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davdman75

05-26-2007, 10:44 AM

i got death march recently and as ive been grinding my sk, ive made a few posts on holding aggro and what not. now that i finally have it,how do i use it? ive been the mt in alot of the groups in pof before i got dm , and was not having too much trouble holding aggro. once in a while one will get away, but most part i do very well.now that i have it, should i use it as a buff? Do i start out with dm as my main taunt now or what?

Arthik

05-26-2007, 12:24 PM

Cut and pasted from another thread. Normal Use Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Multiple Mobs Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Increasing DPS Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Become Immune to Various Status Effects Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. In the Case of Adds Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Gaining Aggro Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Overall Flipping Out and Kicking Mobs in the Face Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Death March has so many uses it's not even funny. Easily one of the best abilities in our arsenal. 'Course in duels, if the wizzy thinks he's safe because he rooted you... Weeeeellll, click that button and make him [Removed for Content] his pants. <img src="/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Kazander13

05-26-2007, 02:21 PM

Agreed 100%. The utility of this spell is absolute. However I understand the nervousness of it being on a three minute timer so I'll just say this, as a SK who has just received this ability, and you are holding agro well, refer to above post. If you are in instances where you cannot hold aggro well, then you may want to save it and time it for another rescue. However this spells potential for your group to go absolutely psycho and do some extreme damage within 10 seconds should not be overlooked. Find other ways to properly hold aggro and use Death March for exactly as the name implies. Good luck!

davdman75

05-26-2007, 03:27 PM

Arthik@Crushbone wrote: <blockquote>Cut and pasted from another thread. Normal Use Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Multiple Mobs Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Increasing DPS Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Become Immune to Various Status Effects Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. In the Case of Adds Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Gaining Aggro Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Overall Flipping Out and Kicking Mobs in the Face Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Death March has so many uses it's not even funny. Easily one of the best abilities in our arsenal. 'Course in duels, if the wizzy thinks he's safe because he rooted you... Weeeeellll, click that button and make him [Removed for Content] his pants. <img src="/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />lol so what i get from using dm is go nuts.</blockquote>

Beldin_

05-26-2007, 10:44 PM

As far as i have noticed, and also read in another thread, the aggro from DM doesn't work on mobs that you havn't engaged. So first pull the mobs .. use grouptaunt .. an AoE or whatever .. and THEN use DM. I've noticed that a few times when i precasted DM on Mobs that may charm or whatever to avoid that, that the Defiler for example still got aggro.

Kazer

05-27-2007, 01:03 AM

u can also use DM in Raids and groups to Save the MT by popping a DM when the MT is almost down, the healers will heal the mt i they r smart and let u go down. pop an FD by the time ur in red to lose aggro. and the MT will have full health by the end of it.

Coica

05-27-2007, 10:53 AM

very important what shalla said. make sure that the group has engaged and done some damage and youve popped at least one AOE before using to get full benefit. Unless your not using it for the agro effect and just the 10 sec boost.

Dgorgon

05-28-2007, 06:33 AM

Arthik@Crushbone wrote: <blockquote>Cut and pasted from another thread. Normal Use Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Multiple Mobs Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Increasing DPS Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Become Immune to Various Status Effects Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. In the Case of Adds Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Gaining Aggro Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Overall Flipping Out and Kicking Mobs in the Face Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go nuts. Death March has so many uses it's not even funny. Easily one of the best abilities in our arsenal. 'Course in duels, if the wizzy thinks he's safe because he rooted you... Weeeeellll, click that button and make him [Removed for Content] his pants. <img src="/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote>Get yourself killed when raid tank pulling mutimob encounter in loa Step 1.) Activate Death March. Step 2.) Go die.