Guild Wars 2

Chaith.8256:

RaynStargaze.6510:

Darnis.4056:

Even Fivegauge was condie last time I saw him..

Thats because power engi is kitten!

• Your survival as a berserker Engi is abyssmal(below average). Berserker Thieves, Warriors, Mesmers have better tools to deal with pressure, Power Engies have to GTFO when even looked at(pressured). It’s a unique playstyle, but damage output and team utility is quite subpar as well.

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Srsly though power enig is just terribad imo.
Even if you have managed to win a tourney with it. As soon as people realize they only have to hard focus you all day youre toast.

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Lordrosicky.5813:

ens.9854:

Lordrosicky.5813:

Diamond skin on the other hand is a blanket hard counter with zero counter play.

Are you really worried about 30 earth elementalists? All this trait does is make a viable anti condi bunker when combined with water/arcane, and it’s about kitten time condi burst actually had a counter so maybe we won’t see 2-3 necro/engi every game and I can run my bunker guard with less than 6 cleanses.

There is 0 chance you will die to an ele with 30 earth, and if you played ele and realized how bad off they have it you’d understand.

People dont go into trait lines for the stats. Except the bottom lines.

I don’t think you know how Ele’s work. The class has absolutely no foundation/base strengths, literally EVERYTHING comes from traits and slot skills. This is made worse by traits having almost no flexibility, Ele’s are forced into Arcana/Water to avoid getting insta-killed on sight.

Basically if you ever get killed by a 30-earth Ele, it’s an L2P issue for you.
Diamond Skin is going to be a very specific condi-bunker trait and have zero use outside anything that doesn’t rely heavily on condi damage (besides one or two specific Necro builds, I can’t think of anything else).
Imagine that, a build that counters exactly 1 other prof/build and gets eaten alive by everything else.