Best use of explosive traps
- Thread starter Kyoji
- Start date
- Joined
- 20/01/2017
- Messages
- 6,300
YouTube has a few videos showing players using explosive traps. Like this one.
Trap skill, including explosive traps, is a love-it or hate-it skill.
Traps are best suited in two general situations.
First, using them in narrow places where you will get the enemies to come to you as you attack with range. For example, placing a trap by a door, than getting the enemies inside to run out to you. The damage and slow down will help you bombard them with your trusty bow.
Second, kiting in a circle while dropping traps. This can be slow, but can keep you out of harm's way while other skills cool down. The traps do damage, and the slow down can be helpful in keeping your distance.
There's a lot of possible uses for the trap skill so the above two aren't a complete lists.
Trap skill, including explosive traps, is a love-it or hate-it skill.
Traps are best suited in two general situations.
First, using them in narrow places where you will get the enemies to come to you as you attack with range. For example, placing a trap by a door, than getting the enemies inside to run out to you. The damage and slow down will help you bombard them with your trusty bow.
Second, kiting in a circle while dropping traps. This can be slow, but can keep you out of harm's way while other skills cool down. The traps do damage, and the slow down can be helpful in keeping your distance.
There's a lot of possible uses for the trap skill so the above two aren't a complete lists.
Invector
Active member
- Joined
- 18/04/2020
- Messages
- 127
I use explosive traps religiously and I pretty much agree with VDX.
Doorways are the #1 best place to deploy them because they can't be avoided. And where one is good, two is better. You can set one trap then wait for the cooldown and set a second right next to the first. Open the door, holler "all you Ashen Minotaurs suck" and then back away. Two level 3 traps will knock a pretty good chunk of health out of most enemies, and then while they are slowed you can hit them with a rapid fire burst from your bow if you're playing archer. They'll rarely lay a hand on you.
And like VDX says, if you have to you can run away while dropping a trap, which will slow your enemy and allow you to put some distance between you while your other skills cool. Explosive traps coupled with rapid fire is a very effective combo.
Doorways are the #1 best place to deploy them because they can't be avoided. And where one is good, two is better. You can set one trap then wait for the cooldown and set a second right next to the first. Open the door, holler "all you Ashen Minotaurs suck" and then back away. Two level 3 traps will knock a pretty good chunk of health out of most enemies, and then while they are slowed you can hit them with a rapid fire burst from your bow if you're playing archer. They'll rarely lay a hand on you.
And like VDX says, if you have to you can run away while dropping a trap, which will slow your enemy and allow you to put some distance between you while your other skills cool. Explosive traps coupled with rapid fire is a very effective combo.
Invector
Active member
- Joined
- 18/04/2020
- Messages
- 127
Yes. Trap duration is 30 seconds and cool down is 15 seconds. In other words you can place the second trap 15 seconds after placing the first, then you have 15 seconds before the first one disappears. Plenty of time to draw out enemies in a room and have them trigger both.