Guild Wars 2

I believe I’ve seen some thieves do this to me and pull of a stomp. As a Necro with very little access to stability, no invulv, blah blah blah you know the rest. I know we have some sure fire ways to get a stomp off but it requires using an elite an then you have a 3 minute CD just to pull off another guaranteed stomp. So can blind be used as an effective, I know not guaranteed but still an effective measure to get a stomp off?

in most cases yes
vs mesmers and thieves for instance no
i used to blind all the time on my engi with flamethrower mid-stomp
well, actually, it depends on how you are blinding. the key to making it work is to blind just before they use their #2, but if your blind is not instant (can’t be cast mid-stomp) then it is probably not worth it since their #1 will clear it.

Yeah, I don’t think Necro’s have an instant blind other than throwing down WoD before hand for a constant blind for 5 sec. Even then it’s probably not guaranteed

Blind fields work well, X/P thieves often put black powder down to chain blind the down person so their CC won’t work. So you could use Well of Darkness.

Sajuuk.4973:

Yeah, I don’t think Necro’s have an instant blind other than throwing down WoD before hand for a constant blind for 5 sec. Even then it’s probably not guaranteed

I’ll give it to you from the perspective of a thief with Pistol OH (Black powder)
Guaranteed – Engi, Warrior, Necro – the cast time of their #2 skill pretty much guarantee’s they wont be able to clear the blind and successfully complete their interrupt before the field pulses again.
Almost guaranteed – Ranger, Guardian – experienced players will clear the blind with their #1 skill, then immediately hit their interrupt. Less experienced players will mess it up and blow their interrupt and eat the blind.
Does nothing – Thief, Mesmer, Ele. – Their #2 skills don’t rely on hitting.

As far as I’m aware, WoD works exactly like Blinding Powder. Morale of the story, if you cant lay down a pulsing blind field OR apply blind mid-stomp, it won’t do much for you.

I have yet to test to make sure, but I believe if the person’s downed state autoattack is a channel, the blind won’t be removed until the end of a channel given that it hit someone. So you can do dagger OH 4 to get a blind on a guard or necro most likely. If you have stability on DS traited, you can DS stomp which should give you a for sure stomp (maybe add some boon+ just in case) but stab should last just about long enough, so the downed person would really have to time it for the last second (give that you have no boon +duration). but this wouldnt work for thieves, mes and ele obvs