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Undo revision 2430407 by Falconeye (Talk) that's about match manipulation

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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 runner|flag runners]] to archer [[NPC]]s. The players performing the gank can range from a single [[character]] to all eight. [[Split]]ting your [[team]] into smaller segments for ganking purposes is common.

In [[Heroes' Ascent]], the term gank is used to describe the tactic by which one or two teams gang up against another team to prevent them from winning. A team might gank if they realize that they cannot win, and instead of [[resign]]ing, go after one team to prevent them from winning. They could also gank by immediately seeking to take another team out of the battle. They may [[Chat window|whisper]] members of the third team and agree to team up. There are several reasons a team might gank but most commonly it is because they do not like the players or tactics of the team they chose to gank. Another reason may be to help friends, [[alliance]] or [[guild]] members on the third team win.

==Trivia==
Back when [["Victory or Death!"]] existed, a common last chance desperation strategy of many guilds was to attempt a ''Guild Lord gank'' close to "Victory or Death!" time. Any or all of the 8 [[GvG]] players rushed the backdoor of the map, or even ran through the enemy team (with ample [[Snare (tactic)|snares]]) at a chance of possibly killing the Guild Lord. On maps with [[trebuchet]] or the [[Druid's Isle]], for example, the gankers could [[body block]] door entrances or the vine bridge so that the enemy [[monk]]s couldn't return back to [[heal]] their Guild Lord.

[[Category:PvP tactics]]

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self>Tennessee Ernie Ford: Undo revision 2430407 by Falconeye (Talk) that's about match manipulation