Guild Wars 2

break bas venom? It’s a stun break that clears a condition but doesn’t let you break the venom. The utility skill shadowstep lets you break it and clear it on both the initial cant and return. Just doesn’t make sense.

It only clears 1 condition. If you have more than 1 on you (most likely you do), It’s random as to which it clears.

I know this, doesn’t change the fact that you CAN"T return if you have bas venom on you. Can’t return even if you have 0 conditions on you (bas venom isn’t considered a condition). You have to blow some different stun breaker or just wait out the stun. Both are terrible options imo if you have already a shadow return there and ready to go

You can return with this skill, while being affected by basilisk venom. I did it multiple times.

This could be a case of the missing shadow return...

I’ve documented, albeit awkwardly, that shadow return marker is not placed if IS does not complete. If you are stunned as you cast IS, it will put a marker but not set return, so you move (the stun will still occur) and you cannot break it. Happens all the time when I fight Ele’s.

If not that, like the previous gentleman said, it absolutely breaks BV...

wierd… tried it 10+ times yesterday while just deuling a buddy and never once did it let me return… My other thief bud had the same problem when he used sword in pvp. Maybe we just hit a bug, idk, but it often times it didn’t work like that Am jealous.

Never had that issue and I’ve got over 1k hours with the sword alone lol

randomfightfan.4091:

I know this, doesn’t change the fact that you CAN"T return if you have bas venom on you. Can’t return even if you have 0 conditions on you (bas venom isn’t considered a condition). You have to blow some different stun breaker or just wait out the stun. Both are terrible options imo if you have already a shadow return there and ready to go

This is false, you always can shadow return unless there is a pathing malfunction.
Even then it’ll stunbreak you just wont warp.

If sword 2 gets interrupted, you can not shadow return back, shadow return itself is instant and will always work( unless it bugs out) but if the initial strike does not complete the animation, then it does not turn into shadow return.