Guild Wars 2

Why do these utility skills stink so much considering they are supposed to be such a main part of this profession?! Why is the cast time so long and why do you need to remain still to cast them?! I can’t tell you how often I’ve canceled my own skills not expecting there to be a skill lock. With the energy cost, I don’t see how anyone would be able to just spam this stuff anyway. I see stun break as a trait but not currently present anywhere on this profession from what I’ve seen. Is stun break located on the yet to be unlocked legend?

Overall, I like where this profession is supposed to be going but it is seriously lacking viability, speed, team support, versatility, dps, boons, gap closers and sadly fun in general. I want to like this profession but not where it is at currently. I’m really looking forward to seeing the new weapons, legend and improvements across the board!

haha oh gosh…F1 is stun break. that is so random but okay, my bad

Wiseman.4075

haha oh gosh…F1 is stun break when traited. that is so random but okay, my bad

fixed for ya

Well F1 is stun break only if traited. Meaning that everyone has to spec in this line. One more sign of how customizable a revenant is:
choose 2 legends out of 5
take a weapon (often corresponding to a legend).

that’s all. thanks for coming

F1 stun breaks only with a trait line

in general all the minor traits for invocation either need to be baseline for the class (GM minor) or need to be made more relevant to the class mechanic

Jalis Elite skill is a stunbreak. The stunbreak is insta cast. Prolly why you take the full energy cost as soon as you cast it instead of when the channel is finished so you cant have a free stun break.

Atin.1237:

Jalis Elite skill is a stunbreak. The stunbreak is insta cast. Prolly why you take the full energy cost as soon as you cast it instead of when the channel is finished so you cant have a free stun break.

There was a bug discovered early on where pretty much that happened. There was a video showing someone cast-canceling the Jalis elite to repeatedly stun break the wyvern wind gust knockdown during the Verdant Brink beta. I think it was because it didn’t cash in on the energy cost at the start of the cast.

That aside, Revenants have (theoretically) two more legends coming up. There is more room for stun break utilities there. And, assuming Anet sticks to the key decision point being your legend loadout, if you want a stun break you may really just be looking at one or two legends with a stun break and the global traited stun break on legend swap. That global stun break does free you from choosing a legend based on whether or not they have a stun break in their utilities. This, doesn’t sound so unreasonable. I mean, is the alternative to give Revenants a stun break on all of their legends? That might be pushing it.