What can a Runemaster do in a keep attack?
Runemasters have the versatility to fill several rules in a keep attack. First, it is a huge help to have pulsing bladeturn for the group. Keep archers can cause a lot of damage and keep healers busy if you don’t have bladeturn. This is a godsend for keep attacks. Second, you can use nearsight on archers and enemy defenders. This really helps the attackers at the doors. Third, you can nuke nuke nuke. Keep archers make great AE targets, because they are stationary. Use an AE on them to hit any enemy defenders hiding near them behind the walls. Help handle the guards when they pop. And nuke any defenders who show their faces. A favorite technique for killing defenders is to nearsight/bolt/quickcast bolt. The nearsight is a fast spell that eliminates their ability to attack you from a distance. The bolt and quickcast bolt will usually land if you don’t fat-finger a cast. The ground target AE can also be useful in keep attack, though you will likely have yourself in harms way when you use
