Guild Wars 2

Usualy when i fight with mace and use this skill the Counter Blow wont hit the enemy that tried to hit me.

I believe this skill would be better if (one of the under options):

a) When you block one attack you inflict criple for 5 sec.
b) when you block one atack you knock down (1sec) or kick back your oponent. (usefull when two players engage you and you need to focus on one of them or to help you escape).
c) When you block one attack you have the option (a window of 2 – 3 sec) to pull your foe to you. (only usefull if you are attacked and not to chase someone).

There are classes that can punish much more on block (inflict daze/stun) and its not a single defense so i would not see this changes OP.

Honestly, I’m fine with the skill as is. When paired with the trait Missile Reflect it’s great for punishing ranged fighters like Rangers and Engis. As for the attack itself it’s the nature of all counter skills to be dodge-able after the block is triggered. When it does hit it can deal a good amount of damage for a skill on a 8-10 second CD.

Mace is a strong weapon currently and any sort of buff to it would cause Hunter and Excalibur to cry even more…so on second thought let’s buff it.

BurrTheKing.8571:

Honestly, I’m fine with the skill as is. When paired with the trait Missile Reflect it’s great for punishing ranged fighters like Rangers and Engis. As for the attack itself it’s the nature of all counter skills to be dodge-able after the block is triggered. When it does hit it can deal a good amount of damage for a skill on a 8-10 second CD.

Mace is a strong weapon currently and any sort of buff to it would cause Hunter and Excalibur to cry even more…so on second thought let’s buff it.

Guardian’s Protector’s Strike almost never misses.

silentnight warrior.2714:

a) When you block one attack you inflict criple for 5 sec.
b) when you block one atack you knock down (1sec) or kick back your oponent. (usefull when two players engage you and you need to focus on one of them or to help you escape).
c) When you block one attack you have the option (a window of 2 – 3 sec) to pull your foe to you. (only usefull if you are attacked and not to chase someone).

a) Sure, why not?
b) Way too OP. Mace already has a stun and a daze. Throw in Shield and you have 2 blocks, 2 stuns and a daze. You don’t need to add any more CC to it.
c) Honestly, I think that this could cause issues. Counterblow already has a very low CD, so giving it a pull, considering the length of the stuns we have, would be crazy. I mean, a pull on a 8/10s cooldown, added with a 3s stun on a 8-10s cooldown, that’s some serious lockdown ability.

YuiRS.8129:

BurrTheKing.8571:

Honestly, I’m fine with the skill as is. When paired with the trait Missile Reflect it’s great for punishing ranged fighters like Rangers and Engis. As for the attack itself it’s the nature of all counter skills to be dodge-able after the block is triggered. When it does hit it can deal a good amount of damage for a skill on a 8-10 second CD.

Mace is a strong weapon currently and any sort of buff to it would cause Hunter and Excalibur to cry even more…so on second thought let’s buff it.

Guardian’s Protector’s Strike almost never misses.

Really? I tend to strike it then immediately dodge and it tends to miss. It’s even easier than Counterblow to see considering the skill animation involved. I think the worth thing about Counterblow is that it is a tad slow to strike after being triggered so I wouldn’t complained if it was sped up a bit.

I agree counter blow, riposte from sword, and also ranger counterattack is easy to see coming.

Well i´m also more interested in the first option (the criple) because we lack ways to stay away from foes if we use mace, and that will promote more skill when people fight against warriors and also would help much more when you are being chassed and you are in disadvantage.
This would only triger in melee range, the skill would remain the same while ranged.

I think its should work the same way riposte works right now, and affects up to 3 targets.
A 7sec cripple along with weakness will be nice too.

Just my 2 coppers