Deer

[AcuaArkane]

Today i tried to hunt deer my biles are 28/29/31/29 and deer literally charged me 3 times even though i tried to keep close distance with him it seems like he can charge if there is 2 tile gap between us. So how do i hunt them he just triple charges me and im KO'd. And what is actual needed distance for him to charge? Because deer seem preety op to me.

[cbd1167]

Are you using Guard during the fight? You should be able to take a few charges if you make sure to keep facing him. Also, are you using a sabre? Deer goes down in like 2 shots with a sabre.

[AcuaArkane]

i wasnt using guard, i was using sabre, however, the main thing is that he charged me 3 times in time frame of 4 seconds and that got me extremely puzzled about the mechanics.

[wiatrak]

Guard lowers the dmg you get when you are facing your enemy, multi charges happens from time to time, just a little bit more practice and you'll be fine with that

[cbd1167]

I find that trying to keep him at close range tends to be more trouble than its worth.. it often screws up my timing, and timing is everything. I usually just put up Guard, face him, shoot him and make sure I get my first thrust in, let him run wherever, and just make sure to be facing him when he comes again, the second thrust kills him 90% of the time.

Edit: One more good tip for fighting anything... Don't use your mouse click to initiate your attack, whether its slingshot or sabre... use your hotbutton to initiate the attack, and it will attack to wherever your mouse cursor is.. this helped me ALOT when I was first learning.

[Kandarim]

also, weirdly unmentioned, NEVER try to stomp a deer. That's a guaranteed charge in your face.

Sadly, from time to time a deer WILL get into a charge-frenzy and charge 4-5 times in a row (possibly more), causing immense amount of damage.

On the other hand, I've killed well over several dozens of deer so far in the new world with a 12/12/12/12 forager alt, and was so far charged exactly one time. Make sure you aggro the deer with a thrust, not a stomp or a sling, as they seem prone to charge if they're far away (you correctly stated that you should keep close to it) and when you're preparing some attack (i.e. stomp)

[AcuaArkane]

alright thanks for replies, i will try to hunt deers again and hopefully not get knocked this time :s

[lachlaan]

PseudoQuote : "Kandarim said : Never stomp a deer"

I think he meant never stomp aggro a deer, I personally like following them around ike a creep, using Kandarim's lovely client with the movement paths showing, sitting in its path well out of stomp range, hitting stomp and waiting for it to get close as the stomp charges. Then it gets stunned, you uppercut it, you hide behind the nearest collidable object. Run around said object till the deer is confused and you have time to charge another stomp so it hits the deer before it cuts the corner and gores you.

[cbd1167]

PseudoQuote : "Kandarim said : Never stomp a deer"

I think he meant never stomp aggro a deer, I personally like following them around ike a creep, using Kandarim's lovely client with the movement paths showing, sitting in its path well out of stomp range, hitting stomp and waiting for it to get close as the stomp charges. Then it gets stunned, you uppercut it, you hide behind the nearest collidable object. Run around said object till the deer is confused and you have time to charge another stomp so it hits the deer before it cuts the corner and gores you.

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Is there an alternate client that is actually working right now? Info please!

[Scilly_guy]

Heh, I know I'm a rubbish hunter, but I stomp to agro deer all the time, yes sometimes they will charge me but what is one charge, its worse when they do it lots of times, I usually keep an object between us to stop their charge, one stomp to agro and one thrust to finish them, sometimes two. I don't care about taking a little damage, and a KO is annoying but not the end of the world, its not like a boar in HnH, like it should be, if it was I wouldn't be so reckless.