Guild Wars 2

I play a mainly P/D condition/healing/stealth/tanky/outlast build in WvW and I love solo roaming and picking off people at the edge of zergs or getting into 1v2+. However I was getting extremely frustrated trying to finish anyone with multiple enemies around who actually rez downed teammates. I could down people all day but with one or two people getting them back up and every class having a stomp interrupt it was just terrible.

I decided to give up one of my utility abilities for Haste solely for killing downed people in groups. I will never be able to go back. I had never used Haste outside of a Pistol Whip build but it actually has decent utility.

The most obvious is what I mentioned, surprising the crap out of a downed person with a double speed curb stomp. Half the time their buddies just sit there in disbelief as you start to shoot them in the face.

It’s also an amazing battle rez for any allies around you. If they are not fully dead, you bring them from almost dead to full in a split second.

For my P/D build I can use it after a stealth opener to stack more bleeds. I can get about 13 on from range using that combo which is pretty devastating if you need some extra burst in 1v1.

It’s also a stun break and makes Dagger Storm pretty ridiculous.

Anyway, I’m sure many of you already knew these things, but it took me using it out of Pistol whip build to really realize it’s full utility. That’s one of my favorite things about this game. Every skill can be used in multiple ways.

More than likely they just stand there in disbelief because they guy they were rezzing just died for no apparent reason because the game hasn’t told their client your thief even exists yet.

I don’t doubt that this is a good use of Haste, but don’t get too excited. Or rather, enjoy it while it lasts, because once Anet gets a handle on this issue, many thieves are going to be in for a shock as to how different the playstyle is when people no longer suffer from randomly not seeing thieves come out of stealth.

From what I understand that is a culling issue which is from sheer numbers around your area. When roaming around I’m usually on the opposite side of the map from the commander and there aren’t that many nearby. I’m sure it happens around the zerg though.

I knew that and have been doing it for quite some time also if you have Shadow refuge you can do it in stealth if your Haste is on CD, last night i stomped 3 downed players one after the other in shadow refuge. This happened wile caping a supply camp.

SR is also good for resing friends wile both are in stealth or saving a friend from a stomp by stealthing them.