Guild Wars 2

There was a particular Thief in one of the servers today playing sPvP. Every time I went to cap an “empty” node, he would Backstab me after about 10 seconds of nobody in sight. Then he would kill me off and use Hide in Shadows and be permanently stealthed again until the next time.

Now… Keep in mind, I know what I’m talking about. I main a Thief. The thought occurred to me that maybe he was using the stealth trap. But that wasn’t the case, as he was using Haste with two Signets. And even still, that doesn’t explain him just using Hide in Shadows and permanently disappearing until however late a new target would show up. I stayed dead to watch the node, and it was the same thing for other people. He kills me, Hides in Shadows, and there’s nobody there for a good 30 seconds. Then a teammate comes to cap, and boom. Backstab, etc, rinse & repeat.

It was effectively a WoW rogue’s stealth :/ And no, I am not mistaken it for Shadow Refuge or something like that. We’re talking a good 30 seconds here. Plus, Shadow Refuge is pretty obvious, a big freakin’ house is dropped on the ground.

Probably Ambush Trap related. At least the part where you start capping, and bam, he backstabs you.

You sure the haste wasn’t a trait or dagger sigil on crit? As stof said, it could probably be Ambush Trap.

How do you know he was using haste? There are many ways to get quickness as a thief. He could have had shadow refuge. He could have also been using dagger/pistol and put down a smoke field and heartseekered through it 3 times. He could have done this indefinitely until you got there.

Payneful.7934:

How do you know he was using haste? There are many ways to get quickness as a thief. He could have had shadow refuge. He could have also been using dagger/pistol and put down a smoke field and heartseekered through it 3 times. He could have done this indefinitely until you got there.

To quote Payneful, you can tell if he had haste if he had two of those boot markings and one was a yellowish back and the other was a redish back.

zerotenshigg.3756:

Payneful.7934:

How do you know he was using haste? There are many ways to get quickness as a thief. He could have had shadow refuge. He could have also been using dagger/pistol and put down a smoke field and heartseekered through it 3 times. He could have done this indefinitely until you got there.

To quote Payneful, you can tell if he had haste if he had two of those boot markings and one was a yellowish back and the other was a redish back.

Yes, i was just wondering if he looked at his buff bar or if he just saw the guy’s character moving fast.

stof.9341:

Probably Ambush Trap related. At least the part where you start capping, and bam, he backstabs you.

^ this.. i do it all the time… not perma stealth he just hiding until the trap is set off, very effective and good use of it.

Actually, it’s not Ambush Trap I was talking about. It’s Shadow Trap. My mistake XD

The thief puts the trap on the point, then once you trigger it you get flagged by the thief and he got some time he can use a followup skill that will teleport him in stealth (5s) near you. It also works from 2800 range away.