Guild Wars 2

After few updates and patches, am i the only one who thinks condi necros and trappers are unbalanced?

kadrath.7298:

After few updates and patches, am i the only one who thinks condi necros and trappers are unbalanced?

Why do you think that?

As Belial said:
Why do you think Condi Necro’s and trappers are unbalanced?

• Do you think they deal too much damage?
• Do you believe they’re hard/impossible to counter?
• Do you believe they’re “Cheese-builds” which are simple to play yet achieve great results?

etc.

also for the provided list above here are some answers related to the Medi-Trapper:

• too much damage.
  Medi-Trappers can deal a lot of damage, yet also have been nerfed to deal less damage. Do also note that to receive this damage you have to experience the entire burst and or even walk out of the Test of Faith border.

• hard/impossible to counter?
  Medi-Trappers aren’t that hard to counter. They’re one-trick ponies even!
  Once you know how a Medi-Trapper works you can nullify the entire burst. (not even kidding!)

Does the DH teleport to you using JI? → dodge roll away. → no damage.
Does the DH crouch down looking as if he’s placing something on the ground? → dodge roll away. → no damage.
Does the DH’s traps trigger? → Dodge roll away → surprisingly still no damage.

Even with the trait that stuns when traps trigger you can still dodge out of the traps.
Dragon’s Maw for example has multiple chances to dodge out:
DH appears → 1 → DH places the trap → 2 → It triggers & stuns → 3 → Maw appears but hasn’t closed yet → 4 → maw closes & now the trap is working.

Meaning the “elite” skill for a medi-trapper has 4 chances to be nullified!

• One-Trick pony builds that achieve great results?
  The Medi-Trapper is a one-trick pony build yet does not achieve great results.

Because of what I said during the 2nd bullet Medi-trappers are easily countered in PvP.
This is a huge (yet not the entire reason) why you do not see a lot of Medi-Trappers in ranked pvp.

Apologies if this isn’t the type of reply you were wishing to receive but as a Guardian main I feel responsible to point out that this profession which is often called out to be “OP” and in need of more nerfs is actually a D-tier ranked profession.

A last suggestion is also:

You might want to continue this thread in the PvP section of the forums (or even in a profession-themed sub-section if you’ve found yourself mostly playing a single class versus these classes which you consider unbalanced.)