So let me explain something so people can discuss more. The reason why I have these things on the list is because not that are op, it is because that they are all game changers with very little to none counter play. I will explain each of them individually that what’s in my opinion.
1. Dagger/Dagger Celestial Elementalist, it is a game changer due to the that if a player plays decent, they can survive and kiting a decent amount of the time in 1v2 or 1v3 situation, not only that, the they have everything in the game, teleport, mobility, burning stacks, condition cleanse, blind spamming, you name it. The only counter to dd ele is if you have a way to one shot them (thief mesmer) or chill and boon rip them in the right time (nercomancer). But when an ele uses vamp rune, these counter will be even harder to happen.
2. Rune of Vampirism- When you see everyone using the same rune, you know it’s overpowered. The fact it is a game changer because it rewards player’s bad plays from over-extending in a team fight and can still survive with the mist form proc, this rune benefit the most on thief, mesmer, ele, and engineer. The only counter to this rune is if you can one shot them when their hp is >= 20%, or condi bomb them before they going to the mist, which normally won’t happen. Another thing is that in the mist form, it also increase player’s movement speed by 33% as I remember. In conclusion it’s a passive proc with very nice power stats and very nice leeching proc that boost dmg and survivability at the same time.
3. Burning Stacks and damage, the problem mainly came from dd ele and maybe burning guardian. Dd ele with their burning stacks kills everything in the game while they remain as tankier as a bunker guardian. Burning guardian is easier to counter but if player doesn’t react fast enough they might get one shot by the burning stacks provided from burn guards. A lot of counter plays to the burn stacks but just the fact it is too powerful consider it is a passive overtime damage.
4. Shadow Art Thief’s Merciful Ambush- This trait has 0 counter when it comes to thief + elementalist combination. Stealth the ele before they mist form away will guarantee the ress 100% without any mechanic requirements but just pressing interact key. This is a big game changer because of its short iCD that allows thieves be able to trigger this trait several time in one team fight. In conclusion this trait is easily to pull out with very tiny chance to counter once it comes to a team play.
5. Ranger’s taunt, this is mainly a bug because I believe nothing in the game should goes through dodge. Taunt shouldn’t go through Block either because that’s how it work from Berserk taunt and Revenant taunt.
6. Nerco’s Vampirism signet- same as ranger ’s taunt, but this one can also go through invul, and it will also corrupt 2 boons, guess nothing should be able to goes through dodge/invul/or even obstructed unless its a ground target skill.
7. Nerco’s spectral armor under DS mode, this one I have to talk about. It it not overpowered but people have to learn how to fight against this. The trick a nerco will abuse is they pop Spectral Armor and then go in Death Shroud. This trick is really powerful because it will absorb all the incoming damage and make yourself pretty much invul for 6 seconds. Under the effect of protection, a nerco can easily absorb 3~4 people’s damage for their team and wasting enemies’ burst CD to ensure that their teammate stay in a healthy environment. This is a big game changer because people still don’t know how to fight against this. In fact, there are no solutions yet to against this Spectral Armor + Death Shroud combination. Condition isn’t the answer due to the fact you need to hit them to apply condition, which they are also absorbing them too, not even talking about that they can passively transfer the condition back. This combination I normally joke around that it is a 10x better version compare to any other invul in this game. It is really strong with very little counter play. Most of the people might need to learn how to fight against this, same as you see warrior’s endure pain, you kite them until their endure pain is gone, but against Spectral Amor + Death Shroud, you must kite them while not attacking them because if you do, you are feeding nerco to gain lots of life force to be even tankier, but if you don’t attack them, they are not taking any damage and the fact they can always go in Death Shroud mode again every 10 sec, so it is different story compare to other invul like Elixir S, mist form, etc. Tt confuses player that think you are still doing damage on the Nerco but the fact it is pretty much under Endure Pain and Berserker Stance at the same time. And this is the reason why I put this on the list. Little to none counter play so far imo.
