Guild Wars 2

StonePower.8321:

In any teamfight DH is the first target and the easiest to take down, running a DH feels almost like having a teef or warrior these days.

Yes, DH is so weak you need to target it first in a teamfight so you don’t die (otherwise itll hit you in the face with its LB just like a ranger)

Also you don’t see DH in meta because there’s other builds that are COMPLETELY broken. Just because its less broken doesn’t mean it doesn’t still need a tweeking and that it isn’t ruining gameplay

I feel this may be relevant to the thread:

https://youtu.be/q5c3dMg5nI8

10$ says the build being used in that video is currently meta kuz its op itself.

(Ya know im just assuming that because he took ALL those traps TO THE FACE and just shrugged it off)

Also gona note that you obviously have a more tanky build as a dagger ele. Resist burst + out sustain = kill burst damage user. Well duh. Doesnt change the fact that the DH is disbalanced and in more situations than it should be is overpowered. Just because you had a build that was a great counter to it doesn’t change that

Just use X to kill Y logic doesn’t work. Not everybody runs X. Not everybody wants to run X. That’s the point of balance.

DH is probably mid-tier with the current meta. If you are losing to DH, you aren’t playing the right classes to counter them.

I usually switch to Tempest when I see two at least DHs. You can 1v1 against them due to your sustain (and kill them eventually) and your existence in team fights and provision of protection and frost armor mitigates their power burst by a ton.

infantrydiv.1620:

High tier meta almost entirely revolves around mesmer and revenant at this point, and yet here we are, still getting DH qq posts lol

/agree

also… taxes on millionares are too high – they need that cash to support their incredibly humongous brains

ArcTheFallen.7682:

If you are losing to DH, you aren’t playing the right classes to counter them.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the root of the kitten problem!

Yasha.5963:

Arrk.4102:

I really do not see why they should have to cater to people who probably still click their skills with the mouse.

DH is easily countered if you have at least 4 brain cells. (2 to dodge, 2 to use your attack skills).

You see him plop down the traps. There is an actual animation they do. Dodge away from that place, and that’s it. More then half his damage is gone.

Don’t go “oh they have more traps then I have dodges”. You have other defensive skills. Use them. If you don’t know how, that is a l2p issue, not a DH problem.

There is a reason high rated matches don’t have DH in every game. People who actually know how to play the game counter it easily.

You don’t balance a game around someone who just started playing, you balance it around those who know how to play.

A trapper ranger has no active defences, no stunbreaks, no condition cleanse utilities, no stability and does less damage than a DH. A DH can do more damage (easily 100-0 many builds) and has active defences, immunity, condition cleanses, pulls, stunbreaks, aoe dazes and more.

This huge gulf between almost mirror builds is almost insulting. Why are the new specs and classes so OP? DH isn’t even close to the strongest of the new specs and yet it just totally kittens all over pre-hot trap/bow builds.

That’s true, but it’s more of a ranger problem than a dragonhunter problem. They need to give ranger traps utility and make the shortbow an actual condition weapon (unconditional bleed and some torment). The only real, serious issue with the dragonhunter right now is that the graphics often don’t render, leaving you to guess where the walls are and when they dissipate.

Silhouette.5631:

ArcTheFallen.7682:

If you are losing to DH, you aren’t playing the right classes to counter them.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the root of the kitten problem!

Perhaps to a solo queue hero who believes he should be able to 1vs1 every class in the game.

Arajal.5438:

I feel this may be relevant to the thread:

https://youtu.be/q5c3dMg5nI8

Tempest can beat any class because of high sustain dmg and perma 40% protection + awesome heals.
Every other class would melt on that traps….

Kuya.6495:

Silhouette.5631:

ArcTheFallen.7682:

If you are losing to DH, you aren’t playing the right classes to counter them.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the root of the kitten problem!

Perhaps to a solo queue hero who believes he should be able to 1vs1 every class in the game.

I need to respond to this. I main DH but in all honesty, EVERY profession should be able to take down any other class in this game if they’re good enough. Hard-counters be kitten ed.

I love dragon hunters. They’re my favourite prey in spvp while i’m on my terror reaper. Blocks? I laugh at them i can literally make every single attack of mine unblockable, and all staff skills are traited to be such.

Boons? Rip or corrupt them, gg. Traps? Rise! and it spawn a minion right in the middle of the trap (cause that’s when dragonhunter stands) One minion lost, but traps disarmed.

If they don’t manage to forcefully pull me into traps they’re toast. And they usually are:)

Reapers are pretty annoying to deal with on DH. They just shroud up, infuse terror, then death’s charge right into your traps like nothing happened.

My biggest issues with the current DH build is:
1. No trap arming time. AFAIK both thief and ranger have trap arming times.
2. Constant Daze.

The constant daze is mostly because of the first point as they have access to instant cast dazes.

What people have said is true though they are pretty easily counterable when you’ve played against them a few games. Just change your mindset a little, if you know you’ll die on point, fight off point then cap after.

The Alacrity bunker build is way more potent and that is ruining PvP