How to interrupt casters on my 51 Ranger?

[Videri]

sigh

*Pure damage spells, aka DDs, don't have any chance to interrupt at all.

As long as OP understands he's not gonna interrupt anything with Burst of Fire or whatever.

OP, the only spells that interrupt are spells with a Stun component (even a 0.0 second stun aka an interrupt), Mesmerize, or Charm; and Knockback effects will have at least a chance due to displacement (again, not on Green yet).

[Jibartik]

videri is right, if a spell has a stun or knockback component its usually referred to as a stun or knockback spell.

Tradiationa DD's shock of frost, fire spells, those dont have knockback components and are pure damage.

So if you want to know if a spell has a knockback or stun to it it will say it has a stun component like these

https://wiki.project1999.com/Chaotic_Feedback
https://wiki.project1999.com/Fury_of_Air

[Snaggles]

I was mentally found down the ykesha road. Sorry for snipping that out of context [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] .

Frankly I’ll promote the virtues and perks of rangers all day but their interrupt skills are garbage. A few on a planes raid with Call of Fire/sky spells on can interrupt since those proc so much but that’s dice roll odds.

Gotta out-think the npc, OP. The nice thing is this is one area you can’t be blamed...enjoy that benefit.

[Woodrow]

I thought of another technique which is when meleeing and they start to cast, circle around behind them and continue melee. They wont turn to face you until casting is finished and I have a feeling stuns are more common when hitting from behind.

[Jibartik]

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

I thought of another technique which is when meleeing and they start to cast, circle around behind them and continue melee. They wont turn to face you until casting is finished and I have a feeling stuns are more common when hitting from behind.

not a terrible idea !

Has it been tried?

[Woodrow]

Ive been trying the technique, not enough to notice a difference yet tho.

[Jibartik]

It's not a very big window to be sure.

[Loadsamoney]

Unfortunately there's no consistent way. Warriors have Bash, and eventually their Kick can interrupt spells. Paladins and SK's have Bash as well, and Paladins have stun spells. Rogues can backstab a caster while channeling, and personally I would roll a Barbarian Rogue so I can Slam from the front when needed too. Bards have a song for spell interrupts I believe? Rangers get none of this.

IIRC, don't Monks also have a spell interrupt with Round Kick? I thought Round Kick was capable of stunning, unless I'm thinking of an AA in later expansions.

[Jimjam]

I’d hardly call bash/slam reliable. The timer is slow, often it misses and furthermore a hit doesn’t even guarantee a stun.

[Loadsamoney]

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

I’d hardly call bash/slam reliable. The timer is slow, often it misses and furthermore a hit doesn’t even guarantee a stun.

It's reliable in the sense that you can reserve it specifically for when spells get channeled. There's still a luck factor to it, but not nearly as bad as praying that you get a weapon proc at just the right moment.

I don't spam Bash unless I'm fighting a non-caster, then it's just some piddly extra damage, but against a caster I always save it until the enemy starts channeling a spell.