Curse

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 13, 2006, 05:08 PM // 17:08

GANKED by the Bad Touch: Ghial, Rajazan, Lou, Arius, and many more. See the Hit List below.

Many of you probably know Touch Rangers in PvP, where they can be kind of a pain in the butt. What you may not know is that with minor alterations, the build can be very effective in PvE as well. I've been using my Toucher Ranger to kill bosses for Green items, and I have found it to be pretty easy.

First, the more-or-less standard build:

Ranger/Necromancer

Vamp Bite
Vamp Touch
Plague Touch
Offering of Blood [Elite]
Throw Dirt
Whirling Def
<Lightning Ref><Zojoun's Haste><Antidote Signet><Signet of Agony><Distracting Shot>
Dodge

Armor: full Druids
Weapon1: Katana of Fortitude +5 EN from Shichiroji with added Fort mod*, Blood Knife from Nashu
Weapon2: Pronged Rod from Kiishen, Blood Knife from Jefri (Recharge Set)
Weapon3: Pronged Rod, Blood Knife (+EN set)
Weapon4: Longbow (any stats, any damage though as a ranger you'll likely have a decent one)
more on Weapon Sets on this page, more discussion here and also where to get the stuff. Another alternative is here.

*This is an expensive option if you don't have one lying around, as I did. There are a variety of other +5 EN weapons or wands that will serve, many of them cheaper. See linked equip discussions, above.

Atts:
16 Exp
12 Blood
5 pts remain.

Usage:
I'm just going to give a Hit List rather than going into detail about travel. www.guildwiki.org will tell you all you need to know about locations and drops. I'll post up some screenies of kill sites once I take some better ones, and will probably add to this list as I find new things I can kill solo. Enjoy!

PS: In general if I label something hard, I don't recommend killing it. It either takes a really long time, or it's sufficiently unpredictable that I have only done it a couple times. Medium difficulty bosses usually take me 10-15 minutes per kill, Easy is usually less than 5.

Hit List:

--Solo Section--

Easy - usually close to 5 minutes
Xuekao the Deceptive (easy) - more here and here
Cultist Milthuran (easy) - more here and here
Ritualist's Construct (easy)* - more here
Geoffer Pain Bringer (easy)*
Warden of Saprophytes (easy)*
Lian, Dragon's Petal (easy)
Craw Stonereap (easy)*
Reefclaw Ragebound (easy)* - more here and in the following posts.
Meril Stoneweaver - (easy) - (mistical miss)* - more here
Darkroot Entrop - (easy) - (mistical miss)* - more here and here
Rahse Windcatcher - (easy) - (mistical miss)*
Chkkr Locust Lord - (easy) - (mistical miss)* - more here, here and here
Bzzyr Wingmender - (easy) - (Brother Redmund)* - more here and here
Whispering Ritual Lord - (easy) - (evilsod)* - more here and here

Medium - usually close to 10-15 minutes
Lou, of the Knives (med)* - more here
Merki The Reaver (med)
Cultist Rajazan (med) - more here, here, and here
Strongroot Tanglebranch (med)*
Flower Spiritgarden - (med) - (Fossa)* - more here
Razorfin Fleshrend (med)*
Quansong Spiritspeak - (med) - (MelechRic)* - more here
Foalcrest Darkwish - (med) - (mistical miss)* - more here
Chkkr Brightclaw - (med) - (evilsod)* - more here and here.
Chkkr Ironclaw - (med)- (mistical miss)* - more here, here and here
Jayne Forestlight - (med) - (Fossa)* - more here, here and here
Jacqui the Reaver - (med) - (lennymon) - more here and here
Ghial the Bone Dancer (med)* - more here and here

Hard - usually 20+ minutes, and/or difficult to repeat reliably - (not recommended if you want to make money - takes too long)
Delic the Vengeance Seeker - (hard) - (lennymon)* - more here
Arius, Dark Apostle (hard) - more here
Falaharn Mistwarden (very hard)
Assassin's Construct - Silent Surf - (very hard)*

