Talk:Gaia/@comment-25521389-20141110092042/@comment-25353417-20141110161919

Here is the problem with counter attack:

1. For clearing area you want to kill stuff BEFORE they touch you not AFTER they hit you.

2. For area, zone, continent bosses, they will hit you with their area attacks and counter attack means jack with area attacks, and you want to kill their minions before they touch you also.

3. For raid bosses, sure some bosses hit you and you can counter them but then again you hit them with your 2.2 snipe mean instant damage --> they die faster, no need to wait for them to hit you, this is very important when you fight high level raid bosses as the only mean to win is either time stop or kill them before they kill you --> time stop > snipe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. counter attack.

The conclusion is, BS counter attack sucks as they offer so little for their cost, sure the dmg on paper looks nice but you will know the situation will not allow you to take hit repeatly. Even SS counter attack is iffty also but hey they are free still better than use your sp to have counter attack.