Favourite skill

Caros

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ireland

Powerpuff Boys [PUFF]

W/

Post your favourite GW skill here.

Lag Hell

Lag Hell

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

has to be flare, teh godliest nuker skill.....xD

Mumblyfish

Mumblyfish

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Blighty

Kansas City Hotsteppers [KCHS]

Energy Drain.

All other opinions are null and void. I was hoping to win the thread on the first post, but second isn't that bad.

Gustav Gloomp

Gustav Gloomp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Sydney, Australia

flourish is my favourite atm.

Evisicator

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Troll Unguent Ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keure

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lag Hell
has to be flare, teh godliest nuker skill.....xD
omg lies! Ice spear is teh 1337

Accursed energy drain being so godly...

I love distracting shot.

Man With No Name

Man With No Name

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Manchester, UK

W/

Hmm....let me think

Warrior
An easy choice -- Eviscerate

Ranger
Tough one, I'll go with -- Melandru's Arrows

Mesmer
My list always comes down to these two -- Power Block / Energy Drain

Monk
Have to go with -- Martyr

Necromancer
Don't really like any of the Necro elites, apart from this one -- Order of The Vampire

Elementlist
Don't really play as ele although I find -- Glimmering Mark and Mist Form to be annoying. That and anything with "Ward Against"

Tactical-Dillusions

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

Shield of deflection. Great animation, nice defense skill and it even sounds good. Nice recharge to keep those tanks off someone.

Charcoal Ann

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

Animate Bone Minions.

the shluuurp sound they make when they rise and fall is priceless.

M3lk0r

M3lk0r

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Keure
I love distracting shot.
So do I

*Random Arena haX0r* - I'm using Res Sig on *random dead dude*
Me - *twang*
*Random Arena haX0r*- god damnit!!@####111&*&^

JYX

JYX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

war: sprint/frenzy...can't make up my mind
ranger: debilitating shot
mesmer: energy drain
monk: ...orison -.-;
necro: rend enchants...(best of a bad bunch tbh)
ele: ETHER RENEWAL

necrowizard

necrowizard

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

Infuse Health - Monk

zehly

zehly

Sunshine

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Wired

Daughters of Ananke

Mo/E

Warrior: Charge!
Ranger: Poison Arrow
Necromancer: Aura of the Lich
Elementalist: Elemental Attunement
Mesmer: Power Block
Monk: Shield of Deflection

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

Offering of Blood.

Zorlag

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Resurrection Signet... best skill ever.

Eripens Vitae

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Lost Friends Guild

Mo/Me

First skill i really liked: Backfire
Now: Spellbreaker, i just love to hear the sound of spells failing

The undead Mesmer

The undead Mesmer

Delphian Scribe

Join Date: May 2005

Holland

No guild ;_;

N/Me

warrior - thats cleave fast to use and saved my ass lots of times.
ranger - Charm animal ^^ second place troll ungeunt.
necromancer - animate bone fiend.
mesmer - errrrrrrrm ilusionary weaponry
monk - word of healing.
ele - mark of rodgort ^^

Axel Revolver

Axel Revolver

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

In A Box.

W/R

Warrior - Either Cyclone Axe (awesome when farming) or Eviscerate, hands down.

cynhounds

cynhounds

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Sweet Hillsides

Dragons Family (DF)

R/Mo

Ranger--Savage Shot (is it because it took so d**n long to get via quest or because it interrupts so well?)
Ele--Meteor Shower (not much survives, which is good, because I'm exhausted afterward)
Warrior--Sprint (gotta love the vapor trail)
Necro--Vampiric Touch (my warrior's secondary; soften them up then hack away)
Monk--Judge's Insight (ranger secondary, turns all damage to holy damage, great against undead etc)

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Well of Power

Queto

Queto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Belgium

Dynasty Warriors [DW]

A/W

Battle Rage!

Esrever

Esrever

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Looking For Guild

Debilitating Shot.

Mumblyfish

Mumblyfish

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Blighty

Kansas City Hotsteppers [KCHS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood
Well of Power
It's a Blood Magic Elite that isn't Blood is Power. -1 point, right there. It packs the same health regeneration bonus of Well of Blood, which in itself is minimal and none too helpful. The 2 Energy regeneration is decent, but again you're better off just giving a BiP to whoever needs it. It's also a corpse exploitation skill, which means it can't be used unless someone dies, and with that 3 second casting time it's probably going to be pipped to the post by the countless other (faster) corpse skills. The skill's biggest problem is who recieves the (minimal) bonus. A target dies, normally miles away from the casters. The only ones who'd get the Energy regen are the Warriors, the frontliners, those that don't actually need the Energy regen, much less the Health regen. That is, unless, the casters move into the Well. Which is just begging to get slapped.

Edit: Are people going to actually discuss in this thread, or is it just going to be page upon page of +1?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

rofl @ you noobs for not knowing shit about the game

Charm Animal FTW!

