Curse

Joe Thomas · Aug 25, 2007, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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Originally Posted by Kenwryll Shadowstep

I beat him as a R/Rt using a variation of the Oath Spirit Spam build.

Oath Shot, Whirling Defense, Pain, Bloodsong, Shadowsong Dissonance, Nightmare Weapon, Throw Dirt. Expertise 10+1+3, Communing 12, Channeling 8.

Leave the gate, put down the spirits, hit nightmare weapon, Oath Shot, fire a few shots to give an extra health drain spike, and relay the spirits down when needed.

Currently working on my crown. Need a suitable replacement for my jesters cap.

Much props to Kenwryll and his Oath Spam Spirit Build suggestion. Saved me much anger and headache after getting owned time after time with various Ranger Builds (Touch, Trapper, etc).

CyrxKel · Aug 25, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

Glad it helped you!

~ Dan ~ · Aug 25, 2007, 12:31 AM // 00:31

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Originally Posted by Navaros

It's cake for me to beat all the guys before Bison on my Derv, but Bison himself keeps owning my Derv.

Anyone got a good Derv build that can kill all the guys before Bison, and Bison?

i basically loaded a bar with counters for everything i'd expect to face.

D/Me

mystic sweep <-- ok dmg
victorious sweep <-- bit of heal + dmg
EDA <-- constant blind vs the melee opponents
mystic regen <-- obvious self heal
faithful intervention <-- safety
armour of sanctity <-- dmg reduction from blinded foes
elemental resistance <-- makes the ele foes easily manageable
rending touch

- basically, keep melee foes blinded. 2 attack skills so purge signet poses no worry.
- take a look at the opponent before aggro. if its a spellcaster, put up ele resist and allow for energy regen before all the enchants go on. still use EDA vs casters, i'm pretty sure armour of sanctity reduces ele dmg too.
- rend touch is for stoneflesh aura (think it was argo using that) and mhenlo as he's 55hp. just make sure u cover enchants with armour of sanctity before rend (quickest recharge and low energy cost

)
- be careful vs the dervish hero, i found he has rending touch after he'd stripped EDA.. so always keep it covered with armour of sanctity vs him.

gl

EDIT: i realise that there are anti melee, stil np. gwen using signet of midnight, u can get in the odd hit, and she's weak.. goes down quick. and vang with b. flash.. he runs out of energy

gg

EDIT #2: wow. i post a build in response to requests that works (i should know, i have the crown) and what do i get? some idiot pm'ing me that i wasted his gold. why did he fail? he couldnt keep melonni blind (oh dear). please don't think this build takes no skill, u can't button mash 12345678 to the bison cup. u need to know what ur doing against each opponent. if u do know how to use these skills, u complete the tournament, if u don't, u fail.. just don't come whining to me.

JeniM · Aug 25, 2007, 01:00 AM // 01:00

Anyone tried using a blessing, that would help out

I'll try now with Ursan Blessing

Ursan doesn't work as its same thing as him but his is better
Try Raven soon as i get it (some blinds and bleeds)

achilles ankle · Aug 25, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09

Found a sin build lol..didnt look hard enough :P

Kazamafury · Aug 25, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09

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Originally Posted by ArYeS

My friend uses monk and he killed him two times allready:

Shield of Judgement
Holy Strike
Castigation Signet (new EotN)
Reversal of Fortune
Protective Spirit
Scourge Healing (not much of a use)
Baltazar's Spirit
Essence Bond

smithing 12+1+3
prot 12+1
divine 3+1

Can somebody post me necro build? I tried lots and lots of ways, i allways kill few enemies...

I have almost the exact same build except instead of Scourge Healing, I use Leech Signet to interrupt bear form and other forms or important skills in the tournament.

The build really only has problems with Rending Touch and I am not able to deal with Mhenlo's 55. There's no room for enchant removal. Do these opponents have a fixed energy pool? If so, I guess interrupting Healing Breeze may be the way, then again he uses Blessed Signet.

Ace2001 · Aug 25, 2007, 05:21 AM // 05:21

Can anybody post a Dervish/Warrior build that doesn't involve Ebon Dust cloak? >.< I don't have that skill, and the only scythe weapon I have is Hand of the Forgotten, which is slash damage and noth earth damage. >_>; I manage to get to the 6th guy alright half the time, but he always beats my ass. x.x;

4ssassin · Aug 25, 2007, 06:13 AM // 06:13

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Mo/W build NOT SMITE for people that...dont want to smite

Uses prot bond, ZB, and 3 sword skills (among others of course)

kess · Aug 25, 2007, 06:23 AM // 06:23

[skill]Glyph Of Elemental Power[/skill] [skill]Elemental Attunement[/skill][skill]Air Attunement[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Blinding Flash[/skill][skill]Lightning Hammer[/skill][skill]Lightning Orb[/skill][skill]Lightning Strike[/skill]

16 air
11 es
8 earth prayers

use [skill]Blinding Flash[/skill] to blind any melee opponent, [skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill] to cover enchant if encounter gwen (she has [skill]Shatter Enchantment[/skill]) and keep spamming the 3 attack skills

clarianaeneas · Aug 25, 2007, 06:51 AM // 06:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Thomas

Much props to Kenwryll and his Oath Spam Spirit Build suggestion. Saved me much anger and headache after getting owned time after time with various Ranger Builds (Touch, Trapper, etc).

