Barrel Running Strategies (WIP)

Bombs are generally discouraged unless you have a good idea of what your bomb radius is.A good trick to use is if one of you in a team has a bomb radius trinket. Another team member can pick up the barrel, push to get any rats away, and then have the member with the trinket use the bomb. As long as the carrier does not take damage, the barrel will not be ignited.As long as the carrier does not take damage, the barrel will not be ignited. This bears repeating except in the case where your team has the Star of the Sisterhood trinket equipped. You used to be able to inadvertently ingite a barrel if another team member took damage while you were both wearing the trinket, but that is now no longer the case.You can move faster by throwing and picking up the barrel repeatedly along the path you are travelling.Hitting an unignited barrel is like hitting a resistant target. Any weapon swing that does not go through resistant targets will stop its swing once it hits the barrel.When trying to kill a rat near or on a barrel, it is generally advised to push the rat away, use a ranged weapon, or use single target attacks whose swings do not start or finish downward.When holding a barrel, your stamina is automatically set to two shields. Pushes cost one shield. Your push works the same way as when you hold a melee weapon. It works in 360 degrees.