Guild Wars 2

Sorry if this sounds like a silly question.

When it states you gain bonus damage if your revealed does that mean any time I’m not stealthed? Or is there an actual condition called revealed? Just wasn’t sure. Wanted to know so I can just do 25/30/0/0/15 or just do the 30 in DA

Sylent.3165:

Or is there an actual condition called revealed?

Yes! That one.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Revealed

Ok so sounds pointless in pve thanks. Know what to trait now

Sylent.3165:

Ok so sounds pointless in pve thanks. Know what to trait now

Not quite. In the dungeon, using D/D during a boss fight will give you a lot of DPS. With the rotation of CnD→Backstab, your auto-attack while revealed will actually deal a lot more damage.

With the new Trapper Runes, you can now used S/P and capitalized on Revealed Training when using Pistol Whip.

Sylent.3165:

Ok so sounds pointless in pve thanks. Know what to trait now

Good choice, the +3 initiative will do more for you than 200 revealed power. Especially since the GM minor crit trait gives 10% damage when over 6 ini.

Cam Ron.4170:

Sylent.3165:

Ok so sounds pointless in pve thanks. Know what to trait now

Good choice, the +3 initiative will do more for you than 200 revealed power. Especially since the GM minor crit trait gives 10% damage when over 6 ini.

Not with daggers in boss fights. D/D have no use of the extra initiative, so the increased auto attack damage will actually add up quite much.

All the theorycrafting points to Revealed Training being a major contributor to absolute top-tier DPS while using daggers, so it is not pointless – in fact, it’s mandatory in order to optimise.

Is 200 (250) extra power really that much better than 10% extra dmg considering any decent dungeon party stacks might?

the rotation of D/D allows for the 10% damage increase, so you still gain the bonus damage and the revealed training power increase.

Also worth noting that in conjunction with Mug, you can CnD>Start backstab attack>Immediately steal, triggering mug and breaking stealth, using a backstab that is also boosted by revealed training IIRC.

Necrotize.2974:

Also worth noting that in conjunction with Mug, you can CnD>Start backstab attack>Immediately steal, triggering mug and breaking stealth, using a backstab that is also boosted by revealed training IIRC.

Mug breaking stealth is a bug so I wouldn’t count on that.

Scratch that, I was thinking about Hidden Thief and Mug.