Question - Bard - prioritize slow?

[Jax]

Is there anything else I can do to force the bard casting slow immediately on engaging? He's a busy dude with his twist, melee twist, dps, mez etc., but other than mez I want him to slow immediately. Here's what's kicking off his slow now, but he casts it after a few melee songs play.

Debuff all is set to = 1.

[DPS]
DPSOn=2
DPSSize=25
DPSSkip=1
DPSInterval=2
DPS1=Shardstubble's Assonant Binding|100|debuffall|slow|always

 

[Many_Whelps]

If your assistat= is set to something like 99, then KA is not going to even enter the DPS routine until the mob starts taking damage. Short answer, no, there's nothing else to prioritize slow over everything else you want the bard to do. Alternatively you could take out some of those other things so that he's less busy.

 

[methodx]

Is he pulling? Pull with slow?

 

[Jax]

Good idea, but no, SK/tank pulls. Could always change that though ...

 

[Evelyn]

If the bard is not the puller, then I would prob just do assist at 100 and maybe make his camp radius smaller so that way he doesn't try to do stuff as mobs are being pulled (to avoid aggro issues). I do the same with my enchanter since I want her to tash at 100 and slow, but I have to set her radius smaller than my other toons which assist at 99. I don't want my SK to FD if I get adds plus a named in some tougher spots only to have her try to do stuff to the mobs and re-aggro them. That's something you need to consider whenever you set a toon to assist at 100 percent life.

 

[Killertoxin]

I have my bard slowing with the following

DPS1=Requiem of Time|99|debuffall|slow

When my bard engages it opens with the slow. If i am pulling I use SD then return to camp where it opens with slow as well.

 

[Jax]

Do you have a melee twist called out in your ini? My issue is the bard twists a couple songs as melee starts before using the slow.

 

[ctaylor22]

You could always try using slow as an ambush entry. You would still want to have an entry for debuffall/dps, because ambush will only cast on the current target, debuffall will cast on adds during combat.

 

[timmy]

You could always try using slow as an ambush entry. You would still want to have an entry for debuffall/dps, because ambush will only cast on the current target, debuffall will cast on adds during combat.

ambush tag is best tag. #IncreaseNumberOfAvailableAmbushTagsInKA12 ~