Curse

Phineas · Jul 23, 2008, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Hi all

Given the current high price of feathers and their usefulness in crafting Essence of Celerity I wanted to farm my own with my favorite character, the trusty monk.

This build works fine in Normal Mode against the sensali mobs in the Jaya Bluffs map found on the starter island in Factions. In 'Hard Mode' the sensali necros also carry [[Wail of Doom] which renders this useless. (*Wail of Doom now sets your attribs to 0 for a few seconds, not as the skill is described here on GWGuru).

[build=MoN Solo Sensali Feather Farmer;OwQTc4HDH6ualoeogwtkNQeQfAA]

Attributes
Curses 12
Divine Favor 3 + 3
Protection Prayers 12 + 1 + 3
Asura Rank 0+ (Higher ranks will farm quicker)

Armor
105hp is required for this, so 5 superior runes need to be applied to any AL armor. The headpiece must have the additional +1 prot bonus and needs a superior prot rune as well. At least one other piece should have a Sup Divine Rune on it.

Weapon
+20% enchanting is essential. The ideal weapon would be Kepkhet's Refuge.

Usage

Leave Seitung Harbor and cast [[Balthazar's Spirit] and [[Essence Bond]. Don't worry too much about regen of your energy as you only need 30 to start a fight and it will then regenerate faster than you need.

1) Aggro a single mob of Sensali and cast Prot Spirit, SoA, and SoR
2) Tank out the duration of SoA and cast SH as SoA finishes
3) Cast Radiation Field and Suffering. Step (2) should have left enough time for the entire mob to come adjacent to you. Try not to cast Suffering until all foes are that close for most efficient use.
4) Cast Radiation field on recharge.

All the time ensure that Prot Spirit and SoR are up. Also ensure that there is no break in cover from the alternating use of SoA and SH. The only thing you can slip on is SoR because it is likely you will see your health degen and have enough time to re-cast it.

Players with a low asura rank may need to cast Radiation Field as many as 3 times during a skirmish but Suffering should only need the one cast regardless.

Counters
The only skill the Sensali have worth worrying about is [[Enfeebling Touch] which steals 41hp. This means that only 1 mob at a time can be farmed or there will be 3+ Necros which will overpower your hp regen. Feel free to spam Prot Spirit and SoR to gain the divine healing benefit if necessary (e.g. 2 life steals close together).

Annoyances
Yetis. They will fight the sensali, depriving you of your drops, grrr

Route
See the attached pic for the route. This passes a handy res shrine that makes it less painful to return to where you died (if you died). I find this allows for a smooth run without much waiting around for yetis to die after the initial mob. It does skip 1 mob near Gull Hookbeak and Yorrt Strongjaw if it spawns unfavorably amongst yeti mobs.

Result
120-200 feathers per run, often 1 gold item, sometimes 2, will drop along with a handful of armors with runes. 1 run typically yields enough feathers to craft 3 Essences of Celerity.

Final note
This is my first build that I have posted and only because I could not see anything similar on here or PvXwiki. I appreciate that there may be ways to improve this build and I would like to hear suggestions and informed criticism. Apart from that, I hope you find this as useful a I have.

Edit: I am seeing 3 Sensali Darkfeathers in spawns now, so do not recommend you use this build. Please refer to the superior builds posted further in this thread.

Icy The Mage · Jul 23, 2008, 07:02 AM // 07:02

[Vipers Defense] is much better than [Suffering], is it not?

Phineas · Jul 23, 2008, 09:26 AM // 09:26

Good idea.

At 12 Shadow arts, Viper's Defense would do 136 damage in total over 17 seconds (17secs x (4 degen x 2)) (each pip = 2hp per sec).
Suffering inflicts a total of 150 damage (25 x (3 x 2)) but only 102 of that is done over the duration that the poison would have been in effect.

I have tried it since you suggested it, and found...

Pros: The combined effect does degen them quicker (very nearly kills them at r7 asura if the they remain in RF).
Cons: The shadow-step takes you out of the Radiation Field and so reduces the effectiveness of that and can inadvertantly aggro nearby Yetis or other Sensali mobs. Trying to get back into the Radiation Field is hampered by being hit with [[Crippling Dagger].

I say that Suffering is more consistent and less troublesome. Radiation Field is the biggest damage dealer so you don't want to leave it.

Edit: The full effect of RF can be achieved by waiting for the initial degen period (before disease starts) before hitting Viper's Defense, but the random nature of the jump still does not make me happy enough to use.

