Guild Wars 2

Sometimes Meteor Shower doesn’t hit anything. For example I just casted it right above a WvW guard and it didn’t do any damage.

Did any of the meteors fall on/near the guard? MS isn’t worth using against a single target …

Unlike most AoEs, it doesn’t tick damage to the whole area each second or so. The area highlighted by the casting is the area where individual meteors will fall. Each meteor has it’s own small damage radius.

Also note that canceling the cast mid-way will reduce the amount of meteors that fall.

It’s rare that an enemy in within the radius for the whole duration will not get hit, but it can happen, especially if they’re moving and/or you cut off the cast mid-way.