Guild Wars 2

Now it seems grenades can be destroyed by projectile destroyers, meaning it is very hard to play against eles wielding focus. I had some 1v1s against a very skilled ele and I had no skills to use when he uses his lightning 4 except rifle 5 and 3. This is really irritating, that’s why I’m so hyped about the hammer because I always need to use bomb kit and it sucks.

It was the same and before the patch.

I could land the grenades before patch

Here’s the trick with grenades. They have ALWAYS been reflect-able and destroy-able by “destroys projectiles” moves.

But that only applies to the actual grenades themselves, not their explosions. If someone’s using a projectile block, and you can land your grenades near them rather than right on them, then they’ll get hit by the AOE of the grenades. That’s probably what you did to land them before.

If you aim really carefully, you can ignore several “blocks projectiles” moves and still deal damage. Reflects on the other hand, are pretty risky since grenades land erratically, and you can bounce some of them back in your face. (Reflected grenades will damage you, despite the fact that you can drop them on your own feet harmlessly)

For what it’s worth, mortar is the same way. The shell itself is a blockable projectile, but the AOE explosion it makes on impact isn’t. That’s also why the projectile finisher is currently a bit wonky, most likely.