Guild Wars 2

The new air GM trait is “Lightning Rod,” which looks to me like it has good damage, better than the lightning from Electric Discharge. other than that, I’m not sure what to make of it. My first guess is that it’s mean for staff eles because they have a few good interrupts, but I don’t think ele really has many interrupts at all, ignoring sigil effects.

Anyone have opinions on this? How useful is it, really?

To the best of my knowledge, Gust, Static Field, Shocking Aura (proc), Updraft, Earthquake, Comet, and Gale, plus a couple underwater/conjured skills, all interrupt. I would actually really like to use this a bit, for a change if nothing else, but since almost all I do is wvw group support, I’d need to shave off trait points from somewhere else, and be less effective at what I do now. Don’t forget the weakness, btw. That’s probably what will make or break this.

I also feel like Unsteady Ground interrupts if they run into it, but I’m not sure.

I see it theoretically being one of the highest damaging traits in the game since static field has no target limit?

serapheles.5409:

To the best of my knowledge, Gust, Static Field, Shocking Aura (proc), Updraft, Earthquake, Comet, and Gale, plus a couple underwater/conjured skills, all interrupt. I would actually really like to use this a bit, for a change if nothing else, but since almost all I do is wvw group support, I’d need to shave off trait points from somewhere else, and be less effective at what I do now. Don’t forget the weakness, btw. That’s probably what will make or break this.

I also feel like Unsteady Ground interrupts if they run into it, but I’m not sure.

It does.

well you can use static field and use tornado then see how it works

Does it hit any interrupted foe or only targeted?
I know there is no ICD but the description is misleading.

Do you have to interrupt your enemy cast to get benefit?

Or is it enought to stun/kd/kb your enemy?

If first, it is epic fail i can say.

The first, but a staff ele in www will easily interrupt zergs.

LordByron.8369:

The first, but a staff ele in www will easily interrupt zergs.

Yeah static field and unsteady ground with the chance of 1%

Like if zerg trains didn t spam skills while moving ._.