Unrated - time and difficulty unknown
The Pain Eater (Brother Redmund)
The Skill Eater (Brother Redmund)
Miella Lightwing - (hard)? - evilsod - more here
Bizzr Ironwing - (hard)? - (mistical miss)
Chkkr Ironclaw - (med)(hard)?- (mistical miss)
Razorfang Hazeclaw - (medium)? - (lennymon) - more here
Ziinfaun Lifeforce - (medium)? - (carnivore)
Baubao Wavewrath - (med)? - (Juicey Shake)* - more here
Kenrii Sea Sorrow - (med)? - (MelechRic)* - more here and here
Royen Beastkeeper - (med) - (Job Ox)* - more here
Scourgewind, Elder Guardian - (hard) - (andrewf)* - more here
Bazzr Wingstorm - (med?) - (CalypsoX)* - more here
Wing, Three Blade - (med?) - (Shadow Gaiden)* - more here and here
Xisni Dreamhaunter - (med?) - (mistical miss)* - more here or you could try this
Mohby Windbeak - (med?) - (Juicey Shake)* - more here
Untouched Ancient Ky - (med?) - (Brother Redmund)* - more here
Milodestus the Wrangler - (med?)*- (Juicey Shake) - more here
Chehbaba Rootripper - (med/hard?) - (lennymon) - more here
Senkai, Lord of the 1000 Daggers Guild - (med)* - (Juicey Shake) - more here

--Duo** Section--
Incetol Devout of Depths - (med) - (lennymon)
Lorelle Jade Cutter - (lennymon)

*Added since original post.
**Duo in this case means another touch ranger only. I'm going to limit targets by build.

EDIT: Monk and Rit bosses seem to present this build with difficulty. I haven't yet been successful with one, though I can usually burn through whatever guardians they have without much difficulty.

Looking over my hitlist, this build seems to do best vs Assassin bosses, then second best versus Warrior or Necro bosses. I have steered clear of Eles and Mes mostly.

NOTES:

-Removed Reefclaw since I'm having difficulty duplicating earlier kill. Will re-rate him when or if I'm succesful killing him again.

-Ghial will probably require some more tinkering, but as it stands it's pretty time-consuming.

-Strongroot totally doable. First kill Rit construct, keeping the Kurz shrine guards in reserve for SR's group. See below for tactics. Follow up by whittling SR's group down using hit and run tactics, using shrine if necess. SR himself is a joke. I killed him np with heavy DP. For a faster but less sure kill, help shrine guards against Rit Const's group, then pull SR's group to shrine but *don't* help - or not much. This is iffy b/c SR doesn't always win.

-Rit Construct takes forever when he has the wand unless you move him away from his spirits. Move him and he's a joke and goes out like a punk.

-In Rhea's Crater, when hunting Arius and Milthuran, a faster way may be to kill Milth, continue to next group of outcasts on the way to Talous, then die (Kurzick faction may be necessary). You will rez close to Arius's patrol path. The problem I have run into with Arius is that the Carp kill her before I can get there, making it very iffy.

-Most difficult fight that I have won: Assassin's Construct in Silent Surf. Very very hard, probably not repeatable.

-Visited Craw Stonereap. Pathetically easy boss, shiny new green staff. Good recommendation. Zarnas avenged Craw though. Wow, I sploded.

-Cleaned up formatting. Moved Xuekao back to Easy.

-Added Reefclaw again.

-Today in less than half an hour I soloed 5 bosses from this list and got two greens totalling around 40-50k in sale value. 1.5k per minute doing this is not too bad. =-)

-Added an Unrated section for bosses I haven't been able to get to yet. The person who first posted that boss as a target is listed next to the bosses in the Unrated section.

-Delic and Quansong moved. Pain Eater and Skill Eater added.

