Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure how many here actually know but Infiltrator’s Arrow has an AoE Blind component attached to it.

It was probably meant to be used as a gap-closer rather than a gap-creator, hence the name.

Yet I have never seen anyone use Infiltrator’s Arrow for the Blind component.

Is there any practical applications for this?

And if not, would it be impertinent to ask for the Blind component to be dropped in favor of a lower Initiative cost?

honestly the problem with using it as a gap closer is that it costs enough initiative to screw you over compared to other gap closers we have, and that it would require weapon swap to be off CD. the problem with lowering it’s cost by more than maybe one is that with the right utilities and traits you could potentially blink off into the distance at a rate that makes thieves and D/D eles current state look slow.

I prevented a stomp with it before, I think…

When you see an ally attempting to stomp an enemy, and the enemy is going to use his CC (for example, warrior’s hammer toss), you blind them.

Use Infiltrator’s Arrow in the middle of an enemy zerg, switch weapons to have one more sigil (dagger/dagger, usually) —→ daggerstorm with steal life food --→ profit.

I know that you can also use the #2 sword skill and shadowstep but this is another way to do that.

Running away from enemy 1 when suddenly enemy 2 appears in front of you?
Use infiltrator’s arrow on 2, blinding him so his CC won’t hit you, escaping the cruel fate that 1 was hatching for you.

Its kind of niche you can use it to secure a stomp or a actual blind to prevent getting hit. I think its main purpose is gap closer,creator the blind is just something thrown on top. Maybe I little increase in the radius for the blind would make it more useful for that purpose but I think the blind is just a icing on the cake type of thing.

Yes very niche,

The only time I’ve used it is:
1. While escaping through a zerg
2. If you’re escaping, your camera is already in a certain direction, and you see two options at a 45 degree angle, either Infil Arrow away from the folks focusing you, and into another crowd, or next to another ground. In that case, I prefer to escape into the crowd, cause they will likely pursue/focus anyway, and I’d rather they be blind.
3. If you already have the bow out as you close, so you might as well use it to gap close instead of steal.

Also, if an enemy is running away and you are running a power/precision build. Most of your skills on shortbow won’t do much (besides the cripple). Use infiltrator’s arrow to stay near him so he can’t escape your onslaught of arrows

Infiltrator arrow is also useful for infiltrating through the wall in the Cove where the Orichalcum ore is hidden behind… otherwise impossible to reach. Though I think the blind is just a bonus since it’s using ‘shadow’ power~ It’s meant for travel and getting in and out of places and setting you where you need to be imo.

i think this is very useful i use it allot to stomp rangers-guardians where i can’t stealth finish so the AOE knock back misses . very useful little detail

We all know you can Blind those attacks….but how do you use Infiltrator’s Arrow during a stomp?

It doesn’t make sense unless I’m missing something.

Very interesting this stomp stop tactic thanks. I can’t seem to justify the 6 init when it does 0 damage. 5 init would be too little though for this excellent manuverability. A slight tweaking seems necessary. If the aoe blind was increased from 120 to 200 maybe this feeling would go away.

Dee Jay.2460:

We all know you can Blind those attacks….but how do you use Infiltrator’s Arrow during a stomp?

It doesn’t make sense unless I’m missing something.

You use it before stomp on the downed player and activate stomp. So they will be blind when stomp is activated. Its not as reliable as say putting black powder down but it can help if you can’t switch to another weapon set at the time.

I rarely use it to blind people because it puts me in severe danger. At a whopping 6 initiative, you’re cutting off a good majority of your escape, especially since you just shadowstepped on top of the person.

But I have used it to blind to save an ally, just very rarely. I don’t think I have ever used it legitly to blind something that was hitting me… I’d rather just d-shot to evade whatever it was throwing at me that use a blind.

But the blind has the potential to save an ally, so it gets used to help them. Rarely. Very rarely. Normally I will not have 6 spare initiative in a fight.

I do use blinds in my fights though… I carry blinding powder and use shadow refuge with cluster bomb all the time.

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Dee Jay.2460:

We all know you can Blind those attacks….but how do you use Infiltrator’s Arrow during a stomp?

It doesn’t make sense unless I’m missing something.

You use it before stomp on the downed player and activate stomp. So they will be blind when stomp is activated. Its not as reliable as say putting black powder down but it can help if you can’t switch to another weapon set at the time.

Yeah but that would require them to not be throwing rocks at you for some reason….which like never happens.

I mean I can see what you’re saying…but I just don’t see it ever working in practice.