Guild Wars 2

I had a good laugh getting knocked off a platform last nigh in Lich form and wondered what the rest of you all thought of the change.

Please share your thoughts and green Lychee pics.

If you’re not in like… Skyhammer, it’s a net buff against organized teams. Old was gone in 1rip, this at least comes back so you can prevent more CCs against teams with boon rips. And you don’t give thieves as much love.

In most 1v1 fights, the change is actually a buff, because a single boon strip/steal won’t leave you vulnerable to CC for the entire time you’re in Lich Form, and most builds can’t chain enough CCs together fast enough to actually CC you even with just one stab stack to burn through, unless you practically let them. In group fights you can get chain stunned fairly easy, true, but IMO Plague was always the better Elite skill for group fights, seeing as you can effectively shut down the dps of any enemy fighting on point by spamming blind.

Though if you ever see an Engineer doing an apparent suicide charge at you, watch out: They’re probably trying to drop Slick Shoes at your feet, and currently that skill can strip your stability and knock you down almost in the same moment if you end up in the oil slicks.