E/Me Smite only run: Mass aggro and quick!

I find this almost impossible, due to 1 sec casting time of Rend Echantments. I pull Smites, then DN pops up and I'm done. you can just wait for rend, then use storm djinn's haste and run away and regroup

I find this almost impossible, due to 1 sec casting time of Rend Echantments. I pull Smites, then DN pops up and I'm done. In addition to blakecraw's suggestion (which I second), I suggest trying to get the Dying Nightmares to pop before engaging any group of Smites. If a Nightmare pops while you're being chased by the Smites, use Stoneflesh Aura and Storm Djinn's Haste as soon as you get rended. Then run away from the Nightmare/Smites and recover if you have to. It's usually possible to pull the Smites and the Nightmares separately.

I can usually run away from the Smites/Nightmares and take out the Nightmares without having to run away to recover but this isn't a sure thing. The trick is to get close enough to the Nightmares so you can quickly kill them and getting far enough away from the Smites so you don't get beat to death without Stoneflesh Aura up. Timing your casting of Stoneflesh Aura is vital to your survival in this type of situation. Typically I cast Stoneflesh Aura, wait for it to get halfway recharged (to shorten the window if I get rended), use Storm Djinn's Haste, and run through the Smites to get the Nightmares to pop.

I can usually run away from the Smites/Nightmares and take out the Nightmares without having to run away to recover but this isn't a sure thing. The trick is to get close enough to the Nightmares so you can quickly kill them and getting far enough away from the Smites so you don't get beat to death without Stoneflesh Aura up. Timing your casting of Stoneflesh Aura is vital to your survival in this type of situation. Typically I cast Stoneflesh Aura, wait for it to get halfway recharged (to shorten the window if I get rended), use Storm Djinn's Haste, and run through the Smites to get the Nightmares to pop. Usually what I do is that once I get into UW, cast Storm Djinn's and run around the inner perimeter of the bowl. That agros all the DNs. Run away from the Aatxes and Earthquake the DNs. Once they're dead, then talk to the Lost Soul and bring out the Graspings.

Usually what I do is that once I get into UW, cast Storm Djinn's and run around the inner perimeter of the bowl. That agros all the DNs. Run away from the Aatxes and Earthquake the DNs. Once they're dead, then talk to the Lost Soul and bring out the Graspings. That's EXACTLY what I do. Works perfectly everytime and you don't have to worry about anything afterwards. As far as smites, I just make sure that if DN pops up I wait for the Rend, put up SDH and run away. Then I quickly put enchants up, comes back and kill DN while aggroing smites. problem solved.

I find this almost impossible, due to 1 sec casting time of Rend Echantments. I pull Smites, then DN pops up and I'm done. I haven't had the time to try this with all of the new changes, but if you have stoneflesh aura recharged, you could probably start casting it a second or so after you see the dying nightmare pop up. They would rend off the original stoneflesh and the new one would be up before the smites could get many, if any, hits in. Of course, if stoneflesh isn't recharged this wouldn't work, and you could use haste to run away.

Another idea is to aggro the smites without casting stoneflesh. If a nightmare pops up on your aggro, cast haste and let him rend that off, then cast stoneflesh.

Usually what I do is that once I get into UW, cast Storm Djinn's and run around the inner perimeter of the bowl. That agros all the DNs. Run away from the Aatxes and Earthquake the DNs. Once they're dead, then talk to the Lost Soul and bring out the Graspings. That's a good idea. I'm not sure why I didn't think of that but it works great. Thanks!

they do get a part of ur money drops not when they're dead in the first chamber

but yah, running around w/ sdh on works better for aggroing nightmares anyway, so I won't be taking heroes.. not on purpose at least.

not when they're dead in the first chamber How come it still says you share gold with your party then? even when you are at smites?

I'm pretty sure gold drops are shared no matter how far the heroes are. Unless the statement is bugged and you actually keep all the gold.

How come it still says you share gold with your party then? even when you are at smites? aah I never noticed, I just thought it said "you pick up xxx gold", but yah you're right. No more heroes for me!