Guild Wars 2

Hunter’s Sight(Ranger): All projectile skills deal bonus damage the further they go.
-0-350 range; 5% bonus damage
-351-700 range; 8% bonus damage
-701-1200 range; 10% bonus damage
-1201-1500 range; 12% bonus damage
-Duration 8 seconds
-Cooldown 60 seconds

Signet of Insight(Mesmer): Confusion damage you deal heals your clones (healing is shared across all active clones, so the more clones the less they are healed for)
Active: Makes active clones unkillable.
-Duration 4 seconds.
-Cooldown 90 seconds.

Signet of Smoke(Thief): Stealth skills last 1 second longer and apply swiftness to affected allies.
Active: Shadowstep to target area and place a smoke field blinding foes and absorbing projectiles.
-Swiftness duration 10 seconds
-smoke cloud radius 200 units
-smoke cloud duration 8 seconds
-blind duration 5 1/2 seconds, refreshes if foe stays in the cloud for 1 second.
-cast range 900 units.
-Combo field: smoke.
-Cooldown 120 seconds.

Wrathful Surge(Guardian): Summon a powerful aoe at target area that heals allies while damaging and burning foes (Similar to meteor shower looks but with blue flames).
-Radius 360 units
-Damage/healing radius 90 units
-burn duration 2 seconds per hit
-channel duration 3 seconds(interupting causes the duration to end early).
-duration 10 seconds.
-Healing amount minor (base of about 500 or 600)
-Healing scaling .1? Idk what’d be a fair multiplier.
-Cast range 600 units.
-Cooldown 120 seconds

I’d like to see 2 Elite Skill for Mesmers, since they’re masters in clones and phantasms, I would like to see something like the following:

1. Dances of Chaos (CD 120, 900-1200 radious, channeling cast)
From the caster, 10ish clones are summoned and they run here and there arround him in a 900-1200 units area. After 3-4 seconds, they shatter and hit multiple enemies applying random conditions according to Mesmer traits, plus 3 extra stacks of confusion.
Since it’s a skill that summons clones, the Illusionist Celerity decreases the CD by 20%.
The Mesmer has the chance to hide among his clones (not stealthed) or just run away in stealth.

2. Breaking Limits (CD 120, instant cast)
The Mesmer gains 2 random boons for 5 seconds and the ability to summon 1 extra clone or phantasm for 30 secs.

The other day, I noticed something strange after using rampage in wvw. I was doing fine and all the sudden I was stunned. Then I as getting knocked back, and after a couple seconds fell and was left in confusion. It happened a couple of times and then the obvious hit me, boon removal.

Now before the s/d change on thief, I rarely saw boon removal. It just wasn’t something I ran into often, but it seems to of become a bit popular now on thieves and I believe mesmers can do the same(just don’t see them doing it as often).

I don’t suggest changing that, boon removal/stealing is a valid tactic considering thief gets almost no boons. What I do suggest is certain transformation skills be changed from stability as a boon to stability like certain pve bosses have it, and here’s why.

Rampage, replaces ALL skills, including utility skills with 5 new weapon skills. This means if someone removes your stability, you have no access to a stun breaker. Being at such a low endurance regeneration you simply cannot avoid enemy cc and can expect to be taken out of the fight much sooner than you’d expect. This is a 180 second cooldown… completely shut down by 1 tactic. All rampage is there to do is boost your survivability and offer some cc, which is becoming even less attractive as it can be simply removed rendering a 3 minute cooldown useless.

There are a couple elite skills that grant stability, and for good reasons. I suggest them into an unremovable stability since most of them arn’t effective at all without it. This includes:

-Tornado (ele/engi)
-Rampage (war/engi)
-Dagger storm (thf)
-lich form/plague (nec)
-Avatar of Melandru (hum)

These long cooldowns can’t do anything without ignoring cc, it’s bad enough aoe pulsing blind is everywhere. I think boon removal/stealing is a cool concept but not when it puts long cooldowns like elite skills to rest. People already don’t like rampage, and I can imagine this is on the list of reasons.

(side note) I suggest avatar of melandru be completely reworked, but the stability removal would make the worst skill in the game even more pathetic.

Avatar of grenth is the worst skill in the game, least mel can be kinda useful to your allys.

They need new/more skills in general for all professions, not just elites.

TheLaughingMan.4320:

They need new/more skills in general for all professions, not just elites.

Well I was considering to change the post to Improving utility/healing/elite skills or something along the lines of it, I actually had a couple ideas. Thing is a lot of builds have useful utility already from what I’ve experienced and seen so it’d probably be best to improve the useless utility skills before adding new ones. If you have any ideas on improving some of the useless utility/healing skills as well feel free to post em. Generally I’m more concerned about elite skills at this point since they are far behind the others but hey, this is an open thread. Post as you wish, but constructivly please.

