Guild Wars 2

Made a short as possible video today as I had low amount of time, quickly giving you guys a guide on how to be mechanically better with just one, neat little trick.

If you got questions, ask here, at the video or contact me ingame!

I also hope to see many new people joining Academy Gaming Cups with the nice prizing coming! Llama’s if you get into RO8 if +8 team signed up!

Cheers

Mechanical Advantage Trick

or use ESC, or is there some disadvantage in that I don’t know about compared to the stowing?

Edit: I guess you can choose your own hotkey for it, so it’s definitely better than ESC.

anyways, thx for the nice vid!

You can also double dodge roll out of the cast, to cancel it…. … On a more serious note. Maybe this will help out some new players out there

Well done video, kudos!

You say it works on any skill that has animation and cast time.
Well go ahead and try it on ranger longbow skills like point blank shot which is very similar to pin down regarding animation and cast time(faster though).

Also worth mentioning conjure weapon skills, engi kits etc. can’t be stowed.

robertul.3679:

Also worth mentioning conjure weapon skills, engi kits etc. can’t be stowed.

Conjure weapons or other bundles you can’t really do anything about, at least not without sacrificing the conjured weapon. However, you can perform this manoeuvre with engineer kits by utilizing the weapon swap function instead of the stow/draw weapons function. This will cancel any current animations.

Note that it has to be the swap weapon function. Simply putting the kit away by using the utility skill again will not cancel any animations.

Furthermore, and engineer can also use this feature to cancel various leap skills since the game does not let you drop bundles while in the air.

There’s only a few real skills on kits that actual benefit from this. Most notably, this allows you cancel magnet after the animation has played, meaning you can bait out a dodge while only putting magnet on a short cooldown. I believe you can also use it with the flamethrower’s air blast, though that thing comes out pretty fast anyways.

This is also the same technique that will allow you to cancel the leap back of acid bomb, as well as stop the leap from rocket boots in order to gain a precise landing position/cancel the end of it to not risk getting the annoying buggy roll at the end.

robertul.3679:

You say it works on any skill that has animation and cast time.
Well go ahead and try it on ranger longbow skills like point blank shot which is very similar to pin down regarding animation and cast time(faster though).

Also worth mentioning conjure weapon skills, engi kits etc. can’t be stowed.

I’ll try this 2morrow (longbow point blank). Normally it should work if it has a ramp-up animation.

And yes, engi kits cannot be stowed, only actual weapons you CAN stow (weapons you wear, pistol/shield or rifle on Engi).
And ofc some utilties and elites as said in the video

As said above, u can swap kits/weps to interupt/cancel kit skills

Terrorsquad.2349:

robertul.3679:

You say it works on any skill that has animation and cast time.
Well go ahead and try it on ranger longbow skills like point blank shot which is very similar to pin down regarding animation and cast time(faster though).

Also worth mentioning conjure weapon skills, engi kits etc. can’t be stowed.

I’ll try this 2morrow (longbow point blank). Normally it should work if it has a ramp-up animation.

For Ranger Longbow Skills: I tried this and you’re right. Even when stowing right before the animation, the skill goes into its original cooldown. I don’t think this should be the case, doesn’t make sense.. Only the Auto-Attack can be stowed.

Interesting

DeWolfe.2174:

Well done video, kudos!

Thank you!

Judging from the thread name, I expected Turret Engineer guide.

Thankfully, it’s something way more helpful for new players. Good job!

Rym.1469:

Judging from the thread name, I expected Turret Engineer guide.

Thankfully, it’s something way more helpful for new players. Good job!

Hey! :<

Hehe, thanks man!

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

U never played GW1

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

It’s less of a bug than jump dodging and has been in the game forever.

Richy Lao.8346:

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

U never played GW1

I did. I have 50/50 and GWAMM (long before GW2 was released).

Malediktus.9250:

Richy Lao.8346:

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

U never played GW1

I did. I have 50/50 and GWAMM (long before GW2 was released).

Then you surely know fake casts where one of the most important (if not he most important) mechanic for monks and midlaners.

Spiuk.8421:

midlaners.

u w0t m8?

Spiuk.8421:

Malediktus.9250:

Richy Lao.8346:

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

U never played GW1

I did. I have 50/50 and GWAMM (long before GW2 was released).

Then you surely know fake casts where one of the most important (if not he most important) mechanic for monks and midlaners.

Nah man, you know pve’ers had no incentive to cancel cast.

Lux.7169:

Spiuk.8421:

Malediktus.9250:

Richy Lao.8346:

Malediktus.9250:

Sounds like an exploit which needs fixing.

U never played GW1

I did. I have 50/50 and GWAMM (long before GW2 was released).

Then you surely know fake casts where one of the most important (if not he most important) mechanic for monks and midlaners.

Nah man, you know pve’ers had no incentive to cancel cast.

Helps alot in PvP

Manimarco Devil.1790:

Spiuk.8421:

midlaners.

u w0t m8?

LoL vs GW2 Stronghold inc?

Can you please stop bumping your own threads constantly? Thank you!

P.S. I eagerly await your response to this rhetorical question in three days so you can bump again.

CptCuddles.8912:

Can you please stop bumping your own threads constantly? Thank you!

P.S. I eagerly await your response to this rhetorical question in three days so you can bump again.

I must be mad thinking forums are to respond! Where am I?!