about thorn ward

kaedennn

Hello ;
So thorn ward is not an AoE skill ? i though it was till i tested on dummies and i saw that it atack only one target !

Edit : nvm i got it , it atacks one target at a time ( a fake AoE )

ikapamk

Right. It's nice, though, because it autotargets, allowing the HR to dodge as needed, and, correct me if I'm wrong, I think it tracks TRs into stealth, too.

query523

^^^^ not bad in PVE either because it is going to attack every tick for the duration while you make other attacks. And it reduces defense so the last mobs to die (read the toughest) get more hits. All kinda adds up. Would be OP if it targeted multiples like StS.

atlmykl

Its fantastic for keeping prey up on a boss target. Add in the defense debuff and it is pretty amazing.

lordfuzun

Yep. It's vera' nice. With the Trapper HR buffs in Preview. I was doing 3-9K Damage Crits with Thorned Roots against Charthraxis. A sampling of my Combat log. This was with me alone with Thorn Ward and Constricting Arrow. And I was going 2K-3K Crits with Rapid Shot.

[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 4021 (3655) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 2944 (2676) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 Root to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 (1068) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 4502 (3816) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 3273 (2773) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 Root to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 (1079) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 3381 Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots deals 2058 Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 Root to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Your Thorned Roots gives 0 (976) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Critical Hit! Your Thorned Roots deals 9288 (7740) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.
[Combat (Self)] Critical Hit! Your Thorned Roots deals 6024 (5020) Physical Damage to Charthraxis.

lirithiel

ikapamk wrote: »

Right. It's nice, though, because it autotargets, allowing the HR to dodge as needed, and, correct me if I'm wrong, I think it tracks TRs into stealth, too.

It does indeed tracks TRs in stealth although no damage sadly - that would be too OP :P

Thorn Ward is probably one of our best encounter all-round encounters since it was buffed in Mod 3. Prior to that it was woefully below-par. I reckon it also does way more damage than most of our other encounters since the ticks were ramped up. I always have it slotted on my Archer even in LoL and SoT despite the mobs moving around so much in there. I just wish the range was increased to personal instead of the pitiful 40 yards it currently is if IIRC.

ghoulz66

Not to mention it's still nice for even Combat builds for DPS on both stances.