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Chronic Visions · Oct 31, 2013, 10:54 AM // 10:54

Hey Guys,
For those that have known me for a very long time ive always been a farming enthusiast, and just recently i have lost touch with half of the updates and skill nerfs.

so all that said, what if any, are viable ways to farm (not SoS spam xD) UW and FoW purely for a laugh xD this means the only builds that id like to see are those that are doable with 2 people or less, and no heroes ofc xD

Thanks In Advance

Chronic

MaxBorken · Oct 31, 2013, 11:27 AM // 11:27

Apart from speed clearing?

Voodoo Rage · Oct 31, 2013, 09:59 PM // 21:59

I know you didn't want SoS farming but in case anyone else is interested, here is what I have been doing. With free UW entry this week, I just focus on the right hand staircase where I can aggro 2 Aatxes fairly predictably (3 is fine too but since spirit attacks can be a unpredictable, sometimes the spirits get overwhelmed). I lay Vampirism, Bloodsong, Pain, the Signet of Spirits trio, Agony, and Shadowsong way behind them (important to keep Shadowsong out of harms way). I then cast Painful Bond on the two stationary Aatxe's (I wait until the roving 3rd one is out of range). When they come charging in, I cast an Ebon Sin on them. The Sin is actually fairly effective, both drawing their attention away from the spirits and doing significant damage too. With spawing, the sin is pretty durable too. As painful bond recharges, I will then grab the 3rd roving Aatxe (recast Shadowsong as it goes down). As he goes down, I will then bring in the incoming Skeleton too (which of course you can capture too). You don't need any energy management skills since you are only casting your spirits once.

It's about a minute and a half run and doesn't waste time killing any non-ecto dropping foes. It's probably not a super efficient farm or anything but it's really easy.

jon comgree · Nov 05, 2013, 01:36 PM // 13:36

you could farm burning forest on your assassin; pretty simple run in with:

glyph of swiftness shadowform shroud of distress armor of earth ebsoh sliver armor IAU death's charge

kill the hydras, scythe for energy, then sliver the monks for shard drops. Its good to take the quest so you have a nice bunch of shadow army people easy as hell to farm

BlackTerror · Dec 19, 2014, 12:14 AM // 00:14

for farmin uw, u could try e/mo prot bonder -> im sure a build exists on gwpvx if u wana look it up, and A/me wastrels spammer - > also probably exists on gwpvx.

the idea is tht the e/mo bonder will keep you only taking 5% of ur max hp per hit, and when ur below 50% shroud of distress from a/me will make it so u are able to heal up most of it. hell infact it will be even lower than 5% of ur hp because SF has that added effect, that with every assassin enchantment on u it reduces the dmg by 5 or so.

Id reccomend bringing feigned neturality incase against aatxes if you will need it or for another reason. For smites, they have smite hex as you might know, so either bring cry of pain, and use it right after wastrels, or u can a diff combo entirely (either use mistrust and then wastrels, or even the signet that causes them to KD) so with this the possibilites increase and you can settle on the combo which you think works best in the given area.

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for farmin uw, u could try e/mo prot bonder -> im sure a build exists on gwpvx if u wana look it up, and A/me wastrels spammer - > also probably exists on gwpvx.

the idea is tht the e/mo bonder will keep you only taking 5% of ur max hp per hit, and when ur below 50% shroud of distress from a/me will make it so u are able to heal up most of it. hell infact it will be even lower than 5% of ur hp because SF has that added effect, that with every assassin enchantment on u it reduces the dmg by 5 or so.

Id reccomend bringing feigned neturality incase against aatxes if you will need it or for another reason. For smites, they have smite hex as you might know, so either bring cry of pain, and use it right after wastrels, or u can a diff combo entirely (either use mistrust and then wastrels, or even the signet that causes them to KD) so with this the possibilites increase and you can settle on the combo which you think works best in the given area.

wow man my entire edit got erased, ill jsut sum it up again. okay so, you'll find that there might not be A solo underworld build, and by that i mean solo everything in UW, but fro mwhat I hear the R/A build comes closest, and by that i mean it exploits the whirling defense skill wherever possible. Also you have to think about how to do Dhumm as well, granted you can somehow complete all the quests solo. Also usually with solo you will find, that people do use a lot of cons, esp for R/A as well, so its not only expensive but some might rather find it as if it were in a way cheating.

however one important point i will let you know is that, whether it be uw or wherever in the game, try to notice the area itself. By that I mean, try to use the area to ur advantage. For example there is a dhumm skelly in beggining of uw, and u can trap it by making it attack you through the staircase hand rail, which then obstructs it attack, while u can freely cast on it. Things like this, look out for, and you then can even replace some skills you thought you might needed to optoimize your run, or even a breakthrough.

oh my FoW edit got erased too lol, ok well for FoW I don't know much, but i have heard you can bring a tank like character, probably with SF and he balls up groups, while you bring VoS spiker, which again u can find on gwpvx. I think it has vow of strength, staggering force, ermites, sand shard, ebon battle stance to do a lot of damage, and if the mobs large enough mabye you can kill them in one spike too.

For solo builds btw, the A/me build I think can go far, ive heard it can do mindblades even though mindblades have hex breaker; once again you gotta know which mind blade to cast it on, or even bring a fodder hex, to break their hex, and then continue (although I am not sure about this). Dervish can also go really far with VoS build, like using armor of sanctity for defense against aataxes, and then mystic vigor, to gain like 75 hp per swipe, against 3, and then mirage cloak or even shroud if u go assassin secondary to have chance at block - > which not only blocks their attacks but sometimes will prevent them from gaining adrealine which they use riptose to try to kill you off with.

i hope some of this info has helped you. For any builds you are confused about, that i wrote above, simply google them, and if they dont come up; type gwpvx next to them in google and it should come up, and will help clear up any doubt i hope. I know i didnt even bother to fix grammer or spelling but thats really not what this post is bout anyway, nor is it supposed to be professional, the idea is for you get a better understanding of the area so you know what you not only can try that already works, but to see if there are any new things that could work.

there are people in this game who have coveted builds who dont want to share for one reason or another, but fortunately not everyone is like this. If they were, then due to no sharing of ideas, it would discourage people, who might have had new ideas or strategies they could have came up with but just needed to see another idea first, and then that directly affects future builds too because then we will see less quality overall.