ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Elementalist/Ebon Hawk

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Ebon Hawk

Nicky Silverstar's Issue -- Issue -- 08:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Issue

Ebon Hawk is currently too conditional to be used effectively with Glowstone and Stoning. It has 2 seconds casting time, is a projectile, only works when the target is attacking or moving and it deals 50% (or less) damage against the targets it is meant to be used against (physical characters), which makes it in every way inferior to Enervating Charge. Weakness by itself is a pretty weak condition, so there is little reason why a Fire Ele can spam Burning, an Air Ele Blindness (and Weakness) and a Water Ele snares, but an Earth Ele is not allowed to spam the inferior Weakness.

Suggestion

Either make the weakness unconditional and increase the recharge a bit (of either this and/or Stoning: not my favorite, since it would allow Stoning to be used against anything), or lower the casting time to 1 and speed up the projectile a bit.