Guild Wars 2

Is loading up CnD before you steal still porting you to target and stealthing ready for BS?

If so, whats the timing between CnD and Steal as I just cant get it to stealth me?

cheers

noob thief

You hit cnd and then less than a second later hit stealth. You have to pay attention to which way you are running and which way your target is facing before you steal.

Sometimes you need to stop moving, others you need to keep moving.

You hit stealth or steel?

also would it work on the dummies in Lions Arch?

Start the C&D and then hit steal while the cast/channel bar is filling. Steal will shadowstep you to the target and then C&D finishes casting and swings the dagger.

If you wait too long, you whiff on air, lose 6 initiative, and then shadowstep to the target who will most likely be amused. Or angry. Possibly both.

thanks guys, got it now. The problem was it wont work on dummies at LA but does on mobs.

Cheers

Try it in WvW. You find both dummies and mobs, often in the same place and target. (grin)

When you do the Steal > CnD combo, it’s easy for the game to screw up and not actually display the stealth effect on your character, but you’ll still be invisible to others.
It normally happens when you shadowstep inside stealth, but simply shadowstepping very close to the time you enter stealth seems to do it as well.

Yeah CnD have a 1/2 second window for you to activate Steal.