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macon · Jan 12, 2007, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Okay your combo is cool. Personally I run a D/W and use in 7 slots all D skills. The reason I do this is because of how they Build upon each other and keep the Dervish moving. I have collected all of the skills for the Dervish including all the Elietes for that Profession. In so doing I found three Warrior skills very beneficial to the Dervish Class, these skills are Wild Blow (this skill has proven very beneficial to me ecspecially when dealing with the Margonites and wanting to do some serious butt kicking), Victory is Mine (nice boost on this and the benefits are nice, the downside though is its an Eliete skill and you're only allowed one, and last one that was nice was Watch Yourself (now this is a GREAT skill to start this particular class with and I used it for a very good portion in the game, it was only very recent that I changed it out). But the way your skills are set up is decent but I would think more along the line of the quickness of the Dervish class versus the Strength of the Warrior.

macon · Jan 12, 2007, 05:54 AM // 05:54

Okay I noticed the issues that you were having with the Avatars. Their is a bit of a trick here regarding these Avatars and I only had an issue with Greneth the rest fell like clock work. I also killed these solo with just a handful of Hero's.

**Dawyna - the secret I feel with this particular Acolyte is don't draw her out to you too quickly. Take your time, pull the guards in the front of the Gate where she is. But when it comes time to kill her focus solely on her no one else and hit her with the Big Guns (Wild Blow disrupts her and don't neglete the Dervish Defenses either such as VITAL BOON {this skill is needed all the time, boosts the HP and it has a nice touch when it wears off}but look at Mirage Cloak as well as Conviction and Armor of Sanctity. Take a look at your Runes as well and focus on the recovery aspect. Many, many people are very concerned about the Energy Recovery rate of the Dervish but don't realize that Vow of Zealous Renewal is not the Answer, it is a solution only until you can get Lyssa's Assult. Keep your heals up for yourself and go at her with Victorious Assult and keep hacking she will fall.

*** Lyssa - I love hunting this Acolyte I get a real charge out of her and I love just going out their and clearing her little Fortress all by my lonesome. To do this you gotta focus on the Walls first. Come in on one side, the Acolyte is in the center of the Fortress so immediately pull the inital guards at the entrance to you so that you can take them out, I feel that the best way to stay on top of this particular mission though is go in with an Elementalist (nuker is best I haven't played with the Earth based ones yet in this mission to judge their sucess). Once you take out the entrance Guards go immediatly to the nearest wall, get your party to follow you make sure they don't draw the Acolyte. Clear out the wall, you may have a few roamers come into the area that you cleared out initially. Take them next. Now to kill the Acolyte you have to focus on her, she hits the hardest and is the strongest. So nail her hard, look at Vistorious sweep again, Vital Boon, the shields I mentioned and go at her hard and strong. If you have Balthazar's Avatar by now this is the way to nail her hard.

**Grenth - now this guy was the hardest and his skill stripping ability is the hard one to beat unless you turn it to your advantage. Again don't go directly in pull the initial and don't pull the Acolyte. When he attacks he'll attack with great force and strip everything, try to go at him with the Avatar of Melandru equipped and put up all your enchants that when stripped do damage to him like Aura of THorns, Dust Cloak, and the mighty Staggering Force. I will not deney that this guy is tough, but he can be taken. I was actually at one point thinking about trying him with your Ripost Combo and would very much like to know how that stacks up when instead of the Sword you try the Axe and you use the Eliete Warrior Skill called Decapitate. Also because of the power of this guy use two monks. And try with all your might to run to recover hp and nail him quick and hard. If you can't beat him run, to recover and hit him in a gurilla like fashion.

Another thing regarding all of the Avatars, is I have found that the Deathbringer Scythe that drops right near the Acolyte of Lyssa is really nice to take out these Acolytes just be certain to add a little more armor to compensate for the -10 armor while attacking of this scythe. If you are able to Mehdi's Vow will eventually become probally the end all be all of the scythes and should be a staple right now to the Dervish. But your combo is decent just don't charge in and try to ruch the Boss.

Solus_the_Deadly · Jan 12, 2007, 10:02 AM // 10:02

Great Build, great guide.

Pojnx · Jan 14, 2007, 06:19 PM // 18:19

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Originally Posted by macon

I was actually at one point thinking about trying him with your Ripost Combo and would very much like to know how that stacks up when instead of the Sword you try the Axe and you use the Eliete Warrior Skill called Decapitate.

Without a sword u cant use the ripostes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by macon

Also because of the power of this guy use two monks.

The whole point is to solo him.. u wont get green drops with hero/hench in the area..

Thnks for ur time with all that writting but i dont see wat ur point is.. were u say like kill the others and then take the boss, is a bit obvious otherwise u have no chance to survive in a whole mob of different professions by urself :P

And about the wild blow suggestion, yeah its a great skill for dervish but i dno how useful it is in a solo farming build.. maybe against bosses that use vry effective stances, but i havnt come across any yet..

Ps. Thnks for ur comment Solus_the_Deadly ^^

badboy2008 · Jan 23, 2007, 10:29 PM // 22:29

thx for the build ,but not good for solo, ,if go with heros or hench ,any pve will works and kill the boss faster than your D/w build man
why do u need this build for ? no idea, I just try it ,but dmg too low and slow..... don't like it !

dee so dee · Jan 31, 2007, 09:12 PM // 21:12

dose look good mate tbh sexy sexy

Coloneh · Feb 01, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

why melandru avatar and not dawanya? you are spamming 2 skills over and over quite quickly, wouldnt a ton of healing be helpful?

Blo0dlust · Feb 06, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38

quick silly question:

Whats the fastest way to obtain riposte, deadly riposte & bonneti's?
cuz i wanted to try out ur build but havent yet found out where to get those skills..
Does some skilltrainer have it or do u have to waiste capture signets on warrior bosses which happen to carry those skills?

Edit: Nvrmind, i went to Lion's Arch and got it there :P

lauei · Feb 06, 2007, 03:34 PM // 15:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pojnx

Notes:
*DONT let the boss die while hench are near.. just clear the others then flag them anywhere far away enough so that their names go gray in party list. This means all drops in ur area will drop assigned to you.

QUESTION:Is it then the same as if there would be NO HENCHIES???

EDIT:Exuse my bad english i'm not english

Marverick · Feb 07, 2007, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Is Avatar of Melandru necessary? Auspicious Parry with Heart of Fury could yield massive adrenaline gains for massive Riposte spamming. Also it blocks an attack aswell.

Teh [prefession]-zorz · Feb 11, 2007, 10:47 PM // 22:47

should we clear everything around the boss, then have the hench run [so they are grey named, as you said] and THEN kill the boss? iv done this 3 times and i havent even gotten the boss to drop gold or anything..

Yarghetaus · Feb 12, 2007, 09:41 AM // 09:41

Actually I'm using a 130 HP Dervish but since some Dervish boss won't die from my low DPS (Damn healing XD !) I'll consider a slight change to your build to farm Suli and Acolytes.

Nice job !

Teh [prefession]-zorz · May 03, 2007, 10:35 PM // 22:35

any use to this anymore? I might try it again but i havent had the time

Nkah Sennyt · May 03, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

Necroing is not necessary.