Guild Wars 2

Is that a bug or was there a change I missed? Applying basilisk venom then using signet removes the venom buff.

Everything removes venom ticks. Including things that cannot apply them.
That is one great hope for thieves to get rework on

So people crying about venom + signet/steal combo are just clueless I suppose.
As clueless as they are when getting backstabed for high damage when they have over 10 stacks of vulnerability and the thief has might stacks.

Thieves either go for venom trait or devourer venom instead of basilisk.
Under almost any conditions untraited basilisk venom can go off randomly even before you land your first valid attack.
I am not a superpro backstabber (only played one for testing purposes) so I cannot tell much on this but theres a lot of uncertainties with signets.
Actually, I’ll go and test this right now
Edit: Results only Signet of Shadows removes single tick of venom on use, even without a target. Other signets do not use up venoms

Actually if you use Basilisk then activate one venom and 2 signets basilisk stays. If you use Basilisk then activate 3 signets, it goes away so I suppose it’s a bug.

Signet of Shadows will always take a tick
Rest do not

Pretty much that, the signet fires a blind at your enemy, wich counts as an attack. use the signet on a neutral mob and see what happens