Melee: Getting positional buffs from enemies facing you

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Jackknife through the mob quickly.

Remember that the mob's flank is determined with like a 1 pixel radius from the center of the mob. As you noted: you can stan inside the mob. This reduces the distance you have to run to get to the flank.

I can get my HTs off about 80-90% of the time. I can get ID off by jumping through the mob about 50% of the time.

The mobs turn quickly, but not instantly. The key is to ignore where they appear to be facing. The appearance of the mob's turning action is delayed. They are actually turning nearly immediately. E.g. don't wait / hesitate.

Generally, you should wait and then move suddenly. It's possible to continuously circle strafe the mob and get flanks off, but you need to maintain an extremely tight circle. Simpler to just do it once.

Hmm ... there was something else but I forgot.

Edit:

Ah, right. You want to aim at the mob from slightly behind the straight flank. For example, you normally face the mob from the mob's 6 o'clock position. When you move to it's flank and jacknife, aim for the 2 or 10 o'clock position. This will help compensate for the first 0.0001 second of the mob's turning action.