Guild Wars 2

Thieves are able to use Shadowshot from stealth without Destealthing if it’s canceled.
BUT it still teleports them and Blinds their opponent.

In spectator mode the Thief CLEARLY goes unstealth, but still has the stealth buff.
In the opponent’s view, the thief is stealthed even though the opponent is blinded.

While this isn’t “GAME BREAKING” per se, it basically solidifies a win 1v1.

This is clearly a bug, as you can see the thief unstealth in spectator, the only one who doesn’t is the opposing team player.

Its basically one of those ’’bugs’’ that arenanet dosent care about even if its extremly strong like the stow weapon lightning whip.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/D-P-Shadow-Shot-Backstab-tech

It’s not a bug, stealth only drops if you hit foes with a physical damage inflicting action.

This is in-line with the game’s mechanics.

It’s exactly like using caltrops or the dodge caltrops from stealth and not being revealed.

It’s exactly like using steal on your opponent from stealth and not being revealed if you aren’t traited for mug.

It’s exactly like foes running through a choking gas that’s already down and you not being revealed.

There’s numerous abilities you can apply from stealth from being revealed, all that follow the games mechanics, and none are bugs, since you aren’t connecting with a physically damaging ability.

Yes; and this ability Does damage, but by canceling the animation you are able to use half of the ability( But really it shouldn’t be in two parts in the first place)

If that were true, you wouldn’t be destealthed in spectator mode.

The game isn’t balanced around you weapon stow canceling for the blind/teleport effect,

The problem is the game counts it as 2 hits when in fact it’s a single projectile.

are you talking about how you can backstab with shadowshot which is basic knowlegde to like the entire pvp population?

edit: nevermind I just tested it and they definitely reverted a change to shadow shot. strange you can cancel the damage portion again when I swear they changed this. probably a mistake by some updater.

Darnis.4056:

Yes; and this ability Does damage, but by canceling the animation you are able to use half of the ability( But really it shouldn’t be in two parts in the first place)

If that were true, you wouldn’t be destealthed in spectator mode.

The game isn’t balanced around you weapon stow canceling for the blind/teleport effect,

The problem is the game counts it as 2 hits when in fact it’s a single projectile.

So your actual issue isn’t with shadow shot, you have a problem with players knowing how to enhance their own play with weapon stow.

No one needs weapon stow to avoid dealing damage with the attack portion of shadow shot by the way.

You just don’t like that you can be blinded from stealth in addition you don’t want to have to deal with people who utilize weapon stow.

You’re using shadow shot as a scapegoat in an attempt to justify calling things you don’t like unfair.

I’d be fine if they made shadow shot deal damage with just the shot. It’d be an awesome buff to be able to basilisk through blocks. It’d also allow thief to deal more damage more quickly since there isn’t that clunky extra attack to deal with if just the shot does damage.

I’d be careful what you wish for though buddy.

Booms.2594:

are you talking about how you can backstab with shadowshot which is basic knowlegde to like the entire pvp population?

edit: nevermind I just tested it and they definitely reverted a change to shadow shot. strange you can cancel the damage portion again when I swear they changed this. probably a mistake by some updater.

For as long as you’ve been able to backstab from shadow shot you’ve been able to weapon stow from it.

Are you still argueing that this isn’t a bug when it clearly is? :/
It’s a texture error and this can be confirmed in spectator mode, where you are instantly destealthed.

On the Player’s screen you are also destealthed.

This isn’t super smash brothers, when we find a bug we don’t say OH LOOK this is a way for the player to enhance his skill!

Darnis.4056:

Are you still argueing that this isn’t a bug when it clearly is? :/
It’s a texture error and this can be confirmed in spectator mode, where you are instantly destealthed.

On the Player’s screen you are also destealthed.

This isn’t super smash brothers, when we find a bug we don’t say OH LOOK this is a way for the player to enhance his skill!

On Mesmer mass invis wearing off when mixed with another stealth removes the transparency as well. Mesmer torch wearing off when mixed with another stealth does the same thing even when it doesn’t deal damage.

The bug is that the transparency goes away, not that revealed is not applied.