Guild Wars 2

Ether rework this skill or just leave a blank slot in its place. After the patch there has been a resurface of the d/d condi thief build (odd since this particular build got absolutely no changes), and while i have no problem with thieves playing condi i do take a issue with a build that only spams the number 3 weapon skill and the dodge key.
It is not fun to play it is not fun to play against it looks kittened and it is a testimony of poor skill design, i mean ask yourself this: is something wrong with a weapon set and a build that only ever uses 1 out of 5 skills? It is an abomination do something about it!!!

The build you’re talking about has been around for ages and really took off when HoT came out due to the extra whirl finisher + condis on dodge. The only reason you didn’t see it as much last patch was because condi reaper/mesmer/etc were all so much better.

DB is rather easy to counter. The range is limited and the thief has little directional control.

The thief that just tries to spam deatblossoms against a competent opponent will soon be dead. This also true with unload spam, heartseeker spam and vault spam all oh which do more damage.

foste.3098:

(odd since this particular build got absolutely no changes)

Wrong. The change to Lead Attacks buffed the build, giving +15% condi dmg with an uptime of almost 100%.

Galandil.9641:

foste.3098:

(odd since this particular build got absolutely no changes)

Wrong. The change to Lead Attacks buffed the build, giving +15% condi dmg with an uptime of almost 100%.

They can also more readily take assassins reward for added heals. regen on PR has higher uptime meaning upper hand not as needed to fill in the gaps. Of course they will give up that INI gain but with assassins and regen running , coupled with the heal , they can readily refill health. This ensures more condition removal off GI if they go that route.

I want them to take the initial attack away from pistol whip as I like the evade but hate loading the cc when I want to use it defensively.