Guild Wars 2

I know many of you are aware but I wanted to tell the world that arcane shield now removes stun. It’s amazing! ( I love using it in pvp). Would love to see you theory crafter pull out some arcane builds

Yep, now every utility type has a stun breaker ^^

The first time I used my arcane shield this patch (and it broke me out of a risen stun) I had the stupidest grin

Really?Did not see it mention on the patch note. Can u quote it pls ?

Healing Rain castable while moving is also not on patch notes.

Stealth.9324:

Really?Did not see it mention on the patch note. Can u quote it pls ?

look in game, silly

Jae.5138:

Stealth.9324:

Really?Did not see it mention on the patch note. Can u quote it pls ?

look in game, silly

I am at work since patch, so can not be on ATM, silly

Also, it should be noted that blindness became a whole-awful lot more powerful (it is only removed when a valid target is in-range of an attack used), making signet of air even more powerful.

I am kind of conflicted between mist-form and arcane-shield now. They share a 75s cooldown, both break stun, and both serve the same purpose of preventing damage.

Arcane Shield
-75 s cooldown
-instant cast
-breaks stun
-blocks 3 attacks over 5 seconds, doing damage to the 3rd attacker
-I can continue attacking

Mist-form
-instant cast
-breaks stun
-no attacks land over 3s
-I cannot attack or use any skills
-I cannot be cc’d = stomping better

I seriously think the shield is better in small-scale battles where attacks aren’t coming in by the bucketful. The damage + lack of interrupt to skills is awesome. Invincible ele returns with rock solid + arcane shield + ether renewal and water heals!

BlackBeard.2873:

I seriously think the shield is better in small-scale battles where attacks aren’t coming in by the bucketful. The damage + lack of interrupt to skills is awesome. Invincible ele returns with rock solid + arcane shield + ether renewal and water heals!

unlike mist form, arcane shield doesnt let you pass through guardian forcefields or anything listed as unblockable (muddy terrain / traps / marks). if you are running ether renewal and using it at the same time as shield, maybe this isnt a problem. if you’re not, this could be a big deal.

I prefer Shield over Mist Form, but then again, i’m using an Arcane Build =D

It’s nice to be able to do damage and use active heals with arcane shield, and it fits better than mist form in fresh air build imo since you can use arcane cooldown reduction on arcane blast along with shield. The damage is a nice bonus too.

Don’t forget there’s an auto cast at 25% health in the arcane trait line

Alilinke.7690:

Don’t forget there’s an auto cast at 25% health in the arcane trait line

If you’re a Fresh Air Build, the Arcane shields damage is also always a crit so that’d probably trigger the trait too wouldn’t it? (i don’t play Fresh Air)

cheshirefox.7026:

omigawsh, healing rain can now be cast while running :00000

my mistfire and i are so happy Q__Q

I noticed this too!! I hadn’t played my ele for months, I figured I missed it in another patch xD

I read the title of the post and almost thought ppl were talking about the underwater earth 5 to water 5 to water 3, which can give eles stealth underwater for maybe 8ish seconds if used right :P

I was in swimming in wvw yesterday when some annoying krait stunned me. A habit of mine made me use cleansing fire. Now comes the strange part it still broke my stun. Thought i saw it wrong and tried it again and it still broke my stun. I dunno now if it’s a bug or i messed up the 2nd time too. Did this happen to anyone else (if so we might be able to enjoy it untill anet catches on)?

Cleansing Fire oesn’t break stun in sPvP for me. Probably PvE was left as is or bugged??

Ptolomy.6984:

I was in swimming in wvw yesterday when some annoying krait stunned me. A habit of mine made me use cleansing fire. Now comes the strange part it still broke my stun.

Are you sure it was a stun and not an immobilize?

Sigh, I wish I could run 4 utilities and throw away my elite.

I want to run arcane shield/power and GoEP and mistform for my arcane/air burst build
:-(

Next up – Elite Glyph of Elementals will now break stun!

Stay tuned for the next episode of Elementalist Adventures!

I suppose now I will run with the shield then sigh…

Wildclaw.6073:

Ptolomy.6984:

I was in swimming in wvw yesterday when some annoying krait stunned me. A habit of mine made me use cleansing fire. Now comes the strange part it still broke my stun.

Are you sure it was a stun and not an immobilize?

Im sure it was a stun i saw the stun icon appear. But maybe it was a 1 time bug or I messed up. ill try to look at it again

Demon.5082:

Sigh, I wish I could run 4 utilities and throw away my elite.

I think the game would be a lot better if (so-called) elite skills were optional. Likewise if every weapon type had a pool of skills that you could choose from. As it stands, 1 weak skill on a1-hander can render it close to useless.

BlackBeard.2873:

Also, it should be noted that blindness became a whole-awful lot more powerful (it is only removed when a valid target is in-range of an attack used), making signet of air even more powerful.

I am kind of conflicted between mist-form and arcane-shield now. They share a 75s cooldown, both break stun, and both serve the same purpose of preventing damage.

Arcane Shield
-75 s cooldown
-instant cast
-breaks stun
-blocks 3 attacks over 5 seconds, doing damage to the 3rd attacker
-I can continue attacking

Mist-form
-instant cast
-breaks stun
-no attacks land over 3s
-I cannot attack or use any skills
-I cannot be cc’d = stomping better

I seriously think the shield is better in small-scale battles where attacks aren’t coming in by the bucketful. The damage + lack of interrupt to skills is awesome. Invincible ele returns with rock solid + arcane shield + ether renewal and water heals!

I still keep mist form + another stun breaker. MF saved my kitten to many times. See it as some sort of panic button. If some thief suddenly backstabs you while fighting one or two others with water attunement on CD the shield won’t save you since it’ll break almost instanly due to the fast attack rate.

(the other stunbreaker I use atm is signet of air, since its a short CD and great for mobility (my build doesn’t provide swiftness, other than the few seconds from air attunement)).

Avatar Yirachi.7162:

I still keep mist form + another stun breaker. MF saved my kitten to many times. See it as some sort of panic button. If some thief suddenly backstabs you while fighting one or two others with water attunement on CD the shield won’t save you since it’ll break almost instanly due to the fast attack rate.

(the other stunbreaker I use atm is signet of air, since its a short CD and great for mobility (my build doesn’t provide swiftness, other than the few seconds from air attunement)).

Your mistaken. A thief using the famous steal+backstab+heartseeker combo can be severely screwed if you block 3 of his hardhitters (plus deal 1k-3k as explosion damage back to him) while you take advantage of his position near you and nuke him hard.

I have always won over most thieves this way with S/D. But the really good ones will see through this tactic and disengage the moment they see the shield.