Guild Wars 2

Does sword #3 destroy longbow #3 (deflecting shot)?

Considering it’s unblockable and goes through other reflects it definitely shouldn’t, but I haven’t tested myself. If it does, it’s a bug.

I’m a little confused by what you said, but sword #3 isn’t a reflect. It just destroys projectiles. I’m not sure how lb #3 works on sword #3

@mrauls if i recall ive tryed in the past to use sword 3 to defend against that, if i recall well i was the one that got hitted and it makes sense.

Deflecting Shot > Zealot’s Defense

Since:

Old sword 3 destroyed projectiles, and sufered a change @May 28, 2013 where it no longer destroys unblockable projectiles.

On July 26 skill was changed to actually a 3 seconds block that casts projectiles , so against deflecting shot( that destroys also projectiles), its deflecting shot that is superior if we shoot them against each other and its a unblockable+piercing.

Zealot’s Defense: Destroy ranged attacks while casting magical projectiles + Block Duration: 3s.

Deflecting Shot:
-Fire a missile that blinds enemies and destroys projectiles. Destroying a projectile increases damage dealt and it is unblockable and its piercing atribute.

Take into account that piercing atribute destroys projectiles.
Quote from wiki:
“Projectiles can also be obstructed by environment, or by other enemies in their way, though this can be* negated by piercing*.”

“sorry for the bad english and hope this was what u were asking about”

deflecting shot goes through zealots defense, AND gets bonus damage typically due to stopping the projectils that zealots defense does.

I have noticed that certain skills labeled with “destroys projectiles,” or “blocks projectiles,” still have the property to stop unblockable projectiles like mirror blade or deflecting shot.

Two patches ago, reaper’s 2 skill (death’s charge) could destroy deflecting shot but that was fixed. Currently (at least about 2-3 weeks ago, haven’t tested since then), thief’s utility skill smokescreen can destroy/block both deflecting shot and spear of justice.

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

deflecting shot goes through zealots defense, AND gets bonus damage typically due to stopping the projectils that zealots defense does.

Thanks mane. Do you happen to know why it seems like lb #3 sometimes just goes through players? Like, it looks like it hit them, but it didn’t…

Arcaedus.7290:

I have noticed that certain skills labeled with “destroys projectiles,” or “blocks projectiles,” still have the property to stop unblockable projectiles like mirror blade or deflecting shot.

Two patches ago, reaper’s 2 skill (death’s charge) could destroy deflecting shot but that was fixed. Currently (at least about 2-3 weeks ago, haven’t tested since then), thief’s utility skill smokescreen can destroy/block both deflecting shot and spear of justice.

Interesting… I think you should report those bugs!

mrauls.6519:

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

deflecting shot goes through zealots defense, AND gets bonus damage typically due to stopping the projectils that zealots defense does.

Thanks mane. Do you happen to know why it seems like lb #3 sometimes just goes through players? Like, it looks like it hit them, but it didn’t…

I’ve been noticing this since about 2 patches ago… it’s a bug I’m sure but don’t know exactly what it is or why it’s happening. I’ve had a couple instances where I’d be dueling someone, my deflecting shot would blatantly pass through the other player and absolutely nothing popped up (no damage, knockback, blind “evaded,” or “immune”) and guildmates/party members would confirm that they were seeing the same thing as I was. I have noticed that this bug seems to be pretty common for skills that pass along the ground though (like chronomancer’s tides of time).

I think fields that blind work differently than destroy or reflect projectiles. Anything that enters a blind field misses, which is not the same as being destroyed or reflected.

mrauls.6519:

I’m a little confused by what you said, but sword #3 isn’t a reflect. It just destroys projectiles. I’m not sure how lb #3 works on sword #3

Unblockable projectiles also go through any reflect or projectile absorption. That’s what I meant.

From the wiki:

“Unblockable is a property of attack skills which prevents the attack from being blocked, and in case of ranged attacks, reflected or otherwise destroyed by effects of skills. Unblockable is also an effect, currently only available from Signet of Might, “Nothing Can Save You!”, and Phase Traversal, making attacks for the duration unblockable. Skills that block will be ignored and effects that trigger on blocking will not trigger against unblockable attacks. Unblockable skills can be evaded by dodging or other effects, aside from the ones that cannot be evaded by any means."

sometimes people are desynced and it basically ruins the deflecting shot. idk the specifics, never been able to replicate it well. it kinda sucks cuz dh v dh matchups usually comes down to who’s deflecting shot DOESNT bug.

also yea reaper #2 stopped unblockable projectiles. its a bug that anet sometimes does, like at hot release mesmer shield 5 would stop unblockables like deflecting shot. i think its been fixed now.

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

sometimes people are desynced and it basically ruins the deflecting shot. idk the specifics, never been able to replicate it well. it kinda sucks cuz dh v dh matchups usually comes down to who’s deflecting shot DOESNT bug.

So that’s why it sometimes looks like it goes right through without any effect…

unblockables projectiles should be stoped by absorption and refelcts since those are not blocks