It use to be fun to send pets up walls but this obviously was not the intention of the skill.
So if you have any creative ideas. I’d love to hear them.
I guess I’m also wondering what the intention of this skill was suppose to be by the designers, when I can already send pets where I want them with the attack/retreat function. If I wanted, I could also give my pet protection via rolling / more defense with signet of stone and signet of wild.
Anywhere: provide protection to your pet in a situation where they’d probably die without it.
WvW: put your pet on the path a dolyak goes on then hide someplace safe (out of sight) that’s within 3,000 range of that location.
That’s all I’ve got :-/
I’m not a big fan of it either.
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Pet torpedo buster: Send a stealthed wolf behind a group of enemies operating siege or trying to hold a choke and fear them, then bust in with the rest of your strike force.
Also for assassination purposes with the Jaguar. They don’t see your little cat approaching and suddenly take huge crits out of nowhere.
People also use it to keep their pet alive in some dungeons by sending the pet far away with guard. They can still get the benefit of traits and skills which transfer stuns/conditions to the pet.
The only crime, turrets committed, is being good against the celestial meta.
The mob has spoken and the turrets shall be burnt at the stake.
I’ve tried using it in the dredge fractal, where you need to operate the door. But it doesn’t work the way I expected. It says the pet guards the area aggressively… but instead my pet picks the first mob to enter the area and focuses solely on them. Not helpful :/
You can use it for kittenasinations in large WvW stalemate encounters, picking the weak players is always fun when they can’t see your pet, plus it provides excellent distraction and sometimes it opens holes in their defense.
You can use it in pve extensively, especially in ‘defend this area’ type of events. Picking a tougher pet, sending it to guard a door while you guard the other from enemy attacks is a simple example.
I like to use it in dungeons to send my pet to help the weaker players, so that I can run around and focus on fighting other monsters.
AFK farming.
Send the pet into the mobs then go surfing the net or whatever.
I did such kind of things a lot in defense event.
Especially asura fire elemental.
AFK farming.
Send the pet into the mobs then go surfing the net or whatever.
I did such kind of things a lot in defense event.
Especially asura fire elemental.
Another reason why this skill should be looked at by the developers :-/
Then again, Engineer can just put down a turret nest.
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I dont know what you guys are talking about, its an amazing skill, you can be in 2 places at once. My pet does the dynamic events while i’m altabbed and watch dirty stuff on youtube.
Just gotta check on him every few minutes.
Anywhere: provide protection to your pet in a situation where they’d probably die without it.
WvW: put your pet on the path a dolyak goes on then hide someplace safe (out of sight) that’s within 3,000 range of that location.
That’s all I’ve got :-/
I’m not a big fan of it either.
1party full 5ranger and put"5 Guard"on somewhere yak road see bloody thristy pet kill anything on yak road is good idea.
Or
Put 5dog or cat guard chaoke point never try b4.
The problem is pet not smart to hit moving target.
put a cat on guard in the Borderlands JP lmao
Guess, you know, which spot I’m talking about. 2 traps+cat should be plenty. Problem is thieves with invis on fall.
The only crime, turrets committed, is being good against the celestial meta.
The mob has spoken and the turrets shall be burnt at the stake.
LMAO a lot of funny ideas here. Thanks for sharing. too bad half of these are jokes!!!!
For those who suggest use it for the stealth factor, why would i bother……that’s not enough to surprise anybody. Id rather lay traps which lay longer.
And who wants protection for the pet…..any non npc will just target you.
Furthermore, the pet needs protection when in stealth? When it is stealth it is hidden and not taking damage. It doesnt need no dam protection
The protection alone is the reason to use this skill. It grants your pet 10 seconds of protection. If you use it while your pet is in combat at it current location you pet wont stealth or stealths so quick you cant tell but it will still gain the protection. This protection stacks with other protections gained. I am not sure how this works with bark skin.
If you dont know what protection does. It reduces incoming damage by 33%. Those of you who rely on your pet for most or all your damage really should consider having this on your bar.
This skill alone can make a big difference on wether your pet lives or dies. Which in turn also affects your dps.
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Well, in PvP, it can turn your pet into a trap of sorts. Since it’s invisible, you can drag your opponent to the location at which your pet is stationed. Snare your opponent, and you can get off a free pet attack from stealth.
The protection alone is the reason to use this skill. It grants your pet 10 seconds of protection. If you use it while your pet is in combat at it current location you pet wont stealth or stealths so quick you cant tell but it will still gain the protection. This protection stacks with other protections gained. I am not sure how this works with bark skin.
If you don’t know what protection does. It reduces incoming damage by 33%. Those of you who rely on your pet for most or all your damage really should consider having this on your bar.
This skill alone can make a big difference on whether your pet lives or dies. Which in turn also affects your dps.
I know what protection is
But if thats the sole reason you use it, I’d rather take sig of stone which has 6 sec invuln. Perhaps if Fortifying Bond worked both ways, I’d see more use.
Furthermore it is extremely rare I find a player that would attack my pet and the only damage they would take would be via a cleave or if i use “protect me”
Thus I find this only usable in PvE when I am trolling in a dungeon / farming
For those who say use with traps, this is possibly the only good time to use this skill, but id rather just have a 3rd trap and then send the pet on them with F1 when they trigger. But that is my opinion
As far as signet of stone goes its a great skill and I use it alot. It’s the skill I swapped out guard for.
I dont need my pet to take no damage I just need it not to die. I can use guard 4 times during the 120 cd on sos. The only time I use sos over guard is when I want to the invulnerbility for me.
Granted most people dont target pets in spvp or tpvp. For WvW you want to see what 33% aoe damage reduction can do use guard.
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It’s a method of repositioning your pet that opponents can’t respond to. Your pet vanishes and gains protection, they can’t even see the guarded area. I believe pets still move faster than players as well, so if you have agility training you’ve got a very technical skill on your hands.
You can send your wolf ahead to fear an opponent back into you or any dog to takedown a fleeing foe. You could order your porcine pets to give their foraged item to someone else and still do the takedown trick (while avoidable, the porcine takedown is hilariously powerful).
It’s the sort of skill that has its uses, but for it to appeal to you you need to be a very tricksy sort of person.
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CoF Path 1, Slave Driver. If you set Guard where the Searing Flame Effigy spawns with a Devourer, the Effigy will spend the whole fight trying to kill the pet and never engage your group. A ranger can indefinitely tank the Effigy from beyond max range, and DPS/Support the main team at the same time.
TA Solo Chest run. I use guard to have the pet clear a safe spot in the poison blooms, and then I can focus on the boss w/o bothering with targetting blooms.
Penitent path – I set Guard at the fort while I gather mats. And come back to sparkles on the ground.
Champ Karka – I’ll use Guard to distract the boss, while I go gather the mats.
Solo Ice Fractal Run – Guard is used to distract the bonfire defenders. Set guard at the spawn point, light the fire and hang out on the far end. Most/All of the defenders will engage the pet and you can just keep the fire lit and throw the pet an occasional heal-as-one. Guard is also used to force target the pet onto the Ice Elemental, since it refuses to recognize it as an F1 target.
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