Guild Wars 2

So I’ve really started getting back into my Ranger and trying a lot of new things (I stopped on Ranger back when they nerfed pet dmg). I used to hate sword but I quite like it now as I WvW loads…. Only thing is that root and what seems to be skill delay which I can only seem to link to AA animation. Is there a trick around this? It’s not very fluid because the AA goes crazy.

ctrl+clicking mouse on the auto attack should fix it

You can not dodge during each of the attacks in the auto chain. First of all you should disable loop auto attack as this will make dodging way harder. If im not mistaken you candodge after the first hit but not after the 2nd one. It all comes to experience and anticipation. i would not use sword for a power pvp build though as it is very unforgiving. No problem for condi tanks though.

Jekkt.6045:

You can not dodge during each of the attacks in the auto chain. First of all you should disable loop auto attack as this will make dodging way harder. If im not mistaken you candodge after the first hit but not after the 2nd one. It all comes to experience and anticipation. i would not use sword for a power pvp build though as it is very unforgiving. No problem for condi tanks though.

Thanks for that I’ll give that a try. I was using S/T with A/A in wvw as I’m just messing around… That axe 5 has been amusing on p/p thieves spamming 2 and RF LB Rangers. But I used Sword for damage and evades even though I’m power it seemed ok. Is GS still suggested for power builds?

Didnt they just make it a bit easier to dodge in between attacks last patch? Seems a bit more responsive to me than it was…

possible. although they promised us some kind of dodge priority in the auto attack. meaning when you dodge the auto attack will be canceled and you dodge. most likely this will take another year to fix…

Haven’t tried it, but does stowing weapon break sword attack?

I sometimes stow weapon on Entangle coz the animation is so obvious you can sometimes trick people into dodging while not blowing off the long cooldown.

Never tried it.. but technically it should work. Will test when i have time. Although stowing midfight is tricky sometimes.