Guild Wars 2

A thief complaining about a glass cannon Ele, now I’ve seen it all.

To get burst in S/D you need to drop Dragon’s Tooth, Phoenix, Ring of Fire, Firegrab on your target(s). DT and Phoenix have a serious delay that is even longer than the stun (updraft)most Ele’s open with, so a simple dodge can suffice to undo the entire burstcycle. The Ele is only guaranteed to land that burst if he specced for signet of earth or switches to earth during the setup to hit you with arcane spells which will root you shortly due to the 30 point arcane talent.

If you, a thief, are seriously complaining about burst in full sight with 4s escape window and a pretty big cooldown afterwards, then the problem is entirely and completely on your side, period.

FYI, I’m not even sure why it isn’t fine for the class in the game that has the least health, the least native armor and the most complex basic rotation, while lacking “get out of jail free” cards like stealth, to have some decent burst (after they set it up and the opponent is too dim-witted to escape it).