Guild Wars 2

Oh hey, they finally unerfed the skill and returned what it used to do. But with unblockable, I wonder if they’ll finally revert the pistol whip nerf

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Teef-A-good-time-to-revert-nerfs/first

Idk if the BV was placed in here. But quite frankly alot of past nerfs need to be undone. Seriously.

Eh…Pistol Whip is a tough thing to balance. It’s always on the edge of useless and being an overpowered, cheesy, spam win button.

As for BV, I’m glad to see this change. Hopefully this will make some viable base thief builds…

…but swooping in out of nowhere and nailing an enemy trying to stomp a downed ally with Impact Strike to then rally the downed teammate is such a fulfilling feeling. Even if BV was buffed to the point of being better, I don’t think I could give this skill up, lol.

The Impact strike vs BV choice will come down to what you play against. Just change it depending on the number of potential block you face.

In a meta with lots of necros and druids, I’m not sure BV is better than IS, even as unblockable.

Dahkeus.8243:

Eh…Pistol Whip is a tough thing to balance. It’s always on the edge of useless and being an overpowered, cheesy, spam win button.

Pistol Whip will get buffed in some way, mark my words! There’s little point keeping the skill stats as they are if autoattack gets 30% more DPS.

Although I don’t imply Pistol Whip it’ll get some DPS buff of some kind, more like any kind of buff :p

Nocta.5274:

The Impact strike vs BV choice will come down to what you play against. Just change it depending on the number of potential block you face.

In a meta with lots of necros and druids, I’m not sure BV is better than IS, even as unblockable.

From a pure 1 v 1 perspective, maybe, but in a meta where there’s no quickness stomps, I don’t think there will be any question at high level play. I think BV will be the best choice for lower tiers and for newer players since it will allow you to get the upper hand in fights and is a lot easier to use. However, once you get skilled at using IS, you’ll be able to land insta-spikes more often which are completely game changing.

A druid/necro meta will push this even farther. Necros in particular are very vulnerable to CC and nailing that burst + CC with IS at the right time will completely down them before they can even shroud.