Talk:Take Root

Does this skill when activated replace your weapon skills? If so what are they? If not is it similar to the engineer's elite Supply Drop? Whitesyntax 17:42, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

It takes only 3 seconds being rooted, then the turrets grow and you go back to normal. – Valento ^msg 17:45, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems to create a random number from 2-5 turrets. The color also seems to be random, summoning blue yellow or red turrets. Although blue seems to be the most common type summoned. You can see Take Root used at 1:28, 3:46 and 6:04 in this video Guild Wars 2: Sylvari Elite Racial Skills (BW3) HD. --Fey Zeal 08:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Can anyone who's played a sylvari and an engineer let me know how this compares to the Supply Drop ability? Would it be better to take this over that? --76.173.91.72 10:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I play Sylvari Engineer and Take Root is incredibly useful if you are running a condition build and already use turrets. Each seed turret applies bleeding. It's quite an effective offensive PvE skill. --Redfeather75 05:56, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Would you say it's better than Supply Drop? --76.173.91.72 10:17, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Well it's a bit different. Seed turrets have longer range than the flame turret, and there are a lot of seed turrets. But the engineer turrets only attack red monsters. Elf seed turrets will attack yellow monsters, so you need to place them carefully. Supply Crate lets you drop it on somebody's head to stun them. Take Root gives you a few seconds of immobility and invulnerability. Supply Crate gives you a healing turret and bandages. I would take the Supply Crate if I was an elf-gineer. But if I was an elf guardian for example, I would take Take Root. 114.198.16.75 14:22, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd say supply drop is better unless you need invulnerability. Supply drop's turrets last twice as long (60 seconds versus 30 seconds) and Metal Plating works on them (doubt they do on Take Root). Though Take Root returns a little faster (30 seconds faster). Also a while back arena net said the class based skills will always be "better" than the racial skills, to avoid people clinging to any one specific race. --174.48.63.75 08:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Will Engineer turret enhancements such as Metal Plating affect the biological turrets created by this Elite?--198.96.85.202 20:00, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't think they last long enough to matter (30 seconds) however I would be surprised if they do. --174.48.63.75 08:46, 27 December 2012 (UTC)