Guild Wars 2

Hey all. I’m pancakes. I play daredevil in JQ. Was in our BL responding to BG hitting our Garri yesterday. Got downed by a backstab while I was at full health (mauraders). Got away by porting/self res but had to check out the combat log. 19.5k. Cudos to you man whoever you are. Haven’t seen that kind of number in a while. Had to be a zerker signet build with 25 might or something. Just wanted to say I was impressed

Anyone else see higher recently?

Ever backstabbed a critter? ^^

Asrat.2645:

Ever backstabbed a critter? ^^

Touché my friend. Touché.

2k on Scrappers. Much proud, very ;_;

900 on Ele and 1.1k on Necro. Both were crit. It was glorious!!!

I suppose some months ago may not be recent, but I got a 17,888 Backstab on a fellow Thief in PvP using a signet/trapper blend to ambush. Poor guy never saw it coming. Sadly, that seems to be the only way it works… and only if targets don’t have passive immunities to Immobilize or Stun. But when it does work, it is quite fun! ;-)

18k backstab in PvP? wow I am impress

and rofl @ the 1k backstabs

I was hitting 8-10k backstage the other day in pvp on dragon hunters which I felt was a bit weird but I’m running essentially a glass cannon build

I did a 18k backstab on a necro a few weeks ago in sPvP using a full signet build with might on signets etc. Full damage kitten build.

18k was just the backstab though, add mug + air + fire and its more like 22k damage. He went from 100% to 0% in just a single hit lol

babayum.1895:

I did a 18k backstab on a necro a few weeks ago in sPvP using a full signet build with might on signets etc. Full damage kitten build.

18k was just the backstab though, add mug + air + fire and its more like 22k damage. He went from 100% to 0% in just a single hit lol

Very nice! If I may ask, what tactics are you using?

With my signet/trapper build, I pretty much have to get to an empty point, lay a Shadow Trap, then either leave before someone comes… or just look like I’m running away for my life when they see me :-P

If they do trigger my trap, I activate Assassin’s Signet, Shadow Pursuit, then Trip Wire on top of them, and finally follow with the BackStab. Way too much setup, so it’s not so reliable :-P

Kageseigi.2150:

babayum.1895:

I did a 18k backstab on a necro a few weeks ago in sPvP using a full signet build with might on signets etc. Full damage kitten build.

18k was just the backstab though, add mug + air + fire and its more like 22k damage. He went from 100% to 0% in just a single hit lol

Very nice! If I may ask, what tactics are you using?

With my signet/trapper build, I pretty much have to get to an empty point, lay a Shadow Trap, then either leave before someone comes… or just look like I’m running away for my life when they see me :-P

If they do trigger my trap, I activate Assassin’s Signet, Shadow Pursuit, then Trip Wire on top of them, and finally follow with the BackStab. Way too much setup, so it’s not so reliable :-P

just stay in stealth and look for a squishy target then just stealstab them out of stealth once you activated all your signets for the might

Thanks. Now, if only squishy targets had a sign on their backs that said, “Stab Me” :-P

The players I stab tend to be heavies… and it just makes them angry :-P
But, hey, I can always count on Thieves to be squishy! ;-D

Kageseigi.2150:

Thanks. Now, if only squishy targets had a sign on their backs that said, “Stab Me” :-P

The players I stab tend to be heavies… and it just makes them angry :-P
But, hey, I can always count on Thieves to be squishy! ;-D

well the 18k backstab was the highest i did and i was really surprised myself to hit that hard lol… no clue what that necro was running but it was in amber i believe, so probably not a very good build. 10-12k backstabs is way more common.

The build is terrible though, it’s pretty much all it can do. Pop everything for one big burst is pretty much all it can do.

Recent record in WvW is hovering around 24k (running signets). Poor ele.

Signets offers huge damage potential, but the recent implementation of tons of passive invuln/CC-reflection/deflection/defense effects have made what was an already-pretty-bad build even worse. Trapper can do more, but for WvW at least, I’m not fond of the trapper style.

That was me who did that, but the damage wasn’t actually from the Backstab I did; it was from my poison tick from the Dagger Training trait after recent Teef condi fixes.