Secret Tactic to Train Mobs in GR Push

I cleared GR 150 on my SSF Necromancer in season 36. During this time I learned several valuable lessons. Since, I had to clear each individual level one by one, I made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot.

The most valuable lesson I learned was that facing the mobs you are training across the map will cause them to stand still and fight you.

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If you turn your back to the mobs and attack random mobs in front of you, even if your goal isn’t to do enough damage to kill the mobs in front of you, as long as your back is turned from the mobs you are training forward. They will follow you. This goes for elites of course.

It’s a really good way to group up three or more elites for example a Conduit Pylon or in the case of season 36 with Soul Shards, getting the Ring of Fire. Still going into season 37 it’s true that grouping up three or more elites will be good damage. Especially with Area Damage builds.

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Anyway if you try that, like just keep your back to the elites you want to train across the map and attack the mobs in front of you in the direction you are going, you’ll get the elites to follow, as they won’t stop to fight you like they do if you’re facing them and attacking them.

This completely changes the sweaty twitchy stutter-step play style. Although stutter-step is okay if you want to stay on the move while fighting, after everything is grouped up, to stutter-step to avoid taking damage. And stutter-step is not a good way to train mobs.

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My method is take a step and shoot, take a step and shoot, although you don’t need to move your mouse back and forth quickly like I see pro players doing, because you are facing the direction you are moving.

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Great that you advanced so far in the season and in the game. The tactic and the gameplay to do the highest tiers isn’t a “secret” just discovered by you though.
… and then there is all the annoying stuff with elites that refuse to follow, are to big to follow (if there are obstacles on the map) or even avoid or run away from you. (That’s why groups want a zBarb to gather and draw in monsters to create density.
(Gave your post a like of course).

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Yeah, tell that to the bugger elites that dig into ground, and then that one of the pack is still not following :smiley:

I agree it will work for most mobs/elites, but not all, also depends on map/terrain/obstacles.

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so you are saying we should moon the monsters to follow us?

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I learned that if you moon certain people they will follow you. Especially cops. :oncoming_police_car: I guess it works with monsters also. :man_facepalming:

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