Downed state may be a

nuisance

to some, but if you play it right, it can keep you in the battle and give you the advantage over your enemy!

1. KNOW YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR ENEMIES:

Downed skills

are the four

skills

available to a player in the

downed

state. The first three slots are determined by your

profession

; the fourth slot is always

Bandage

.

By knowing your skills you can quickly react when you are brought down by the enemy. For instance, should you wait a few seconds before hitting defensive ability so you maximize the amount of time it takes to kill you, or should you use it right away to increase your teams chances of getting you up, or interrupting a fight currently going on.

2. IF YOU ARE NOT IN DANGER, ALWAYS TRY TO RES A DOWNED ALLY

3. IT ONLY TAKES 5 SECONDS UNDER MINIMAL PRESSURE TO REVIVE

3. IF YOUR ALLY GOES DOWN AND SO DOES THE ENEMY, FINISH OFF THE ENEMY FIRST. NOW YOUR ALLY CAN RALLY, RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND, GIVING THE ENEMY A CHANCE TO RALLY.

4. IF YOU ARE DOWNED, TARGET THE CLOSEST ENEMY ABOUT TO BE FINISHED OFF AND YOU WILL RALLY.

5. SOME PROFESSIONS HAVE FEARS OR KNOCKBACKS THAT EFFECT ONLY 1 PERSON, SO HELP FINISH OFF ENEMIES. OR WAIT BACK WHILE ONE PERSON GOES TO FINISH OFF AND WHEN THE AOE KNOCKBACK IS USED MOVE IN TO FINISH WHILE OTHERS CAN NOW GO BACK TO FIGHTING.

Advanced Techniques for those who are a little more comfortable with the idea now: ​

6. Depending on who is around, you can let the player bleed out, hitting him here and there with a default #1 attack to reset his heal. And if the player continues to try to heal it is more time where he is out of the match itself.

7. You can use Stability to avoid their defensive downed state so you can get the finisher off right through it.

8 Quickness buff's decrease the time it takes to Resurrect an Ally and Down an Enemy. This can be a game changer in a big battle.

A video of a battle where a lot of the above downed state mechanics are used:

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