Retreat

Skill · Warrior level 19 · (important)

(21% per practice)

Requires: rally

Usage

• retreat
• retreat <direction>

Retreat is a warrior skill used to disengage a large group from battle. One may specify the direction to retreat, or if none is given you will retreat in the nearest available direction. It is more difficult for those well in the heat of battle to retreat than those at the edges, and occasionally brave warriors are left behind to fend for themselves when the rest of the party flees.

Skill tree

• rescue
  • rally
    • retreat
      • flanking attack

Group: Warrior group tactics

Tips

• Make sure everyone is standing before you retreat — sitting players (often healers conserving mana) frequently get left behind.
• Retreat can pull berserking fighters out of combat.
• A higher knowledge level reduces the chance that players are left behind.
• Having multiple players who know retreat in the group increases its effectiveness.