Guild Wars 2

How do I use my default double-strike skill? Since the start of this game is probably one of the most difficult starts with not enough directions on a bunch of things. Unless all you want to do is spam buttons.

So there I found out there’s a chain to it with 3 other skills attached to it. But nothing in the menu that it’s a set. The menu just shows it as one skill: double-strike. When in fact, it’s 4 skills in one.

I don’t think it has a cool down.
I think the 4th skill, backstab, isn’t part of the chain. The double-strike chain turns into backstab if something else is activated.

But the double-strike chain itself doesn’t really make sense. So I just keep mashing the #1 button, and it will do each skill in the chain successively?

So skill chains are basically the GW2 version of auto-attacks. By default, once you select an enemy and hit 1, your character should run through the skill chain automatically. As far as Backstab goes, what I know comes directly from the GW2 wiki: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stealth_skill. As far as I can tell, when you’re in stealth, your first skill slot is replaced by a special Stealth Skill, and once you use that, you’ll be removed from stealth, and your normal combo skill will return. Hopefully this helps!

Yes it helps alot. Thanks! I was really confused because I thought there was a cool down, and wasn’t sure how to access the next skill in the chain since nothing in the interface tells you anything.

So I guess all I do is hit the #1 button, and my character will automatically continue to use that skill repeatedly through the chain (provided I don’t do anything else).

You’ll notice if you cursor over your skill, it shows info windows for each type of skill attack it goes through. (and this is true for all classes.) When you start auto attacking, it rotates through the skill set automatically. Each attack has a different pic associated with it and if you watch while you’re attacking, the symbol for that skill will change to whichever attack it is using next. i.e. On my protector, using mace and shield, my mace has 3 different attacks. 2 basic attacks followed by a third that does heavy damage and heals me. As it goes through the attacks, the pics on it change towards the next attack so I know what’s coming up next. Rather important if I want that third attack, as my shield abilities can take a bit of time to cast.

Protector?

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Protector?

They are referring to the Guardian class I believe.