When there is a situation you want many mobs to get on one point, then you need to run around, dont'cha? well, for me, with my PoM, i like to AOE alot of mobs at a time, sadly I cannot stand all thise mobs hitting me while pulling. Now I found a way to avoind most of the hits:
Start off with kicking one mob away (knockback) then run towards the next and jump right in front of that next mob, do this until you got enough mobs... you won't get hurt much as the collision boxes of the mobs prevent them to get near you now, they will stay in a coloumn until you stop running. - time to aoe!