Guild Wars 2

Best way to go about it is to cleave the area where you think they’re actually downed. The image of them is sliding away but it seems their hitbox remains still.

It occasionally happens when someone get’s downed mid-teleport, for example if a Thief uses Shortbow #5 but dies part way through the animation their hitbox and actual character model are in different spots. So just flail about with your auto-attack in the general area until you start hitting something, a stomp is pretty much a waste of time in this scenario.

What I think it is, is that the lord has been neglected and is in the same state as it was when the game launched. All the classes have been changed up quite a bit, and options are available to classes to solo the lord that they previously never had. I play a Thief and pre-daredevil solo killing the lord was never going to happen (unless you used S/P or something) whereas now with the options Daredevil has I can wreck the lord myself in seconds. It does need to be scaled up a bit, not heaps, but make it very difficult to go against alone.

I don’t want to be “That guy” but… I don’t think you really have to even try to counter a Thief. It just happens. We’re so underwhelming currently that to win we either have to catch you off-guard while you’re occupied with another fight, or just completely outplay the opponent. Thieves have to work exceptionally hard in 1v1’s and a single mistake can end in a dirt nap, even against a lesser skilled player on a more balanced (or these days OP) class.

Yo, Dawg. I heard you like PvE in your PvP – so I put more PvE in your PvP so you can ignore each other and attack doors.

Dagger/Pistol

Although I personally use Sword/Dagger and have a lot of fun with that, but as far trying to be the most competitive, D/P, Lots of stealth, high burst.