For all you who dislike the so called "Wombo Combo" ask yourself this, was it really so bad? The nightstalker class was an amazing addition for the Hunter, especially since they lacked what is needed for a so called "PvE class" back in year one. All is good in this subclass but one thing, the grenades! The only somewhat effective grenade is the vortex grenade, and without lockdown it's almost completely useless. Using the smoke grenade (while sacrificing invisibility for poison) [b]with[/b] the vortex grenade made an excellent and effective grenade for a subclass without one.
But at what cost? You have to use both your grenade charge and melee charge, along with a slot that can give your allies bonus armour and recovery, or drop more orbs. To me this seemed like a balanced combo since alone these two grenades were almost completely useless. Especially in a world where both other classes have a grenade that can either one hit you, or cause some serious damage.
Edit: I have no issues with Walocks and their firebolt. For a hunter I am also pro warlock, just though I should clear that up since so many ppl assume I complain about that.
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Half of the time people escape the wombo combo anyway... I can't even recall being killed by it except for rare occasions when I'm in a position I shouldn't be in the first place. I main nightstalker and I'd say out of the many times I've used it...only a small percent of people actually die from the combo and not from me having to expose myself and burn their health a bit more to get the kill. It's no worse than a tripmine, since those can kill you much faster and don't take a full melee and grenade slot to use. Half of the grenades in the game now can kill in 1 shot...even at full armor. Yet the nightstalkers smoke + grenade combo only kills if you're bad enough to run right into it... If they nerf nightstalker anymore...it will be useless in PvP. It already has the weakest super alongside the titan bubble. This is why you see about 10 gunslingers or bladedancers to every 1 nightstalker in crucible. Nightstalker definitely isn't the best subclass for PvP and it's useful mainly for PvE activities.