Summoning MobsFollow

I have a 50 Mage and am starting to "run" into mobs that summon . I solo a lot and I dont do very well face to face with a hard hitting whatever. Other than just staying away from them, are there any techniques/tricks to try?

Thanks for any input.

With my druid I solo summoning Mobs regularly....

My trick is timing. I cast my first Dot and wait to be summoned. After I get Summoned I back up for 2 seconds then cast my next spell. Rinse and repeat whether the next casts are continued DPS or self heals, until mob is dead or fleeing.

May be a bit simple but works for me.

Use air pet and get good agro on him with it. Then start nuking him slowly with you best DPM spells then when he is either low on life or your pet is about to die(reclaim) blast him with you biggest and best DPS spell. If you grab agro then you have two options....back off or burn him.


Here are some items to try and get that will make soloing easier

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=4431
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=3949
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=7444
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=8952


Now I know that some of those items will be hard to get(especially the last one...which is why i mentioned the 2nd link not as much absorb but easier to get) but they are still worth going for eventually.

I'll look for some more slow items and a root clicky as well that's not a raid item(or one that no longer drops)







Edited, Wed Dec 14 15:29:24 2005 by elorianBLAH

Edited, Wed Dec 14 15:29:23 2005 by elorianBLAH

How will melee haste help a Magician solo?

Edited, Thu Dec 15 12:48:41 2005 by Gladestrider

Hmmmm I wonder how long a caster with avg gear would stand up to a mob hitting for 400 to 500 a whack.....dont think haste with help out much there , maybe a cleric would be better then haste, aleast when the caster dies he can get a rez with only min downtime.P.