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Kenwryll! I only wish I bit he bullet and bought those rit skills alot earlier, I would've saved a few k.

xDusT II · Aug 25, 2007, 06:55 AM // 06:55

[skill]mark of rodgort[/skill][skill]Fireball[/skill][skill]Mind Blast[/skill][skill]Smoldering Embers[/skill][skill]Glyph of lesser energy[/skill][skill]Spirit Bond[/skill][skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Fire attunement[/skill]

worked wonders for me. As for the battles before him, the majority of them should be easy. The dangerous ones are anyone with excessive degen or constant low damage. In both cases you should just be able to out damage them.

jesusrunz · Aug 25, 2007, 06:56 AM // 06:56

kill him with more than 12 character long sentences.

Darkpower Alchemist · Aug 25, 2007, 07:06 AM // 07:06

Morgahn surprised the hell out of me when he was P/R. Poisoned and set me on fire...I barely beat him.

Goeth Lucien · Aug 25, 2007, 07:24 AM // 07:24

I think some of the overpowered PvE only skills work really well here

. I’ve been using the following on my ranger to some good effect.

Expertise 12+1+1
Blood 12

Grenth’s Balance {E}
Demonic Flesh
Parasitic Bond
Necrosis {PvE}
Lightning Reflexes
Whirling Defense
“Finish Him!” {PvE}
“You Move Like a Dwarf!”{PvE}

Most of the opponents drop very fast in direct proportion to how quickly they can deal damage (Gwen is a notable example). Genth’s/Parasitic Bond/Necrosis until they fall below 50%, then “Finish Him!” and “You Move Like a Dwarf” to end it.

Parasitic Bond has a nice 20s duration, is cheap and is easily re-applied. Demonic Flesh is only used for Bison. I usually just wait out Melonni’s Avatar of Dwayna and Mhenlo and Danika require a bit little timing. None of the other pose any significant problems.

Bison usually requires a little kiting as you’re waiting for Grenth’s to recharge since it will take more then one cycle, but with the stances and knockdown, this usually isn’t much of an issue.

Kit Engel · Aug 25, 2007, 08:08 AM // 08:08

Ran the arena so many times on my ranger, still haven't lost yet. Just using a normal cripshot build.

Savage Shot
Distracting Shot
Crippling Shot
Mending Touch
Troll Unguent
Natural Stride
Screaming Shot
Apply Poison

Ran the whole thing a few times, didn't have any trouble with any of the characters (though melee was easier to smack around than casters).

Guildmaster Cain · Aug 25, 2007, 08:11 AM // 08:11

well i dont have EotN yet, but a warrior boss doesnt sound that hard, even if he hits really hard.

Warrior with the auspicious parry, riposte and bonettis might work. It used to be a good warrior boss farm build for Factions.

If you have a ritualist there, it is funny to bring Glyph of Renewal and Binding Chains. You can have him binded for the whole fight. Which means he moves 90% slower and cant use attacks.
Only problem is that it ends when u hit him... except with vampiric damage. So get that Vengeful Weapon or whatever its called together with Bloodsong and ull take him down without even letting him get close to u.

Or just take all the offensive spirits u have, bring that hex spell that amplifies the dmg done by them and do about 240 armor ignoring dmg per 2 seconds.

Kit Engel · Aug 25, 2007, 08:14 AM // 08:14

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Originally Posted by Guildmaster Cain

well i dont have EotN yet, but a warrior boss doesnt sound that hard, even if he hits really hard.

Warrior with the auspicious parry, riposte and bonettis might work. It used to be a good warrior boss farm build for Factions.

If you have a ritualist there, it is funny to bring Glyph of Renewal and Binding Chains. You can have him binded for the whole fight. Which means he moves 90% slower and cant use attacks.
Only problem is that it ends when u hit him... except with vampiric damage. So get that Vengeful Weapon or whatever its called together with Bloodsong and ull take him down without even letting him get close to u.

Or just take all the offensive spirits u have, bring that hex spell that amplifies the dmg done by them and do about 240 armor ignoring dmg per 2 seconds.

Stancing won't work because you have to fight five enemies before him. Some are casters, so they won't help much.

WinterSnowblind · Aug 25, 2007, 08:50 AM // 08:50

Did anyone else have to fight Alesia yet?
Very amusing, she was upset because people always called her more of a Warrior than a Monk.. So she's listened to them.

I finally managed to get my crown, and I'll be very happy to never need to return to this tournament, a little too frustrating for my tastes. My only complaint with the crown is that it dyes too brightly, making it look like cloth, instead of metal. A mixture of silver, yellow and orange gives it a fairly decent gold colour though, and I'm sure someone can come up with a better combination, but that was all I had on hand.

arcanemacabre · Aug 25, 2007, 09:00 AM // 09:00

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Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

Did anyone else have to fight Alesia yet?
Very amusing, she was upset because people always called her more of a Warrior than a Monk.. So she's listened to them.

OMG, I had to face Little Thom... wow. Dude's running around with a sword/shield and Fire spells including Firestorm!

Oh man, I was laughing my ass off!

VitisVinifera · Aug 25, 2007, 09:12 AM // 09:12

yeah i've faced off vs thom, and alesia, and great zehtuka, and every one of them a thousand times.

I'm running a necro, have run through this thread 10 times, have bought tons of 2ndary skills, have run all sorts of builds, and can't get past M Bison and its killing me, despite whats been posted, and I consider myself a very experienced necro........