Bard Kiting - 101

[zanderklocke]

When you use the AE snare post 54, it is incredibly easy to kite the mobs. You don't even really have to move in a circle and can just slowly walk away from them. The only time you absolutely have to go in a circle with the level 54 AE snare song is if you have mobs of different types of speeds in your kite, such as tigers mixed with cactuses.

This is also a lot easier on your wrist if you are constantly moving the mouse to go in a circle. As mentioned by someone earlier, this will allow you to power level or duo with casters who have a PBAOE spell much easier. They can just sit still while you slowly keep the mobs on top of them in a circle. They will never pull aggro away from you.

Once you hit 59, you can twist denon's bereavement, chords of dissonance, and denon's disruptive. While doing this, make sure you are twisting in selo's assonant strain with a lute equipped to super slow the mob speed down. You can swap in the horn for denon's disruptive, but you absolutely have to have the lute equipped when you do the snare and the other songs.

Once you try this method, I don't know why you would ever go back to full speed kiting. With the VP lute equipped, it slows the mob movement speed down by 240%. With just the gypsy lute, which is easy to get, equipped, you're looking at a 210% mob speed reduction.