Guild Wars 2

About flanking strike – if you are very close, you jump right begind your target , and if you keep distance, you jump to its side – test it in Mists on training golems. It’s a move designed to counter aggressive melee fighters, not to chase somebody, like heartseeker.

So yeah, if you don’t end up behind your target, you are doing it wrong.

LOL at doing it wrong i am in melee range how much closer do you want me to be in his pocket ?

I believe the pathing on flanking strike is still broken as most times i do not end up behind the enemy.
I end up skewing off onto a sideways trajectory that takes me out of melee range causing me to miss all together