Guild Wars 2

Let me just say, I really enjoy GW2. I enjoy that there is some skill involved in the game, or at least there can be. A game that rewards my ability to spot tells, dodge/sidestep, and get right back into the fight is something I really enjoy. Its good to fight a boss, and keep my HP at almost 100% the whole time. Some may argue that PVE is broken, but that’s another topic. So, I do almost all dungeons every day, except Arah. I decided to try and solo lupi as my last GW2 hurrah before I hang it up and wait for some more interesting changes/content. I use path 2 (no exploits), solo both the first bosses, and get to lupi usually in 1 or 2 tries. Lupi’s kick gets me every time though. Any advice on avoiding it? Everything else in the game is getting pretty stale IMO, and this is the only thing that seems like a challenge of my skill alone.

BTW, I play a full zerk warrior with the meta build. I have all the foods/weapons/potions/powders/whistles for Arah. Thanks!

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

You need to get a feeling of it, theory gives not much, its all about practise, one day you get a feeling for his kicks, and everything else!

He can double and triple kick in a row. But mostly he alternates between kick, grub and spawn locusts. You can react dodge the kick with practise.

But if you have lag you may have to predict it. Its usually obvious. He kind of stares at you for a second before he does it.

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

Actually he can kick twice in a row, it just almost never happens.

Hm. Actually it can… Anyway, it kicks after the locusts and it enjoys kicking you after the grub if you weren’t at a distance that lupi deemed correct. Such a jerk. It’s mostly like that, grub-locust-kick. The tell is clear enough, you have plenty of time to dodge. ° You simply need more practice and more patience. You’ll be struggling with p1 then with p2 and so fort.

° So this means you have to expect him to kick after the locusts, but you can indeed react to its tell and dodge in time, unless you have a terrible connection.

From my experience, if he kinda pauses in 2 seconds, then he will kick the next second. And he always does it in between grubs and howl. If I waste my dodge on howl, I have to get a block skill up.

Yeah… And when that happens /rage

dutchiez.7502:

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

Actually he can kick twice in a row, it just almost never happens.

Never happened in any of my solo’s :o

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

dutchiez.7502:

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

Actually he can kick twice in a row, it just almost never happens.

Never happened in any of my solo’s :o

I’ve had it happen twice. First time I kissed the ground. Second time I did the same.

I had it happen quite a lot when i was learning. So now i just react to tells instead. Sometimes i might get caught offguard and eat a kick though.

I’ve had a legendary triple kick!

Yeah, I mopped the floor with my face that time.
Then I cursed and threw the cat out of the window.

I can also happen that you push him around a little and he does it out of a spin or something that may be tricky and can hit unexpected, and if you have a pet or an ember it can also happen that he is aggroing the ember and you feel quite save and during 0,5sec he turns to you and instantly kicks..
also reading the guildchat can be deadly in this situation

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

thats wrong.
sometimes lupi kicks twice in a row.

He changes his rotation whenever he wants so you always have to be expecting anything to come next.

NoTrigger.8396:

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

thats wrong.
sometimes lupi kicks twice in a row.

No kitten, read the replies ~_<.

on a warrior you can burn dodges every alternate attack in phase 1, so don’t be afraid to do so if you have a less-than-optimal connection (like me) and have to predict kicks. you don’t even need to use eviscerate in phase 1 if you do so, just have to cycle between GS and axe/sword.

if a trash player like me can do it anyone can. good luck!

Everyone here knows what theyre talking about, so taking thir advice is naturally a good idea. Anyways I would suggest you keep an eye on lupi’s left leg(on the right for you) he croutches a little before landing the actual kick. Learn to recognise it and if you have the reaction time it shouldn’t be too hard

Cries Of Sorrow.5864:

In phase 1 he strictly follows a rotation, he can never kick twice in a row. In phase 2 he doesn’t kick, where the swipe is the only thing threatening you as warrior.

It’s rare but sometimes he does double kick me.

As for avoiding it. After a while you start getting a feel for it. He waits to use it a little longer than other skills so if you have alot of dead time expect a kick coming or if he’s used his other 2 attacks already.

The swipe isn’t too dangerous. Dodge, use adrenal skill to refill endurance then you can dodge backwards and use the sword block for the big aoe, make use of another burst skill if needed to fill endurance

that feel when lagging and getting hit mid-dodge by swipe

Sanderinoa.8065:

I would suggest you keep an eye on lupi’s left leg(on the right for you) he croutches a little before landing the actual kick. Learn to recognise it and if you have the reaction time it shouldn’t be too hard

The crouch is the tell I look for which is nice because it works for double kicks as well. Never seen a triple kick yet though 0_0.

Anet should change the the swipe and kick names to:

Lupi Kick and Lupi PAWNCH and Lupicus should shout when those are used

Grok Krog.9581:

Anet should change the the swipe and kick names to:

Lupi Kick and Lupi PAWNCH and Lupicus should shout when those are used

And maybe add cartoon style “POW”, “PAWNCH” effects whenever he hits you.