The damage stats is quite misleading, the amount of damage you do is going to be doubled or tripled when you fight against anyone with AI pets, especially MM necros and mesmers.
Why is there always an excuse? A guard can do 2x the damage he showed and probably all the guards on forums will come and say “well, erm. actually its because blah blah”
No other prof can get away with it but guards can? Nah man. Tired of DH/burn guards ruining this entire season. 100-0 nearly anyone in one rotation while blocking everything their way.
I can get 1m score on any DPS class as long as you give me a bunch of mesmers to bash on over and over. But this only happens in exceptional games where the fighting has been drawn out into long battles of attrition, regardless of whether or not a DH was involved, so this is hardly an arguing point.
A number of classes can take someone from 100-0 with absolute impunity given the right opportunity. Examples: warrior stunlock, mesmer cc lock with wells or moa bomb, and thief perma evade. Classes like rev engi and ranger are just straight up sustain bruiser monsters and should beat DH 1v1. The fact that DH can chain cc with blocks is neither game breaking nor unique, and like every other class, has its counters.
There may or may not be merit to this thread but lets not sidetrack it with pointless stats and strawman arguments.
The PRIMARY issue DH has is its low skill floor – anyone can pick it up, learn to drop traps in a minute straight and be quite effective especially in the lower tiers. Class stacking compounds the issue and inexperienced players find themselves unable to effectively counter even if they may technically be better players than the DH players. At upper tiers though, it drastically loses its viability and the glaring issues of the class shine through.
This has been a balancing problem since the days of classic street fighting games when people have discovered that spamming one button over and over again will more often than not completely lock down their opponent and win the match effectively (and cause an inordinate amount of salt in the process). Calling for pitchforks, mobs and nerfs across the board is not the solution.
Personally, I’d
- nerf procession of blades damage by shaving off its duration from 10x to 8x hits or lower
- shorten the duration uptime of test of faith by 1-2 seconds, remove the initial damage component, but add it back to the crossing damage by making each subsequent crossing deal even more damage
- shrink the size of test of faith (or even all the traps)
- make the F3 shield slightly smaller so its easier to hit the guard from the sides and back.
- increase scepter immob time from 2.25 to to 2.75 or even 3 to make successful decap plays more punishing
It might not seem much but this makes trap spam and area denial drastically less powerful in team fights although you’ll still die by walking stupidly onto a point with all traps stacked on top. The viability at upper tiers is maintained because no one takes procession of blades and good players cc through test of faith extremely fast anyway. Test of faith now better rewards good play, the smaller size further encourages well positioned cc plays while reducing passive area denial effectiveness. F3 is now also effective only if you maintain actual good positioning. The slight buff to scepter ensures that if you are able to bait out condi clears before knocking back, you’re more likely to score a decap against the opponent.
Burn guards are a complete non issue.
Kehlirixx Q | Nixx Q | Classic Bunker
