Guild Wars 2

Recently, while trying to get a grasp on the usefulness of the thief class, I was told that we thieves excel at combo finishers. Now I am apparently struggling to understand how these work. I understand that there has to be first a combo field, which I take to be some kind of AoE attack. Then following the field, there has to be a skill used that has a combo finisher to interact with the field.

So idk how the thief is supposed to know when to trigger the combo finisher at the right time. And are they really that useful?

Just dont really get how they work

Combo Fields are basically persisting AoE ground effects, like a puddle of glue on the ground that slows enemies.

By using a Combo Finisher that goes through or on a Combo Field, you will activate a C-c-c-c-combo, granting bonus abilities.

Combo Finishers are skills that have Projectile/Blast/Whirl/Leap Finisher in their descriptions.

Combo Fields are skills that have Field: -InsertWordHere- in their descriptions.

For more information, see this link here

The reason thiefs excel at combo finishers is short bow skill 2. Cluster bomb is a blast finisher that you can spam rather well.

Uther Deathhand.1570:

The reason thiefs excel at combo finishers is short bow skill 2. Cluster bomb is a blast finisher that you can spam rather well.

Also, see this link here

OOOOOO Thats cool feel kind of bad for sword though.

Uther Deathhand.1570:

OOOOOO Thats cool feel kind of bad for sword though.

Because stunbreaker/boonremoval is bad.

Esplen.3940:

Uther Deathhand.1570:

OOOOOO Thats cool feel kind of bad for sword though.

Because stunbreaker/boonremoval is bad.

No more stunbreaker, though.