Guild Wars 2

had some thief going ’wtf ’ after several times killing him with earth4 / fire 3 / arcan wave

i mean, it just requires 3 buttons… ofc i used several other like phonix + lightning flash for instant dmg etc, but anyway, i never rly thought they r hard to manage, then he suddenly said i use macros and implied no s/d ele could manage such combos without macro

ur thoughts on this? is it rly that difficult?

edit: used build if someone wonders and thinks it wouldnt be enough to kill a thief, its pretty burst heavy, well u also die in 1 hit so … try not to get hit if u plan to use it~

and do not use this build if u arent experienced as s/d

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArYhMM6c2ywnBf0ABAW4AwA4IKeFsBuhliDA-TJBFwACOBAl2foaZAAPAAA

Try them yourself.

you’ve got less than 1/2 a second to pop 3-4 skills. it’s certainly not… easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gAif9qE4WY

Hamster.4861:

Try them yourself.

you’ve got less than 1/2 a second to pop 3-4 skills. it’s certainly not… easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gAif9qE4WY

as said, i do them , and think its pretty easy to do..

(unless someone is a clicker)

I don’t think they’re too difficult personally, but still a bit harder than the burst for most other professions. In fact, after playing S/d ele a little but I’d say that I don’t think the other professions besides thieves or mesmers can burst someone down with as much complexity and complicated button pressing.

On my necro, you just spam life blast in a power build, or just faceroll all your fear skills and taineted shackles and marks as soon as possible in a condition build!

I was actually wondering about this the other day. I hear so many people talking and complaining about macro’s on burst eles. Are they like ‘a thing’? Does anyone know anyone who uses them? Are they widespread, are they just a raging man’s ramblings?

@ OP: the combos can get really complicated though. Basic ones are no problem for most people but a REALLY condensed instant burst takes a lot of skills in a short time.

In my days in some other game we had similar comboes with some pyroblasts involved and it was considered extremely cheese. Here it is “a skill”. Well, guess people just got used to slow and measured pressing of 5 buttons.

It’s not all that difficult to get a chain of keypresses into muscle memory, and if you work out good keybinds (and have even just a couple of spare buttons on your mouse) it’s really very simple.

It does take a lot of practice (and so requires skill) to perfect such a combo, but it’s definitely not some kind of a benchmark for skilful play - that comes in when you position yourself well and can decide who to burst and when.

Anyone can blow off a bunch of instant-casts, but if you toss them all at someone while they’re dodging or invulnerable, or if you get stunlocked before you can even start, you’re not going to do very well.