Bears running away in beserk mode

[Gromit]

So recently the bears ive been attacking have been running away in Beserk mode. The wiki says "Bears go berserk when they're close to death, and they will start using a skill to instantly refill their attack bar. You will need to be ready to do a lot of damage fast if you plan to finish the bear before it finishes you" So assuming that the bear shouldnt run away, right?

Ive been using Call down the thunder (or w/e it is) to get 30LP and then i got out of the boat, used oppotunity knocks 4 times followed by a valorous strike and if i dont kill it, it turns into beserk mode and runs away? the bears have bee lv7/8. This happened to a lv9 and he did not run?

Is there some new update for bears or something... can anyone explain?

[Fenlaw]

If you start fighting a bear from a location that it can't reach, it'll run when it gets low on HP regardless of berserk mode.

This is what I've found by hunting them at range to begin with and then moving onto the shore.



The same method to stop their attempts at fleeing should work regardless if they're berserk or not, that is, attempt to punch them when they're running away. When you reach them the punch will cause them to stop in their tracks, regardless if it landed or not.

[Windforce]

From my experience fighting Bears Lv V to X as a Ranger with a Sling. (Save my Q Arrows)

If you do alot of damage in a very short time to the Bear (or any anmial) they will tend to run away.

When I was a much newer player and have been ambused by a LV VIII (8) Bear before while exporing. I couldn't get it to run away even after shooting like 9+ Stones into it, needless to say, He knocked me out back then.

Nowadays I can take down a X bear in 4-5 Hits. Usually it will start running away on the 2nd hit. So I guess bears, or any anmials, will run when a huge chunk of its HP is taken down in a short period of time.

PS: I straight Tank X Bears now. They usually never get to hit me before they run.

[Potjeh]

You should let him hit you once or twice. I think that lowers the HP amount at which they start running.

[DigDog]

That's true, but they still run when going into berserk mode most of the time. But the good thing with bears is that they come back to you after they left your field of vision (the picture of the animal in the upper right corner turns into a question mark). If you stand still and nothing is obstructing the bears line of running then it will come back straight at you and will then stand without attacking next to you, ready to take the next hit before running and returning again. This is awesome because you don't lose the LP for breaking the battle. Doesn't work so well when there's a cliff or shore nearby and the bear runs into though. Also doesn't work for other animals who just stop walking when out of range instead of coming back to you.