Guild Wars 2

Ok, so I’m not sure if this question would ideally go here.. or in the PVP/WvW forum.. but since it IS a “beginner” type question I’d thought I’d post here.. =)

When in PVP or in WvW when a player actually goes into a downed state.. without using the “Finish Them” option.. is it possible to kill them by other means? Can they be attacked with “normal attacks” in that state and die? Or will ONLY the “FINISH” mechanic completely kill them off? I’ve had a few opportunities in WvW but didn’t see the downed player as I went by (hectic fights).. and just dropped a lava pool on them as I past and lost the FINISH option… didn’t know if that did anything. LOL!!

Thanks

Hey there,

Finishing a player is a “short-cut”basicly, you can kill players by just keeping dps pressure on them but that will most likely take longer than a finisher.

However some classes are highly annoying to finish, thief for example is great in stealthing out of your finishers.

Thanks a ton!! That’s helpful!!

When you get the ‘Finish’ option the player is actually in the downed state. And just like when you’re downed they can be killed by any normal damage. The finisher is just quicker and more dramatic (especially if you have one of the special finishers equipped).

If you ever played D&D, the downed state is the same as when you are between 0 and -10 HP, you are disabled, have just a few actions you can do, you are slowly dying, other players can help you and enemies can still hurt you and make you die faster.

Sometimes kill a downed player by just keep doing damage is faster than trying to stomp.