Is it just me or are these underwhelming?
Both the 10 point and 30 point elite skills feel a bit sub par.
My only comparison to this is necromancer, which has some amazing elite skills (Lich <3).
Anyone more proficient with thief than I have any insight on this?
I’d like to know if they are just poor skills, or if I’m just making an unfair comparison.
P.s. Tagger chick in “Our time is now” is hot
Just you. I consider them to be amazing.
1) Basilisk Venom; although not seemingly powerful (wtf 1 sec stun!?) note it’s a root, daze, and stun all in one. I actually wonder if people can stun break out of it – probably not – but need to test. It allows you to set up sick backstab combos – go see YouTube.
2) Thieves Guild; the force multiplier. One casts an AOE blindness and the other uses Scorpion Wire to pull in and knock down your opponent. This skill instantly turns your small group of 3 into a confusing group of 5. You can also cast this mid-stealth, allowing your minions to take the first hits from a group, absorbing damage.
3) Dagger Storm; a low cooldown, extremely high damage moving AOE which reflects projectiles, cripples and bleeds nearby foes. Combined with your poison cloud from shortbow you can add poison condition on there as well. Or gain whirl effects from other AOEs. Probably the most badkitten AOE in the game right now. Want to turn that mob of players into a crippling bleeding retreating mess? Use this.
I almost never use Basilisk in WvW so, it’s more for sPvP for sure. I use Thieves Guild in small groups to make our numbers seem more massive, and thus confuse and overwhelm the enemy, and I use Dagger Storm in massive fights to push an entire mob of enemies back, or to cover my friend as he runs away from dying. It reflects projectiles – not just the ones targeting you. Very useful.
@Prexxus: never thought of Basilisk with the Deadly Arts Grandmaster Trait. So it IS for WvW