Sinjin

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mile High Club [mile]

Mo/

Elementalist, ER {E} - an energy engine unlike any other: 5en -> 75en in 10 seconds :P

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mumblyfish
It's a Blood Magic Elite that isn't Blood is Power. -1 point, right there. It packs the same health regeneration bonus of Well of Blood, which in itself is minimal and none too helpful. The 2 Energy regeneration is decent, but again you're better off just giving a BiP to whoever needs it. It's also a corpse exploitation skill, which means it can't be used unless someone dies, and with that 3 second casting time it's probably going to be pipped to the post by the countless other (faster) corpse skills. The skill's biggest problem is who recieves the (minimal) bonus. A target dies, normally miles away from the casters. The only ones who'd get the Energy regen are the Warriors, the frontliners, those that don't actually need the Energy regen, much less the Health regen. That is, unless, the casters move into the Well. Which is just begging to get slapped.

Edit: Are people going to actually discuss in this thread, or is it just going to be page upon page of +1?
Blood is Power, and it's lesser kin Blood Ritual, are both target OTHER ALLY, and both require a sacrifice. So if the Necro also needs energy, WoP is the only way to go.

Of course, there is OoB. It reverses the situation, leaving everyone else high and dry.

I'm also picking up on an strong PvP tone in your reply. You can play GW in PvE too. WoP is tremendously superior to BiP or BR in PvE.

salja Wachi

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Chicago

the Bleeding Edge

N/Mo

Lingering curse for the win

no spell even comes close :P

Draygo Korvan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

Otyugh's Cry for the win. Oh you mean best skill?

Albino Chocobo

Albino Chocobo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Paris, France

Me/Mo

Sprint, it saved many missions in PvE.

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by salja Wachi
Lingering curse for the win

no spell even comes close :P

I bought that with faction last night....casters can't do ANYTHING. It's definately the best elite in the game. Unless you want to count Energy Renewal....i've already written it off as it's about to get nerfed beyond practical use.

Droven

Droven

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

Savage Shot for PvP
Poison Arrow for PvE

rii

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

UK

Debiltating Shot and Diversion.

Aracos79

Aracos79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Great Southwest

Shadowstorm Mercenaries

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood
Blood is Power, and it's lesser kin Blood Ritual, are both target OTHER ALLY, and both require a sacrifice. So if the Necro also needs energy, WoP is the only way to go.

Of course, there is OoB. It reverses the situation, leaving everyone else high and dry.

I'm also picking up on an strong PvP tone in your reply. You can play GW in PvE too. WoP is tremendously superior to BiP or BR in PvE.
In PvE, plenty of things are dying, which means that a necro with investment in Soul Reaping shouldn't have to worry about energy themselves. BiP is instant cast, far more energy renewal with proper blood magic investment, and doesn't require the target to stand in a specific place. I don't really see the comparison myself.

Rahl

Rahl

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Austin, Tx

Mmph Its [Good]

Mo/

Monk: Word of Healing
Ranger: Tiger's Fury
Necro: Vampiric Gaze :P
Mesmer: Powerblock
Warrior: Eviscerate
Ele: Dunno, haven't played this class beyond Yak's bend.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aracos79
In PvE, plenty of things are dying, which means that a necro with investment in Soul Reaping shouldn't have to worry about energy themselves. BiP is instant cast, far more energy renewal with proper blood magic investment, and doesn't require the target to stand in a specific place. I don't really see the comparison myself.
Not if there are only 4 people in your party. 5-6 pips for one player for ten seconds but requires a 33% sacrifice, or 2 pips for everyone for 20+ seconds with no sacrifice.

Not even close, WoP. In a 4 man group, the Necro (me) has to DEAL DAMAGE as well as play battery. Which means I am casting Firestorm, SoF, SS and VG. And on top of that I have to be battery for *everyone*, including me.

Plus, you are usually aggroing small groups (to avoid being overwhelmed) so SoulReaping helps, but by no means does it solve the Necro's energy issues.

The warrior does appreciate it, because he can self-heal more, and the extra health regen counters a condition or two.

I'm not even sure BiP would be worth it in this situation if I could self-cast it. The sacrifice is exorbitant in a small party.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Disrupting Chop, by far. I love approaching a monk with it in PvP who claims he's invicible, only to die 10 seconds later because I've disabled two of his most prized skills for 20 seconds...

Ollj

Ollj

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Favourite skill is Soul leech to make random arena newbies kill self.

But im flexible so i just use my Guild Wars Dart board:

salja Wachi

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Chicago

the Bleeding Edge

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
Disrupting Chop, by far. I love approaching a monk with it in PvP who claims he's invicible, only to die 10 seconds later because I've disabled two of his most prized skills for 20 seconds...


umm i guess you forgot that there are usually another 2 monks on his team who will heal him while his skills are recharging :P

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

Arua of Lich and Prot spirit

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E
Arua of Lich and Prot spirit
Especially together.

Especially in certain builds together.....