How does Kargath berserker rush really work? (Targeting)

[Hekkipekki]

I always wondered how does Kargath's berserk rush really work?
Like what are the factors that decides who he targets with it?

My guild has been doing the everyone falls in closer to him while Hunters/Mages/Palas are standing further away.
But it still feels like he targets ranged that are closer to him than the ranged that stands further away.

With best regards

[Friendlyimmolation]

I don't know if it's luck but in mythic our hunter with his back to the wall gets targeted every time.

[Deleted]

Does it even matter?
I would say it is pretty much RNG.
Can target any ranged player.

[Jellospally]

You can technically control it if you get most of the raid within 10-15 yards and it will always pick the person on far outside. Otherwise its w/e. Unless you are going for a like #1 speed kill its pointless to even do anything but run it directly into fire. Long as everyone is next to a fire and melee aren't idiots its a joke.

[Deleted]

Hello, it targets a random one of the THREE furthest players away from him in mythic.

[Worgslarg]

CAN target any player specced as ranged. Most often picks the farthest player from himself, so you can usually bait it out with a max range player behind the pillar.

[frangeek]

RNG.
It targets a random ranged player.
In Mythic I believe he targets one of the most furthest players IRCC.

[Deleted]

We noticed that, as others say, he always targets someone that's not close to him. It's not the person furthest away, as we had a few times where a priest was standing just in front of the hunter (who had his back pretty much against the wall) and got targetted.

We make sure everyone we don't want targetted, to stand well close to the boss, pretty much just outside melee range just before Beserker Rush comes in.

[Hekkipekki]

Well its not 100% RNG, and ofc it matters. You get that huge DMG boost when you do it the right way.
Ofc it doesnt matter that much now for most of people since everyone got alot of gear.

But it would be fun to know the exact criterias for the berserker rush victims :P

[Blackmist]

I think it targets from a selection of players who are more than a certain distance from him, unless there are less than three at that distance. We tried with one outside, and it targeted people who were close. When we first tried three at ranged it occasionally went for somebody close, but that person did seem to be hanging back way too far (he was outside the centre circle). When we fixed that, it always went for the hunter/mage group.

We just stack everyone who can deal with it in one place, and have everyone else tuck in close to the boss. Do that for the first 2 rushes, and you'll never have to do it again. You can kite him and the cats into the fire as much as possible, and the meter pretty much stays at 90-100.

[MrExcelion]

One of the furthest three is accurate

[ellgar]

Hello, it targets a random one of the THREE furthest players away from him in mythic.

This.
And those 3 players don't have to be ranged. On our mythic kills i am getting myself targetted by fixate on purpose as a rogue due to 2x evasion

[Kantalope]

Well its not 100% RNG, and ofc it matters. You get that huge DMG boost when you do it the right way.
Ofc it doesnt matter that much now for most of people since everyone got alot of gear.

But it would be fun to know the exact criterias for the berserker rush victims :P

You get barely any favor for kiting the berserker rush. Majority of your favor comes from the stands.

[Deleted]

You get barely any favor for kiting the berserker rush. Majority of your favor comes from the stands.

Actually it depends on your strategy. As our group up in the stands doesn't stay there for long.

Most of our favor comes from the first 3 rushes that we take the full 20 seconds. After that we have tigers running around that we completely ignore which gains a lot of favor as well by just running them into the fires. I actually believe the tigers give us most favor.

[Deleted]

it doesnt have to be a ranged target. I've been fixated playing a melee dps before when standing in BFE far away from boss

[hplaner]

as someone already mentioned, it is not full RNG, he targets One person out of the farthest 3 Targets (does not have to be ranged hero)

[Raiju]

Well its not 100% RNG, and ofc it matters. You get that huge DMG boost when you do it the right way.
Ofc it doesnt matter that much now for most of people since everyone got alot of gear.

It's never mattered

[Sxq]

"One of the farthest three" has never failed for us

[waat]

starfall + hand of protection = favor galore

[thaynia]

Hello, it targets a random one of the THREE furthest players away from him in mythic.

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