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{{quotation|[[Guild Wars Prophecies]] box|'''A Deadly Combination'''<br>Strike with a [[Hamstring]] attack to [[cripple]] your [[Kite|fleeing]] [[Foe|opponent]], then rain fire down upon him as he slowly limps away.}}

[[Hamstorm]] is a [[Warrior]]/[[Elementalist]] [[build]] that combines the [[Swordsmanship]] attack skill Hamstring and the [[Fire Magic]] spell [[Fire Storm]]. The build was featured on one of the inside flaps of the ''Guild Wars Prophecies'' box, where it was given as an example of ''"A Deadly Combination"''. The player base unanimously disagrees:

* Warriors have barely enough [[Energy#Maximum energy|maximum energy]] to use the [[skill]] combination in the first place. At the time, Hamstring and Fire Storm combined cost 20 energy.
* An opponent can remove the [[condition]] and leave the [[area of effect]] of Fire Storm before the spell does a decent amount of damage.
* Even if they don't remove it, they can just walk out of the Fire Storm, taking minimal damage.
* The [[attribute]]s of this build would be spread far too thin to reach their potential, as the skills span 6 attributes.

The build is now well regarded as a joke build.

The skills are:

{{Skill bar|"I Will Avenge You!"|Galrath Slash|Hamstring|Defensive Stance|Chain Lightning|Fire Storm|Ice Spikes|Inferno}}

== Trivia ==

* [[Little Thom]] uses an expanded version of Hamstorm in the [[Norn Fighting Tournament]]. The easiest way to avoid damage from him is, obviously, to move out of the way of [[Fire Storm]] and [[Breath of Fire]] while keeping the cripple condition [[Condition#Skills removing conditions|removed]].
* The warrior in the promotional image can't even use the sword attacks, as he only has a bow, hammer, axe, and wand equipped.

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self>Emily Malkieri at 17:43, 9 September 2026