-Added Duo section.

-Added lennymon's 2x Blood HSR Collector Set.

-Added new target submissions to Unrated Category.

-Updated several of mistical miss' targets with ratings. Confirmed, thanks miss!

-Added evilsod's targets. Thanks for the submissions.

-Chkkr, Locust Lord is not a challenge if you bring 100g. Updated.

-Rated Whispering Ritual Lord Medium for time. VERY easy kill though.

-Made some additions, made some links. I'm up to page 9, going backwards.

-Look here for some drop data.

-Phew. Done with all that updating.

Niosisw · Jun 13, 2006, 05:10 PM // 17:10

BRAIN FART!

This is the warrior section

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---*EDIT*---

Either a mod moved this, or it is I, who had the brain fart.

Guitary Boy · Jun 13, 2006, 05:54 PM // 17:54

Hey

Thats the exact build i used in pvp, i made those little alterations my self, never thought of pve

sweet, im gunna get farming now ty, and its not the warrior section, this is general farming

Calico Swift · Jun 13, 2006, 09:14 PM // 21:14

tried Xuekao, not very fast, he always spawns with a monk and necro that I find I have to kill first, then run away to let my skills recharge, before attacking him. Plus, sometimes after I strip away his entourage, he wonders over into a bunch of jade brotherhood and dies.

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 13, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

I haven't killed Xuekao in a few days b/c I got bored.

If there's a monk spawn then that's new to me, I never saw one in 20+ dagger runs.

Shadow-Hunter · Jun 13, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12

some time ago you could pull Xuekao away from the other arm fah, and easy kill with a touch ranger.. But i belive they made even more Arm Fah spawn there so you cant aggro him alone.. making the run harder

~Shadow

2ndName · Jun 14, 2006, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Rajazan is the guy that drops the Energy sword correct?

So with that same build posted above you just run towards him? Because the boss's location is kinda on the other side of the map.

Any more info on this?

Very interesting build, thank you very much.

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 14, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow-Hunter

some time ago you could pull Xuekao away from the other arm fah, and easy kill with a touch ranger.. But i belive they made even more Arm Fah spawn there so you cant aggro him alone.. making the run harder

~Shadow

If you're referring to the Am Fah Marksmen -- 4 or so -- I killed them all repeatedly. This run might be med difficulty I guess with the additions.

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 14, 2006, 12:25 PM // 12:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2ndName

Rajazan is the guy that drops the Energy sword correct?

So with that same build posted above you just run towards him? Because the boss's location is kinda on the other side of the map.

Any more info on this?

Very interesting build, thank you very much.

EDIT: Realized I didn't answer the question:

Yes on EN swd.
Yes on running.

You have to cross the entire zone solo. Make sure the rez shrine will rez you if you fail (a matter of either an extra fight or of 50g). Be prepared to die a few times while you learn how to do it. Good luck.

Calico Swift · Jun 14, 2006, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanego Ategeh

If you're referring to the Am Fah Marksmen -- 4 or so -- I killed them all repeatedly. This run might be med difficulty I guess with the additions.

ya, I'd rate it medium. It's not marksmen, he is spawning with a monk and necro everytime for me, as part of the same aggro group. I have to kill the monk and necro, dodge away, recharge, then come back and finish him, hoping that the jade brotherhood don't kill him while I'm gone. I've been pulling him down the ramp, and avoiding the marksmen entirely, but he has a tendency to then wonder away to the left, rather than back up the ramp and engage the Jade Brotherhood who pop up there. If he looks like he's going to die, I sometimes just charge in to the middle of them and try to make sure I get the last hit on him, so that it's not a wasted run. It's not really difficult, so much as time consuming, and unreliable. Still, I enjoy playing PvE with the bad touch.

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 14, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

^^^

Notice expanded hitlist :-)

Mwahahah.

