List of AoE spells that break aggro.

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Raspy
Ascalonian Squire
#1
I was wondering if someone could give me a list of all the area of effect skills that break aggro. I know that firestorm and chaos storm scatter the enemies and as far as i know meteor shower does not.
- Tain -
- Tain -
Desert Nomad
#2
All AoE-DoT spells do. And actually, Meteor Shower does too - watch closely and you'll see them try, the KD just prevents them from getting very far.
Tetris L
Tetris L
Jungle Guide
#3
As of late even "indirect AoE damage" spells like Spiteful Spirit and Visage/Famine break aggro. Much slower than "direct AoE damage" though.
- Tain -
- Tain -
Desert Nomad
#4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetris L
...like Spiteful Spirit and Visage/Famine break aggro...
UW much? hehe
Tetris L
Tetris L
Jungle Guide
#5
No, not really. Solo farming bores the crap out of me, and I'm frugal, so don't need much money.
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Astro Pubes
Frost Gate Guardian
#6
eh.. here's a quick list

Ele:
Firestorm
Searing Heat
Bed of Coals
Breathe of Fire
... there's more but it's a quick run down pretty much anything that does damage to multiple enemies and reoccurs direct damage every so often.

Monk:
Balthazars Arua
Zealots Fire
Shield of Judgement

i believe that's more along the lines of what he's looking for, granted there are many more spells that are classified as AoE i know Spiteful Spirit was mentioned it does the same thing, where mobs break up and run away some what. but anyhoo there's a quick list i jotted down for you off the top of my head, anyone else please add too, edit my list as you see fits.
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Former Ruling
Grotto Attendant
#7
From my experience, anything that damages more than ~3 enemies at a time is subject to make them run under the right circumstances.
Batou of Nine
Batou of Nine
Desert Nomad
#8
The current Ai reacts to pretty much ANY duration damage skills.

To be clear, this would refer to ANY and ALL skills that specifically say they last X amount of seconds or 1....to....X amount of seconds. When i say skills, this includes spells, hexes, skills. I am not positive on some skills and stances like Gladiator's Defense... As some have already mentioned, that is the general idea. So if it is a duration damage on a multiple targets/area, that will trigger Ai retreat reaction.

Other things trigger this effect like if multiple foes are attacking you while you have Shield of Judgement on, or Vengeful Was Khanhei, after a few seconds all but 3 foes will break away. From that point on, only 3 foes at a time will attack you, while the others sit back, often cycling out eachother.

Hope that helps a bit more..
cheers.
MisterB
MisterB
Furnace Stoker
#9
Gladiator's Defense scatters in the same fashion as VwK and SoJ, after they all hit you, all but three wander off, so only 3 enemies at a time ever are attacking.
Some single use AoE skills also scatter, Cyclone Axe and Triple Chop will break aggro if more than 3 targets are hit, Ignite Arrows will scatter on every hit.

AoE scatter will be removed from normal play with the Hard mode update in less than a month, so any list made now will only be applicable for Hard mode.
lennymon
lennymon
Forge Runner
#10
splinter/barrage scatters quickly (the few remaining survivors that is)