Guild Wars 2

From what I understand a pet should not assist in reviving you once you are downed. However, maybe 1% of the time or less when I am downed, my pet will be standing over me and I will see the double set of green numbers that indicate you are getting assistance from some source in getting back to your feet.

Has anyone else seen this? If so, is it a bug? So far it has not happened often enough that I can put a finger on when exactly it will occur.

When downed, a Rangers skill #3 will call the pet to aid in reviving you. All classes have their own unique downed skills, Ranger has this one

Heh, are you just smashing buttons when you’re down? You revived yourself.

Some NPCs will do that too, like WvW guards.

Yep, it’s the Ranger’s downed skill #3, Lick Wounds, that’s causing it. It’s actually very, very powerful in situations where the enemy can’t stomp you; Rangers are the kings of underwater combat as a result.

Zaxares.5419:

Yep, it’s the Ranger’s downed skill #3, Lick Wounds, that’s causing it. It’s actually very, very powerful in situations where the enemy can’t stomp you; Rangers are the kings of underwater combat as a result.

Necros are the gods of it, though :p All that poison plus multiple ways to interrupt your pet.

Thanks for the info! Usually the only thing that matters is how fast you can spam Skill #4 when downed, so I wasn’t catching on to the fact that the other three are class-specific.

For best effect, do a pet swap immediately before using Lick Wounds (assuming the new pet is reasonably tanky). That’ll give you a pet with full HP, and it’ll poof right on top of you and begin reviving immediately, instead of having to run back to you.

Eggman.1405:

Thanks for the info! Usually the only thing that matters is how fast you can spam Skill #4 when downed, so I wasn’t catching no to the fact that the other three are class-specific.

On every class it basically goes like:

1. damage enemy
2. avoid/interrupt enemy
3. aid yourself
4. heal yourself