Guild Wars 2

Sorry to make another post (Just did the PSA on the hidden killer trait) but I also just noticed that Basilisk Venom no longer works are targets with Stability.

I personally kinda feel that since it’s an elite skill, it should pierce through this. That’s just my opinion though.

What do you guys think?

Does it still work on any creature with Defiant stacks? If it doesn’t…I’m done.

We’ll just have to admit we lost one Elite skill today then.

Hmm, excellent question on the defiant… I feel like I need to go test this ASAP.

Please do, that would be a great help as I can’t play for a few days.

Just tested it on the champion risen giant in straits of desolation, has the unshakeable buff, basilisk venom lands, changes the colour, icon pops up, giant continues to fight and move, so yeah seems no longer works on them

Yaay for total removal of an elite ><

Not so sure about that, Risen Giants have always been completely and utterly immune to CC and BV as far as I’m aware. Try a dungeon champion like the Wolf or Alpha in CoE or something instead, just not a Giant. There’s a Risen Drake Broodmother in Cursed Shore around the north side somewhere, I think.

Try BV on a Risen Abomination. It used to work on them and be useful as a way to reset their Frenzy stacks.

will go hit up as many champions as I can find, and see if I can get to a legendary to see that as well.

Tried it on a Champion Centaur in Gendarren Fields, Made sure he had 3 stacks of Defiant and then applied. It pierced defiant, and did in-fact CC the centaur.

I still don’t understand how, thematically, being “stable” and “grounded”, prevents your body from turning to STONE… :P

But maybe that’s just me haha.

Well that’s something at least…

Welcome to the world of Elementalist…

Ok so:

Champion troll in caledon forest swamp with 3 stacks of defiant, basilisk works

Champion rotting ancient oakheart in queens dale with no stacks of defiant but just unshakable on no effect, still immune to other CC and no defiant stacks generated.

Legendary Statue of Dwyna in malchors leap, with unshakeable only and no stacks of defiant no effect, with stacks of defiant basilisk works, with no stacks of defiant AFTER having recieved stacks of defiant and lost them basilisk venom works.

So yeah appears rather random, im sure it will still work as it did before as I never actually tested these before.

Seems as long as they get stacks of defiant (that are designed to block that many CCs) basilisk works ><

They basically removed basilisk venom from the game. Lol.

Swim.6830:

Welcome to the world of Elementalist…

you mean we thieves can now tank 3 ppl at the same time and kill them one my one wile healing ourselves to full health countless times? Can we move as fast as an ele from one corner of the map to another? are you saying that thieves now have perma swiftness?

sweet! that’s awesome i cant wait to reinstall the game!

Swim.6830:

Welcome to the world of Elementalist…

Will be joining them soon! Anet’s current goal: destroy the thief profession bit by bit

Volrath.1473:

Swim.6830:

Welcome to the world of Elementalist…

you mean we thieves can now tank 3 ppl at the same time and kill them one my one wile healing ourselves to full health countless times? Can we move as fast as an ele from one corner of the map to another? are you saying that thieves now have perma swiftness?

sweet! that’s awesome i cant wait to reinstall the game!

I think he meant that we’ll all be rolling a d/d ele at the rate anet is destroying the thief class

So our ELITE skill turned into 1,5s STUN, which can be nullified by dodge (strange thing to lose venom when u don’t hit the target), block (ok) and stability.
The skill is destroyed.

So if I want to hit a target with BV who has stability I have to use Flanking Strike.

• noted

Scandalous.8624:

So our ELITE skill turned into 1,5s STUN, which can be nullified by dodge (strange thing to lose venom when u don’t hit the target), block (ok) and stability.
The skill is destroyed.

Well, I’m not one for complaining much about balance on official forums, I actually rather enjoy the period of adaptation as it tests your creativity as a player.

In this situation however, I feel that for an ELITE skill, basilisk venom being wasted on targets with stability and through dodges seems vastly underwhelming. I’m not even sure if the immunity to targets with stability was intended, but that’s where we’re at currently.

I feel like at this point you mine as well take devourer venom and take either thieves guild or daggerstorm — at least devourer will still CC through stability.

This is all just my opinion though, and we all know how much that matters on the internet :P.

stof.9341:

We’ll just have to admit we lost one Elite skill today then.

Also our only under water elite skill…

Bah, we have no skills underwater already. So I just put up all signets and autoattack with harpoon gun. The elite wasn’t even in the equation at this point for any fight I can think of.