Topic has been adjusted to elite and utility skills. Assume utility includes healing skills because the title is already cut up due to the length.

New skill type for rangers: shapeshift

Inner workings: While shapeshifted, you’re weapon skills are replaced with 5 new skills and you get a new healing skill. All utility/elite skills are unavailible and your pet is stowed . Each shapeshift offers it’s own type of playstyle. #7 to exit the shapeshift. The best tree I can see this being placed in is in nature magic since well, it’s basically magic. (visually you arn’t half man/woman half beast. By this I mean you won’t be like norn shapeshifting for all of them and standing up right). Not usable underwater.

Shapeshift: Bear (similar to become the bear)

Take the form of a black bear with high defences.
-Duration 45 seconds
-Vitality increase 300
-Passively reduce the duration of condition’s on you by 10%
///#1- swipe your foe; slash your foe again; strike down with brute force causing weakness (2 seconds)(multi target)
///#2- Bite your foe leaving them vulnerable (1 stack for 8 seconds). Cooldown 5 seconds.
///#3- Stand up and roar granting allies might(1 stack 20 seconds) and fury (8 seconds). Radius 320 units. Cooldown 12 seconds.
///#4- Perform a quick dakitten your foe and knock them down with a mighty swipe. Kd duration 2 seconds. Dash distance 300 units. Insta cast. Cooldown 12 seconds.
///#5- Charge forward launching foes you come into contact with. Blowout 220 units. Dash distance 900 units in 1.25 seconds. Cooldown 20 seconds.
///Healing- Curl up gaining protection for the duration and healing yourself over time. Channel for 3 seconds, moving interupts the heal and removes the protection. Heal is quite effective. Cooldown 20 seconds.

Shapeshift: Feline (large black cat)

Take the form of a Cougar with powerful attacks and mobility.
-Duration 45 seconds.
-Increase precision by 300.
-Passive 10% bonus to movement speed.
///#1 Swipe your foe for bleeding, slash your foe for bleeding, lunge at your enemy.(single target)
///#2 Perform a quick twirl kicking dust in a cone blinding foes. Blind duration 5.5 seconds. Range 600 units. Cooldown 6 seconds.
///#3 Leap at your foe crippeling them and dealing more damage if they were moving. Cripple duration 6 seconds. 10% bonus damage to moving target. Cooldown 10 seconds.
///#4 Slash your foe multiple times causing bleed each hit. 6X hits, 1 stack of bleed for 5 seconds per hit. Multi target. Channel for 1.5 seconds. Cooldown 14 seconds.
///#5 Enter a stealth mode granting swiftness to yourself and your next attack 100% crit chance with boon stealing. Stealth duration 5 seconds. Swiftness duration 10 seconds. Cooldown 18 seconds.
///Healing- [Passive] Critical strikes heal you
[Active] Heal yourself lightly.

Shapeshift: Canine

Take the shape of a werewolf with strong support and damage skills.
-Duration 45 seconds
-Increase Power 300
-Passivly has 10% bonus boon duration
///#1 slash your foe, bite your foe, gnaw at your foe
///#2 charge up and swipe at your foe. Deals heavy damage. Channel 1.25 seconds. Cooldown 8 seconds.
///#3 Bite your foe and gain vigor for 6 seconds. Cooldown 8 seconds.
///#4 Start growling at your enemy, granting you and allies might. Interupted by moving. Channel for 3 seconds. 2 stacks of might for 10 seconds per second of channel. Radius 320 units. Cooldown 15 seconds.
///#5 Howl and fear nearby foes away for 1 second. 0.25 second cast time. Cooldown 25 seconds. Radius 600 units (max 5 targets)
///Healing- Remove 2 conditions and heal yourself. Channel 1 second. Cooldown 15 seconds.

Shapeshift: Husk

Take the form of a husk
-Duration 45 seconds.
-Increase toughness 300
-Passivly conditions you apply last 15% longer.
///#1 Punch your foe twice, cut them causing bleeding. Bleed duration 10 seconds. Multi target
///#2 Hit your foe with an extended reach. Range 450 units. Cooldown 6 seconds.
///#3 Enhance yourself by causing cripple and bleed each hit. Lasts 5 strikes (missing consumes a strike). Cooldown 10 seconds.
///#4 Stomp the ground releasing a poisonous mist. Poison duration 5 seconds per second in the field. field duration 4 seconds. Combo field: Poison. Cooldown 16 seconds.
///#5 Root yourself stealing life from nearby foes each time you hit them. Radius 320 units. Combo Field: Dark. Cooldown 25 seconds. Root for 4 seconds. Moving interupts.
///Healing- Heal yourself and gain stability for 4 seconds. Cooldown 30 seconds.

stat bonuses are based on being level 80 and are subject to change