Superior Sigil of Absorption

killahmayne.9518 · December 22, 2017

Question about this sigil and how it works in WvW. Say you interrupt 3 enemies at the same time, do you steal 3 boons (1 from each person?) or is it one boon only on proc?

Arlette.9684 · December 22, 2017

@killahmayne.9518 said:Question about this sigil and how it works in WvW. Say you interrupt 3 enemies at the same time, do you steal 3 boons (1 from each person?) or is it one boon only on proc?

It doesn't have an internal CD so it should, methinks.

Edit: Feel free to Alt + F4 if it doesn't, like you always do when things don't go your way :wink:

Klipso.8653 · December 22, 2017

It will take 1 from each person who gets interrupted, as often as you can interrupt.

Mind you, it needs to actually inturupt them for this to happen, not just knock them down- they need to be in mid-cast

I run this sigil on my WvW guard weaponsets, dual melee with hammer and mace/shield

Strider Pj.2193 · December 22, 2017

I run it on thief short bow. Poison cloud interupts, it's great to surf a Zerg with it.

killahmayne.9518 · December 23, 2017

@Arlette.9684 said:
@killahmayne.9518 said:Question about this sigil and how it works in WvW. Say you interrupt 3 enemies at the same time, do you steal 3 boons (1 from each person?) or is it one boon only on proc?

It doesn't have an internal CD so it should, methinks.

Edit: Feel free to Alt + F4 if it doesn't, like you always do when things don't go your way :wink:

that's what I thought as it didnt have an internal CD, not sure what you mean by the Alt + F4 comment lol don't think I've ever done it before though.

@Klipso.8653 said:It will take 1 from each person who gets interrupted, as often as you can interrupt.
Mind you, it needs to actually inturupt them for this to happen, not just knock them down- they need to be in mid-cast
I run this sigil on my WvW guard weaponsets, dual melee with hammer and mace/shield

Ah I see thanks, the wiki doesn't have that much information about it, aside from what boons it prioritizes, guess it is something I need to test something myself

@Strider Pj.2193 said:I run it on thief short bow. Poison cloud interupts, it's great to surf a Zerg with it.

I can imagine lol

DKRathalos.9625 · December 24, 2017

So is this sigil worth taking? I am using spellbreaker with hammer.

Sovereign.1093 · December 24, 2017

@DKRathalos.9625 said:So is this sigil worth taking? I am using spellbreaker with hammer.

Yes. absorb x energy or.absorb draining

Demon Puppet.6873 · January 7, 2019

I was curious if with it now having a 10 second CD and stealing 3. Will it steal 3 from each foe it interrupts now if they are all interrupted on that single hit?

RedShark.9548 · January 7, 2019

@Demon Puppet.6873 said:I was curious if with it now having a 10 second CD and stealing 3. Will it steal 3 from each foe it interrupts now if they are all interrupted on that single hit?

No, its now internal cooldown is for the complete effect, its for the sigil itself and isnt counted for each enemy individually. So you interrupt 5 ppl, you steal 3 boons and then have to wait 10s before it geta activated again. So in big groups it was nerfed, but for smallsclase and singletargets it has gotten better

Edit: checked wiki and it says that the internal cd is only active in pvp, and wvw shouldnt be affected, so yeaAnd its only 3 seconds cd, not 10

Edit edit: nvm, checked patchnotes of the sigil and rune overhaul and changed to 10sec, guess wiki is not up to date, sadly...Well the 10sec cd still works as mentioned above

rng.1024 · January 7, 2019

The order of boonremoval is resistance, aegis, retaliation, swiftness, might, regeneration, quickness, fury and vigor.

In PvP it's still a 3 second icd, while it used to be none for WvW allowing you to do exactly that, interrupt 5 people and steal 5 boons. With the 10 second icd this isn't possible anymore, it will steal 3 boons from 1 of those targets then go on cooldown.

Given how protection and quickness are so far down the list, and the rest run rampant in the gamemode, naturally this is most useful for removing resistance.

A good example is an elementalist using Static Field (unblockable) right in front of a charging zerg, for those without stability will get the condibomb and those with it will burn an extra stack before engage. Also works in small scale if you fight, say, a warrior that pops his healing signet to deal with your conditions.

For WvW purposes, keep in mind this sigil won't proc if the opponent has stability (unless you use mesmer's Chaos Storm), so make sure to wait it out or spend some hard CC to remove it. When fighting a zerg the best time to land your cc is after your team drop the first bomb, but before the opponents regroup as stab will be running low and removing their regenerative boons will have that much more of an impact.

Ni In.6578 · January 7, 2019

I run this on my rev's staff. It is great for Staff 5 (SMC hallways on a push) and Staff 2. Highly recommend it for zerg play.

Demon Puppet.6873 · January 9, 2019

@RedShark.9548 said:
@"Demon Puppet.6873" said:I was curious if with it now having a 10 second CD and stealing 3. Will it steal 3 from each foe it interrupts now if they are all interrupted on that single hit?

No, its now internal cooldown is for the complete effect, its for the sigil itself and isnt counted for each enemy individually. So you interrupt 5 ppl, you steal 3 boons and then have to wait 10s before it geta activated again. So in big groups it was nerfed, but for smallsclase and singletargets it has gotten better

Edit: checked wiki and it says that the internal cd is only active in pvp, and wvw shouldnt be affected, so yeaAnd its only 3 seconds cd, not 10

Edit edit: nvm, checked patchnotes of the sigil and rune overhaul and changed to 10sec, guess wiki is not up to date, sadly...Well the 10sec cd still works as mentioned above

Just got word the "10 second CD" was a typo it is still 3 seconds

rng.1024 · January 10, 2019

@Demon Puppet.6873 said:
@RedShark.9548 said:
@Demon Puppet.6873 said:I was curious if with it now having a 10 second CD and stealing 3. Will it steal 3 from each foe it interrupts now if they are all interrupted on that single hit?

No, its now internal cooldown is for the complete effect, its for the sigil itself and isnt counted for each enemy individually. So you interrupt 5 ppl, you steal 3 boons and then have to wait 10s before it geta activated again. So in big groups it was nerfed, but for smallsclase and singletargets it has gotten better

Edit: checked wiki and it says that the internal cd is only active in pvp, and wvw shouldnt be affected, so yeaAnd its only 3 seconds cd, not 10

Edit edit: nvm, checked patchnotes of the sigil and rune overhaul and changed to 10sec, guess wiki is not up to date, sadly...Well the 10sec cd still works as mentioned above

Just got word the "10 second CD" was a typo it is still 3 seconds

Keep in mind there's 2 versions of the sigil, namely the Exotic and the PvP version.

The PvP version (available while in sPvP) still functions like the old one, removing 1 boon on a 3 second icd.

The Exotic one however states "Cooldown against Defiant Foes: 3 seconds" only, no mention about a regular cd.

I have been running this sigil in WvW lately and can say it seems very unlikely it has no cd anymore, as not many boons are transferred (and you'd notice 3 going) so it might just be missing in the tooltip. Also don't really see how they could make it 3x stronger without any offset at all.

As for the note about 3 sec icd on defiant foes, it's perfectly in line with other "on interrupt" sigils after they updated them.

But if you are right and have it confirmed, please post here first as I'd very much like to know myself :)

Demon Puppet.6873 · January 10, 2019

@rng.1024 said:
@Demon Puppet.6873 said:
@RedShark.9548 said:
@Demon Puppet.6873 said:I was curious if with it now having a 10 second CD and stealing 3. Will it steal 3 from each foe it interrupts now if they are all interrupted on that single hit?