Thief Finishing Move on Ele After Mist Form

Thief Finishing Move on Ele After Mist Form

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Posted by: spalt.6938

spalt.6938

Hi. The strangest thing happened earlier. I saw a thief start a finishing move on a downed Ele. The Ele used Mist Form to run away and it seemed like as soon as he came out of Mist Form, the finishing move happened and killed him. How is that possible? Shouldn’t the thief have started the finishing move again from the start?

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Posted by: Ryld.1340

Ryld.1340

Stomp lasts slightly longer then Mist Form. With enough luck, you can start a stomp right as the Ele mist forms. Then using Blink/Lightning Flash/Shadow Step or whatever, you can finish the stomp on the Ele.

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Posted by: spalt.6938

spalt.6938

In that case, would that work against theives and mesmers too that become invis? As long as I can lightning flash right next to them before the stomp ends?

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Posted by: zencow.3651

zencow.3651

In that case, would that work against theives and mesmers too that become invis? As long as I can lightning flash right next to them before the stomp ends?

Yes, its harder to catch thieves that way though since their tele is a faster cast so they can delay it as much as they want.

For mesmers you can press F, cancel and re-channel it right before the mesmer finishes his tele animation. The stomp channel would be delayed enough that the stealth will end before the channel finishes, which is much more efficient than waiting for him to reappear for stomp. Lightning Flash not often needed for mesmers since their tele usually still leaves them in range of the stomp.

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Posted by: spalt.6938

spalt.6938

For mesmers you can press F, cancel and re-channel it right before the mesmer finishes his tele animation. The stomp channel would be delayed enough that the stealth will end before the channel finishes, which is much more efficient than waiting for him to reappear for stomp. Lightning Flash not often needed for mesmers since their tele usually still leaves them in range of the stomp.

Would you happen to have a link of a youtube video showing this? I think I get what you mean in theory though it would help if I could see it in action.

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Posted by: zencow.3651

zencow.3651

Would you happen to have a link of a youtube video showing this? I think I get what you mean in theory though it would help if I could see it in action.

Couldn’t find one so I made one just for you~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56s0toOVCL0

Quasi-elitist dungeoneer and missing Gw1 GvGs greatly.
“GW2’s PvE is almost as bad as the PvP.”