Guild Wars 2

There is a interesting pist that has been deleted in necro forum… you should check it. thing is, what if mantras would affect near allies? I think it would be huge and that would increase more needed build diversity.

Well, the leaked patchnotes show such a behaviour to the cleansening mantra. Not just yourself, but you also remove two conditions from up to 5 allies (yourself + 4).

Personally, I think it’s too strong. I previously suggested such supportive features to mantras before. Unlockable with traits or always active would’t matter. But giving all mantra 100% AoE effects is too strong. I’d agree with Cleansening Mantra to remove a single conditions on 5 allies and an additional condition from yourself. For stability mantra I’d like to see 2s AoE stability + 2s selfstability (+ stunbreak) with a 4s (/5s ?) recharge. Granting 2s stability is just not enough for anything and giving your allies a single second … well. Mantra of Pain could also get an AoE effect, like “100% dmg to target, 50% damage to up to 4 foes” without making it overpowered (I think). No clue howto AoE-ize the daze mantra or how to make healing mantra AoE, usefull and not overpowered.

I assume they’re testing supportive mantra abilities with this patch (if the leaks are true). If they work out, we might see them on future patches for other mantras as well.

I hope that the daze mantra is buffed. Mantra’s need something to spice them up, not just as defensive support skills but also as offensive weapons (i.e the daze or pain mantra’s)

tell us more about the leaks :O

Slightly reducing mantra effectiveness but giving them aoe features would totally be ok to me.

As offense Pain and Distraction affecting more targets would be huge.

As defense Concentration and Cleansing removing condies and giving stability to allies would be even greater.

So far leaks only refers to Cleansing Mantra tho.

Nretep.2564:

Well, the leaked patchnotes show such a behaviour to the cleansening mantra. Not just yourself, but you also remove two conditions from up to 5 allies (yourself + 4).

Actually, that’s not what it said.
From the way it was worded, it could very much imply that instead of cleansing ourselves, we cleanse up to 5 allies in the area.

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It’s most likely implemented as Restorative Mantras, but a new priorization level has been added

1. Yourself
2. Party
3. players
4. npcs and minions