Curse

Bamma · Mar 18, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Though I do enjoy the Shadow Form farming...part of the fun being a sin is chopping up foes with daggers right?wrong? huh?:P(yes an afterthought, but pun intended in title :PP)

..I came up with something similar to this build awhile ago, I think when the sunpear skills were released, but havent really used it until just recently. Ive been looking for a change of pace farming and basically just wanted my sin to solo some foes with daggers. So I apologize for the lack of areas explored to use this build, but I have a hunch this build wont work in many other places...but hey... lol. My first build to present to the community so be gentle.:P

Ok so heres the build.

Skill Set A/X
Flashing Blades (E)
jagged strike
golden fang strike
death blossom
way of perfection
critical agility (Sunspear)
shadow refuge
critical eye

Variants: Critical eye is not nessecary. Ive forgotten to hit this skill a few times. Can be your flavor skill spot(dash etc). (I havent explored variants yet, perhaps it'll allow for more difficult areas)

Attributes
Dagger Mastery 15/16 (sup rune + head)
Critical 9/10 (minor rune)
Shadow Arts 9/10 (minor rune)
(I cant remember the exact points, but the main Attri to watch for is Dagger Mastery for the constant Flashing blades, I think its 15. Tweak the others for your flavor)

Equipment
Zealous Daggers of Enchanting. (possible with other dagger types, but zealous mod would be crucial if you didnt have crit eye I believe)
Flatbow or Longbow (for pulling if needed)

Armor
Radiant or Nightstalkers (this doesnt seem to be very critical either:P)

Area to Farm
Plains of Jarin (melee/ranger bugs NF newb island)For those familiar with Plains of Jarin << 55(ss,Soj) and rit 330 builds>>, this should be a walk in the park for you.
--Parts of Sunqua Vale can be farmed. I could have sworn I farmed those kappas long time ago this this build, but I got owned the last time I tried, The build given might need tweaks to farm this area but I wont go there in this post. Warding mod to your daggers would help.... But as it is, it can farm those Monitors, gotten few monk tomes from there.

Function
The builds function should be pretty obvious..

Cast/trigger Way of Perf, Crit Agil, Crit Eye, and Flash Blade, Target> attack chain, switch target>attack chain, switch target>attack chain.

Since these areas usually have mobs of 2 or 3, switching targets between attack chains are what speeds up the farm. By the time you Death Blossom the 3rd foe the other 2 should be dead. The speed for killing 1 mob isn't that far behind the 55's and 330's.

Things to watch for/Dangers
--Skale Blighters(packs vile touch and grenths balance)---attack first and focus fire until dead.
--Fanged ilboga and Stormseed Jac. Possible to kill but seems to have to be 1v1 match. Knockdown and snares are a pain in the arse and not worth the effort usually.
--Havent even attempted the Mangadors.....
--Havent attempted the Para boss, I think its possible with careful pulling.
--Avoid aggro of more than 1 group (yes it might seem lame for farming, but for those who believe in the "Dont kill too quick" theory, me being one of them, it actually plays well.)

Town to Start From
Ive been starting from Astralarium and working my way down the river/water. The 2 large groups of Ranger bugs in front of Sunspear Hall can be farmed as well, but split and pull for easier results, and of course those stragglers bugs running around behind the Sunspear Hall, but they usually arent worth the effort. Of course there are 3 towns connected to the Plains so its really not that crucial where you start from. The farming code thoery suggests that you switch up towns if repeating.

Disclaimer: If this build is old news srry, Ive never come across it. This is not the quickest or most lucrative farm, so no need to say how other ways of farming are better. That wasnt the point. Obviously there is highend farming that has its place amongst the very skillful or high ping internet connected folks. I'm neither. But who knows maybe some of you really great players out there can see something in this to come up with other dagger weilding sin farmers -- and decide to share. This is pretty lowkey, not very difficult, but fun if you like to hack and slash to farm. Plus its a nice change of pace or another thing to do to break the farming-youve been in this area with this char too much- code. Personally I wouldnt rate this build very high, but again...change of pace, cuz whats farming if its not repetitive??

Well thats about it I think, hope its not too hard to read. Im sure Ive left out something..but I think most the info is here. And I hope some of you get some enjoyment, a change of pace and some loot from this.

Esoteric Mesmer · Mar 18, 2008, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Nice build idea! Will have to give this a shot with my sin, espcially since I just modded a perfect pair of enchanting daggers that otherwise I had no use for. Keep us updated if you find any other places the build works.

FlamingMetroid · Mar 18, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35

crit defences >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Flashing Blades
otherwise a very good, but already widely used build

also: http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:A/...Blossom_Farmer
its better