Things ive learned as a dark elf sk

[Danth]

Taunt, if successful, moves you to the top of the hate list. If you're already at the top of the hate list, it does nothing. Therefore you shouldn't spam the ability when you already have aggro unless you're attempting to get skill-ups.

Danth

[phacemeltar]

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

Taunt, if successful, moves you to the top of the hate list. If you're already at the top of the hate list, it does nothing. Therefore you shouldn't spam the ability when you already have aggro unless you're attempting to get skill-ups.

Danth

i could be mistaken, but i believe taunt has diminishing returns per mob.. meaning that if you use it enough times on one npc, it will become less successful. ive been told its limited to 2 successful taunts, but i would double check that

also, be sure to coordinate with your groups crowdcontroller.. as your DoTs will break their mez/stuns (disease cloud has a crazy long duration).. and most of the cc spells also carry a small chance for a mem-blur, which will wipe the aggro table from the mob.. meaning that when your DoT ticks, the blurred mob will go straight for the nearest (sitting) player

ALWAYS TAUNT BEFORE BREAKING MEZ

[Kendir]

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

ALWAYS TAUNT BEFORE BREAKING MEZ

Really? Ive always just used disease cloud to piss the mob off and break mez at the same time. Is taunting prior to doing that the better option?

[RDawg816]

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

Really? Ive always just used disease cloud to piss the mob off and break mez at the same time. Is taunting prior to doing that the better option?

That depends on a lot of variables. Usually that will work just fine. Sometimes it won't. Once you hit 39 and get shadow vortex, use that instead. Another thing you can do is use your pbaoe strength spell to build aggro while you're tanking other mobs.

[Trungep99]

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

Really? Ive always just used disease cloud to piss the mob off and break mez at the same time. Is taunting prior to doing that the better option?

I suggest taunting twice before breaking mez, some chanters build a lot of agro and disease cloud won't always top what the chanter did to piss it off

[Trollhide]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I suggest taunting twice before breaking mez, some chanters build a lot of agro and disease cloud won't always top what the chanter did to piss it off

All this does is give you a higher chance of at least 1 successful taunt. If your first one is successful, you get the same agro whether you taunt once or ten times before breaking mez.

[maskedmelon]

Just drop a shadow vortex or two on it while fighting another mob. When you finish with that mob run and feel free to immediately break Mrs by bashing the vortexed mob in the face ^^ Or break with DC if you fat and don't like the rush of combat ^^

[thufir]

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

Really? Ive always just used disease cloud to piss the mob off and break mez at the same time. Is taunting prior to doing that the better option?

taunt will place you 1 unit of aggro above the highest person on the aggro list.
disease cloud gives a set amount of (pretty large) aggro.

so yeah, it's better to taunt first. if you use disease cloud first and the enchanter has a good head of aggro from multiple mezzes and/or a slow, it might go straight for him anyway. not that taunt is particularly reliable, but you may as well use it.

shadow vortex and shroud of pain (and related spells) are very good aggro generators and don't damage the mob, so if you throw them onto mezzed mobs it also reduces the chances they'll head straight for the enchanter after mez is broken.

[demokatt]

I also started a de sk even tough I have an ogre sk alrrady. I was wondering has anyone parsed to see the difference on Having 200 str and 255 str? As I understand this moves the avarege damage close to the max but hos much does it matter?

Another thing annoyed me playing ogre is that in 3d person view my ass is so big that wherever I click I taget myself instead of the mob I wanna attack. Any advice from ogre players?

[Nitsude]

Target nearest NPC hotkey for ogres.