I've been trying it in WvW -- I love the animations and the vibe, but from the perspective of an average player (and repeating what others have said above): -- no defensive / mobility skills-- can't cast 4 behind-- 3 slightly unreliable-- 2 has a long cast time In the perfect fight -- open, blobs not too massive, bit spread out -- it does good work. But this is hardly flexible. The other issue is if you pair it with m/a you still have no defensives, and with staff you have some mobility but only have the SB for damage. As for the Renegade legend, if you can land the elite + icerazors it's kinda cool, but again you need a slower / more predictable fight. Often I think I'd be doing better with m/a and staff. I don't mind the Renegade trait line per se, the alacrity is still nice.