Worst Skill in the Game

I think peace abd harmony is the worst elite skill in the game. It used to have its uses, but now its barely usable in comparison to the other alternative elite that character can use.

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mending
symbiosis (im pretty sure i spelled that wrong)
fertile ground
comfort animal (cmon anet combine this with charm PLEASE)

Crude Swing

This skill is so bad its just silly

To the people tht diss Point blank Shot - for alot of genreal propose rangers it does MORE dmg than penetrating shot.

At 14 Expertise/12 marks (common attribute spread for people using wilderness Survival too) - Point blank does a good bit more than Penetrating actually. Noticable dmg increase using poitn blank.

This is all post-point buff.

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Ranger: Otyugh's Cry
Really now, what are you going to do with this?

Mesmer: Mantra of Earth
Most PvP earth spikes are armor and resistance ignoring spikes. Earth is not a common element in PvE.

Monk: Scourge Sacrifice
I have yet to see this used by any monk, and the only good thing about it I can think of is that it might work against order necros. But since ranger spike is only moderately hard to stop, and iway is usually good for a laugh, what order necros do you need help killing? The pve necro enemies who sacrifice tend to die fast anyway.

Necromancer: Deathly Chill
Hmmm. . .tiny bit of damage, smaller if they are close to death. You would be better of with some other curse skill.

Warrior: Cleave
Eviscerate does it better. Only reason to use this is if you don't have eviscerate yet.

Elementalist: Ice spear
Yep, good idea to run into the thick of combat so you can spam a small damage skill. Stone daggers and flare work better, and even those are sad in pvp.

Pretty much there are no skills that suck. Every skill has a use, you just have no imagination for it.

Why are people still saying Dark fury sucks?

I'm not 100% sure on the range, so I'll just say nearby, but as the current skill description is wrong, the skill description should read:

Enchantment Spell. For 5 seconds party members near you gain 1 hit of adrenaline each time they hit with an attack (50% failure with blood magic below 5)

It's basically and AoE "for great justice!": you can't appreciate how much adrenaline that is until you use it.


Otyugh's Cry, at least in pvp the only time you would ever want it is because your pet gains +20 armor. If your build requires your pet to be an uber tank, this + call of protection is certainly going to help.

Cleave - 4 adrenaline, eviscerate - 7, cleave has higher dps, but you do lose the spike, and the deep wound. But it's not useless.

Symbiosis - ever seen a group with several monks each with a bunch of maintained enchantments and one oath shot spirit spammer? It's tough to take them down to say the least. Even with a 9 removal rend enchanments it is tough be cause they will have fast prots, then get the maintained enchanments back up quickly. Everyone has 1,000 health or so and with life bond, life attunemnt doing extra healing and taking less damage.

I tested Dark Fury a few hours ago, and I confirm that it works like orders.

Ok, my two cents on worst in each class, and I'll try to explain why I don't like them:

Warrior: Rush
Ok, so it's a +25% running skill. That needs adrenilene. Why would I ever take this if I had Sprint or Charge? To use it, you have to attack. But, if you're attacking, you should just concentrate on that. Or, if you're getting pummeled. But, wouldn't it be better to use a defensive stance and wait for Sprint, Charge, or any other running skill to recharge rather than wait on 4 Strikes? Flourish takes a close second.

Ranger: Fertile Season
Ok, so now my party has +health and +armor! So do the monsters/enemy team. Ok, so now everyone is slightly tougher to kill. Great. That accomplished nothing. Otyugh's Cry is pretty bad too, but the armor bonus to your pet helps a little bit. At least it doesn't AID THE ENEMY.

Monk: Purge Signet (iffy)
So, if I'm reading this right, you get rid of everything that ails an ally, be it hex or stat ailment. Ok, that's not too bad. But, the time that you'd really like to use this is when an ally is under heavy hex/condition spam, so you just killed all of your energy. Worse yet, it takes a long time to cast, so your ward is probably gonna be dead by the time this thing fires off. But, with a 3 Monk healing/prot backbone, plus a battery, I guess it wouldn't be quite so tragic.

Necromancer: Mark of Pain
After the AoE nerf, MoP became really contradictory. I cast it on this guy, and have a War attack him. Now, no one wants to stand near that guy. In PvP, it's expected for the party to spread out a bit, pick better targets. But, in PvE, all it does is scatter the enemy melee'ers. They kinda wander around a bit, not really doing anything, while their one frind dies horribly (heh). If the healers on the team arn't very good, then they've killed their energy, just in time for the rest of the mob. Worse, if you cast MoP on an enemy, and the party doesn't know what you're doing, then they get messed up by the sudden enemy scatter. Messes up timing pretty badly.

Mesmer: Signet of Midnight {E}
Let's think about this for a second here. Firstly, you have to "Touch" your target. Mesmers burn like paper most of the time, so the absolute last place you want to be is within "Touching" range of a big bad melee anything. Secondly, it's an elite, taking your one elite slot. That means that you are relying on SoM for it's effect, because you can't take anything else. Even if Mes is your secondary, it could be more trouble than it's worth. A W/Me would take himself out of the fight completely if they used this. Same for a R/Me. The worst part about this skill, is that there are MUCH better, non-elite alternatives. Blinding Flash works at range, and Throw Dirt hits more than one enemy. Why on Tyria shold SoM even be elite? If it doesn't hobble you, it could be the death of you. Wastrel's Worry is close to the bottom as well. Would be nice if it did damage when it ended prematurely.

Elementalist: Ether Prodigy {E}
Let me get this straight: I get a ton of energy regen, but when it ends, it could kill me? That's just harsh. I can't think of too many Ele skills that are worth spamming fast enough to require +6 energy regen. Seems to me that a lot of Ele skills are slow casting. But, hey, after it damages you, you have Exaustion to look forward to! /sarcasm

I'm pretty well versed with Rangers and Warriors, but I'll admit I'm not overly familiar with the other 4 builds. These are just my opinions based on skill descriptions. And, yeah, I know that a lot of skill descriptions are not 100% acurate, so anyone can feel free to correct me if needed.

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