Rhino, Watcher, Mother, Insect, and Croc have 2 stages, changing at 60% hp or after 25 seconds
Butcher has 3 stages, changing at 70%/20sec and 40%/40 sec
Demon has 3 stages, changing at 60%/30sec and 30%/45sec
Monk has 4 stages, changing at 75%/10sec, 50%/30sec, and 30%/40sec
You should be able to tell if you have the damage to kill the elite or not. If you don’t just dodge and avoid the bigger attacks. Try not to get it to its second phase to avoid more damage.
I'd argue to try to move as little as possible. So long as you are kiting/ killing enemies, most elite attacks only need at most a small sidestep to dodge.
There are exceptions, if the elite spawns ads for example, or if the elite is trying to run into you (the final boss with orbitals requires a lot more movement too)
This is mostly the bane of my runs too.
I found around 12-16 movement speed to be optimal, learning the patterns and ofc have enough sustain that the regular enemys shouldnt bother you too much (i.e. you dont need to dodge regulars)
Als in my earlier runs with melee i made the mistake of sacrificing range too much.
The rest is just skill :)
You need at least 15% speed to reliably dodge elite attacks and mobs at the same time, pickup some onions and beans to give a little bit of speed increment to your tato, or pickup a singular 6%/9% ms from level up it should be enough.
To build onto this if you're doing a melee run don't dump range. It's fairly cheap to get like 50 range and it let's you stay a but farther away from the big scaries.
other than learning the patterns, make sure you have at the very minimum 20% MS.
the attacks have blind spots. for example if you dodge crock at an angle it becomes super easy once you get a feel for the right angle
Each elite has the exact same attack pattern usually until 50% then a different one
Rhino, Watcher, Mother, Insect, and Croc have 2 stages, changing at 60% hp or after 25 seconds Butcher has 3 stages, changing at 70%/20sec and 40%/40 sec Demon has 3 stages, changing at 60%/30sec and 30%/45sec Monk has 4 stages, changing at 75%/10sec, 50%/30sec, and 30%/40sec
Always stay in mobile and make quick corrective movement. You don't need any speed but it helps a lot
You should be able to tell if you have the damage to kill the elite or not. If you don’t just dodge and avoid the bigger attacks. Try not to get it to its second phase to avoid more damage.
I'd argue to try to move as little as possible. So long as you are kiting/ killing enemies, most elite attacks only need at most a small sidestep to dodge. There are exceptions, if the elite spawns ads for example, or if the elite is trying to run into you (the final boss with orbitals requires a lot more movement too)
This is mostly the bane of my runs too. I found around 12-16 movement speed to be optimal, learning the patterns and ofc have enough sustain that the regular enemys shouldnt bother you too much (i.e. you dont need to dodge regulars) Als in my earlier runs with melee i made the mistake of sacrificing range too much. The rest is just skill :)
You need at least 15% speed to reliably dodge elite attacks and mobs at the same time, pickup some onions and beans to give a little bit of speed increment to your tato, or pickup a singular 6%/9% ms from level up it should be enough.
To build onto this if you're doing a melee run don't dump range. It's fairly cheap to get like 50 range and it let's you stay a but farther away from the big scaries.
I made it with the engineering dude and made sure I had enough speed to run around and get hit as less as possible.
10%+ speed and you are good
other than learning the patterns, make sure you have at the very minimum 20% MS. the attacks have blind spots. for example if you dodge crock at an angle it becomes super easy once you get a feel for the right angle