Guild Wars 2

>Get into a fight with an ele
>Down them
>They go into that mist form, walk like 10 feet from where they were downed
>Go back into downed

This really makes me bust out laughing, especially when they are crippled. Now I am not knocking the class. Im pretty sure some out there could do work on me. But that whole skill seems so futile.

It is in 1v1 situations, but it’s a little to effective in important mid fights. If I get downed its very easy for me to reposition for a rez.

Uh it’s probably the most powerful downed skill in the game in group play. It is the only 100% guaranteed way to avoid a stomp attempt in the game. Even mesmer and thief downed abilities arn’t 100% guaranteed.

You forget that the downed Mist Form heals them to almost full, too. It’s probably the most perfect downed ability in the game. It sets up the Elementalist to be easily revived by a teammate. If there’s water nearby, they could even Mist Form into the water and then continue running that way.

No matter how fast you try to stomp a downed Ele, even with a Quickness stomp, they will always have Mist Form available first to interrupt you.

Also, the Ele in a downed state beats everyone else when they’re in a downed state themselves (except Warrior).

zone.1073:

You forget that the downed Mist Form heals them to almost full, too. It’s probably the most perfect downed ability in the game. It sets up the Elementalist to be easily revived by a teammate. If there’s water nearby, they could even Mist Form into the water and then continue running that way.

No matter how fast you try to stomp a downed Ele, even with a Quickness stomp, they will always have Mist Form available first to interrupt you.

Also, the Ele in a downed state beats everyone else when they’re in a downed state themselves (except Warrior).

Don’t forget ranger, 100% impossible to out DPS pet heal, even after 3-4 vapor form cooldowns they will eventually win, just experienced this the other, also pointless to try and kill the pet, since they can just swap it while downed.

Vapor form should not reset the pool hp of downed state. That’s all, if they do this for vapor form, they have to do the same with other skill of others classes.

Shaorune.2347:

>Get into a fight with an ele
>Down them
>They go into that mist form, walk like 10 feet from where they were downed
>Go back into downed

This really makes me bust out laughing, especially when they are crippled. Now I am not knocking the class. Im pretty sure some out there could do work on me. But that whole skill seems so futile.

Much better than knocking one guy down for 1 second, right?

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Downed state is OP as it is, thank you.

It was mentioned about ele’s down state in an earlier video conference. They might remove heal from mist form. Also, they might increase the health of downstate by 10% which I am not as confident as if it should be necessarily

its actually one of the strongest downed skills especially since its instantly available. Its useless in 1on1 situation, but most downed skills aren’t gonna save you from getting stomped unless you have the guy super low and can down him before he stomps you.

ya the ele downed skill is abit broke now, it only the hp regen that makes it so, im quite happy for them to have the skill, but they shouldnt be able to use it on 5% hp then suddenly be back to like 75%. that being said it only lasts 3 seconds and is pretty obvious. i would say its probably OP when couples with “teamwork”

Gintoki.6405:

ya the ele downed skill is abit broke now, it only the hp regen that makes it so, im quite happy for them to have the skill, but they shouldnt be able to use it on 5% hp then suddenly be back to like 75%. that being said it only lasts 3 seconds and is pretty obvious. i would say its probably OP when couples with “teamwork”

teamwork in general is overpowered in this game and needs a huge nerf.

but it is a very unique downstate situation. id say thief and mez are similar, just like eng/guard/nec/ranger are similar, with warrior a hybrid of that and mist form. u can always delay the stomp which is nice. but unless you’re with friends or near a wierd hiding spot u can quickly get to, it is usually a futile death march.

and even sometimes in pugs i fool the person about to rez me and then he doesnt try again :-P

edit: actually my main prob with it is accidently hitting it before i want to cause im spamming a 2 skill right as im downed. i almost wish it had a half second delay or something. still plenty fast to beat a quickness stomp, but keeps u from accidently wasting it

MindlessRuff.1948:

zone.1073:

You forget that the downed Mist Form heals them to almost full, too. It’s probably the most perfect downed ability in the game. It sets up the Elementalist to be easily revived by a teammate. If there’s water nearby, they could even Mist Form into the water and then continue running that way.

No matter how fast you try to stomp a downed Ele, even with a Quickness stomp, they will always have Mist Form available first to interrupt you.

Also, the Ele in a downed state beats everyone else when they’re in a downed state themselves (except Warrior).

Don’t forget ranger, 100% impossible to out DPS pet heal, even after 3-4 vapor form cooldowns they will eventually win, just experienced this the other, also pointless to try and kill the pet, since they can just swap it while downed.

This doesn’t happen for me, usually pet heal is insignificant. I wonder if maxing out the beast mastery traitline or the type of pet makes a difference?