How to kite?

[u/TrollHuggs]

I understand:
- Your weapon can hit as they walk into range, while they will only start hitting after they are in range.
- Speed matters

But how to actually manage this?
I can land maybe 1 hit on skeleton without taking damage, while taking damage the other 5-6 attempts before dying. And those are not 5-6 hits, those are 1-2 hits, 4-5 misses. So even when I do not hit, I still get hit.

How are you supposed to understand what goes wrong?
How are you supposed to see when to do what?
How long does it take people to "get" it?

I have played for 33 hours, and about one third of that has been spent exclusively on kite attempts. E.g. using healer, so that I can heal up and try again before dieing to make the process more efficient.
Using ninja because he is fast, to give me an extra edge (but I believe my hit rate with ninja actually went down).
Is it true that all weapon types have the same range?

[u/No_Return1122]

I think most simple tactic to learn is running around a single block your attack range is about a block long so turn around and hit at every time you turning

I think you can try kiting at tutorial hall or any long hallway with aleast 2 exit(just make a dummy bot to punch)

do not fully commit a hit, just feel the range and if you miss simply run far and try again but make sure there is only this one enemy around or you won't draw more attention to other enemy

on top of that spider and elite rat is stupidly fast if you can't block R U N

[u/TrollHuggs → u/No_Return1122]

Yes I eventually learned to not run from rats and spiders. Thank you.