Bard pulling science for swarming

[Izmael]

What's the best way to pull, let's say in OT?

I've been playing with swarming a little bit on Blue and used shurikens to pull succulents, cockatrices and sarnaks. The problem is that the range on the shurikens is almost the actual aggro range of the mobs and sometimes they aggro before I get to throw, and sometimes they whack me...

I usually recover easily but still, it's not very pleasant. And doesn't feel all that efficient since I have to run so close to the mob, I literally can plant that shuriken in their bum without throwing.

Am I missing something? I don't want to use songs for pulling since it would probably be even slower and adds a lot of room for error (mistime Selos recast and get owned by the train).