Guild Wars 2

The first skill is a three skill combo which is, Slash, Kick, Pounce. The issue with this skill is that it’s your auto attack constant damage attack, but while attacking your character is unable to do anything else. You cannot move, dodge, or jump. When attacking a monster I’ll try and dodge backwards and nothing happens I have to repeated tap my dodge button over and over until finally my character breaks free. This alone has gotten me 80% of my deaths. I am completely unable to dodge in any way while attacking. I find my self double tapping escape to untarget and stop attacking to be able to dodge faster than just tapping the dodge button and waiting for it to click.

The second skill is a two part attack Hornet Sting and Monarch’s Leap. You stab your foe than leap backwards a good distance, counts as an evade. The issue comes when you use Monarch’s Leap to jump back into the fight. I find on a flat surface with me simply jumping back using Hornet Sting and jumping forward using Monarch’s Leap, there is over a 75% miss rate. That is with me and the mob being on a flat surface with the mob not moving at all. Add in and type of elevation change and the miss rate is near 100%. The skill in it’s current form is more or less useless. I don’t bother using Monarch’s Leap at all and simply use the skill as a dodge as it reacts faster than the real dodge move. Than switching to my Longbow.

The third skill for the sword is Serpent’s Strike. You dodge roll around the target and strike them while poisoning them. The same issue as the last skill, the miss rate is near 75%. I can be directly next to the mob, backed up a little, or at maximum melee distance, either way I am constantly finding myself using the skill and the skill placing me so far back and away that the strike misses. And again if you add in any type of elevation change the miss rate is near 100%. In its current form it is best used as just a dodge as it reacts fast than the real dodge move while attacking with a sword.

I love my ranger and I love playing with Sword/Axe, but I am constantly finding myself frustrated at the moves given to me and their inability to act correctly resulting in my characters death or simple frustration at the fact they don’t work and make using a sword near pointless.

I also experienced this. the chain skill 1 completelly disables the dodge mechanic unless manually canceled. this makes the sword unusable imo, since i am not able to avoid damage.