Guild Wars 2

How is torment working for you guys. i have personally only found it usefull rarely in wvw and quite well in dueling. other than that im still iffy on it. i found a few good combos to get it up to 9 stacks sometimes 11 if situation is right but doesnt happen all the time. i actually dropped a guy in wvw with this combo although i used steal to stun (2 secs) his heal so thats prolly why he had no chance…and dodge rolls didnt help eeither…atleast not in that particular time.

would love to hear how u guys are using it but heres on example how iw as in a duel:

What happens when they cleanse your perfect storm of Torment applications (possibly along with other conditions)? Then you’re out of a stun breaker and a venom and Stealth, all while being Revealed (possibly) and out of range for a CnD if you aren’t.

:D

I once dreamed that caltrops became a torment combo field. Then I woke up. :C

I have no “great stories” to offer but I use it and feel it really helps those bleeds tick alot harder, especially with +25 stacks of corruption

I’d like to see a video of you actually doing that in a fight against someone that’s not a golem.

yeah getting the base thakittens still not making a huge difference in any builds. i only use this combo in duels against guards/rangers/warriors bc they have to hoof it a lil more than the rest of the classes so its not a setup for all or roaming. more of a dueling specialty.

i was only able to pull off this successfully once against a warrior without having 1 miss. so its not exactly common to say the least. and without a combo like this i dont find torment to be any huge contribution to this build.

i find that the normal way to incorporate it is to just use it as a gap creator when you have too much melee pressure.

basically this : CND —→ Sneak Attack --→ Shadow Strike —→ Steal
--→Shadow strike —→Blinding Powder --→Sneak attack

this applies:
10 bleed stacks
4 Torment stacks
1 Stun 2 secs
1 poison stack
3 Vulnerability stacks
2 Blind Stacks

this is a more common combo that actually happens way more often and it wont have torment/bleeds come off first unless of course timing might mess you up. sometimes i stack on a cripple/blind to protect it.

The amazing story is I pushed #3. I don’t know if my thief has done that since level 20. I pushed it, I liked it, and would go on to push it a few more times.

I think the reaction to Shadow Strike, on both sides, is a little overblown. It was pretty bad. Little to no damage and a glitchy backdash. Now, it has a condition, and we use those. I’ll sometimes use it in place of a back dodge. If I’m lucky in pvp, someone will mistake it for a CnD and blow a dodge on it. Rarely, I’ll Steal in and SS out, if I think they’ll blow a stun break on my Steal’s daze. I use it some in pve. Going in and out of melee can really wreck havoc on the AI, and sometimes lock them down better than any stun.

Basically, it’s just another tool in the toolbox, and I’m happy there are no dead squares on my bar now.