Guild Wars 2

Is it just me or do undead (Risen) mobs almost always avoid pets and go strait for you?is this a bug or intended to make rangers life hell?

while even higher lvl or champs/vets of any other kind of mob if done correctly almost always sticks to my pets (unless i do some crazy burst) I can’t figure out the trick to get risen mobs to stick to my pet and not me ><

It’s been mentioned a bunch in this forum. As far as I know, it’s intended. Risen simply target players over NPCs. It’s not just rangers.

Rangers still do pretty well against them, even with aggro on the player, at least. Think about those poor Mesmers who rely on those clones.

Undead will always go for YOU!

Try this:

Hide behind a wall and send your pet towards the ‘Risen’ and then laugh as it goes for you…How exactly does it know you are behind some wall far away?

One thing you may try is CC after it starts walking towards you. I have found that works, also you can always use heavy CC pets like double spider and so forth which pretty much guarantees perma cripple if traited.

I don’t know if this happens with other people but i’ve found that against Risen some pets “hold agro” better than others. They tend to ignore almost all of my pets (Bears & Birds particularly) but they focus my Canines a lot.

My Moa, canine, jellyfish, and Armor Fish hold agro like champions against risen, however my drake, shark, and bird on the other hand can’t keep aggro to save their lives… ESPECIALLY the drake…

tried it 30s ago.
I was reviving a NPC and I sent my wolf to attack an undead. After the wolf hit him, he came straight to me….