Curse

shadeleaper · Sep 13, 2009, 07:55 AM // 07:55

For those of you that go Ele/Mes I was kind of annoyed at the lack of actual working builds I found so I discovered that stoneflesh aura combines with stone striker and mantra of earth quite well.

Stone striker converts all damage you take or deal to earth. Mantra of Earth (at 11 inspiration) will give you -44% dmg to all incoming and +2 energy every time you take damage. Now combine with the -33 damage you take with stoneflesh aura.

Currently using glyph of elemental power and a +20% enchant weapon to give me unlimited shelter vs many types of foes.

Note that these are all normal skills no elites, so you can bring obsidian flesh to prevent enchant removal or if that's not an issue for the mobs you're fighting, then bring along something like shockwave.

I'll update this thread as improvements are made, and list what I'm using the build for and where it works best, etc.

MercenaryKnight · Sep 13, 2009, 08:18 AM // 08:18

I don't mean to be captain obvious but... I am 99.99% sure that that's been a staple in obsidian flesh farming and stuff for a long time. But anyways it is a decent build.

stanzhao · Sep 13, 2009, 09:06 AM // 09:06

yeah, the type of build your talking about is generally used for farming mobs. with glyph of swiftness and 16 in earth magic, you can keep up obsidian flesh constantly.

for a damage skill, sliver armor is usually the prefered choice. as the large the mob you take on, the faster your foes go down. this is pretty much, as said above, been a staple farming build since eotn came out.

on saying that, its refreshing to see a new player thinking about skill choices and combinations rather than just usuing template builds someone gave them.

madsGW · Sep 13, 2009, 10:18 AM // 10:18

old news

but ye it's a good combo

Dazzen · Sep 13, 2009, 10:18 AM // 10:18

Honestly it's been know for a while... it's still a powerful combination anyway.

You can also swap mantra of earth for elemental resistance, you'll get an armor bonus instead of damage reduction (but then no more energy gain). I'm using it for farming feathers.

When farming vaettirs you can even drop stone striker since they do earth damage, and keep up a perma obsi.

E/Me is a powerful combination ^^

lewis91 · Sep 13, 2009, 11:37 AM // 11:37

Yup, obsi tank, works 99% of places that have no interruption

Mouse at Large · Sep 13, 2009, 11:56 AM // 11:56

In places with no interruption, you can also try the 330 hp E/Mo variant. With 330 hp, Protective Spirit and Stoneflesh at 16, you take 0 damage. Balthazar's Spirit is your energy engine.

The rest of the skillslots are up to you - a self heal of some sort is recommended. For spell based enchant stripping defense you will need OF perma as well.

See http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ght=stoneguard

shadeleaper · Sep 13, 2009, 04:16 PM // 16:16

blah, I looked through a bunch of posts, asked people online, and tried all sorts of different builds yesterday and no one gave me one that worked. I knew people were using ob flesh and stoneflesh aura, but I thought the other one was original at least. Oh well, at least it works ^^

IceQ · Oct 06, 2009, 01:15 PM // 13:15

Here is one : http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:E/Me...stroyer_Farmer

hehe Yeah it is an old combo, as someone up top said it is good that some people are still trying new stuff. (old or new)

I am constantly changing my build... so good on ya. ^_^

Use http://pvx.wikia.com/ as a guide. There is no law that says you MUST use those builds as is, I have used some of the "Junk" builds as inspiration for the build that got me through Elona. But it died against destroyers though... so keep thinking. ^_^