Tips on Kiting

[raunchy]

Raunchy's Kiting Tips

Kiting; what is it? Basically almost exactly how it sounds -- the process of controlling a mob in such a way that allows you to damage it while you remain out of it's attack range. (Though sometimes kiters don't want to damage their mob

Basic Ranged Technique:

Here is the most basic ranged kiting technique that can used with any (ranged of course) class.

Find the mob you plan on kiting.
Target it and apply any and all slowing/snare/stopping abilities from range.
Once the mob starts moving towards you, keep running forward from where you attacked. Whenever your cooldowns are up, re-apply the abilities.

How to improve this technique:

First, for maximum mana efficiency you will want to use Rank 1 abilities if you are not planning on doing much damage. In addition, make sure you are not running too fast because eventually when you get far enough the mob will return back to its original location (just takes some practice)

Secondly, before you kite, the best thing to do is map out a plot of the path you will be taking (something like MetaMap is excellent for this.) Run through your path a couple times if you can to make sure nothing unexpected will come up.

Finally, to keep a steady pace, practice using your mouse to turn and re-apply abilities mid-jump (if they are instant). This seperates the good from the noobs lol.

Kite Recovery:

Sometimes (esp when you are learning!) you will be too slow applying your abilities etc. and the mob will catch up with you. If the mob hits you and you become dazed, you can either use an aggro dump skill (feign death, vanish etc.) to drop the mob and retry, or throw on a melee snare or in the case of hunters, a trap. It may be helpful to carry a few health pots when you are learning in case you mess up.

Kiting Trees:

Here are some class trees which I have used for kiting with various classes and I found were successful.

Mage - Frost (can dip into Arcane for some mana efficiency talents)

Hunter - Survival (increased trap duration and less resist chance)

Warlock - Affliction (mana efficiency)

Druid - Balance (root talents)

Priest - Discipline (survivability + efficiency)

Shaman - Restoration (only because elemental isn't mana efficient)





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[Daggy]

Even rogues kan kite... Gauge, deadly throw, gauge, deadly throw etc...

[Hammyster]

Even rogues kan kite... Gauge, deadly throw, gauge, deadly throw etc...

Gouge*

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[UncleTuca]

Crippling Poison is the way to go, if you're kiting warriors.

[Nugma]

This belongs in WoW Exploits
Exploits, Tips, and Tricks for World of Warcraft

[raunchy]

This belongs in WoW Exploits
Exploits, Tips, and Tricks for World of Warcraft

...why? this is a guide to kiting/kiting tips not exploiting a game mechanic.

[oskar]

...why? this is a guide to kiting/kiting tips not exploiting a game mechanic.

It also says tips and tricks

[gamepin126]

Guides are neither tips nor tricks.

[devilish_hunter]

Nice Raunchy!
Alot of folks that came to WoW as their first MMORPG prolly did not know any of this! +Rep!

To the Rogues
The essence of Kiting is holding your target away from you to deal damage they cannot respond to at all. Basically, you can damage them when they cannot do any damage to you at all, or such insignificant damage you need not worry about it. So, unless you mean to Cripple then sprint, and use a gun/bow/crossbow or such nonsense, a rogue really cannot kite effectively at all.

Basic rule of kiting:
You are hitting them and they cannot hit you.
Pure melee classes do not kite well, if at all.
Sorry rogues.

Also, in EverQuest we often did reverse kiting, or "Fear Kiting". As a Pally I have effectively fear kited undead a few rare times in WoW. Same basic idea as normal kite, but instead of leading them, you keep them feared and they lead you as you whack on them. Fear breaks, you stun them and finish them. It is not as effective in WoW, and the nature of Fear gives you little to no control, unlike normal Kiting where you have full control, so use this concept at your own risk.

One more thing I have found in WoW to be mostly true:
The mobs will return to their original location after a decently long pull, however if you are damaging them every few seconds they will not reset. I pull trains with my Pally using Consecrate to keep them chasing me with this information. So DoT casting classes will normally have an easier time kiting over a distance in WoW because it is very easy to keep damage on the intended kite target.

[Enfeebleness]

Main kiting classes are warlocks, mages, and hunters.

Warlocks have fear.
Mages have ... frost.
Hunters have cheetah and plenty of slowdowns.

Never seen a druid kite, sure it probably works decent.