So shadow got nerfed

SP needed nerfed. Overused. Every 20 secs, a caster dies.

Yeah. Tell me it's not overpowered...
That's a complete load...A well placed Infuse or even a reversal of fortune or RC can throw off the Sp/BoA Combo. The only reason people like you complain about it is that you don't have the foresight to figure workarounds to common meta builds.

SP needed nerfed. Overused. Every 20 secs, a caster dies.

Yeah. Tell me it's not overpowered... Maybe in RA, but in GvG and HA monks tend to bring Infuse Health, which totally throws off the spike.

Maybe in RA, but in GvG and HA monks tend to bring Infuse Health, which totally throws off the spike. Actually, I tend to bring Infuse to every single PvP arena I play at. Nothings better than stopping a spike in RA than an Infuse

Actually, I tend to bring Infuse to every single PvP arena I play at. Nothings better than stopping a spike in RA than an Infuse Other than the increasingly popular Lag Spike.

Lag completly kills an infuse spike, a RC, and RoF. Not everyone always gets good ping. Then you have no chance against an actual spike either, and no shot at serious competition. 4 seconds is very slow for a spike and only works if you have the monks distracted/disabled if they have any reflexes at all. You could start by getting your monk's health over 500, no reason to be that low especially in GvG.

Some GvG sins might be worried about energy with the shadow prison bump, but they should just bring a furious spear and flail really.

Life barrier (Don't tell me that is a bad elite.)? That doesn't do crap against this. Amity rocks against these guys though. My fave prot skill.

And actually, I've seen more HotO than TF. TF is too conditional (Lol. no pun intended.). HotO KD's. It also hurts more. ok, i wont tell you then.

sorry but how is TF conditional?...HotO actually is conditional, and its easy to evade..go you. DW > pure damage from HotO.

i hardly ever see HotO being used. most i see is TF/BoS. i used to use HotO myself, and its really too conditional to use.

Life barrier (Don't tell me that is a bad elite.)? That doesn't do crap against this. Amity rocks against these guys though. My fave prot skill.

And actually, I've seen more HotO than TF. TF is too conditional (Lol. no pun intended.). HotO KD's. It also hurts more.

Has anyone heard of ganking? I sure have. my monk may have 600 health, but when ganked I drop amost as fast as running in to a base in AB.

BoA isn't the problem. An extra 1/2 or 1 second isn't going to make a huge difference.





Well, I CAN prot against it, But when I get Backfired/Diversion I'm not going to use RoF... No reason to kill my own effectivness and save a caster. 1) lifebarrier is pretty much suck on all builds around. and where it work it work only because few team take enchantment removal(and btw it save you against BoA spike if its on you. if its not you really have to tell your team mate to keep a eye on you since you are the only not bounded target)
2) amity suck. it work only on RA and AB.

when i prot im able to catch most of spikes.(HA mostly)

you really dont have do anything. pre prot -> rc. then basicly is like nothing happended.


sure sometime i get overpressured and i miss some spikes but well -_ - that is the game. overpressure the enemy team so you can kill them.

and btw i have a bad ping. 300 is a good ping for me. and even so after the shadow prison and the damage start you have like half second to preprot the target.

i will list you some stuff who will save you against the spike

Shielding hands
Shield of absorption
Spirit bound
Mending touch or rc(only for other)
RoF
any warrior defensive stance
shield bash
etc etc.

Assassin's are EASY to counter in GvG but in RA thats the only place they are truly over powered Truth. The BoA sin build is one of the few builds that actually gave RA a metagame. For the past 2 months...everyone who wanted to do RA pretty much HAD to bring anti melee. Whenever I RA I see double the amount of anti melee hex necros and mesmers then what was normal before Boa.