Any tips for Gauntlet runs?

[Garlyle]

Couldn't really find good tutorials about this in youtube videos, so thought I'd just get here to ask.

I finished the first 3 races, but the last one gave me troubles. I don't remember much of the 1st race, the 2nd race was kinda wacky that I got an early lead, but then everyone else just formed a conga line behind me for the rest of the track. 3rd one felt short, and I got lucky, because I snatched the 1st place in the last seconds.

But not sure if I have any solid strategies. Tap Sprint button, wack the enemies when near them, shoot front when I have arrows, and always be ready to recover I guess? I feel like it doesn't matter if I focus on the track or not at all.

[TheAspieFox]

Enable auto-run/sprint for your mount in the options, and for the same enable the option for "Gauntlet Runs Quick Time Events" to Auto. This will save you a ton of hassle and headache in itself.

"Brace" when you see the enemy attack icon flashing, so you don't get stumbled by their hits. When possible, shoot arrows/shock bolts/tearblast bolts (as you pick them up on the track) at riders to the side of you and/or in front of you -- for normal arrows you can dismount a rider by shooting them twice; and the same dismounting can be done with shock + melee hit. Else, three melee hits should do it, but usually just one or two by themselves is enough to make riders fall behind you, making a dismount effort more trouble than it's worth in that case. To this end, in any arrow-shooting case, utilize Concentration; makes it so much easier and more reliable.

Don't worry about riders *behind* you; you need to keep your camera at least somewhat on the track.

[Garlyle]

Yeah, this made a big difference.

Also managed to pick up some mount boost items, that really helped out to catch up in the end.