Combat start (soloing)

[d3caffed]

<DIV>I'm curious of how people use the combat arts and spells when soloing, especially in the pull and start.</DIV> <DIV>Im a 44 sk myself atm</DIV> <DIV>Here is how i do it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. Pull with Dreadful wrath (high damage with snare)</DIV> <DIV>2. Cast the limited pet (cursed sacrament)</DIV> <DIV>3. Unholy blessing (the damage shield with lifetap)</DIV> <DIV>4. Siphon strength (strength steal)</DIV> <DIV>5. sometimes i use Shriek of terror (encounter taunt with disease debuff (for the debuff effect))</DIV> <DIV>6. mash most other damage spells and arts.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Norrsken]

I usually put my blessing line up before I pull. I pull with whatever is up and ranged atm. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (Chainpulling till I run out of power most of the time.)<div></div>

[JoarAddam]

<DIV>Your aoe taunt line decreases disease mit,  it's good for improving your damage spell success.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>as far as pulling, I don't open with blessing at all...  Now, if I'm pulling 5 or 6 green encounters at a time, I might go for it early, but usually I'm not using blessing until 60% or so.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Soloing named heroics (poets, nest, poa, etc) blessing goes up at about 80%.  Unless I have a comfortable amount of low hitting mobs to tap from, then i wait till after my first tap veins and drain vitae to throw it up.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Kryptonix]

I usually put up blessing and just run towards the mobs, when I get close enough to cast siphon might I cast it to start combat. Once I have enough mobs I start attacking. Pop AEs, mob hits red I cast Pestlence and Death March. <div></div>

[SageGaspar]

If it's going to be a tough fight I put up blessing first and let it run down to about 15 seconds left before I engage. That way it's recharged by the time it wears off, I've regened full power -- basically five free shots of lifetap/damage shield.<div></div>