Bard Kiting 2013

[Ephirith]

Diagonal movement may help... you hold forward and strafe simultaneously, while adjusting heading with mouse look (other people use turn keys too I think). Many mobs have trouble hitting you while you are moving diagonally, which helps you get into close range w/o dying. It takes a bit of practice to get it tuned properly. You also want to avoid mobs with huge hitboxes, which may include elephants.

High latency and framerate skips can make this more difficult

[Fromp]

Thank-you all for your help I shall try this.

What should I bind strafe to?

[Lazortag]

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

Diagonal movement may help... you hold forward and strafe simultaneously, while adjusting heading with mouse look (other people use turn keys too I think). Many mobs have trouble hitting you while you are moving diagonally, which helps you get into close range w/o dying. It takes a bit of practice to get it tuned properly. You also want to avoid mobs with huge hitboxes, which may include elephants.

High latency and framerate skips can make this more difficult

Honestly I find this method is better if you're lagging since you're not looking at the mobs the whole time. Kiting in circles is tedious and prone to error, but strafe kiting is super easy and you don't even need selo's to do it.

[Grahm]

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

Honestly I find this method is better if you're lagging since you're not looking at the mobs the whole time. Kiting in circles is tedious and prone to error, but strafe kiting is super easy and you don't even need selo's to do it.

Another thing that makes it 100000000000x easier, always get a SoW or buy sow potions. Dont have to twist selos into the mix. Only use lvl 18 dot, just delete the level 2 AoE its worthless.

[Bardalicious]

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

Another thing that makes it 100000000000x easier, always get a SoW or buy sow potions. Dont have to twist selos into the mix. Only use lvl 18 dot, just delete the level 2 AoE its worthless.

Chords has the same range with only slightly lower damage. And if I recall correctly, it has a negative resist modifier whereas Denon's does not. It is also string based, which means less swapping instruments mid-kite should you need to twist in regen for health. Don't discredit it quite so easily.

The most valuable piece of advice to take from this thread is to not kite a ton of different mob types. Some will run faster than others. Some will be able to hit you from farther distances. Learn which have smaller hit boxes and stick to them.

When you hit 27, if you're still having a difficult time of learning the AE kite, give charm kiting a go instead. Example: you gather up 10 wolves by proximity aggro (without hitting them with songs to eliminate any hate being generated), you charm one and send it after any of the others in the pack. They all turn on the charm pet. You invis yourself to break charm when your pet is near death and then finish it off for xp. Rinse and repeat. The key here of course is gathering mob types that will social aggro your pet when it attacks something. This becomes much easier when you have your first Chant targeted DoT to finish off the pet. And taking the time to camp a clicky invis ring from loio to break charm at will is definitely worth it.

Patience and practice my friend! You'll get there.