bow kiting mechanics/question

[Snaggles]

It’s not bad but it’s not as good as animal fear-kiting to around level 50. After that targets get few and far between outside Chardok zone line and WW.

Bow rotting opens up stuff like HK and other select leveling options. I find burning down 3-4k hps isn’t bad since there is little downtime. 6-8k is painful while still maybe better than other melee soloing efforts.

Double damage if not “rooted or fleeing”, which snare chasing you also counts for. There might be ways to cheese the bonus but the most consistent way is maximizing dps and assuming the penalty.

2h for the damage bonus
Solid worn haste + fleeting quiver
Good ratio bow that does eat arrows (I like an Exquisite or similar)
Tolan Bracer

If you are leveling with an Earthcaller or even Swarm and a Sky Cloak I’d prob skip over bows. Thats rarified air though.

Note: Priceless bow, Earthshaker, max haste and raid buffs I do like 38-45 dps on Zlexak or some HoT trash without the Disc. Penalized that’s like 20dps. I do about 13dps on Lucan with a dagarn bow while kiting but he has crazy AC. I havent parsed a blue but believe Troxx has leveled a lot like this. I expect a good bow setup while rooted is still around 30dps, which is like Bane of Nife.