Frenzied Insanity · Jul 23, 2008, 10:58 AM // 10:58

Is there a good replacement I could have for Radiation Field? Because my monk doesn't have very high asuran ranks

FutureSaiyajin · Jul 23, 2008, 03:20 PM // 15:20

I guess you could try [SKILL]Ether Nightmare[/SKILL]. I use that as a substitute for Suffering (@ Kurzick rank 6).

Fuzzy Taco · Jul 23, 2008, 03:39 PM // 15:39

[Vengeful was Khanhei] is your friend in there.

My Lipgloss is Cool · Jul 23, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54

I've been doing this farm for a bit, and I've been using this

[Jaya Farmer; Owgj4wPTITWMTMUfkiuEPEqiyDA]

Orange Milk · Jul 23, 2008, 04:13 PM // 16:13

I use a Ranger to Solo this area.

I also use a Ranger to Solo a better feather area.

@ Lipgloss

Why Drunken Master? Is that just to get from place to place faster?

faraaz · Jul 23, 2008, 04:17 PM // 16:17

I'm curious how this would work with an A/Me shadow form based farming build?

[build;OwVTMY/8ZaJgHRnxEwtkF0GEGAA]

I use this for ToPK clears, and it works pretty well there, given the strong energy degen and what not. Also, would this work in HM do you think?

FYI: My Asuran rank is 7, my kurzick rank is 5

ChaosSphere · Jul 23, 2008, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by faraaz

I'm curious how this would work with an A/Me shadow form based farming build?

[build;OwVTMY/8ZaJgHRnxEwtkF0GEGAA]

I use this for ToPK clears, and it works pretty well there, given the strong energy degen and what not. Also, would this work in HM do you think?

FYI: My Asuran rank is 7, my kurzick rank is 5

Health Stealing from the mobs would kill you.
[skill]Enfeebling Touch[/skill]

faraaz · Jul 23, 2008, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Ah...forgot about that. Thanks!

My Lipgloss is Cool · Jul 23, 2008, 06:26 PM // 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orange Milk

@ Lipgloss

Why Drunken Master? Is that just to get from place to place faster?

Because even as bad as it is without drunkenness, it's a speed boost, and you need to break agro off from some Yetis. Without it, they'll follow you into the birds, wasting time and feathers.

Also, there's not much else to put in there...The build has plenty of damage and survivability...Anything towards those would just be a waste of a skill slot

The only skill that would work better would be [Mindbender] which I'm just too lazy to get on my monk

Risus · Jul 23, 2008, 06:27 PM // 18:27

Wait....so normal mode....I could do this in my sleep, why do we need a build to do it?

My Lipgloss is Cool · Jul 23, 2008, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Because the mobs are big enough and with enough annoying things ([Rigor Mortis] [Faintheartedness] [Enfeebling Touch] ruin blocking and attacking builds...Also [Crippling Dagger] is annoying) that you do need some planning. They're level 12, not the level 3 enemies that you can kill in one dagger stab.

spun ducky · Jul 23, 2008, 08:10 PM // 20:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orange Milk

I also use a Ranger to Solo a better feather area.

I am curious what the place/build is?

dasmitchies · Jul 23, 2008, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I simply use a minon master n/p with fall back to run to the next mob. The minions get the brunt of the attack.

gw_poster · Jul 23, 2008, 10:40 PM // 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by spun ducky

I am curious what the place/build is?

@Orange Milk.....me, too

Thanks!

Aztec Mijo · Jul 23, 2008, 10:58 PM // 22:58

Theres tons of ways to farm the sensali in jaya bluffs tho

i use a/rt using vwk and viper's defense...

used ranger, ele, monk, war, anything that can regen or tank for a few secs really.

My Lipgloss is Cool · Jul 23, 2008, 11:13 PM // 23:13

[build=OAhjYMhsITWMOOeTkiTMxT0krlA]

This is a /Rt build that works with most professions (Paras + Warriors might need to change a high energy skill, or a zealous weapon).

Phineas · Jul 24, 2008, 01:44 AM // 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aztec Mijo

Theres tons of ways to farm the sensali in jaya bluffs tho

i use a/rt using vwk and viper's defense...

used ranger, ele, monk, war, anything that can regen or tank for a few secs really.

I originally wrote this for the Monk sub-forum, but it got moved. I know there's more than one way to achieve this, I just wanted a 'monkable' one. I do think that the Mo/Rt build shown by My Lipgloss is Cool is superior to that which I suggested, but there was nothing like it on display anywhere, so I did my bit for the community. As it turns out, it's helped me in return, so 'Thanks' Lipgloss