Go for the Throat

When you strike an enemy with a Beast ability, cast Lesser "Sic 'Em!" on the enemy. — In-game description

Go for the Throat

Specialization

Beastmastery (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Go for the Throat

When you strike an enemy with a Beast ability, cast Lesser "Sic 'Em!" on the enemy.

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser "Sic 'Em!"		15	Command. Your pet rushes at your foe, dealing increased damage.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Prelude Lash — Beast
•   Primal Cry — Beast
•   Worldly Impact — Beast

Pet skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blinding Roar — Juvenile Sand Lion
•   Blinding Slash — Juvenile Raven, Juvenile White Raven
•   Bloodthirsty Charge — Juvenile Wallow
•   Boil — Juvenile Salamander Drake
•   Brash Slash — Juvenile Eagle
•   Chilling Howl — Juvenile Alpine Wolf
•   Chilling Slash — Juvenile Owl
•   Chilling Whirl — Juvenile Rainbow Jellyfish, Juvenile Blue Jellyfish
•   Consuming Flame — Juvenile Fire Wyvern
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Black Moa
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Pink Moa
•   Dimension Breach — Juvenile Aether Hunter
•   Electrocute — Juvenile River Drake
•   Enfeebling Maul — Juvenile Black Bear
•   Enfeebling Roar — Juvenile Black Bear
•   Fang Grapple — Juvenile Fanged Iboga
•   Fire Breath — Juvenile Salamander Drake
•   Frost Breath — Juvenile Ice Drake
•   Frost Nova — Juvenile Ice Drake
•   Furious Pounce — Juvenile Tiger
•   Furious Screech — Juvenile Red Moa
•   Gale Breath — Juvenile Phoenix
•   Head Toss — Juvenile Rock Gazelle
•   Honey Toss — Juvenile Janthiri Bee
•   Icy Bite — Juvenile Snow Leopard
•   Icy Maul — Juvenile Polar Bear
•   Icy Pounce — Juvenile Snow Leopard
•   Icy Roar — Juvenile Polar Bear
•   Immobilizing Whirl — Juvenile Red Jellyfish
•   Insect Swarm — Juvenile Marsh Drake
•   Intimidating Howl — Juvenile Krytan Drakehound
•   Jacaranda's Embrace — Juvenile Jacaranda
•   Lacerating Slash — Juvenile Hawk
•   Ley Energy Pulse — Juvenile Sky-Chak Striker
•   Lightning Assault — Juvenile Electric Wyvern
•   Lightning Breath — Juvenile River Drake
•   Panopticon — Juvenile Spinegazer
•   Piercing Shriek — Juvenile Raptor Swiftwing
•   Poison Barbs — Juvenile Whiptail Devourer
•   Poison Cloud — Juvenile Murellow
•   Poison Cloud — Juvenile Whiptail Devourer
•   Poisonous Cloud — Juvenile Carrion Devourer
•   Poisonous Maul — Juvenile Murellow
•   Rending Barbs — Juvenile Lashtail Devourer
•   Rending Maul — Juvenile Arctodus
•   Rending Pounce — Juvenile Lynx
•   Savannah Strike — Juvenile Cheetah
•   Sonic Shriek — Juvenile Reef Drake
•   Spike Barrage — Juvenile Bristleback
•   Stunning Rush — Juvenile Armor Fish
•   Terrifying Howl — Juvenile Wolf

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser "Sic 'Em!" — Go for the Throat

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: The icon for this trait has now been updated, as previously noted but not conducted under Game updates/2026-03-17.
January 13, 2026	Go for the Throat has been added to the game. This is a new grandmaster trait, replacing Honed Axes. When you strike an enemy with a Beast skill, cast Lesser "Sic 'Em!" on them.