Guild Wars 2

Hello, I have been using the Superior Sigil of Leeching frequently and I have noticed that when the buff effect is on after swapping to the weapon with the Sigil, the effect will go away when doing certain things. The Sigil states the Next Attack will steal some health after swapping to the weapon containing the sigil. This is not true in many instances. Only tested this on a thief but it is quite annoying. 1) Dodging with caltrops or using caltrops will remove the life-steal buff – also the life is not stolen, the damage is not done when an enemy hits the caltrops, the effect just goes away. Tested this. Regular dodging without leaving behind caltrops trait does not effect the buff and works fine. 2) Using infiltrators arrow to move will use the effect, also even if i use infiltrators arrow on an enemy the effect will go away yet the damage is not applied nor is the life stolen. 3) Blinding powder also removes the buff, the trait line that allows you to use blinding powder when taking falling damage also removes the buff. Again, no damage is done to the effected enemy, the buff is just removed. This becomes an issue in WvW especially when I swap weapons and dodge(with caltrops) then attack, or swap weapons then take falling damage(with blinding powder trait) then attack, etc. One could argue that i need to time my weapon swap to avoid this – which i do. The problem lies in the description of what the sigil does is not accurate to how it actually functions in-game. I enjoy using the sigil and would like to continue using it especially after this is fixed. I imagine other on hit sigils such as Doom have the same issue. These were just 3 things I noticed that caused this issue, I imagine other traits, abilities, different class skills, and effects will also result in the buff being diminished. Sorry about all the grammatical errors.. Just a quick comment. Would appreciate some feedback!

reported this a few times myself quite a while ago, simply stopped using the sigil as it was only even questionable if it worked correctly, definately not worth using as is.

It is being consumed by skills that should not consume it. It is a bug.

There are many similar bugs. Probably low priority, which is why they still exist.

My problem is that there will be long periods of time in which it just plain doesn’t do anything. No buff icon, no nothing. I too am a thief, so maybe there’s a connection there. I have one Superior Sigil of Leeching on each weapon set, with the other 2 remaining sigils being Luck and Agony. Could these be interfering?