Guild Wars 2

Hello. Is there a way to stop an auto-attack in the middle of a fight?

Thank you!

There’s an option in your settings. Something like stop attacking when switching targets.

You can also choose a key that "holsters’ your weapons, I set mine to Right CTRL to put my weps away when i need to stop auto-attacking. Also good for jump puzzles when you get in battle mode and need to jump, put your wep away with whatever key you set.
Look in the controls area of the settings (F11)

Pressing esc during combat also works

I use ESC as well.

Carize.8532:

You can also choose a key that "holsters’ your weapons, I set mine to Right CTRL to put my weps away when i need to stop auto-attacking. Also good for jump puzzles when you get in battle mode and need to jump, put your wep away with whatever key you set.
Look in the controls area of the settings (F11)

Wait….this bound key can force you out of combat? How did I not know this for over a year?

Brother Grimm.5176:

I use ESC as well.

Carize.8532:

You can also choose a key that "holsters’ your weapons, I set mine to Right CTRL to put my weps away when i need to stop auto-attacking. Also good for jump puzzles when you get in battle mode and need to jump, put your wep away with whatever key you set.
Look in the controls area of the settings (F11)

Wait….this bound key can force you out of combat? How did I not know this for over a year?

Same here, I’ll bound it right away, I’ve been using the face away bind (it turns you 180 degrees) to stop combat, this one sounds like it looks much better and doesn’t make me look the other way..

The 180 turn may stop attacking your current target, but it does NOT take you out of combat mode….(at least it didn’t when I fist started trying to use that function).

I was unaware there was ANY user input that could actually take you out of combat. A key like that would be VERY valuable in both jumping Puzzles and trying to run thru hostile infested territory.

Yes Escape works, but it doesn’t seem to work 100% for me. Sometimes I find myself bashing the hell out of the key and running around like a maniac.

The problem with ESC is that it can also bring up the menu.

turn off auto attack, ctrl+right click on skill 1

Khisanth.2948:

The problem with ESC is that it can also bring up the menu.

It will stop the the current player action (note this will abort ANY action you have in progress….harvesting a resource node, opening a chest, etc.). A 2nd press WILL bring up the menu.

turn off auto attack, ctrl+right click on skill 1

Seriously, if you every have time to click on a skill during combat ,you are doing something wrong. While it’s not a huge deal in PvE, it’s a bad habit to get into.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Happyfool.8951:

turn off auto attack, ctrl+right click on skill 1

Seriously, if you every have time to click on a skill during combat ,you are doing something wrong. While it’s not a huge deal in PvE, it’s a bad habit to get into.

actually, i meant toggle off auto attack entirely, not keep switching between auto attack on/off.