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SmartBomb · Feb 25, 2009, 08:47 PM // 20:47

I'm still sorta new to these forums so I assumed I could post this here. Mods feel free to move this anywhere.

Anyway,
Since nobody really does a lfg for Frostmaw's Burrow, I decided I should try it on my own. It will just be me my heros and henchies and I'm hoping to get all the ay through it.

I though I'd just bring a bunch of consumables to keep me going

So my basic questions are:
1) Is this possible?
2) Any particular builds I should have (particularly for a ranger)
3) What heros and henchies would be best?
4) How long would this take?
5) Any other tips?

The New Bp · Feb 25, 2009, 09:04 PM // 21:04

1) Yes
2) I have the power,Apply Poison,Broad Head Arrow The rest is up to u interupts will be ur best friend
3)Hmm not sure
4)1-2 hrs
5) Bring dp Removers n HM and i would suggest getting a guilde to lend you there heros may work out better

Ohh yeah and have fun

payne · Feb 25, 2009, 09:06 PM // 21:06

firstly should be in GWEN section - but your new so meh

CONS ARE NOT NEEDED - waste of cash

ranger as you run something similar to:- [barrage] [savage shot] [volley] [lightning reflexes] [pain inverter] ["I am the strongest!"] [death pact signet] [splinter weapon]
< what I run it's never failed for me

for h/h
2 mes heroes (1 as VoR 1 as HEV) and a MM(jagged bones) with [spirit bond] and [protective spirit]
< none of these need rez
2/3 hex removal on each of mes - one me/mo with [remove hex] 1 me/rt with [warmongers weapon]

hench: 2 monk, earth ele and mes

if you play well you can probs do it HM around 1:05
if your doing NM maybe 45mins???

dunno pends how you play really

but the above bars have never failed in HM so NM should = walk in da park

SmartBomb · Feb 25, 2009, 09:09 PM // 21:09

Awesome! Thanks guys. On more thing, does the chest give better stuff in HM as opposed to NM? or does it not matter?

_Nihilist_ · Feb 25, 2009, 09:14 PM // 21:14

Also, on your Mesmers, think about taking [[Inspired Hex] and/or [[Revealed Hex] to deal with the Monster Skill/Hex [[Wurm Bile]. Since Inspired/Revealed cannot copy a monster skill it has the nice benefit of removing the hex and instantly recharging :O

Lord Of Blame · Feb 25, 2009, 09:21 PM // 21:21

1. Yes, even in HM it is possible to H/H this dungeon.

2. Don't play a ranger so can't help much here but I'm sure the standard R/Rt splinter barrage should work fine. Bring pain inverter for the worms, hit them with it before they use worm bile and they go down fast.

3. For henchies in NM I would bring Fire, Earth, Prot, and Healer. If your in HM I would bring Blood, Earth, Prot, Healer. The fire henchie is fail in HM but ok in NM. I perfer the blood henchie in HM because she helps the monks with energy, some people like the interrupt ranger henchie in HM but since your a ranger I don't see a need.

For heroes you need to bring at least one monk with plenty of hex removal skills, the worms will hit you with worm bile from time to time and it can easily overwhelm the healers. In fact you could bring 3 monk heroes running Rojway (Ray of Judgement) and put a hex removal skill on all of them, that should make the dungeon super easy. If not then the one monk and 2 ele heroes should work fine. I did it in HM with a 3 necro discord setup, only one of them had hex removal but we still made it. I only had a couple of party wipes that were my fault by running ahead too far and not being aware of the popups.

4. Should be able to do it in 2 hrs or less.

5. Be careful. You may see red dots on the map and right about the time you aggro them you will have 3 or 4 worms popup that you may not have seen and then you may be in trouble. Watch the ground as you move forward, you can see the worms coming because there is a little cloud of dust where they are tunneling. Just take you time and don't rush. You should be fine, it make take a few attempts until you learn where the popups are but once you know then its pretty easy. You should not need any cons even in HM, however until you learn where the popups are you may want to bring some DP removal items like candycanes.

Hope this helps.

