Swarmming in Velious

[Tann]

swarm kiting uses charm not AoE dots, get your terms right!

saying this cause its a bard thread~

[Nisei]

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

swarm kiting uses charm not AoE dots, get your terms right!

saying this cause its a bard thread~

I remembered that on live, but when I came here I was confused. I went with it, because that's what everyone refers to here. I guess only scrubs call it swarm kiting. The ones that only AOE and are terrible at their Bard in every other situation.

[TheSchwartz420]

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

The ones that only AOE and are terrible at their Bard in every other situation.

Would you mind expanding on that? I'm starting a bard soon and I thought that was how you killed multiple mobs while kiting? AoE?

[zanderklocke]

Originally Posted by TheSchwartz420 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Would you mind expanding on that? I'm starting a bard soon and I thought that was how you killed multiple mobs while kiting? AoE?

AoE kiting is what everyone for some reason calls swarm kiting/swarming on this server. AoE kiting is when you run around in a circle while do your AoE song that hits all the mobs.

Swarming is actually when you gather up a bunch of similar faction mobs, charm one, and then send it into the pile which draws aggro from all the mobs on the same faction. A mob can be beaten down super fast this way. Before the pet is killed by the swarm of mobs, the bard breaks the charm and then dots the low-hp mob to death. The pile of mobs "swarm" the charmed pet; hence this is called swarm kiting.