Any Rogue that consistently pulls instances has probably had this happen to them. It is the product of poor communication often and can result in party wipes. To be effective Vanish pulling cannot be something used on a whim. It must be practiced so that it is quick and efficient and transparent to the people in your group. You can only use this once every 5 minutes or for prep rogues 3 times every 10 minutes. I used to have a section on vanish pulling in the Advanced Rogue Guide 1.0 but removed it because I couldnt get it to work repeatedly.


After a couple of runs of BRS I have all but sorted out how to get it to work. Now its up to you to master the technique. Vanish pulling is actually very simply, it takes two people a Rogue and Preferably a Hunter to pull off gracefully. The setup should look something like this. In this pic we are trying to split the target from the adds. The Hunter should be positioned behind the rogue. The idea here is that the Rogue will pull and everything will start running towards him. The goal is to time the Vanish so that the first mob is inside the agro range of the hunter while the other two mobs (adds) are outside the agro range of any other player in the group.



This Next image shows what should be happening when the rogue successfully vanishes with the mobs at the propper distance. Your adds should retreat and your target should agro the hunter which can now be pulled back into your group. If for some reason all 3 of the mobs had agroed the hunter he could simply Feign Death to lose agro and you could try again if the Rogue has prep up or move on to a different strategy. The key to using Vanish pulling successfully in any group is practice. Practice preferably before you are in a situation where the groups life expectancy relies heavily on your ability to Vanish Pull. The setup used in Vanish pulling is a great setup for pulling period. Rogue and Hunter up front making sure that the rest of the group cannot get agro. Especially if you are attempting an instance with people that are not quite level 60 yet. This method of pulling could be exactly what you need to keep low level agro from wiping the group.

That is all there is too it. So when your in a group without enough crowd control remember you can vanish pull to split that group in half before the mage has to suicide sheep.

~Cerias Shadows