Kerwyn Nasilan · Feb 25, 2009, 09:23 PM // 21:23

HM would give you double end drops, 2 diamonds and 2 other items

Lord Of Blame · Feb 25, 2009, 09:25 PM // 21:25

No, the end chest has the same drops in NM and HM, however you have a better chance of getting something good in HM because the chest drops 2 items instead of the 1 you get in NM.

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Frostmaw%27s_Burrows

When opened, the Chest of Burrows spawns 2 items (a lockpick plus a random item) in normal mode and 3 (a lockpick plus 2 random items) in hard mode.

random.name · Feb 25, 2009, 09:43 PM // 21:43

I run the dungeon on a daily basis in the hopes of getting that every elusive bow, and can safely say H/H is possible without any doubt.

My group setups is the following:

Rit (Myself). Basically running an AP build.
3 Necro Discordway heroes
1 Fire ele. Kinda weak in HM, but meteor is AoE interrupt for me.
1 Healer hench
1 Interrupt Ranger
1 Devona. Again AoE interrupts.

I do HM in about 2 hours, and I dont use any consumables. Frostmaw does not regenerate health, so you can just keep on rezzing and running there to kill it.

**cosyfiep** · Feb 25, 2009, 09:50 PM // 21:50

I RARELY play with others and have done this dungeon with multiple characters (mes, rit, ele, monk-smiter, etc) ...usually using a monk (word), mm and ele as my heros, monk, warrior, illusionist and ranger as henchies....
no cons and takes about ~2 hours.
never did it in HM so cant help there.
tips have already been mentioned.

Tenebrae · Feb 25, 2009, 10:49 PM // 22:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrael_Eveningsong

Also, on your Mesmers, think about taking [[Inspired Hex] and/or [[Revealed Hex] to deal with the Monster Skill/Hex [[Wurm Bile]. Since Inspired/Revealed cannot copy a monster skill it has the nice benefit of removing the hex and instantly recharging :O

Best advice on thread. My main is a ranger , ill give u 2 :
-Use a Rapid Fire + Incendiary Arrows and bring a Paragon with Fire Anthem and "they are on fire" + anthem of weariness. With the 3 NPC physical attacks and chants you will have a great damage reduction ( 33% aprx ) and then comes my second advice
-Bring an SS , insp/revealed hex , Mark of Pain , Barbs ( rest of skills ur choice ).
Since wurms stick together they will die hella fast ( Mark and Barbs on target + 4+ Phys attackers ) and if you block enemies the SS , anthems and your arrows will do the rest.

Btw , watch the ground closely for the rising dust that indicates a wurm is near and have a VERY good AGGRO control ( spread your H&H wide ), the rest is the best advice on dungeons and/or HM : VERY CAREFUL PULLING . GL & HF

SmartBomb · Feb 26, 2009, 03:24 AM // 03:24

Alright I made it to level 5. Kinslayer apparently keeps popping up only if I'm attacking something else, which makes it twice as difficult. Also she keeps popping up with a Kinslayer spawn and my party dies INSTANTLY.

Is it possible to pull her toward the beacon?

And what's in that room that's guarded off by the doors?

ac1inferno · Feb 26, 2009, 03:35 AM // 03:35

It's worth considering bringing a Barrage ranger with [[Warmonger's Weapon] in order to have wide spread interruption. Also when the Frostmaw Spawns appear, they often appear with 3-4 Frost Wurms at the same location. This strategy can kill them within 30 seconds.
[[Mark of Pain] also works very well on the multiple wurm spawns, while [[Pain Inverter] can near-instantly kill a wurm that managed to get off the Wurm Bile hex.

Also, because there are abundant corpses, I would suggest Sabway or Discordway.

SmartBomb · Feb 26, 2009, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac1inferno

It's worth considering bringing a Barrage ranger with [[Warmonger's Weapon] in order to have wide spread interruption. Also when the Frostmaw Spawns appear, they often appear with 3-4 Frost Wurms at the same location. This strategy can kill them within 30 seconds.
[[Mark of Pain] also works very well on the multiple wurm spawns, while [[Pain Inverter] can near-instantly kill a wurm that managed to get off the Wurm Bile hex.

Also, because there are abundant corpses, I would suggest Sabway or Discordway.

