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Old Dec 18, 2008, 06:10 AM // 06:10   #1
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Please note that I take no credit for this build. Thank Dr Imperial for sharing it with us!




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Due to the new Hundred Blades, a lot of farming opportunities have opened up for Warriors. The minute I saw the new Hundred Blades I thought about UW and how this might be used to farm Smites. This build that I've come up may not be the most original, but it utilizes the new Hundred Blades to farm Smites very effectively.

I'm looking for people to test this build a bit better than I did. Due to extreme lag issues and lack of favor, I was only able to test this twice, neither of which finished the run. I did get the smites and it killed a single group in less than 10 seconds. It's worth noting that the larger the group - the more Hundred Blades will trigger when using Whirldwind attack, causing for even faster killing. Though, it is worth nothing that I have not tested if this build is safe with mass aggro. My guess is that it can handle 2 groups fine, and possibly 3 groups at a time due to the high amount of damage this build outputs with large groups. Again, testers would be much appreciated as I don't have the time this week to test it properly. I can tell you now though, it works well.

Anyway, enough info, on to the build:



Skills: W / D

[dolyak signet][natural healing][rending aura][bonetti's defense][hundred blades][sun and moon slash][whirlwind attack][enraging charge]



Strength: 8 + 1 + 1
Wind Prayers: 10
Swordsmanship: 12 + 1
Tactics: 3

Equipment:

Armor: Full Knight's Insignia
Superior Absorption
Minor Vigor
Minor Strength
Minor Swordsmanship
Vitae
Weapons: Max Zealous Sword - (I used 15^50, and +30)
Arrahhsh's Aegis (Or something similar - with r9 Strength and -2 Physical while in Stance)


Usage:

Same general idea as most smite run builds - nothing out of the ordinary.

Get quest, aggro grasps, Enraging Charge -->

Use Hundred Blades --> Spam Whirlwind and Sun and Moon Slash when charged --> Use bonetti's if energy is needed and Natural Healing if some extra health is needed. Note: I found this build to be pretty slow with the Grasps, but it does extremely quick work of the smites - which is the important part.

Use Enraging Charge to run to the smites. If you don't know how to do this, you can go to pvxwiki.com and find a smite run build and the run should be covered for you there.

When at the smites, cast Rending Aura before aggroing. This is to get rid of the Smites "Shield of Judgement" which would be very deadly if maintained. If Rending Aura is not maintained, you should NOT attack. One attack with Whirlwind while the smites have SoJ will most likely kill you. If a grasp pops up run to it (providing its not in the middle of a coldfire patrol - if this is the case simply pull the nightmare away from the patrol) and whack it twice and it should die. When attacking the smites, try and keep up Dolyak Signet, and use Natural Healing when needed. Keep up Hundred Blades as much as possible and spam Sun and Moon Slash and Whirlwind Attack and they should be dead in a few seconds.

Though I haven't tested it, I'm 99% sure this build cannot, and is not meant to, kill Coldfire Nights.

Anyway, that's all. If you would like to utilize this build as much as possible before Anet (most likely) nerfs or changes the new Hundred Blades rendering this build useless.
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 06:27 AM // 06:27   #2
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Thanks for posting, and for using your super moderator powers to retrieve said build.

[buildprof=W/D name="Hundred Blades Smites" Strength=9+1 Wind=10 Swordsmanship=11+1+1 Tactics=4][Hundred Blades][Whirlwind Attack][Sun and Moon Slash][Rending Aura][Enraging Charge][Natural Healing][Bonetti's Defense][Dolyak Signet][/build]

Posted in gwbbcode. Attributes look odd at first glance.

edit: Corrected attributes for efficiency.

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Old Dec 18, 2008, 06:40 AM // 06:40   #3
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I gotta be doing something wrong by the time i get whirlwind attack charged up with adrenaline im half dead and then hundred blades runs out and i die. How many groups should i be aggroing? Im trying this with 2 groups at a time = 6-8 smites. Doesnt seem like enough healing.

Edit: also I watch for when they put Soj up after my first whirlwind and wait a few seconds but if i wait to long i die.

