Guild Wars 2

Josh Davis explained on the stream that his objection to clone death Mesmer was that clones could be destroyed by dodging. This made it possible to attack indirectly and out of LOS. The build was completely removed from the game.

It ought to be possible to code such that a dodge did not trigger clone death effects. So, the objection is superficial. Beside which, DH traps have the same objections.

There are some serious potential advantages for the game in the build though.

First, It would make builds other than Chronomancer potentially useful in Ranked PvP. I’m thinking of the Napalm Cat and other builds of old.

Second, it would punish mindless aoe spam and auto attack cleave.

I think ANET should consider returning Clone Death to the game as a means of making build diversity and core Mesmer worth considering for ranked play.