Guild Wars 2

I’ve noticed this a few times now. As I understand it if you are targeted and a skill is activated just before you go into stealth then the full skill effect will still hit you. However further attacks that need a target should not hit you when in stealth. But I’ve noticed that when I’ve just entered stealth I’m hit by different/same skill activation by the same attacker.

This is most noticeable when attacked by a ranger or thief. I’ve been hit 3 times by a thief in quick succession with Heartseeker despite going into stealth during the first hit, but the thief is still auto tracking/targeting me in stealth for the last 2 hits. This requires 3 skill activations.

When hit by a ranger with Rapid Fire in stealth, I’ve subsequently been hit with Point Blank, while still in stealth.

The only reason I can think of why this happens is if targeted skills are activated back to back they ignore subsequent targeting. I’m pretty sure this is not WAI, unless something has been changed. Has anyone else noticed this?

Edit: corrected thief skill name and clarity.

Would like to know if this is happening, had something similar happen too but figured it was just bad luck and people had cast those extra fireballs or shots before I stealthed.

Skills queued up before you go into stealth will still hit you. This is especially noticable against rangers.

Also, going into stealth doesn’t make you invulnerable, so the thief can still hit you if he knows/guesses where you are.

Iavra.8510:

Skills queued up before you go into stealth will still hit you.

This is markedly apparent when using Mesmer scepter. If you just spam 1 while standing still, someone can stealth while you’re executing the first attack of the chain, and then will be tracked and hit in stealth by the following two attacks.

Vague Memory.2817:

I’ve been hit 3 times by a thief in quick succession with Lotus Strike despite going into stealth during the first hit, but the thief is still auto targeting me in stealth for the last 2 hits.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lotus_Strike

Lotus Strike does not need a target. You are invisible not invulnerable. Every good player will still spam auto-attack on your position. (not only to hit you, but also to kill every clone around).

When hit by a ranger with Rapid Fire in stealth, I’ve subsequently been hit with Point Blank, while still in stealth.

The projectile of point blank might already be in the air. Add a bit of lag, and it might feel he started the attack once you were already in stealth on your screen, but might not be the same on his.

Teutos.8620:

Vague Memory.2817:

I’ve been hit 3 times by a thief in quick succession with Lotus Strike despite going into stealth during the first hit, but the thief is still auto targeting me in stealth for the last 2 hits.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lotus_Strike

Lotus Strike does not need a target. You are invisible not invulnerable. Every good player will still spam auto-attack on your position. (not only to hit you, but also to kill every clone around).

When hit by a ranger with Rapid Fire in stealth, I’ve subsequently been hit with Point Blank, while still in stealth.

The projectile of point blank might already be in the air. Add a bit of lag, and it might feel he started the attack once you were already in stealth on your screen, but might not be the same on his.

Thanks for pointing this out, I got the name of the thief skill wrong, it was heart seeker that was used (i.e., when they jump through the air and attack you – distinct sound). Although you can use heartseeker without a target, it is targeting skill, as you can auto track your target with it and attack behind you. I’ll change the skill name in the OP.

As for rangers, I’ve noticed I’m being attacked well after entering stealth by the same player with a different skill. In the case I mentioned with a Rapid Shot followed by point blank, this has happened several times, but I haven’t noticed any discernible lag.

I’ve seen this happen, too. Sometimes, especially with thieves, it makes sense because area attacks are area.

But I know I’ve been targeted by projectile or other targeted attacks after being in stealth.
The most notable circumstances have been movement skills like HSS, where it’s clear that the skill is tracking me in stealth, even though it was initiated after I was already stealthed.

I’m inclined to believe lavra’s explanation, as it’s exactly the kind of thing that could slip through the dev cracks, and would probably be pretty difficult to track down programmatically even if it’s on their radar.

Heartseekers can be queued up by spamming 2 and will still aim at and hit a stealthed target this way.