Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

Question about this sigil. When using earthshaker, does it apply the damage boost? I was wondering about this because when using Unsuspecting Foe it does apply the 50% increase in crit chance before shaker hits.. I guess shaker stuns and then damages, so this should apply for the Sigil of Impact, right?

Ended up testing myself. The sigil applies the damage boost just like unsuspecting foe. Loving it!

Thanks for all answers.

I’m unsure, so I’ve gone with Sigil of Force instead, just in case. But yeah, this would be nice to know.

Hah good to know I’m not the only one! This should be easy to test out, but I’m not able to play right now. Just doing some theorycrafting.

Cygnus.6903:

Hi all,

Question about this sigil. When using earthshaker, does it apply the damage boost? I was wondering about this because when using Unsuspecting Foe it does apply the 50% increase in crit chance before shaker hits.. I guess shaker stuns and then damages, so this should apply for the Sigil of Impact, right?

I would guess so, for the exact same reason you gave. A definite answer can just be given by ANet. The server will apply stun and damage in the same frame, but in which ordering cannot be seen directly by us users. But as you suspect, Unsuspecting Foe grants the 50% bonus to the damage part of Earthshaker. So the stun should occure before the damage.
Then it would also be affected by Sigil of Impact and Merciless Hammer.

I will test it at home, should not be difficult. Just do it with and without the sigil. Was just a bit eager to find out, and there is a lot of knowledge on the forum here.