Cleric mezz

[old.Brutallus]

Guys, when soloing with Boulderlings I tried the following strategy:
1. smite from a far as many times as possible (usually only twice)
2. when boulder gets close (& attacks me melee) I'd like to mezz him with instant (Heavenly Visions)
3. then move away and/or smite once more if possible
4. and finally kill it in melee fight

But I was NEVER able to successfully mezz in 2nd step.
(even when Boulder is blue to me) Why ?

maybe it is related to my 2nd question:

what does it mean "Point Blank" in spell description ?
(for example see Smiting specialization / Heavenly Dreams spells line on http://udel.edu/~trevor/camelot/spells/A_cleric.shtml)

 

[Nala Lionne]

The reason your mezz is failing is because the target is enraged. You cannot mezz mobs if they are less than 80% (i think) HP.

Point blank means the area of effect of the spell is a given radius extending out from the base of your character.

 

[old.Brutallus]

Thanks for reply.

You cannot mezz mobs if they are less than 80% (i think) HP.

the same with Stunning Flash ?
(generally is there any difference between Stun and Mesmerize ? - aside from single target / point blank)

 

[Nala Lionne]

Generally speaking, stun is shorter duration. Stun stops the target from doing anything for x seconds, even when you are hitting it / casting spells on it. Mesmerize breaks if you touch the little things ....

The usual cleric pattern to do things at the moment is mezz target, stun it, then smite it til it gets to you. Works well in RvR. At lower levels stun generally doesn't last long enough for this to work as well ....

 

[old.Brutallus]

thanks a lot!

it is v important difference - essential I would say!
asked some ppl before - but they were saying it's the same...

 

[Ifalna]

Stun will also work no matter how low your enemies HP is.

 

[zarthan]

depending on how you want to do it base line smite or spec smite

base is quicker more hits

this is the way i do it

1) spec smite (note it has a 6 second cast time does good dmg for less power)
2) base line Stun when soloing works about 85% of the time
3) base smite you can do this twice
4) choice time repet step 2 or one more hit using base smite
if you chose to stun and no resists u can get 2/3 more its on it kills blues np greens dead by 4 smite yellows so nearly dead not a challenge

the instant mez i found works best when your being mobed then u back away and target 1 mob

etc...

i have yet to solo any oranges but yellowsare noprob

down side to this is downtime is great as base smite will drain power

if thats the way you want then
spec smite, then stun, spec smite twice then h2h or try stin after first spec smiteand loop it

ps drive evil is good as an extra dmg thing