History Main / FishingForMooks

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II]]'', the barbarian's taunt ability can be used to lure fallen shamans away from other fallen, allowing him to ShootTheMedicFirst.

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* The two [[BossInMookClothing Dark Nuts]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess's'' VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon can be fought this way by carefully attracting the attention of only one of them and luring it down the hall and away from the other. The ''three'' you fight in the BrutalBonusLevel can also be taken on in this manner, but only if you're really careful and lucky.

* An important tactic in ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''. Enemy groups lurk in the FogOfWar until encountered, at which point they attack, so a common strategy is to creep forward attempting to reveal and destroy enemy groups one at a time. The ExpansionPack adds a new resource called Meld that self-destructs if not collected quickly in order to reward players who eschew this strategy and explore more aggressively.

* In ''[[Videogame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II]]'', the barbarian's taunt ability can be used to lure fallen shamans away from other fallen, allowing him to KillTheMedicFirst.

* To get through the ''[[ForcedTutorial Temple of Trials]]'' at the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', players who don't have a good melee or unarmed skill will likely resort to this tactic though a good speech skill will at least let them talk their way past the guard at the end. If not...

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Beware the Law of ConservationOfNinjutsu, if they turn out to be [[BossInMooksClothing more than just Mooks]]. This is an easy way to LevelGrind against Mooks who are still too strong for you to take down in groups, but who can be defeated piecemeal.

This technique is also known as pulling. A long-distance pull is called "kiting", since you look like a kite with a tail of mooks following you when you apply it (although the same term can also refer to using HitAndRunTactics agains a single powerful opponent).

This technique is also known as pulling. A long-distance pull is called "kiting", since you look like a kite with a tail of mooks following you when you apply it.

* Through difficult to pull, this can be done in ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. The game even gives you a different battle-starting command to help you on doing this: throwing a rock that does ScratchDamage to the enemy to have them chase you. Although some groups of enemies are programmed to attack in mobs once one of them is attacked, thus making this technique useless against those.

* You can do this in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' with Sonic Batarangs, which lure enemies to investigate them, allowing Batman to take them out without breaking stealth. When the other {{mook}}s come across the bodies of their fallen comrades, they'll call everyone in the area together to investigate, possibly allowing Batman to then target any stragglers who take longer to get to it. Other gadgets, such as the explosive gel, can also work for this - [[GoLookAtTheDistraction make a distraction that causes some enemies to check it out]], then Batman can pick off the ones left behind more easily.

* You can do this in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum and VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity with Sonic Batarangs, which lure enemies to investigate them, allowing Batman to take them out without breaking stealth. When the other {{mook}}s come across the bodies of their fallen comrades, they'll call everyone in the area together to investigate, possibly allowing Batman to then target any stragglers who take longer to get to it.

* An important tactic in ''VideoGame/XComEnemyUnknown''. Enemy groups lurk in the FogOfWar until encountered, at which point they attack, so a common strategy is to creep forward attempting to reveal and destroy enemy groups one at a time. The ExpansionPack adds a new resource called Meld that self-destructs if not collected quickly in order to reward players who eschew this strategy and explore more aggressively.

TruthInTelevision if just luring an individual unit or at least only part of the enemy army out and then annihilating it before its allies could aid it (a common tactic in warfare of any era,) but blatant ArtificialStupidity if done repeatedly to the same group nonstop, especially if the others are completely unaware of their comrade's fate.

* In ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', this becomes a ''required'' tactic if you don't want to get jumped by a gang of DemonicSpiders all at once, and usually involves getting a single enemy's attention by hitting them with a ranged attack. ''VideoGame/GodHand'' lets you [[IShallTauntYou do this with taunts instead.]]

* In ''DemonsSouls'', this becomes a ''required'' tactic if you don't want to get jumped by a gang of DemonicSpiders all at once, and usually involves getting a single enemy's attention by hitting them with a ranged attack. ''VideoGame/GodHand'' lets you [[IShallTauntYou do this with taunts instead.]]