Are there skills or traits that hit through daggerstorm?

[Crab Fear.1624]

I got stunned with daggerstorm active fighting an engidaze by a mesmer.sometimes i will get set on fire, is it a guardian trait or some rune?

lol cc'd out of the dodge everything for 4 seconds skill only half way through lol.

(no i didnt cancel it)

[Blocki.4931]

A few skills work like that, yes. Pretty sure that when you walk into a necro mark on the floor you would also get hit by that.

[Gatvin.6510]

I don't know if there are any skills that still hit through evade frames left in the game. For a while Rev had some Demon skills that explicitly did, but I think those were removed. I guess guard and mes might have some, but I haven't looked. Also, theoretically the time the skill starts channeling and the time it starts the evade buff might be out of synch so there could be a small window to interrupt, but that seems unlikely.

[Simonoly.4352]

As far as I'm aware, there are no skills on Mesmer that can apply a daze through an evade. The only thing that could possibly cause this is Mirror of Anguish where you somehow managed to daze the Mesmer whilst in Daggerstorm and it was immediately mirrored on you. Maybe the Mesmer was dazed in one of your Choking Gas clouds or maybe you were using Sleight of Hand and stole whilst in Daggerstorm? Or actually you possibly reflected either Counter Blade or the second bounce of Magic Bullet from the Mesmer itself.

I do quite like the idea of Mesmers self dazing to trigger Mirror of Anguish to interrupt Daggerstorm....

[InsaneQR.7412]

Lightningfields go through evades.Several fields go through evades.Its not consistent though.

[Turk.5460]

Any ground-placed denial skill like necro/guardian wall, static field, ring of warding, etc is not evadeable and will interrupt DS. Lightning aura as well.

I'm not sure what an Engi has that would bypass the evade, but I did witness that happen last night when an enemy DrD tried contesting DBL S Camp - my Holo guildie dazed or stunned him almost immediately after Daggerstorm started.

[Arcaedus.7290]

There are only two ways to interrupt dagger storm:

• You tethered them before DS, and then execute the pull after they start DS (but only guard can really do this well with DH's spear of justice)
• Wards can interrupt dagger storm (static field, ring of warding, necro fear wall).

Nothing else in the game classifies as an unavoidable attack to my knowledge.

[TheSwede.9512]

Superior Rune of Surging give Shocking Aura on Elite Skill use, which will stun through evade if you strike enemies with it.

Engi's Shield Skill #5 (Static Shield) will also hit its Stun through Evade frames, such as Blurred Frenzy or Dagger Storm, if you strike it.

Either of those could have happened in the engi scenario. Mesmer too, if it was a Power Build, I suppose.

[Crab Fear.1624]

Lightning fieldsWardsTether pullsTraits and runes that stun

Lol that's why devs remove stab from skill

Now I know there is counterplay....super thief don'the seem so super any,ore haha

[Turk.5460]

@TheSwede.9512 said:Engi's Shield Skill #5 (Static Shield) will also hit its Stun through Evade frames, such as Blurred Frenzy or Dagger Storm, if you strike it.

This is probably the answer OP is looking for.

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

Keep in mind that Dagger Storm has a wind up animation between 1/4s and 1/2s. Within that window, the Mermer can use their Sword Ambush skill to daze you before your DS gets started. It seems that the evade window doesn't start until you're already spinning. Stability actually prevented this, but oh well.

[Crab Fear.1624]

Thanks for all your wisdom. The more you know!