does kiting work?

[Commander_Justitia]

Hello
i run in a big circle around him, to lower the dmg i get.

Usually it is not necessary, you can use mitigation buffs, healer can heal more earlier etc. But if all resources are used or you see healer spamming heals, you can do it.

It is just very rare that you have to kite. Don't panic too early.

Kiting works on most normal mobs, not so well when they are range mobs like sprites casting magic on you. It also doesn't work so well on many trial/raid bosses.
But yes, you reduce mob uptime on you if you run circles, therefore reduce the damage you receive. In higher level duties mobs run faster so you really want to use sprint if you do this, in some really lower level dungeons you can already outwalk mobs by doing that, so sprint isn't needed as much.

Be aware that mobs probably will take longer to die this way, as your own aoe won't hit all of them, and might be the same for melee. Staying within buff areas like the bubble from scholar or whm, while running in a circle, is also good.

Think of arms length as a mitigation skill too for mobs, their gcd intervall will get slowed.