Guild Wars 2

It’s insane that a class can on one hand be invincible, and on the other kill players from full health with overpowered traps.

Also their cage trap is broken again. It now traps you permanently, instead of once then letting you out.

^^^^ Talked to death

If DH were overpowered we would see them in all ESL comps

-> Which they aren’t
-> Because ESL players know how to dodge
-> Has been clear since S1 that DH is a l2p issue

I wouldn’t necessarily say nerf it, but i think the traps need to be reworked a bit. It is annoying, especially for those who can’t trait stab.

I haven’t run into to many DH, but I feel there traps are kinda cheesy. If anything Id say they need to nerf the cheesiness of their traps but compensate by giving DH a more skill based ability or buff one of their more skill based abilities.

countytime.8134:

It’s insane that a class can on one hand be invincible, and on the other kill players from full health with overpowered traps.

Also their cage trap is broken again. It now traps you permanently, instead of once then letting you out.

At first I was excited thinking a patch hit and DH were made viable… a quick search told me otherwise.

You’re doing something horribly wrong to make such an outlandish post… Care to post your class and build so we can help you out?

Cobrakon.3108:

I wouldn’t necessarily say nerf it, but i think the traps need to be reworked a bit. It is annoying, especially for those who can’t trait stab.

I haven’t run into to many DH, but I feel there traps are kinda cheesy. If anything Id say they need to nerf the cheesiness of their traps but compensate by giving DH a more skill based ability or buff one of their more skill based abilities.

Exactly. Just because they aren’t overpowered doesn’t change the fact that their traps are a cheese mechanic for players who don’t know how to fight well. The traps need to be reworked to be consistent with other skills, and then DH can be buffed accordingly so they are competitive

stealth punishes noobs a lot harder than DH traps
warrior condi burst punishes noobs a lot harder than DH traps
p/p thieves burst punishes noobs a lot harder than DH traps

the things you could nerf if you balanced around the lowest common denominator are endless.

I play DH at mid Diamond level and higher.

Trust me its not overpowered, players at that skill level know how to counter them very effectively.

In fact DH is not in ESL because it clearly is underpowered or else they would play it.

Other classes have better block/evade/projectile reflect/cc/damage mitigation.

Honestly I wish they would buff Guardian melee specs to have better defense to be on par with meta.

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