SK feign death question

[Spyder73]

Hello friend! P99 Feign Death user here. What you are experiencing is normal! The way FD works is there is a chance to completely wipe agro when you FD, but it is low. Subsequent FD’s after re-agro have greater and greater chances to wipe agro. Monks bypass this with sneak, that’s why you see monks FD and stand up with no consequence. Once the mob has path’d back to its spawn point your agro will typically wipe and you can stand safely (not all the time). Some higher level mobs may “remember” you even after going home to spawn, but if you FD again and let them go home again that’s usually enough. As a SK you can use Circlet of Shadow to replace sneak, but it doesn’t work to split because when you attack the mobs in the back they all re-agro unless you are in sneak mode and of course your invis breaks.

There is however hope for you my friend! I split mobs on my necromancer all the time by casting snare on one mob and then letting the pack run a sufficient distance from their spawn and then FDing. When the group starts walking back, the mob you have snared will be rooted because they cannot walk with snare on them. When the mobs have returned to their spawn point, stand and immediately hit your circlet of shadow to invis, then attack the snared mob again (who is now separated from the group_ and your chances of successfully splitting the mob go from 5% to 95%. Occationally you will get the mobs who returned home back on you, but most times you will not!

TLDR – splitting as a SK is not the same as splitting on a monk. Its far harder and you need to use tricks

[azeth]

it was a weird experience leveling my SK to 50, then immediately starting my monk alt and leveling it to 54.

the moment i got FD on the monk (17?)... it was just a slap in the face to the SK. Monk = easy mode.

[fadetree]

I feel you. After taking my 3rd trip through RangerLand into at least the 50's, I started an enchanter...It's just not fair. Chanters feel crazy OP to me.

[xKoopa]

Death peace at 60 makes my monk feel so bad at FD tho

4 sec cd vs like 10 or 12 for monk FD

[Mendo]

Its all about that sneak tag. SK's don't get the ability to sneak tag the mob once they nerfed invis pulling.

[Tuurin]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hello friend! P99 Feign Death user here. What you are experiencing is normal! The way FD works is there is a chance to completely wipe agro when you FD, but it is low. Subsequent FD’s after re-agro have greater and greater chances to wipe agro. Monks bypass this with sneak, that’s why you see monks FD and stand up with no consequence. Once the mob has path’d back to its spawn point your agro will typically wipe and you can stand safely (not all the time). Some higher level mobs may “remember” you even after going home to spawn, but if you FD again and let them go home again that’s usually enough. As a SK you can use Circlet of Shadow to replace sneak, but it doesn’t work to split because when you attack the mobs in the back they all re-agro unless you are in sneak mode and of course your invis breaks.

There is however hope for you my friend! I split mobs on my necromancer all the time by casting snare on one mob and then letting the pack run a sufficient distance from their spawn and then FDing. When the group starts walking back, the mob you have snared will be rooted because they cannot walk with snare on them. When the mobs have returned to their spawn point, stand and immediately hit your circlet of shadow to invis, then attack the snared mob again (who is now separated from the group_ and your chances of successfully splitting the mob go from 5% to 95%. Occationally you will get the mobs who returned home back on you, but most times you will not!

TLDR – splitting as a SK is not the same as splitting on a monk. Its far harder and you need to use tricks

Why would you do this as a necro? You'd kill your pet every time...

The only way I would see a need to do this would be for non-static mobs that don't path back to a set spawn point. For normal mobs/splitting you would never do this as a necro unless you were pulling for a group and didn't/couldn't have a pet up. Your description is spot on for splitting while solo though except for the CoS bit.

[Nuggie]

As a necro, if you aren't charming while you are leveling you are doing it the hard way.

[Fettsack]

thank you for the many replys! I guess I will try to safe a lot of money to buy one of those nifty circlet of shadows then.