RebelHero · Jun 14, 2006, 08:11 PM // 20:11

Razorfin actually isnt that hard. Just lure the first group of enemies to the NPC shrine guards. Position yourself so the leviathan mouths from the second group cant hit you and finish the rockhides. After that move around so both Mouths stand next to each other and use throw dirt on them and kill them too. Next lure Razorfin and lure his entire group back to the place where you aggroed the first group but stay near the wall so they stack behind each other. Try to keep the scuttlefishes away (Sometimes you can block them with a wall so they cant enchant any of the other enemies with balthazars Aura, or heal them)... if you fail at this Balthazars aura is a nasty spell against you, but I sometimes bring strip enchantment to remove it. Good Luck.

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 14, 2006, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by RebelHero

Razorfin actually isnt that hard. Just lure the first group of enemies to the NPC shrine guards. Position yourself so the leviathan mouths from the second group cant hit you and finish the rockhides. After that move around so both Mouths stand next to each other and use throw dirt on them and kill them too. Next lure Razorfin and lure his entire group back to the place where you aggroed the first group but stay near the wall so they stack behind each other. Try to keep the scuttlefishes away (Sometimes you can block them with a wall so they cant enchant any of the other enemies with balthazars Aura, or heal them)... if you fail at this Balthazars aura is a nasty spell against you, but I sometimes bring strip enchantment to remove it. Good Luck.

You are absolutely correct, Razor is not hard, but I labeled him hard(er) b/c the above NPC manipulation, which I also do, takes time.

Another tactic that works -- let the Afflicted fight the Rockhides and Leviathan Mouths. I've been meaning to come back to this and explain more about tactics, but you did an excellent job on this one. :-)

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 15, 2006, 12:58 PM // 12:58

Notes on killing Xuekao:

I just did this to see if I would still rate it easy.

My time of 7 minutes from zone in to dead Xuekao puts it in my medium difficulty category by time, but its still not hard.

I killed 3 Jades, killed 3 or 4 Am Fah, killed 1 Am Fah Healer, recharged, killed Xuekao.

RebelHero · Jun 15, 2006, 03:49 PM // 15:49

I have been going after several Bosses that you havent added to your list, here are my findings so far:

Farmable:
- Lian, Dragons Petal - easy - No Plague Touch Needed, bring Touch of Agony

No Succes:
- Wing Three Blade - Can Kill everything except wing, not enough damage output. Duo Farm will work.
- Sun Quivering Blade - Can Kill all mobs before him. Am Fah Healer is Annoying.
- Shen, the Magistrate - Need to dodge the patrols but Shen deals 150+ damage with Word of Censure.
- Royen Beastkeeper - Too many enemies to keep up in healing with.

More to Follow...

Hanego Ategeh · Jun 15, 2006, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Awesome. I'll check out Lian when I have the chance.

I tried Incetol and the Rit boss next to her (something of Vengeance) but wasn't able to overpower healing on either of them.

Loshi · Jun 16, 2006, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Woah, sweet. I guess I have to get my Ranger further than... No where.

MercenaryKnight · Jun 16, 2006, 08:38 AM // 08:38

I just spent 5k to buy the skills and cap offering of blood. Did 2 liam runs and then 2 lou of the knives runs. Got daggers on both runs but nothing on liam. The only part I hate is how near the end your waiting to get your energy back up. Very nice build though, I just wish I could find something to keep up my energy better.

Undead Preacher · Jun 16, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36

This is the general pvp touch ranger build tearing up RA right now... just put to use in pve

Shadow-Hunter · Jun 16, 2006, 10:23 AM // 10:23

Just found out that a touch Ranger also can farm Craw stonereaper... (necro boss in kurzick Area... Dont have much time to explain more atm.. g2g.. But its fairly easy.. Think its in the Area called aborstone..

~Shadow

Note: He drops the curse staff called THe stonereaper..

Note too, run past the Wardens, if you get crippled, touch one of em untill cripple goes off, and then run on..