3 small details to add that I didn't pick up (again I could have missed it): - Warriors can have a trait that guarantees a rally if they kill someone while they have their downed-state 3 skill active. If they don't have this trait then it's a % chance - When any classes that have a teleport/movement downed skill uses it while you are reviving them it will interrupt your attempt to revive them and you'll need to re-initiate the revive. You can continue your revive on a thief and mesmer after you've started reviving them if and only if they teleported within melee range of you. If an elementalist uses their downed-sate mist form, however, even if they remain close you will be unable to heal/revive them as they are in an invulnerable state. - Following the above two points: if you are downed, see no way of getting a rally or self-revive, and have access to a teleport/movement skill then the best move (when possible) is to move yourself onto the point so that your body will either contest/decap the point. This will force the enemy to either stomp you or cleave you since they can't allow you to bleed and cap/decap the point.
I don't know if I missed it, but something important to note is that downed players still contribute to capturing points. This usually leads to you wanting to stomp them as it is often faster than cleaving (since they have double the health pool) allowing you to decap or capture the point as fast as possible. I'm only halfway through the vid but I've passed "handling downed enemies" so I imagine it won't come up further on. I'll edit this if it does come up later :)
awesome vid, thanks for that. Doing this as a pseudo 10th video to your "how to fight x" series really worked out better than adding that to the specific class video. great reference!
I think the game mode would benefit a lot from allowing downed players to crawl. Crawling players cannot use skills and move at 1/2 or 3/4 walking speed. This I believe would help the game because bleeding is a toxic behavior. At least if the downed player can crawl onto the objective, the other player would have a reason to kill/stomp.
I'd like to know what you think about these berserker builds? Am I missing something? Rn I only really played in wvw with this build, and they let me have great fun while playing. why strengthline? bc strengthline has far more better traits then defenseline. The lost damage mitigation I just trade with armor and runes. Right now im still figuering out which 3 utility I should use. I do find berserkerstance quite intriguing bc I gives you 3 things. 1. Its defensive against condi, which allows me to take "destruction of the empowered to have an edge vs boonabuse builds. Secondly while in berserker and on axe you can spam your f1 up to 4! times in rapid succession. 3. It helps you to regain adrenalin if your head butt didnt hit. You don't even need an extra stunbreak like defypain or something else bc is headbutt is a stunbreak aswell. Thats my thought process about berserkerstance. Have a good day!:) gw2skills.net/editor/?PKwAEd7lJwwYJMQmJOWX6tLA-z5gfKNKCyUB0rQIjJgsGA pvp gw2skills.net/editor/?PKwAEd7lJwwYJMQmJOWX6tLA-z1YY7Qr9Yia4EiK4TpJJajigMVU9KE04BIg9wrRALbA-w wvw
The Important Part of this build ist to reduce your Power Stats gearwise and put These Stats in fero prec anf toughness because you get much Power and damage amplyfiers from the strengthline anyway.
Let's see, what should I do when I'm downed? I've got it! I'll pull my enemy CLOSER! What in the hell was Anet thinking when they came up with that shit?
3 small details to add that I didn't pick up (again I could have missed it):
- Warriors can have a trait that guarantees a rally if they kill someone while they have their downed-state 3 skill active. If they don't have this trait then it's a % chance
- When any classes that have a teleport/movement downed skill uses it while you are reviving them it will interrupt your attempt to revive them and you'll need to re-initiate the revive. You can continue your revive on a thief and mesmer after you've started reviving them if and only if they teleported within melee range of you. If an elementalist uses their downed-sate mist form, however, even if they remain close you will be unable to heal/revive them as they are in an invulnerable state.
- Following the above two points: if you are downed, see no way of getting a rally or self-revive, and have access to a teleport/movement skill then the best move (when possible) is to move yourself onto the point so that your body will either contest/decap the point. This will force the enemy to either stomp you or cleave you since they can't allow you to bleed and cap/decap the point.
I don't know if I missed it, but something important to note is that downed players still contribute to capturing points. This usually leads to you wanting to stomp them as it is often faster than cleaving (since they have double the health pool) allowing you to decap or capture the point as fast as possible.
I'm only halfway through the vid but I've passed "handling downed enemies" so I imagine it won't come up further on. I'll edit this if it does come up later :)
Loving this series of how-to's in GW2. Keep them going!
awesome vid, thanks for that. Doing this as a pseudo 10th video to your "how to fight x" series really worked out better than adding that to the specific class video. great reference!
Vallun, thank you for your recent PvP matchup guides and this video and anything else that will come! Praise the sun. \o/
This video wasa really good and very eazy to understand also you remainded me some things that I dont play attantion anymore. Ty
Quality video like folks will say. Also great music choice
I think the game mode would benefit a lot from allowing downed players to crawl. Crawling players cannot use skills and move at 1/2 or 3/4 walking speed. This I believe would help the game because bleeding is a toxic behavior. At least if the downed player can crawl onto the objective, the other player would have a reason to kill/stomp.
Awesome guide, keep it up man
Love the game but dont love down state mechanic.
You can also daze downed players. For example with rev utility.
I'd like to know what you think about these berserker builds? Am I missing something? Rn I only really played in wvw with this build, and they let me have great fun while playing.
why strengthline? bc strengthline has far more better traits then defenseline. The lost damage mitigation I just trade with armor and runes.
Right now im still figuering out which 3 utility I should use. I do find berserkerstance quite intriguing bc I gives you 3 things. 1. Its defensive against condi, which allows me to take "destruction of the empowered to have an edge vs boonabuse builds. Secondly while in berserker and on axe you can spam your f1 up to 4! times in rapid succession. 3. It helps you to regain adrenalin if your head butt didnt hit.
You don't even need an extra stunbreak like defypain or something else bc is headbutt is a stunbreak aswell. Thats my thought process about berserkerstance.
Have a good day!:)
gw2skills.net/editor/?PKwAEd7lJwwYJMQmJOWX6tLA-z5gfKNKCyUB0rQIjJgsGA pvp
gw2skills.net/editor/?PKwAEd7lJwwYJMQmJOWX6tLA-z1YY7Qr9Yia4EiK4TpJJajigMVU9KE04BIg9wrRALbA-w wvw
The Important Part of this build ist to reduce your Power Stats gearwise and put These Stats in fero prec anf toughness because you get much Power and damage amplyfiers from the strengthline anyway.
I feel like engi got jipped on downstate abilities. Sure, their third ability is great, but the other two are hot garbage...
Let's see, what should I do when I'm downed? I've got it! I'll pull my enemy CLOSER! What in the hell was Anet thinking when they came up with that shit?
I'm not dead I feeeel happy I feeel happyy
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