Guild Wars 2

I want to love the offhand sword. I really do. And dual swords looks cool as well. But offhand sword really only has use in 1v1 dueling, and even then pistol is pretty much superior in every way.

I believe the solution is simple. Make the iSwordsman’s attack cleave, up to three opponents. This would give it so much more utility while only penalizing opponents who blob together, and have no effect on 1v1 dueling.

Alternatively (in lieu of cleave), you could give iSwordsman some small condition (one stack of bleed, torment, etc.) so that the offhand could be viable for condition builds as well. But that is a separate issue.

Anyway, just an idea.

This would be super overpowered, though :o.

The swordsman is alreayd our best single target phantasm in a power build, wihtout bleed stacks.

Why stop at cleave? Why not just make it knockdown and chill in an aoe too!

seriously though Alissah’s right. Not that I don’t wish sword/sword had more AoE or chasing skills in it, but the phantasm already hits like a truck. Hitting like a cleaving truck would be excessive.

I guess I’m thinking from a WvW perspective in which phantasms go down almost immediately. Thought it might be an ok idea given that it wouldn’t affect 1v1 dueling.

PvE is a completely different story.