What happens usually is that SOMEONE ELSE who was closer to you, gets in there and starts slamming you because they see you stuck. This “oh they just run in and kill you” stuff is hyperbole.
3 second root on pull as well and it’s still not enough time to damage people before they start dodging. I play GA/WH in wars every week and open world pvp and the occasional OPR and it’s pretty much the same in all of them (although in OPR, they really never even have to get into GW range since there’s no reason to ever push). Unfortunately you die about 2 seconds later as everyone in that meatball doesn’t die from 2 hits of maelstrom and a gravwell popping (about 8k damage with crits in there) and they proceed to stomp you unless you charge out or spam dodges away. The only times you land both swings of maelstrom are when you are in the middle of the meatball, and you’ve gravwelled the floor at your feet to pull them onto you, so it takes out that couple seconds of “running in”. You get maybe one swing to land if you’re lucky, but it’s not uncommon for both to “miss” You burn a cooldown and they’re out of range. You gravwell, and by the time you move your player into attack range, the root is gone and they’re dodging out of the well and they’re iframing so nothing lands. The second swing actually hitting is rare as unicorn shit. I think you guys saying that people can just “run in and maelstrom” have not played a lot of GA. From further out it is easier for us to land it but is telegraphed with the under handed windup and you can dodge, run, use abilities to get away. G well has a very narrow hit box and short range you can side step easily fyi. Great axes are countered by many weapons and abilities as well btw. You might try rapier or need to really focus on avoidance of great axe users with g well. Melee in general feels bad atm and is mainly caused when they nerfed great axe lunge and chase, desync, auto attack hit boxes not registering.Īll builds have flaws and weaknesses. And how that weapon needs to function changes over time withbthe meta. You need one weapon with mobility in this game typically for maneuvering. Its why hammer and spear players dont double dip and use both of them. This has always been the case with some weapons. May have to switch to your rapier and riposte or fleche out. The root only holds you for part of the time the well is active.