Guild Wars 2

ATM some classes downed 2 skills bypass mace 3 block on guardian (notably the guardian blowback). This is kind of annoying bc there’s no real reason for it, and if a buddy is stomping and I don’t have stab up, mace 3 should be able to block
the interupt. Just a quick fix that I’d appreciate.

Are you saying you should be able to stand in front of your teammate while they stomp and block the aoe push back of the Guard’s downed state?

You can body block Engi pull and Warrior interrupt this way, but those are single target, trajectory skills and the Guard’s knock back isn’t.

Because it is an AoE CC, I think it’s working as intended, tbh, or I’m missing something about your post.

Yes I mean that USING mace 3 skill (I don’t know if you missed this part, it’s in the title). This works against most aoe ccs like hammer warr skills, so it should work against downed.
if you didn’t know, guard made 3 blocks the next attack on you or any of your allies in range, but the guard downed skill interupts and bypasses it.

It’s an AoE blowback bud, your personal shield shouldn’t protect someone else from an AoE attack. It only blocks attacks for you, so just stomp the guy yourself…

Syde.5961:

It’s an AoE blowback bud, your personal shield shouldn’t protect someone else from an AoE attack. It only blocks attacks for you, so just stomp the guy yourself…

Incorrect, Protector’s Strike: “Surround yourself and nearby allies with a shield. Damage foes that strike protected allies. Grant protection to yourself and nearby allies if you are not struck.”

It blocks the next attack directed at any ally in range - could the Guard have priority, and block the knockback while their stomping ally gets hit by it?

Also it’s not a projectile or physical strike, as has been said - it’s an untargeted AoE effect. It might be worth testing on other untargeted AoE effects.

Are you saying you should be able to stand in front of your teammate while they stomp and block the aoe push back of the Guard’s downed state?

This I see no problem with - it’s a deliberate use of a skill to aid an ally, in the same way as popping an AoE stability or landing blinds on the downed foe are.