Guild Wars 2

As long as you have “mug” trait and BV already being cast, does it mean that “steal” will become unblockable ability going through, say, crystal hibernation from rev, or engi hammer #4 block, or guard’s shelter?

I guess it depends on when BV will proc. If it will proc before Mug, then it’ll disrupt Aegis/CH/etc. stunning the target, thus allowing the damage from Mug.

And I think it’ll work this way (BV procs before Mug), if not it wouldn’t make much sense.

It says: “Basilisk Venom – Your attacks are unblockable in addition to turn foes to stone. This works with Venomous Aura so all your ally attacks will be unblockable”

It means, when you don’t have mug and sleight of hand traited, still will be blockable, because it doesn’t count as “attack”
When you pick mug and/or sleight of hand it becomes unblockable.

I see the issue here.
Anyway, Steal becoming unblockable ability always was my wet dream. It requires elite now, so may be i’m not that happy, but still.

dDuff.3860:

As long as you have “mug” trait and BV already being cast, does it mean that “steal” will become unblockable ability going through, say, crystal hibernation from rev, or engi hammer #4 block, or guard’s shelter?

I don’t see why it wouldn’t. If you have Bountiful Theft, the boon steal applies before the Mug hits, so you you can still damage a target with aegis.

And while this sounds great in theory, I doubt you’ll see this happen a lot. BV still has a 1s cast time, so you’ll have to predict when the enemy is about to do this or just get really lucky. Crystal Hibernation is the one exception, but you’ll only catch the tail end if you cast BV as soon as you see this happen.