Petition to remove winter's embrace from eles in Costume Brawl

Lux Aeterna

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2009

RAH

Close Enough [XVII]

W/A

Ele build seems seriously OP this year, basically eles can solo anything and when it comes to fighting the team with the ele wins every time.

It would be nice for either blinding flash or winter's embrace to be taken off, double snare bars are ridiculously strong in a hex-free environments and basically there's nothing at all you can do when forced to go against eles in costume brawl.

TLDR: Costume brawl ele build pwns everything, fighting it is pointless and hurtful because of double snare + blind.

Additionally, it's difficult to run away properly without many run skills.

turbo234

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

WI

Mo/

in return eles don't have any speed boosts and most physicals have some sort of condition removal.

Copenhagen Master

Copenhagen Master

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

El Centro CA

Lazy Imperius Legionis (LaZy)

W/P

/nay it is costume brawl....granted it can be a pain being a melee fighter and get snared and blinded, but that just part of the game.

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Um...You only take damage if you move, and at that setting its only 5 seconds, regharge in 12 seconds for the ele? Wait till it's gone, then run after the ele and beat the hell out of him/her. Nuff said.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

....seriously? It's a 5 second snare with a 12 second cooldown. I'm sorry but learn how to play better. The only thing it truly shuts down is a warrior/dervish/paragon.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Are you kidding?

It's the ONLY good skill on their bar this year. They have no extra speed, and their blind sucks.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

/notsigned

The ele bar is just okay. Fun because it can take down bad sins and rangers with ease. Anybody who actually uses their condition removal destroys em though. The reason winter's embrace is being used is because it is a non line of sight, quick casting snare. It's also the only 5 energy spell to be used if you run low on energy.

It isn't anywhere near as OP as the sin bar or a good mesmer.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

pffft, in exchange for the 2 snares and blind, eles only have 2 hard hitting spells, both of which are two second cast times (interrupt fodder), and high energy reqs. they also have 3 skill slots taken for buffs required to cast all their high energy skills. the double snare is not OP. without it, the ele would have no defense to speak of.

IronSheik

IronSheik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Wolfenstein: Goldrush

Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom]

N/

Ele bar sucks tbh. I've been playing mes/warr and steamrolling any eles.

Killamus

Guest

Join Date: Oct 2008

Yea, the ele bar for this year sucks pretty hard. As an assassin, I lulz so hard at it. Palm strike while they're using blinding, then signet of malice and continue the chain and dance on corpses.

It really does only stop warriors/dervs, but then again, if they're smart, they wait for hex removal.

jgs18

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2009

Hardmode Champions[Hm]

Mo/E

/notsigned
because imo ele's are one of the worst in costume brawls already.. i use mesmers in costume brawls and when an ele comes up to me and no one is around i kill them really fast

Artisan Archer

Artisan Archer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2007

Free Wind

R/

Mesmers are this year what rangers were last year. Don't qq about it, just use it.

Dobermann

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

the assa build sucks, it can barely take below 50% w/ vampiric...

chris the dervish is better.....

leetLoLa

leetLoLa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2009

Pawn!

Who Are You [wAu]

W/Mo

assa build is very gd..but monks kick ars

Cres

Cres

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2009

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lux Aeterna View Post
Ele build seems seriously OP this year, basically eles can solo anything and when it comes to fighting the team with the ele wins every time.

It would be nice for either blinding flash or winter's embrace to be taken off, double snare bars are ridiculously strong in a hex-free environments and basically there's nothing at all you can do when forced to go against eles in costume brawl.

TLDR: Costume brawl ele build pwns everything, fighting it is pointless and hurtful because of double snare + blind.

Additionally, it's difficult to run away properly without many run skills.
PPffffttt yeah right. Every time I run into a mesmer on my ele I'm toast.

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Of all the classes in cb you're saying that eles are op?

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dobermann View Post
the assa build sucks, it can barely take below 50% w/ vampiric...

chris the dervish is better.....
I've easily killed every single profession in costume brawl this year with my assassin. Sorry, you're doing it wrong.

lilDeath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Treehouse #1

W/

nah, /notsigned
I've killed plenty ele's - they tend to be over-confident, sporting big ego's that are easily bruised when omgwtfimdead!

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Killamus View Post
Yea, the ele bar for this year sucks pretty hard. As an assassin, I lulz so hard at it. Palm strike while they're using blinding, then signet of malice and continue the chain and dance on corpses.

It really does only stop warriors/dervs, but then again, if they're smart, they wait for hex removal.
Just wait till you meet an Elementalist smart enough to Blind you on Trampling, not on Palm Strike.

Elementalists this year should have no problems killing an Assassin solo. They have so many layers of defense against it: Blind on Trampling. Health shrines letting them survive a full chain and then heal up with Aura of Restoration. Snare and hit / run - they have two snares after all. The bar has its weaknesses with the lack of a speedboost being the most pronounced of all, but then relative to the other bars I still find it one of the more powerful (Sin is strongest).

By the way hex removal is what, in a little ... short supply ... in Costume Brawl?

Bobby2

Bobby2

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2007

Delayed in order to meet ANet's high standards

[MaSS]

W/E

/notsigned. Lightning shield + HealSig (or Refuge, narf) inbetween Orbs > Eles.

btw, the sin bar only seems good because people do not kite.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Winter's Embrace lasts only 5 seconds. Far from OP.