Bard Kiting - 101

[assazzin]

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

Yes, this happens. I never kited the gnolls. I did wolves in EK with selo's. Good exp and none of that.

same strafing teching with selo on ?

[Duff73]

Gnolls can be kited at normal run speed no selos. Just about everything else will need selos wolves are great just need to twist.

And the gnolls poof I think around 8pm to undead reavers and I think turn back at 6am. Had a couple swarms poof on me.

[assazzin]

Originally Posted by Duff73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gnolls can be kited at normal run speed no selos. Just about everything else will need selos wolves are great just need to twist.

And the gnolls poof I think around 8pm to undead reavers and I think turn back at 6am. Had a couple swarms poof on me.

i tried wolves with selo but couldn't turn fast enough, couldn't find the sweet spot like with no selo and the strafe key opposite to the mouse turning.
any tips ?

[MaCtastic]

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

With practice (and level 48) you should be twisting 3 dots while swapping instruments. It will be hard at first but it will drastically decrease the kite time since you'll be doing much more damage, and that saved time adds up. It will always make you nervous but you'll learn the sweet spot eventually. Just ease into it until you find the right range, and don't worry about missing at first because its better to miss than get too close. You can also test how close you can get when you're down to 1-2 mobs. Just make sure you're not pulling anything like giants or yetis because they have different hit boxes.

Here's the 3 that I use in this order
http://wiki.project1999.com/Denon%27...uptive_Discord - level 18 brass - long range
http://wiki.project1999.com/Selo%27s...s_of_Cessation - level 48 string - short range
http://wiki.project1999.com/Chords_of_Dissonance - level 2 string - short range

If you don't want to eat a death in practice, go to a zone where the mobs are 10-20 levels lower than you. Practice the range and your technique there.

[Saludeen]

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

If you don't want to eat a death in practice, go to a zone where the mobs are 10-20 levels lower than you. Practice the range and your technique there.

Or one mob around the same level as you so it doesn't die so fast.

[Duff73]

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

i tried wolves with selo but couldn't turn fast enough, couldn't find the sweet spot like with no selo and the strafe key opposite to the mouse turning.
any tips ?

I tried selos kiting a few times it was more of a pain finding the sweet spot only to have it change as you lvl as selo's increases in speed. I've seen some bards do the selos circle strafe where they move in almost a perfect circle and and wait on the mobs as they move. I don't have any experience with that. There's probably a few guys on here that can speak on the selos kite.

[Saulot]

Is there any benefit to using selo's as opposed to the no selo's method? The latter seems immensely easier.

[Saludeen]

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

Is there any benefit to using selo's as opposed to the no selo's method? The latter seems immensely easier.

Not that I can think of unless you're trying to kite mobs that run faster than normal run speed. It's easier to do circles without selos because you don't have to move the mouse as much.

[Hezron]

I would say it is bard-dependent. I did selo kiting on live; it's what I know how to do so I continue doing so here as well. I do not however use the drum to modify selo's any further.

[MaCtastic]

When I was a younger bard (lvls 10-17) I used Selos+CoD. It was the hardest to land spells. Had I then known of the non-selo strafe range being safe, it would have been a lot easier and faster.