Guild Wars 2

So watching the ready up, made me realize condi builds will be a thing! A viable thing!

with bleeds stacking higher and burns stacking lots of short duration high damage conditions applied in short time will deal massive short time damage. Condi Burst damage! So they may be a viable thing now, can’t wait to see the meta get shoved on it’s head.

I’m already a condi sword ’n board build, so this makes me happy. I was considering whether to switch from Defender runes to Guardian for the burn per block. Will wait until that magical update, though.

Now if they made warrior blocking and defense better, that’ll make me really, really happy.

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Lights judgement trap, 25 stacks of vuln plus medi guard burst = dead thief almost instantly

Stack up on superior runes of the nightmare, guys. Or maybe undead.

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

I am totally looking forward to swapping 2 of my guards over to DH… but anyone who fails to respect a well handled thief is gonna abruptly find themselves back at the nearest spawn-point wondering where the hell their kidneys went…

Nike.2631:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

I am totally looking forward to swapping 2 of my guards over to DH… but anyone who fails to respect a well handled thief is gonna abruptly find themselves back at the nearest spawn-point wondering where the hell their kidneys went…

A-Net is trying to turn meta on it’s head. Medi Guards have always been able to wreck thieves of equal skill. Dragon Hunters will wreck them without even breaking a sweat. It’s okay, you have a counter. It’ll be fine somebody out there will counter you now, and counter you hard. It’s not the end of the world, welcome to where literally everyone else is.

No a skilled thief of equal skill will never beat a Dragon Hunter, they will just demolish you.

You know, guys, we haven’t seen what the Thief’s spec is, yet. I’d say it’s a little too early to assume they’ll get wrecked.

heartless.6803:

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Lights judgement trap, 25 stacks of vuln plus medi guard burst = dead thief almost instantly

Just move out the trap lol it’s 1 sec revealed per pulse but the bads thieves sure and glad.

OwikGall.1607:

You know, guys, we haven’t seen what the Thief’s spec is, yet. I’d say it’s a little too early to assume they’ll get wrecked.

Even without it we’re good lol.

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Lights judgement trap, 25 stacks of vuln plus medi guard burst = dead thief almost instantly

Just move out the trap lol it’s 1 sec revealed per pulse but the bads thieves sure and glad.

Did you see the amount of control they had? Hammer 5 plus lights judgement trap means you’re stuck there. DH is gonna be a really beastly bunker spec, if you jump them (which is what thieves tend to do) and they expect it you’re dead meat.

Counter to DH isn’t gonna come from thieves, you’re squishy and they pump out massive amounts of damage quick. Thieves aren’t all powerful unstoppable killing machines. Guards always had an advantage against thieves, this just adds to it.

heartless.6803:

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Lights judgement trap, 25 stacks of vuln plus medi guard burst = dead thief almost instantly

Just move out the trap lol it’s 1 sec revealed per pulse but the bads thieves sure and glad.

Did you see the amount of control they had? Hammer 5 plus lights judgement trap means you’re stuck there. DH is gonna be a really beastly bunker spec, if you jump them (which is what thieves tend to do) and they expect it you’re dead meat.

Counter to DH isn’t gonna come from thieves, you’re squishy and they pump out massive amounts of damage quick. Thieves aren’t all powerful unstoppable killing machines. Guards always had an advantage against thieves, this just adds to it.

Hehe sure, never stated thief was what you described,plz also specify what type of thief build, as a guardian,thief,trap and more user thief in general will not dominated by DH’s. Just filtering bad from good thieves.

I will agree that guard counter the assasin part of thief even more in mindset, as long as a thief reminds himself I don’t have to be here or kill him instantly he will be fine. I get tired of seeing thieves attacking me even when I’m using Shelter,RN and alike they need to stop rushing.

heartless.6803:

A-Net is trying to turn meta on it’s head. Medi Guards have always been able to wreck thieves of equal skill. Dragon Hunters will wreck them without even breaking a sweat. It’s okay, you have a counter. It’ll be fine somebody out there will counter you now, and counter you hard. It’s not the end of the world, welcome to where literally everyone else is.

No a skilled thief of equal skill will never beat a Dragon Hunter, they will just demolish you.

Heh. I run a super-unicorn Thief. That fight is a LOT more interesting that you might think .

Sagat.3285:

OwikGall.1607:

You know, guys, we haven’t seen what the Thief’s spec is, yet. I’d say it’s a little too early to assume they’ll get wrecked.

Even without it we’re good lol.

yeah, my thief is constantly removing condi, I’m not sure how this will impact such builds…
…and when not directly removing them, generously transferring them back to the target haha.

heartless.6803:

Sagat.3285:

heartless.6803:

Yeah on ready up they pumped out some huge damage with Dragon Hunter condi build. Because guards can do reliable short duration bleeds and burns and the fact they stack in intensity and not duration got some pretty huge condi damage fairly quickly.

Also, RIP in peace thieves dragon hunters gonna own you.

Hehe sure.

Lights judgement trap, 25 stacks of vuln plus medi guard burst = dead thief almost instantly

Not likely. I don’t think it will be hard to spot a dragon hunter and it’s not a guarantee the thief will hit the trap anyways.