I need to stop being lazy and get Pain Inverter

Anyway, I did beat it. I put 3 heros in a line a good distance away from eachother and all the henchies at back. Whenever a hero dies, they would get rez'd right away and then we jsut slowly took off their hp.

Only got an onyx gemnstone and a lockpick

oh well. thanks everyone! I shall be doing it again soon!

random.name · Feb 26, 2009, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmartBomb

Alright I made it to level 5. Kinslayer apparently keeps popping up only if I'm attacking something else, which makes it twice as difficult. Also she keeps popping up with a Kinslayer spawn and my party dies INSTANTLY.

Is it possible to pull her toward the beacon?

And what's in that room that's guarded off by the doors?

Frostmaw does not regenerate health, so just keep on running to her and do damage. Even only if you shave a few millimeters of her health every rez you will still kill her eventually.

If you have [light of deldrimor] equipped you can reveal a secret switch and open that door. its a shortcut to Frostmaw, and if you are carefull you can fight her in a spot where the siege attack of the siege wurms wont hit you.

Feb 25, 2009, 08:47 PM // 20:47	#1
SmartBomb Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Illinois Guild: Necropolis Warlords Profession: R/Mo	Frostmaw's Burrow... alone I'm still sorta new to these forums so I assumed I could post this here. Mods feel free to move this anywhere. Anyway, Since nobody really does a lfg for Frostmaw's Burrow, I decided I should try it on my own. It will just be me my heros and henchies and I'm hoping to get all the ay through it. I though I'd just bring a bunch of consumables to keep me going So my basic questions are: 1) Is this possible? 2) Any particular builds I should have (particularly for a ranger) 3) What heros and henchies would be best? 4) How long would this take? 5) Any other tips?

Feb 25, 2009, 09:25 PM // 21:25	#8
Lord Of Blame Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Guild: Marked Souls [MkS] Profession: E/N	No, the end chest has the same drops in NM and HM, however you have a better chance of getting something good in HM because the chest drops 2 items instead of the 1 you get in NM. http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Frostmaw%27s_Burrows When opened, the Chest of Burrows spawns 2 items (a lockpick plus a random item) in normal mode and 3 (a lockpick plus 2 random items) in hard mode. Last edited by Lord Of Blame; Feb 25, 2009 at 09:30 PM // 21:30..

Feb 25, 2009, 09:50 PM // 21:50	#10
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	I RARELY play with others and have done this dungeon with multiple characters (mes, rit, ele, monk-smiter, etc) ...usually using a monk (word), mm and ele as my heros, monk, warrior, illusionist and ranger as henchies.... no cons and takes about ~2 hours. never did it in HM so cant help there. tips have already been mentioned. __________________ where is the 'all you can eat' cookie bar?

Feb 25, 2009, 09:04 PM // 21:04	#2
The New Bp Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Guild: LaST Profession: R/	1) Yes 2) I have the power,Apply Poison,Broad Head Arrow The rest is up to u interupts will be ur best friend 3)Hmm not sure 4)1-2 hrs 5) Bring dp Removers n HM and i would suggest getting a guilde to lend you there heros may work out better Ohh yeah and have fun

Feb 25, 2009, 09:06 PM // 21:06	#3
payne Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: england (currently located on the south coast) Profession: R/	firstly should be in GWEN section - but your new so meh CONS ARE NOT NEEDED - waste of cash ranger as you run something similar to:- [barrage] [savage shot] [volley] [lightning reflexes] [pain inverter] ["I am the strongest!"] [death pact signet] [splinter weapon] < what I run it's never failed for me for h/h 2 mes heroes (1 as VoR 1 as HEV) and a MM(jagged bones) with [spirit bond] and [protective spirit] < none of these need rez 2/3 hex removal on each of mes - one me/mo with [remove hex] 1 me/rt with [warmongers weapon] hench: 2 monk, earth ele and mes if you play well you can probs do it HM around 1:05 if your doing NM maybe 45mins??? dunno pends how you play really but the above bars have never failed in HM so NM should = walk in da park

Feb 25, 2009, 09:09 PM // 21:09	#4
SmartBomb Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Illinois Guild: Necropolis Warlords Profession: R/Mo	Awesome! Thanks guys. On more thing, does the chest give better stuff in HM as opposed to NM? or does it not matter?