I'd have to think visages would be better
drop Natural healing, rending aura, sun and moon, doylak

add SV, AV, physical resistance and mabye some healing skill (lions comfort or some illusion healing skill)
pros: No more trouble from grasping interrupting my whirlwind axe/heal, no more zealots fire reversal of fortune spamming from smites
cons: Energy problems? (Bonettis should suffice) Less Damage without Sun and moon (imo it didn't help that much anyway)

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Old Dec 18, 2008, 07:57 AM // 07:57   #4
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This is old, except the old build used Mystic Regen and a vamp weapon to keep health up. Visage is still more effective.
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 08:23 AM // 08:23   #5
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Thanks, build works awesome and fast
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 09:08 AM // 09:08   #6
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As always, I would suggest +5 armor sword hilt for such tank-farm build instead of fort mod.
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 05:17 PM // 17:17   #7
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This is old, except the old build used Mystic Regen and a vamp weapon to keep health up. Visage is still more effective.
Do you realize that Hundred Blades has been changed drastically? The bar in the post won't show that...but check it on Wiki. This is faster than visage.

Also, I don't have that much of a problem with the use of this build, though it is an older version of the one I've made. The newer version I've made is quite different and focuses on mass aggro killing, while this build (older version) does great with 1 or 2 groups at a time, but can't really handle groups of 3 of more.

If I'm feeling generous I might stick it up again. I just hope you can all understand my fear of Anet. :P

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Posted in gwbbcode. Attributes look odd at first glance.
I spent time tweaking the attributes and that configuration worked out best. It is a bit scattered, but it works great.

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I gotta be doing something wrong by the time i get whirlwind attack charged up with adrenaline im half dead and then hundred blades runs out and i die. How many groups should i be aggroing? Im trying this with 2 groups at a time = 6-8 smites. Doesnt seem like enough healing.
Actually mate, this build can easily handle 2 groups at a time. The most important defense for this build is FULL Knight's insignia, Superior Absorption, and a shield with -2 physical damage (in a stance). And you have to maintain Dolyak.

(Apologies if I shouldn't be triple posting like this...)
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Old Dec 30, 2008, 09:28 PM // 21:28   #8
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aaaaahr, I hate it!!

a day ago, UW worked fine for me with this build... now, today, spent 10k on 10 tries, where in 1 of them I got to the smites and killed em, but had no good drops. then a few other tries got me messed up with an aatxe that didn't wanna run away, or ran away and just came back, other times my zealous mod didn't work (VERY VERY awkward, I did whirlwind attack, not a single energy point extra) so I died eventually because of 0 energy...

then got to the smites again last time, but got bodyblocked and coldfire stuff appeared :S


aah, gw hates me, especially the uw part of it...
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Old Dec 31, 2008, 01:23 AM // 01:23   #9
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aaaaahr, I hate it!!

a day ago, UW worked fine for me with this build... now, today, spent 10k on 10 tries, where in 1 of them I got to the smites and killed em, but had no good drops. then a few other tries got me messed up with an aatxe that didn't wanna run away, or ran away and just came back, other times my zealous mod didn't work (VERY VERY awkward, I did whirlwind attack, not a single energy point extra) so I died eventually because of 0 energy...

then got to the smites again last time, but got bodyblocked and coldfire stuff appeared :S


aah, gw hates me, especially the uw part of it...
Wouldn't Bonneti's cover energy loss with its gain?
o.o
or am I reading something wrong?
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Old Dec 31, 2008, 07:40 AM // 07:40   #10
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It should. And if 100b is hitting all the foes, not just 1, there is no reason that your WW Attack shouldn't give you +x energy (where x = # of smites hit by WW) back if you are using a Zealous Sword.
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Old Jan 22, 2009, 05:46 PM // 17:46   #11
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can this build be ran in HM or NM only?
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Old Jan 22, 2009, 07:06 PM // 19:06   #12
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can this build be ran in HM or NM only?
just NM Bladed Aatxes kill you in HM
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Old Jan 22, 2009, 09:46 PM // 21:46   #13
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http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:W/D_UW_Hundred_Solo

This is a variant of the build, just faster and saver.

U can recarge whirling throug lions comfort and therefore spam it, while gaining more health than u could ever need.
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Old Jan 24, 2009, 06:30 AM // 06:30   #14
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I've tried, and it works well. I didn't even know 100blades got buffed... so much missed opportunity already.
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