Avoiding AOEs

Hi all. Can anyone offer suggestions for avoiding the big, circular AOEs from some mobs? I have no problem strafing out of range of the others, but have trouble getting out of range in time on the big ones.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Verrilee

Hi all. Can anyone offer suggestions for avoiding the big, circular AOEs from some mobs? I have no problem strafing out of range of the others, but have trouble getting out of range in time on the big ones.

Thanks.

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Your best bet it's not to tank directly under the boss but at max melee range. And get wary of the casting animation for those aoes, and noticing what they cast asap :\ not much else you can do

I find it easier to dodge them if I hold down left click with my camera pointing behind me. That way I can just hit right click to start running toward the closest edge as soon as it starts. For the quicker ones, get a threat lead and start leaving yourself a little time between attacks to be ready to stun.

Remember to judge escaping AOE's by when the cast finishes, not when the animation goes off.

I agree to try to be at max melee range from them, but also what i find helps is to watch above their health bar to see exactly when they cast a spell. If I see that big AoE spell name pop up, i'm outta there xD.

play some FPS and work on reaction times?