Guild Wars 2

Before we get started—this is NOT about any other use of the ability. You want to complain about Guard and walls, do it elsewhere.

What I wanted to discuss is how Guard gives your pet 10 seconds of stealth. This makes landing heavy hitting abilities like bird F2s so much easier, and allows us Rangers to abuse culling just like the thieves do. No longer can people run in little circles to escape my pets—they can’t see them.

Is anyone else enjoying this feature out in WvW? And if you haven’t done it, try it out! You’ll find that you get a lot more successful in small scale combat. I’ve even managed to land Lightning Breath on people.

Also, if you use a Jaguar along with it, what I call “double stealthing” you can have up to 16 (I think it’s 16) consecutive seconds of stealth. The biggest thing to remember here is that the Jaguar’s stealth is a buff with the F2 icon called “Stalking” and is not stealth, and does not stack with stealth. Meaning you have to watch for when the Jag becomes visible after Guard ends and then hit the F2. Using them both will get you only 10 seconds of stealth.

This ability is great for Beastmastery builds with hard hitting pets. I just sit in my spring and bunker while people die to invisible mauling animals.

I use this ability to position my drakes in a good position for landing their breathe attack, you can’t avoid what you don’t see!!