User:Raine Valen/Musings/Notes

Profession-Specific

Warrior

Pro

• If you land Bull's under IAS, you will need to qstep to land dchop. If you Frenzy after Bull's, you will not.
• Most hammer knockdowns don't do additional damage. Don't waste knockdowns on targets with low health.
• If you Shock a healer AFTER you inflict Deep Wound, you increase your odds of interrupting a skill and you gain more time to deal damage while they are knocked down.
• Players attempting to kite when a knockdown hits will turn in the direction they were attempting to move while knocked down; foes that turn away from you are probably attempting to flee, and so can generally be qbull'sed easily.
• Most players kite immediately after being interrupted; use this for easy Bull's or Coward.

Anti

• Many warriors queue Bull's Strike. Stopping to cast a spell or wand when they run into adjacent range of you will cause them to miss Bull's.

Ranger

Pro

• Make it a practice to tab through targets even when not running Apply.
• You can remove Shield Bash for your melee with your attack skills.
• There's a short time before the arrow leaves the bow where you can quarterstep; this makes it possible to land attacks on foes that would otherwise be obstructed.

Anti

• Shield Bash blocks ranger interrupts; use it for important casts (like Faint) if necessary.

Ritualist

Pro

• Life's duration is the same as its recharge, so you can easily tell when a Life heal will trigger by looking at its recharge status.

Anti

• Weapon of Warding has a long recharge. Since rits tend to cast it on themselves, it is often worthwhile to hit a rit a few times before spiking something else.
• If you catch casters wanding, keep in mind that Warding will not stick on them.

Monk

Pro

• Your ideal energy is between "full" and "5 less than full". "Managing Energy" is not the same as "not running out of energy". Conversely, sitting on full energy is a waste.
• Both you and your party are very vulnerable between your casting of Auspicious and Heal Party.
• Don't queue spells while knocked down unless you can prevent interrupts when you get up.

Anti

• Monks typically cast WoH immediately after Patient if their health is still below 50% - this makes them easy to interrupt.

Game-Specific

HA

• Attempting to use any skill that returns an "invalid target" message (res sig, specifically) will reset your position on your client; this is extremely useful in relic runs.