Guild Wars 2

Ruufio.1496:

Mange.8324:

are you kidding me? only one hit? only one time stealth?
you are one of those guys who only know to spam hearseaker aren’t you?
its the best thing for backstap build and dont need any change

- werewolf

Are you kidding me? Why would you make such a ignorant reply and it’s almost like you didn’t read past the first sentence. Yes, news flash when you hit with a physical attack it breaks stealth and you are revealed for 3 seconds. ONE hit from stealth before you use it again, you don’t get to unleash a fury of attacks with your 100% crit chance and fact is if you’re specced crit you’re most likely at a 50% chance to crit already.
If you are getting this feat rather than the 20% damage boost then you are doing it wrong.

I’m one of those thieves that actually knows how to play the game, im sure you are busy pistol whipping since the heartseeker nerf so you need to cut it out.

Mange is right, sorry werewolf. Hidden Killer sucks because you will be at 50% Critical chance by the time you have 30 points into Critical Strikes. It is a waste of a trait to choose Hidden Killer over Executioner when your Backstab already has 50/50 chance to critical. If it does critical, then your opponent probably be below 50% health which is where Executioner kicks in for your 20% damage boost.

Hidden Killer needs to grant Frenzy as well IMO.

I think that the problem with Hidden Killer isn’t so much the trait itself, but the fact that it has to compete for a slot with Executioner. Executioner just has a much bigger impact over the course of a fight that it’s practically a requirement that you take it if you’re going that far into the Critical Strikes tree, and it’s synergy with Furious Retaliation also shouldn’t be ignored.

I think that making Hidden Killer more accessible earlier in the tree would be one way to address this (although I feel like some hybrid build would come along and abuse it), or making it one of the top traits in the Shadow Arts tree. I’ve never understood why Venomous Aura was a top tier trait in a tree that revolves around stealth, and I think that making Hidden Killer available there will also allow a bit more flexibility in stealth builds.