Guild Wars 2

I already posted this in the bug forums but I want to bring it into the limelight a bit further.
Gear Shield does not block these skills and traits

Lightning Strike from Legacy NPC Mages
Mirror Blade from Mesmer Greatsword
Magnetic Grasp from Eles
Reckless Dodge trait from Warriors

It’s really annoying to get killed by skills that are supposed to be blockable.

Are they supposed to be blockable? I think there’s been some discussion on this before and certain skills are not blockable.

Well if we take out the NPCs and the fact that I must have been blind when I read the skill description for Eles, I guess that leaves us with Mirror Blade and Reckless Dodge.

I know Magnetic grasp is unblockable, the others do not have anything about unblockable in the tooltip.

begs the question, yet another new bug or a new stealth nerf?

many condition aoe fields in general can not be avoided with block

neither can necro marks if they trait it

^i like both of these mechanics – block is good enough on all classes as it is

RaynStargaze.6510:

many condition aoe fields in general can not be avoided with block

neither can necro marks if they trait it

^i like both of these mechanics – block is good enough on all classes as it is

If I was talking about that then what you are saying would be warranted but I’m not talking about traps or Marks.

I always figured certain skills were indeed not meant to be blockable, even if they’re not described as such. Only way to find out if something is wrong with gear shield is to test another blocking ability to see if it works.

On a slightly related note: Has anyone noticed changes with Elxir S and R’s stun recovery?

I notice it no longer works on recovering from the self knockback on Rocket Boots. I was messing around Kessex Hills earlier too, and picking up the unexploded ordinance which has a chance to knock you back – I know for a fact that I used Elixir S to instantly recover from the explosion before – on knockdown effects. It no longer works.

Another stealth nerf? Or is it a bug with my (elixir) traits? I did switch to a quasi HGH/nades build recently.

Halcyon.7352:

I always figured certain skills were indeed not meant to be blockable, even if they’re not described as such. Only way to find out if something is wrong with gear shield is to test another blocking ability to see if it works.

On a slightly related note: Has anyone noticed changes with Elxir S and R’s stun recovery?

I notice it no longer works on recovering from the self knockback on Rocket Boots. I was messing around Kessex Hills earlier too, and picking up the unexploded ordinance which has a chance to knock you back – I know for a fact that I used Elixir S to instantly recover from the explosion before – on knockdown effects. It no longer works.

Another stealth nerf? Or is it a bug with my (elixir) traits? I did switch to a quasi HGH/nades build recently.

Are you waiting until you land from the blowout? If you’re in midair from a launch or blowout (not just knockback/knockdown) when you hit a stunbreaker it won’t work.