Guild Wars 2

Dear anet nurf Impacting Disruption 2 k each hit. that wouldn’t be that bad but a thief can spam interrups 5 times in a row with pistal 4.

the most classes has 1 interrup skill on a cd of atleast 20 seconds. The game has already to manny daze, interrupts and so on that stability is not really the thing that counters it.

please balance the game and remove all those interrupts stuns and so on.

will de grijze jager.6594:

Dear anet nurf Impacting Disruption 2 k each hit. that wouldn’t be that bad but a thief can spam interrups 5 times in a row with pistal 4.

the most classes has 1 interrup skill on a cd of atleast 20 seconds. The game has already to manny daze, interrupts and so on that stability is not really the thing that counters it.

please balance the game and remove all those interrupts stuns and so on.

Don’t spam skills lulz, bring stability, use projectile hate, pop an invulns if already interrupted- you have 3 secs to react to IP, LoS, Dodge to interrupt your cast so the Thief doesn’t better than taking 2k damage, oh yeah don’t spam skills.

Hell its already was nerfed two patches ago. Lulz

Oh and 5 times in a row? Math determines that’s a lie with Meta build 15/4=3. Lulz

If a Thief spams Headshot they can’t really do much else and are a free kill cause no Initiative.

Over exaggeration doesn’t help anyone.

And if you are worried about 2k hits spammed I wonder how you deal with any auto attack ingame.

Stow weapon and don’t spam, a lot of Thieves that rely on PI assume you will spam and don’t really headshot in reaction to skills (better Thieves in Platinum). If they fail to fish for interrupt after 2 headshots in a row after Steal daze and you have skills off CD he would have to bail, unless you’re already low.

Use instants, 1/2 second cast skills or projectile hate so you can have some breathing room. You can use stability after they Steal. Invulnerability or Physical Immune like Signet of Stone can prevent the PI proc damage.

Try playing a Thief as well, if the enemy player successfully prevents your PIs or heal interrupt you’re not really doing any meaningful pressure after opening with backstab.

As mentioned, Headshot wastes initiative. If you dont keep spamming your skills (this is the part you learn from), you essentially make the thief semi vulnerable and a open for damage.

This is literally a L2P, if they start spamming it, stop what you are doing and wait for 3-4 shots, then move in for the kill. Try to reserve channeled skills for when they run out of initiative this way.

Bigpapasmurf.5623:

As mentioned, Headshot wastes initiative. If you dont keep spamming your skills (this is the part you learn from), you essentially make the thief semi vulnerable and a open for damage.

This is literally a L2P, if they start spamming it, stop what you are doing and wait for 3-4 shots, then move in for the kill. Try to reserve channeled skills for when they run out of initiative this way.

They auto attack and headshot when you start to use a skill. Then they auto attack waiting for the next. The best that half the classes can do is stand there like an idiot while getting melted.

Sure, if they spam it, you get somewhat of a chance to fight back, but if they are among the top 50% thief players, they won’t spam it. You’ll just stand there melting like an idiot till a friend comes and interrupts them.

For 1v1 with a thief, which is rare the higher you go in rating, i usually just bait the thief.
I sometimes let them interrupt me with headshot on purpose so he thinks im stupid. Then i pop my heal and stow it and dodge to bait his steal. if he misses steal and i get damage in, most of the time they go somewhere else unless they very low skilled.
When u want to pop heals and other utilities with long cast times use terrain to block his line of sight(when his steal is on cooldown) or use stability/magnetic aura/shocking aura before it, this should be normal behaviour as any good player wants to interrupt important skills and will try to.

But unfortunately this is normally not the case, most of the time you fight other player and thief comes to +1, he can stand aside and just 4 4 4 4 you when you fight other player, not the best thing to do as a thief but sure he can.
How u counter this? well you should know a thief will come to your fight if it takes long, so keep an eye open on the look out for him, and when he comes quickly go to a spot where he cant teleport/steal you and try and sustain untill he leaves, or find a way to disengage the fight without dieing. dont try and keep the point at all cost.