Guild Wars 2

I think sword’s normal attack’s 3rd skill Hamstring is weaker than other weapon’s 3rd skill. Cripple is just 1 sec from Hamstring thus very sure it is just weak as compared to other weapon’s 3rd skill. It looks like it’s just better not to use and stop at 2nd normal skill. Usually 3rd normal attack skill of every weapon deals more damage than 1st&2nd normal attack skill but only sword doesn’t.

Ehm… yawuuut

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I think sword’s normal attack’s 3rd skill Hamstring is weaker than other weapon’s 3rd skill. Cripple is just 1 sec from Hamstring thus very sure it is just weak as compared to other weapon’s 3rd skill. It looks like it’s just better not to use and stop at 2nd normal skill. Usually 3rd normal attack skill of every weapon deals more damage than 1st&2nd normal attack skill but only sword doesn’t.

The thing with Sword is that it’s a weapon set designed on people not being able to run away from you. It’s got the best leap skill, two cripples and the burst skill is an immobilize.

Hamstring also has some excellent synergy with stuff like Leg Specialist and Opportunist.

Also, the length of the sword autoattack chain is something like 1.25 seconds, so if you can stick to your enemy, you can potentially perma-cripple them.