Guild Wars 2

So basically, with the new Revenant skills and Unyielding Anguish mostly, is Shadow refuge now useless as it can be hard countered easily??

Since when was it not hard countered by a decent player? Almost every profession in the game has an EASY way to get us out of refuge, from Terror to plain bullkitten knockbacks.

Shadow Refuge is easily one of the top 10 utility skills in the game

You can evade inside a shadow refuge – pro tip

Lost Elegy.9276:

Since when was it not hard countered by a decent player? Almost every profession in the game has an EASY way to get us out of refuge, from Terror to plain bullkitten knockbacks.

This. all weapon skills that push and all utilities that cause fear can negate SR, especially if the thief hasn’t traited to cause blindness upon stealth.

Are you kidding? That skill works great! Just stealth on an object (provided dagger offhand) or use whatever means you can to stealth, then drop shadow refuge and run in the opposite direction. Then the enemy stands there wondering why their knock backs and fears aren’t working xD

Narkodx.1472:

Shadow Refuge is easily one of the top 10 utility skills in the game

You can evade inside a shadow refuge – pro tip

Doesn’t the skill pulses….?

MightyMicah.7451:

Are you kidding? That skill works great! Just stealth on an object (provided dagger offhand) or use whatever means you can to stealth, then drop shadow refuge and run in the opposite direction. Then the enemy stands there wondering why their knock backs and fears aren’t working xD

lol. That’s exactly what it is for. I used it the same way all the time.

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I wouldn’t say so.

Dodge inside of SR. Out of endurance? Switch to SB, and press #3 at the edge of the refuge (untarget enemy) for more evades (require some timing DOH as the evade frame is pretty low).

mompen.7952:

I wouldn’t say so.

Dodge inside of SR. Out of endurance? Switch to SB, and press #3 at the edge of the refuge (untarget enemy) for more evades (require some timing DOH as the evade frame is pretty low).

That is absurd. if you drop a refuge and just happen to, in a fight, have full endurace, you have 2 dodges base. Not everyone runs shortbow. Ok, so revenant drops field, you dodge twice, because you have to maintain 100% uptime otherwise BAM, you are out. Even if you manage to successfully dodge twice, the field pulses 4 times [4 seconds], which is a far longer time. Also, using shortbow 3 would most likely reveal you and or throw you out of refuge anyways.

Yes, your argument is flawed

BFMV.3198:

That is absurd. if you drop a refuge and just happen to, in a fight, have full endurace, you have 2 dodges base. Not everyone runs shortbow. Ok, so revenant drops field, you dodge twice, because you have to maintain 100% uptime otherwise BAM, you are out. Even if you manage to successfully dodge twice, the field pulses 4 times [4 seconds], which is a far longer time. Also, using shortbow 3 would most likely reveal you and or throw you out of refuge anyways.

Yes, your argument is flawed

If you drop a refuge where your opponent can immediately drop an AoE on it, you’re already screwed, regardless of what class your opponent is playing. Place your refuge well, and it shouldn’t really be a problem.

For more evade: Withdraw > wpn swap cancel works as well

BFMV.3198:

So basically, with the new Revenant skills and Unyielding Anguish mostly, is Shadow refuge now useless as it can be hard countered easily??

lol. if you think one skill makes shadow refuge obsolete, I don’t even know how to respond.