Curse

zwei2stein · Feb 20, 2007, 06:56 PM // 18:56

Simple and effective enough:

D/Mo

Scythe: 12+1+3
Earth: 12+1
Mysticism: 3+1 (kinda pointless)

Equipment: fairly irrelevant, health insignia recomended, 20% enchanting weapon recomended

[skill]Chilling Victory[/skill][skill]Reap Impurities[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Conviction[/skill][skill]Veil of Thorns[/skill][skill]Armor of Sanctity[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Fleeting Stability[/skill]

Pros:

* Can handle huge aggro
* Can handle huge degen (7)
* Can actually kill and not run out of energy (3)
* Snares enemies (5) - easy aggro controll in groups
* Fair emergency self heal (2)
* (8) can be exchanged for res or any needed utility skill needed including elites

* All its survival relies on only one attribute line, one can plug in different damage dealing combos (including elites) if he can solve emanagement
* Works well as secodnary if needed

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...42203021311271

Suggested solo variants:

[skill]Shield of Judgment[/skill][skill]Smite Hex[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Conviction[/skill][skill]Veil of Thorns[/skill][skill]Armor of Sanctity[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Symbol of Wrath[/skill]

[skill]Illusionary Weaponry[/skill][skill]Sympathetic Visage[/skill][skill]Ancestor's Visage[/skill][skill]Channeling[/skill][skill]Conviction[/skill][skill]Veil of Thorns[/skill][skill]Armor of Sanctity[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill]

ss1986v2 · Feb 20, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

looks good, a solid basic solo derv. just wondering why no elite? yes it works ok without, but wouldnt putting in ebon dust aura instead of thorns work just as well if not better? takes a bit more work (cycling through targets to get them all blinded), but wouldnt it even further reduce dmg taken? just my two cents...

drupal · Feb 20, 2007, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Wow, the build is truly amazing =)

ArKaiN · Feb 21, 2007, 12:05 AM // 00:05

this build is awesome.
130 is a nice gimmic, but this is the real deal.
I took out fleeting stability and put in EDA, using a scythe with +20% ebony.
Jesus, it`s good.

neomartian · Feb 21, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09

I did a similar build. However, I put in Vow of Strength and Heart of Fury with no other attack skills.

All I did was to make sure that my enchants are up and my derv is in a good position so that it can hit more than 1 target.

Solus_the_Deadly · Feb 21, 2007, 09:56 AM // 09:56

Can you give some examples who to solo, while back i tried basically the same build but trolls owned me.

Arkantos · Feb 21, 2007, 10:24 AM // 10:24

I think Windwalker insigna would be better, +15 armor comes in handy.

zwei2stein · Feb 21, 2007, 11:59 AM // 11:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by ss1986v2

just wondering why no elite?

because ability to swap your elite to anything gives it needed flexibilty (its easy to mod it for any aditional damage or protection)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkantos

I think Windwalker insigna would be better, +15 armor comes in handy.

It's arguable, when your main damage source is Chilling Victory, i would take health insignia/runes over anything else.

Star Naiad · Feb 22, 2007, 01:27 AM // 01:27

Hi nice easy build but when i tried to do it i have no idea how to get things started before a fight... care to explain what goes first what goes last and so on? Thank you.

littlejay · Feb 22, 2007, 05:33 AM // 05:33

anything that would go good instead of balth's spirit? i dont have prophecies

mkool · Feb 22, 2007, 08:28 AM // 08:28

Yes, I don't have a prophecies too so care to give us other options? thx.

Oren The Destroyer · Feb 24, 2007, 01:21 AM // 01:21

Is there any specific scythe needed for this or does any work?

zwei2stein · Feb 24, 2007, 09:00 AM // 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlejay

anything that would go good instead of balth's spirit? i dont have prophecies

Prophecies has best egain skills for farming, not not easy to get energy build without proph skills ... your best bet would be running as A/D with criticals or Rt/D with spirit channeling for "self-bip"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oren The Destroyer

Is there any specific scythe needed for this or does any work?

it depends on your taste and what enemies you fight - vamp, zealous and elemental prefixes are nice (or furious if using /W bonneti for emanagement), armor and enchanting suffixes, while enchanted, 15^50 or stance inscription works

Dr.thug1230 · Feb 24, 2007, 06:49 PM // 18:49

Build rocks thanks for talking to me in game and helping me set this up

master of cookies · Feb 25, 2007, 04:08 PM // 16:08

zealous renewal could maybe be used as emanagement if u dont have prophecies but you dont get immediate energy back when you hit / are hit.

Coloneh · Feb 25, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

this is a pretty basic build. Its something that could be thrown together easily by someone comfortable with a dervish, but thanks for writing it up for the guru-users who arent as successful with their own builds.

Pariah 69 · Feb 26, 2007, 06:00 AM // 06:00

Man, this build is awesome...Crazy awesome man, thanks for posting it!

dairymasta · Feb 26, 2007, 03:36 PM // 15:36

Brilliant build, nice work dude.

memnock deathwalker · Feb 26, 2007, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Simple and effective enough:

D/Mo

Mysticism: 3+1 (kinda pointless)

would it not be better then to put these points in smiting ? more engery with more points.

anna · Feb 26, 2007, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Thanks for the build!

I use a very similar build on Melonni. It doesn't have Balth's Spirit (I forget which skill I usually run in it's place) though. Melonni seems to use it well (she finally stopped dying once I changed her skill bar).

I'm looking forward to trying your build on a Derv, once I get around to creating her.

Thanks again.