OPTIMIZE Your Skills In Guild Wars 2 - How to GET GOOD

Guild Wars 2 has a steep learning curve and it is difficult to get good at it due to how diverse skill interactions allow experienced players to optimize their combos and rotations to deal more damage and survive by minimizing unnecessary animations. This guide will show all of the intricate mechanics you need to get better and reach the next level of skill in GW2.

Mobility Guide:

Action Combat Tab Targeting Guide:

0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Skill Queueing/Cancelling
2:44 - Skill Priorities
6:35 - Optimizing Keybinds
11:46 - Skill Organization
18:50 - Practice

[Vallun]

This is the final part of the combat mechanics series (check description for the other parts), and these are made because of requests or a demand for them, so if you all want more guides be sure to subscribe.

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[bulletdancestorm]

Vallun's clear articulation + jazz tunes = instant thumbs up . This is a great video. Explaining super specific mechanic techniques and keybind optimizations is something that a lot of people dont bother making content about.

[felsig]

I really like the keybind suggestions in this video. Putting mount binds on the number pad and push to talk on a mouse button are two examples of keybinds that I wouldn't have thought of, but they make perfect sense for fast-paced gaming situations. Tips like these that Vallun includes in his videos have helped me improve as a player and reduced my deaths and my occasional frustration. Thanks, Vallun, as always.

[DC-iwug]

loved the "tone" of using one hand "for whatever reason" made me laugh

[MrQuay]

Man, I love how you make effort to zoom in so it's easier for us to follow on phone and smaller screen.

[aries]

FINALLY! Practical information about how to play the game better. Liked and subscribed.

[ryanbrodsky]

Well done. I'm sending this video to a friend who's just getting into the game.

[saxonknight]

I never noticed how extreme the loss of momentum after using a leap skill was…

[GlacierRain]

Good tips there mister streamer, well done!

[TheAquarius]

Simply amazing guide.
No matter how much or little you've played this game, you're bound to learn something!

[samur]

Love the FFX soundtrack in the background

[uvoke]

liked and subed. Your videos is helpful for me as a newbie. Hope to see

[DeathByRabbit]

The FFX soundtrack is so cozy. My favorite game.

[Tugmug-ti]

Nice education 😁. No drama, very helpful.

[mushaa]

Amazing video. I really hope you get enough likes to make the videos about the differences between the different classes

[baferide]

Hi, Vallun! How are you? Could you produce a video explaining how balance updates affect old builds, what the impact on performance is? Is it viable to continue with these old builds or is it better to update them? How to update a build? Are there tools that help in this process? Thank you! Congratulations on the excellent content produced (videos, live streams...).

[theKouto]

Guild Wars 2 and Final Fantasy X, now that's a perfect combo. We really need blitzball in gw2 already

[aarongabriel]

Not sure if you do these, but would be great to see encounter breakdowns where you talk through your thought processes.

[traveling.down.the.road]

Great video, lots of fantastic tips and suggestions. One point that you said caught my attention and it was related to using certain key presses for stun breaks. Do you use different keybinds for different professions or elite specs, so that you have your stun breaks on the same key(s), for every character? I don’t know if this is even possible, but I think it would be beneficial to try, so muscle memory would kick in and make play easier where breaking out of stuns is important, such as competitive play modes and higher levels of difficulty in PvE play.

[nicholas]

As someone playing with about 200 - 300 ping, i can confirm the skill queueing is very much a LIFE SAVER. It doesnt seem to work if you ever get over 500 ping tho, but at that point, maybe sort out the high ping before trying something like pvp