Guild Wars 2

Remember guys…downing someone is not a win. Just “hoping for the best” by cleaving them isn’t enough. There’s no point having three guys downed and not finishing even one of them. Why? Because if even one of your teammates dies, those 3 will rise like the phoenix and you’re screwed.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen someone just dancing all over a downed target instead of biting the bullet and stomping. This is specially notable when the downed person is an ele, a mesmer, or a thief. People are afraid to commit because they know these 3 classes have an escape.

But…there’s no shortcut – sorry! Unless you know for a fact that your other skills will finish the guy off, please take some time out, stomp, bait out the escape skill, and stomp again.

Of course, circumstances might dictate otherwise. But I’ve seen many situations when it’s perfectly reasonable to initiate a stomp…only to have people just play around hoping someone else will do the dirty work.

Don’t be that guy. Don’t be a downer. Be a stomper!

I think thieves are worse. The other ones, you know they have only 1 escape. Thieves sometimes looks like they can infinitely escape… But yes, stomping is important, especially if one of your teammate is downed!

It’s always hard in those situations. Especially so with pugs. Ideally you just need one player who has invul/stability etc to go for the stomp. Other players should do cleave damage as much as possible. If everyone goes up to stomp, it also gets bad as you waste cool downs and time to do damage. A shadow refuge can completely nullify your effort and turn tides of the battle. It gets even trickier if you have downed teammate as well. You don’t know how he is gonna react. He doesn’t know what you are thinking either.

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It gets even trickier if you have downed teammate as well. You don’t know how he is gonna react. He doesn’t know what you are thinking either.

Situations like these makes me wish for integrated voice chat.