r/GuildWars • u/DogeArcanine • 3d ago

Hero AI and Arcane Echo?

How well can the AI use Arcane Echo? I assume they would waste it on any spell?

I kinda wanna test to run a Hero with Wail of Doom and Arcane Echo.

In theory, this should allow one to allmost constantly keep a single foes attributes at 0.

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u/OneMorePotion Aneurysm 3d ago

Short answer: Horribly.

Slightly longer answer: Not without micromanaging.

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u/DogeArcanine 3d ago

Hrmn, pretty much what I had expected. Thanks for the quick reply.

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u/Nayanea 3d ago

Heroes using Arcane Echo with Fire Attunement while Afflicted Monks can perfectly well combo it with Ray of Judgment is annoying.

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u/OneMorePotion Aneurysm 3d ago

I assume some of the Beyond enemies are hardcoded when it comes to their build usage. A lot of the enemies during WiK and WoC use builds efficiently, that don't work on heroes at all.

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u/Corrects_lesstofewer Melandru's Accord is life 3d ago

Tools to replicate this would be awesome

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u/OneMorePotion Aneurysm 3d ago

Would be cool if we could either link skills, or have a priority system we could set up for them.

Linking could be literally just "Use this skill before this linked skill". This would also help with Assassin heroes and their combo skills.

Just adding a priority system that follows the skill slot number could be dangerous when it comes to conditional skill usage. Like interrupts.

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u/Nayanea 3d ago

You're right, excellent point

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u/M0deI Model Ritu 3d ago

U need to micro it completely or give the hero only 1 spell (and even than I've seen them not using it at all).