Feb 25, 2009, 09:14 PM // 21:14	#5
_Nihilist_ Will Bull's Strike for $! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Isle of the Dead	Also, on your Mesmers, think about taking [[Inspired Hex] and/or [[Revealed Hex] to deal with the Monster Skill/Hex [[Wurm Bile]. Since Inspired/Revealed cannot copy a monster skill it has the nice benefit of removing the hex and instantly recharging :O

Feb 25, 2009, 09:21 PM // 21:21	#6
Lord Of Blame Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Guild: Marked Souls [MkS] Profession: E/N	1. Yes, even in HM it is possible to H/H this dungeon. 2. Don't play a ranger so can't help much here but I'm sure the standard R/Rt splinter barrage should work fine. Bring pain inverter for the worms, hit them with it before they use worm bile and they go down fast. 3. For henchies in NM I would bring Fire, Earth, Prot, and Healer. If your in HM I would bring Blood, Earth, Prot, Healer. The fire henchie is fail in HM but ok in NM. I perfer the blood henchie in HM because she helps the monks with energy, some people like the interrupt ranger henchie in HM but since your a ranger I don't see a need. For heroes you need to bring at least one monk with plenty of hex removal skills, the worms will hit you with worm bile from time to time and it can easily overwhelm the healers. In fact you could bring 3 monk heroes running Rojway (Ray of Judgement) and put a hex removal skill on all of them, that should make the dungeon super easy. If not then the one monk and 2 ele heroes should work fine. I did it in HM with a 3 necro discord setup, only one of them had hex removal but we still made it. I only had a couple of party wipes that were my fault by running ahead too far and not being aware of the popups. 4. Should be able to do it in 2 hrs or less. 5. Be careful. You may see red dots on the map and right about the time you aggro them you will have 3 or 4 worms popup that you may not have seen and then you may be in trouble. Watch the ground as you move forward, you can see the worms coming because there is a little cloud of dust where they are tunneling. Just take you time and don't rush. You should be fine, it make take a few attempts until you learn where the popups are but once you know then its pretty easy. You should not need any cons even in HM, however until you learn where the popups are you may want to bring some DP removal items like candycanes. Hope this helps.

Feb 25, 2009, 09:23 PM // 21:23	#7
Kerwyn Nasilan Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WHERE DO YOU THINK Profession: W/	HM would give you double end drops, 2 diamonds and 2 other items

Feb 25, 2009, 09:43 PM // 21:43	#9
random.name Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Africa Profession: N/	I run the dungeon on a daily basis in the hopes of getting that every elusive bow, and can safely say H/H is possible without any doubt. My group setups is the following: Rit (Myself). Basically running an AP build. 3 Necro Discordway heroes 1 Fire ele. Kinda weak in HM, but meteor is AoE interrupt for me. 1 Healer hench 1 Interrupt Ranger 1 Devona. Again AoE interrupts. I do HM in about 2 hours, and I dont use any consumables. Frostmaw does not regenerate health, so you can just keep on rezzing and running there to kill it.

Feb 26, 2009, 03:24 AM // 03:24	#12
SmartBomb Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Illinois Guild: Necropolis Warlords Profession: R/Mo	Alright I made it to level 5. Kinslayer apparently keeps popping up only if I'm attacking something else, which makes it twice as difficult. Also she keeps popping up with a Kinslayer spawn and my party dies INSTANTLY. Is it possible to pull her toward the beacon? And what's in that room that's guarded off by the doors?

Feb 26, 2009, 03:35 AM // 03:35	#13
ac1inferno Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston Guild: We D Shot Your Stances [GODS] Profession: A/W	It's worth considering bringing a Barrage ranger with [[Warmonger's Weapon] in order to have wide spread interruption. Also when the Frostmaw Spawns appear, they often appear with 3-4 Frost Wurms at the same location. This strategy can kill them within 30 seconds. [[Mark of Pain] also works very well on the multiple wurm spawns, while [[Pain Inverter] can near-instantly kill a wurm that managed to get off the Wurm Bile hex. Also, because there are abundant corpses, I would suggest Sabway or Discordway.