I just started playing the Demon hunter (leveling up a char i rolled up a very long time ago) and noticed Vengeful Retreat does NOT work. Is there a reason? It says “removes all snares”. Yet - i hit it, i can see it flicker when i hit it - i’m still stuck in the snare. What’s the deal? is this a maybe it works on occasion or somer reason it does not work?
It doesn’t remove roots, just slows
There’s a difference between snares and roots in the game. Snares are slows, roots lock you in place. A lot of things that remove one also remove the other (usually they say “movement impairing effects” now), so i don’t really blame people for thinking they are the same.
Unfortunately havoc dh, the spec that is most dependent on movement for its regular rotation, has absolutely no way of breaking any roots on its own in PvE (i dont do pvp but surely Reverse Magic and Cleansed by Flame work for some roots, right?).
You can go a build that does not require the use of our movement abilities for dps.
except for the fact that some abilities can’t even be used at all if you are rooted, no matter how far inside the target you are, because they are supposed to move you. Meta and the hunt for example can not be used while rooted (the hunt will start to cast but not go off). I also do not want to play no-mover havoc. I would much rather have some way of removing some roots some of the time, like almost every other spec has in one form or another. Even the ones that don’t have an ability or talent that directly says it removes roots or movement impairing effects at least have dispels (priest, devastation) that can sometimes get some types of roots.
If warriors “transform(ing) into a colossus” with Avatar and druids shapeshifting breaks roots, why not DH’s turning into a demon?
Pallies have a full immunity they can do anything they want in, while netherwalk which has you “slip into the nether” doesn’t even make you immune to roots (let alone debuffs).
Hunters are probably 90% of the reason everyone thinks VR removes roots in the first place.
Obviously i would be most happy with something more like a blessing of freedom, tiger’s lust, spirit walk, wraith walk, etc., that is independent of buttons that could already be on cooldown or are wanting to be saved, but ANY form of breaking roots is better than none.
I do agree that you use meta it should break all roots and snares. I hate the hunt and do not use it.
I wish Fel Barrage would get a buff to make it comparable to the hunt. I think as we are demon hunters our immolation aura should remove roots and snares as well. I do agree that we need something to break roots and snares at the same time.
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If you want to int, sure.