I’m fairly certain that every now and then, the first few hits from this are not doing any damage. I first noticed it when shooting it in a zerg in WvW. I thought it might have been aegis, or a delay in the skill, or something. After testing it on the mob of pvp dummies, I saw how it is supposed to work: a few small damage hits, then a big one. While testing this on the dummies, there were 2 occasions where the small hits never connected. So, this happened in two areas, and I’m not crazy.
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