Editing Venomancer Tanking (section)

=== Keeping Pet Aggro ===

The simple tip here is:  Your pet mustn't stop attacking.  Or, if they do, so must everyone else.

There's a few reasons your pet might stop attacking:

==== Excuse the first: Pet Death ====

If your pet dies, (or you accidentally unsummon it.  Don't laugh!  It happens!  OK, well, try not to let it happen, but...)  then you may be screwed.  All that [[Aggro]] you took?  You've still got it.  Your new pet has none.

# If you didn't damage the monster yourself (or didn't damage it much), then this is the same as [[Venomancer Luring]].  Get some range, summon a new pet, and go.
# If the monster is close to death, finishing it off may be faster than trying to summon a new pet.
# If you've got friends with you, have them smack it.  Although [[Wizard]]s and [[Cleric]]s are probably in an even worse situation.
# Kite the monster instead of tanking it.  (Kiting, in this case, meaning running screaming for your mummy, whilst throwing spells behind you now and then.)
# Don't forget that you've got the second best set of self-heals in the game.  You can afford to get injured occasionally.
# Last, and least: Have a cleric ready to bring you back to life.

==== Excuse the Second: Switching Targets ====

OK, sometimes you ''need'' to switch the pet onto a different target for a while.  (Because it just popped, because something decided to hit the [[Cleric]], whatever)

This is pretty simple to deal with - just stop hitting the old monster, and start hitting the new one.  Make sure everyone else realizes too.