Guild Wars 2

I just tested the skill and it seems that Phoenix continues to hit everything it meets when it comes back.
If you hit a mob with that skill, and the mob is walking to you, the mob get hit multiple times. I was able to hit a mob 7 times.
Can someone else verify if this actually is a bug, too?

Well… It always worked this way… This is even the main reason for it to be in the burst specs rotation.

Nah it used to hit 3x max in the past. That’s when you target the AoE behind your target. It’s still pretty weak right now with all the power hate.

It does seem to be hitting more then normal. It used to be able to hit up to 5 times with a bit of luck and perfect positioning, now it hits that number regularly, sometimes more.

The skill has worked like this for over 2 years now, it has a pulsing damage aspect to it along side it’s aoe. On large mobs it can hit over 15 times for the lesser damage.

Best scepter skill for a long time and workes that way. Well placed i can sometimes land five hits to players :-). Hiting three times is usually normal. (tail + blast + returning tail)

Never saw a 7 hit in 3 years. And this evening I tried a lot on golem target… Seems to me to work as always… If you put the center of the AoE behinde the target , but close to him, it hit 3 times, if you put the center far away from him (but it still need to be in the AoE) it hit 5 times.

It is meant to hit 3 times, 5 times is a bug that is here since tue start of the game.
Right by now, with all the damage mitigation around, place it to hit 5 times is the only way archieve a good burst.

The extra hits are somewhat weak though

Kyon.9735:

The extra hits are somewhat weak though

Around 1.4k crit on heavy target