How to pull with pet?

mudeater
mudeater Posts: 0 Arc User
edited October 2010 in Venomancer
OK I went in a dungeon for the first time and there was 2 wolves next to each other, I couldnt figure out how to pull only 1 with my pet, so can someone explain in detail how it's done for me and other noobs XD

Edit: ah dam I checked the first forum pages and still missed an exact same topic down, ignore this XD
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  • jieqin
    jieqin Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    u cant. the onli way is to attack the pets one by one but two attacking u. the bad thing though is when you heal your pet, one of them will start attacking you. so you have to get a full offensive skill on one of the charging ones (to you.)
  • bboydarkie
    bboydarkie Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    You can pull a mob with your pet even if there are 2 attack all you have to do in unsummon your pet after it attacks the targeted one and summon it back out right after and have it re attck that one you have targeted. The one you have targeted will start charging towards you right after you unsummon your pet thus pulling a mob.
  • Maiya - Lost City
    Maiya - Lost City Posts: 2,686 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    1. Click enemy.
    2. Have pet out, press Alt+1 (or 2, 3, depending on if you want to use a different skill).
    3. After pet attacks enemy once, stow the pet.
    4. Call the pet, or the enemy is gonna start tearing into you.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • kargor
    kargor Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Specifically, there's a bit of an aggro transfer going on.

    When your pet walks into a group of monsters, if you don't do anything they will attack your pet, but if you unsommon your pet they will forget everything and just reset.

    That doesn't pull (yet), but it explains the first rule: DO NOT DO ANYTHING YOURSELF. Even healing your pet counts as attack, monsters will aggro you immediately and come for you. You might have already learned that lesson when you helped your pet attacking something near another monster, and that "another monster" suddenly started coming for you even though you did not attack it. As long as "another monster" only sees your pet, but never anything you do, you're safe.

    For the pulling, you have to be a bit more aggressive. Let your pet attack ONE monster in the group. The others don't matter as long as you stay quiet; once your pet has landed his attack, unsummon him. In this case, the attacked monster --- and ONLY the attacked monster --- will aggro you. Since you'll do this from a large distance (I didn't tell you? Well, now you know), it will need some time until it reaches you. Use that time to resummon your pet. When the monster is far enough from his friends, send your pet to him and attack him.

    This also helps in cases where you're grinding in normal maps and your pet is attacked by some other monster getting in range (or respawning too close). You don't want to cast spells of any kind, or the new monster will come for your --- but if you just unsommon your pet, only the actual target will come for you, leaving his friend behind. Resummon your pet and finish him off.

    In areas with high monster density I pull stuff to me even for normal grinding --- i.e. no dungeons-super-HP-monsters. Makes it easier to ensure you're only dealing with one monster, and it ensures you can reach the drops.

    For ranged monsters, I often resummon my golem, then walk backwards to keep the distance between me and the target. This helps avoid getting hit by the first shot, before it switches aggro to your pet.
    Yindra --- Lvl 64 Venomancer (Sanctuary)
    Getting too grindy by now :-(
  • Feraldreamzz - Sanctuary
    Feraldreamzz - Sanctuary Posts: 374 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    A couple of points to add:

    You do want to say as far back as possible, however, if you're too far away, the mob will stay and not run towards you. If that happens, just take a step or two forward and try again

    The stow/summon is also good for those mobs that like to run to his friends for help like Pyrogolth b:victory
  • kissablecandie
    kissablecandie Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    What usually works for me is having a bow to use in order to draw out one thing at a time. You can store the weapon icons in the grids where you keep everything else to make them more accessible. First you put your pet on manual and halt as well then you use your bow to draw the monster of your choice away and then command your pet to attack. After drawing the monster out you need to switch back to a magical weapon in order to heal your pet. You may take a couple of hits in the process, but it works.
  • MANray_ - Sanctuary
    MANray_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,311 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    I'm not sure i would recommend bows...

    Pulling with a pet is a basic veno skill, as well as the safest, and longer ranged, way of luring mobs out of a group. I'll only add this; Don't run back after you have sent your pet in. Doing so will cause your pet to immediately be summoned next to you, and if this happens while it was already at the aggro range of the mobs you'll have them all going towards you. Pet pulling is a bit like a game of chicken, you have to keep cool and resummon your pet even as the mob inches closer to you. That is, unless you've got a Barb or BM ready to catch it for you. b:sin
  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Quick joke...

    How many PWI forum members does it take .... b:cute
    Be kind: Help the GMs to depopulate the servers.
  • Ms_HopToIt - Sanctuary
    Ms_HopToIt - Sanctuary Posts: 914 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    tweakz wrote: »
    Quick joke...

    How many PWI forum members does it take .... b:cute

    b:chuckle You mean how many PWI forum members does it take......

    TO NECRO A THREAD?! b:cry
    >.<
  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Ms_HopToIt - Sanctuary wrote: »
    b:chuckle You mean how many PWI forum members does it take......

    TO NECRO A THREAD?! b:cry

    One... the rest just join in for no apparent reason. b:surrender

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