Guild Wars 2

I was in a random sPvP match and I stole whirlwind from the warrior, then used it on the cluster of people trying to cap the node. Next I rolled for initiative (trinket) out of the fear and finish them off with my shortbow as my team shows up to assist. Since enemys can’t attack you while you’re casting whirlwind, you can stand in the middle of the fray even as a squishy.

I guess the lesson to be learnt here is, do not cluster the node.

Funny thing is that warrior could have done the same thing to you, twice as often if he bothered to bring an offhand axe instead of just running with the greatsword

im not even gonna comment this topic, its a skill you “stole” steal itself doesnt do 28K++++ dmg ^^

If you think about it real hard, steal does even more damage.

Well, here is the jiggidity… Steal can give you 3 initiative. Thats half of a cloak and dagger and a full back stab cause back stab is free.

So half of a cloak and dagger could be 3k and a full backstab could be 8k, well thats like steal doing another 11k.

Therefore, I would like to add this 11k to the damage done by the stolen item making steal do 39K damage.

Now, if they are in WvW and someone is level 1, imagine how much mroe this could be. I mean, it could be like 50k. This would one-shot any grey mob in the game, including rabbits.

Warrior #1 steal, mass damage with evade.. OP.

Yep you just gotta make sure you don’t try to steal from them while they are blocking, cuz you won’t be able to get the whirlwind

Yea i didn’t really think about it when i titled it. It’s not the initial damage of the steal that did 28.4k, it was just the numbers added up that the whirlwind I stole did. I didn’t want to put thief whirlwind for 28.4k though, since I wouldn’t have whirlwind unless I had stole it from a warrior haha. I don’t think I even accounted for the initial damage of the steal, which would probably add about 2 or 3k damage to that number

28.3k from like 5 players isn’t worthy of a thread. Any AOE class does that without requiring they use an ability on a warrior first.

you didn’t even mention the Elementalist on your team who was nuking EVEN HARDER than you were. seriously, you were the support damage in this situation it was that Ele who killed the whole team.

Krathalos.3461:

28.3k from like 5 players isn’t worthy of a thread. Any AOE class does that without requiring they use an ability on a warrior first.

How bout you post some of your pvp footage of you running into 5v1’s then coming out alive then? :P the 28k is just from what i stole, then I did tons more damage to them with my shortbow

The most you hit for was about 4k, I don’t know why you made such a misleading title. You used steal then followed up with the whirlwind attack, you didn’t just hit steal and do 28k to any one person, even then they all stood there and took it not one dodge roll.

This should be titled “look how bad these players were”.

I always find amusing that the thief stolen version of the warrior whirling is actually better than the original skill.

Rukia.4802:

Warrior #1 steal, mass damage with evade.. OP.

Not really, depends on the situation. Sometimes Engineer gunk and Necromancer AoE fear are a lot better. Guardian lock out is also very nice if you want to finish 1 opponent.

They need to improve Thief, Ranger and Elementalist stolen abilities. The Thief stealth should be longer and give swiftness. The Ranger stolen ability should heal more and remove conditions. Elementalist stolen ability should be some magnetic field that gives us protection, reflection and retaliation for 6 sec.

atreyu.9624:

I always find amusing that the thief stolen version of the warrior whirling is actually better than the original skill.

Compare the cooldown between the two, it is only logical that the thief version is better.

The title isn’t misleading at all. If you’ve ever played a thief, it’s very clear that steal only crits for about 6k tops in perfect conditions, even with assassins signet. You can’t expect a group of 5 people to immediately dodge out of the way when 1 thief shadow steps into the middle of them and starts using whirlwind. I did in fact hit 28k with the whirlwind that I obtained through stealing, so I disagree that it is misleading.

Try slotting SR, Haste and Dagger Storm. Steal from a warrior in the middle of a zerg, SR^Haste^DS^Whirl wheeeeeee

Then use Affliction rune set so you explode in poison when you die :P

They removed enemy profession icons last patch so it makes it more difficult to identify warriors. They seem to roll with that gold and red signet looking thing though.

Stiv.1820:

Try slotting SR, Haste and Dagger Storm. Steal from a warrior in the middle of a zerg, SR^Haste^DS^Whirl wheeeeeee

Then use Affliction rune set so you explode in poison when you die :P

They removed enemy profession icons last patch so it makes it more difficult to identify warriors. They seem to roll with that gold and red signet looking thing though.

haha i’ll give that a try in pug. Are you sure it wasn’t just bugged? It should still show their profession when you target them

Misleading title. Nothing special, or out of the ordinary. Just baddies standing and eating an AoE.

Kurow.6973:

Misleading title. Nothing special, or out of the ordinary. Just baddies standing and eating an AoE.

Find me a better video of a thief utilizing steal plz, then come QQ :P

Hid.. Read what other posted kiddo.. You did nothing special in your cute little video..

Hid.. Read what other posted kiddo.. You did nothing special in your cute little video..Sorry to rain on the parade..

This should be titled “look how bad these players were.

Quoted for great justice.

I get so tired of seeing these posts. Some group of idiot players who don’t even know they have a dodge key, much less blocks, counters, evades, or invluns.

News flash! Glass cannon builds are strong against bad players! Read all about it!