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Lightning hammer...is uhh no comment.
how about that conjure nightmare? =p

Although it would fit "perfectly" in "this" build lol XD Dual Enchantments + Hammer = pain. Adds the extra umph to a Mesmer fast cast airspiker.

Dual Enchantments + Hammer = pain. Adds the extra umph to a Mesmer fast cast airspiker. Well, this guy doesn't have dual attunes.

Dual Enchantments + Hammer = pain. Adds the extra umph to a Mesmer fast cast airspiker. Funny I thought a elementalist lightning orb would hurt more; although I still do not classify that as pain.

Funny I thought a elementalist lightning orb would hurt more; although I still do not classify that as pain. Odd that fc air spike works then

Hammer is a good skill on dual attune... however no dual attune here. No real energy management... esp. with blind and enervating in optionals. Needs more work.

Odd that fc air spike works then Heh of course I still wouldn't classify that as pain.

For a spike to be a spike it has to hurt after all.
Adren spike=spike
Ranger spike=spike
FC air spike=what the hell?

Even for a fc "spike" mesmer I wouldn't consider this on my bar; even with duel attun. Its just too energy intensive. Lightning orb is nothing more than 2 lightning strikes at double the cost. Lightning Hammer is nothing more than these strikes at 5 times this cost...and triple the recharge. Yea real powerful skill Anet; very powerful. Now if it did double the damage it does now...well then we would have a skill worth using. I'm actually surprised anet didn't tack exhuastion onto this skill; seems in their style anyway. Already crappy skill+exhaustion because it costs 25 energy, and some guy felt like it. (Mael/M.Shower/E.Quake etc.) At least Lightning Javelin is spammable.

Heh of course I still wouldn't classify that as pain.

For a spike to be a spike it has to hurt after all.
Adren spike=spike
Ranger spike=spike
FC air spike=what the hell?

Even for a fc "spike" mesmer I wouldn't consider this on my bar; even with duel attun. Its just too energy intensive. Lightning orb is nothing more than 2 lightning strikes at double the cost. Lightning Hammer is nothing more than these strikes at 5 times this cost...and triple the recharge. Yea real powerful skill Anet; very powerful. Now if it did double the damage it does now...well then we would have a skill worth using. I'm actually surprised anet didn't tack exhuastion onto this skill; seems in their style anyway. Already crappy skill+exhaustion because it costs 25 energy, and some guy felt like it. (Mael/M.Shower/E.Quake etc.) At least Lightning Javelin is spammable. It's the very fact that you HAVE a skill which does equal damage to Lightning Orb that makes it so valuable.

Oh, go to Isle and kill something with a FC Mesmer and an Air Elem. They kill things at roughly the same pace. Mesmers have the bonus of being hard to interrupt, but their enchantments can be stripped. Likewise, Air Elems have more energy and dish out more pain, but over a longer period of time, and are vulnerable to interrupts.

For a spike to be a spike it has to hurt after all.
Adren spike=spike
Ranger spike=spike
FC air spike=what the hell? Now you're just being ignorant.

Orb is 2 strikes at triple the cost by the way, which is a fair trade. Hammer has the advantage of being instant, though it could use a reduction in cost.

Lightning Orb is a bag of S**** imo, mainly because if you realise your being spiked (which I know you might not always), its just a simple case of running left and quickly changing direction making them loose 15 energy (or 4 with duel attunes) with no negative affect to you. L. Strike is better + Enervating Charge as these can't be dodged like that + causes weakness.

I realise most of the time orb will be useable but if you added up the number of times it missed in a whole GvG battle it would probably make you think twice about using it again. I would think spamming L. Strike over time would do more damage than orb due to its undodgeable status, could be wrong though. If you want to be anti warrior don't leave home without blinding flash In Arenas, they won't really know they're being spiked until too late. Orb first, then Hammer, Strike, Charge. They latter 3 skills don't miss.