Gank

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Although in most online games, to gank means to kill a small group or individual by a much larger group, in Guild Wars ganking means to attack a target which is not capable of resisting an assault. The target can range anywhere from a Guild Lord, to flag runners to archer NPCs. In the case of archer NPCs, the act of ganking NPCs is especially popular for VoD builds, where eliminating as many enemy NPCs as possible is the key to success. The players performing the gank can range from a single character to all eight. Splitting your team into smaller segments for ganking purposes is common.

A common last chance desperation strategy of many guilds is to attempt a Guild Lord gank close to VoD time. Any or all of the 8 GvG players can rush the backdoor of the map, or even run through the enemy team (with ample snares) at a chance of possibly killing the Guild Lord. On maps with catapults or the Druid's Isle, for example, the gankers can body block door entrances or the vine bridge so that the enemy monks cannot return back to heal their Guild Lord.

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