer can inflict weakness a weakened lich is useless(ele as well, and mesmer, and engi, and another necro)
Step 5: ????
Step 6: Profit.

Exactly….

15 character w/e w/e

Slow moving giant green glowing guy firing slow moving projectiles. As someone who plays both necro and engi (and now ranger, yay!), I can confidentally say your death was your own fault. The Engineer has so many tools at it’s disposal to deal with Lich. Smoke fields, immobolize, boon strip, REFLECT!!!!!, tossing elixir u, using elixir s at all, 2 shield blocks, evades with vigor, straffing the attacks from long range while pummeling with grenades…….I mean really.

RageExpert.2453:

all that damage

Rank 53. After 2 years. Come back when you have learned to play.

Next question, please.