Guild Wars 2

The dead time after these spells is well known, any eta on their fix? After casting these spells (mainly Shatterstone) your character can still run but can preform no other actions till the spell detonates. Fixing the Shatterstone dead-time would make me infinitely happier, it has been a known bug for a long time.

I found an extremely good way to counter the dead time actually, throw out a Shatterstone when you are ready to switch attunements and immediately switch to Air and cast your instant Lightning Strike and Blind. I also usually use at least 15 points in Air so that is 2 Lightning Strikes in a row.

Unfortunately my build requires me to stay in water atunement as much as I can. Casting Shatterstone is not worth it, even in aoe-heavy situations.

They really improve those skill’s responsivness. Also Staff earth 2

rhodoc.2381:

They really improve those skill’s responsivness. Also Staff earth 2

I don’t use staff much, but I would certainly see a talent in the earth tree that applies 1-2 seconds of cripple when walking over a non-detonated earth 2 as something that would work beautifully.

From there you could use the actual cripple spell (#4 i think?) to slow down enemies as intended, instead of just securing damage.