Worthless piece of **** skill

[D00MFAyCE]

I just got to Epic with my bone charmer and i decided to max out the skill 'monster lure' because i don't got any tank pet and i'm using a bow. the only downside with the skill is ... IT DOESN'T WORK
i use the skill and the little wooden man appear but the monsters run right past it and straight to me ... i spent like 13 skill points to it and skill points are pretty damn expensive to regain so i thought i'd ask you guys before i spend like 500 k gold ... do you know what's wrong with it? am i using it wrong? how do i fix it?
if u tell me it doesn't work because i don't have the fanpatch i'm going on a rampage.

[Irma2]

How can you spend 13 points on Monster Lure?? It only has 6. Don't tell me you put points into Detonate??

Anyway, it works fine. It does a take a second or two to taunt monsters, though, so back off a bit after casting it and wait till the monsters attack it.

[ASYLUM101]

It doesn't work because it doesn't remove anger, it provokes the enemies initially. SO if you've already aggro'd monsters, it does almost nothing.

[D00MFAyCE]

well now i just feel like a retard ... <.< and yes i spent points into detonate.

[Ancient_of_War]

Usually one point in it is enough and none in Detonate. From what I read Detonate doesn't do enough damage to be worth the points needed, unless possibly with an Avenger with maxxed Earth Enchantment tree. Don't use Study Prey Until it grabs aggro. Are you using Deathchill and Ravages? If so I think if you get to close the monsters with the auras up, they'll draw aggro to you. Because they're considered an attack. I may be wrong about that but someone will correct me.

The first time I used it was with a hybrid bow/spear Slayer and it took a couple of tries for me to get far enough away for the monsters to target it. More than likely you can take all the points from Detonate and all but one from ML and put them some where else that they'll do you more good. Plus, when you get +skills you can basically have a five point ML.

Right now I have a lvl 38 Bone Charmer in A4N using Irma's build over in the compendium and I haven't picked up yet but I haven't really needed it yet either. Lucky for me he's found a Revenant Plate of Energy and I had a Tracker's Talisman for a total of +3 to Hunting. So maxxed Scatter, maxxed Volley, 11 points in Puncture =minigun with fragmentation rounds. He took out a group of six Machae with one arrow. It was amazing

[D00MFAyCE]

i regained the points i spent into it but i got another question ...
http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.asp?mastery=Bone Charmer&master1=2&master2=7&sa=0&m1=16-6-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0&m2=32-0-0-6-0-0-1-0-4-0-0-8-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-6-0
is this good so far and what shall i do next (except for maxing out some of the skills)

[D00MFAyCE]

lol at successful link --'
just copy it >.<

[Kalam]

if you have reasonable + skill gear, 1 point in detonate can be justified

[gotaplanstan]

1) Are you using Deathchill and Ravages? If so I think if you get to close the monsters with the auras up, they'll draw aggro to you. Because they're considered an attack. I may be wrong about that but someone will correct me.

2) The first time I used it was with a hybrid bow/spear Slayer and it took a couple of tries for me to get far enough away for the monsters to target it. More than likely you can take all the points from Detonate and all but one from ML and put them some where else that they'll do you more good. Plus, when you get +skills you can basically have a five point ML.

1) Yeah, from my experience Deathchill and ToW both will act like a taunt since they both proc every second and cause damage.

2) I'm not sure what to call it (aggro range maybe) but thats definitely something to be aware of, as other things for other classes function the same way, like plague. If you are far enough away when pets (or lure in this case) aggro some mobs they'll ignore you, which then gives you time to kill them or debuff them.

[AdamBast]

i tried monster lure too, lots of people like it, my haruspex couldn't use it in the intended way (trance of convalescense sucks away all aggro)

it would be nice if you could cast it with shift+right click, it would be DOPE. too bad it isn't the case