Curse

argh · May 13, 2007, 11:07 PM // 23:07

1. Introduction

From the tips that people offered in the other thread, I was able to come up with the build that you will soon see. I haven't yet found an elementalist sword myself but I hope others will. This build is not perfect at all. Some people were able to do it under 19 minutes while the average run with this build is around 40 minutes. I'll keep this short since I'm pretty sure everyone is just "Heck...just give us the build!"

2. The Build

You must be either E/A or A/E.

Earth Magic: 12+3
Energy Storage: 3
Shadow Arts: 12

[skill]Shadow Form[/skill][skill]Sliver Armor[/skill][skill]Teinai's Crystals[/skill][skill]Crystal Wave[/skill][skill]Feigned Neutrality[/skill][skill]Death's Charge[/skill][skill]Glyph of Elemental Power[/skill][skill]Recall[/skill]

Study these skills and learn to use them well.

You will also need to bring a monk hero. Equip him with any healing spells plus Quickening Zephyr for a quick Shadow Form recharge.

3. Equipment

The only required equipment is Superior Earth Rune. Equipment doesn't really matter at all. But it'll be nice to have energy armor and perhaps a weapon with 20% enchant.

4. How it works

First off, grab the quest 'A Show of Force' from Officer Lohru in Remains of Sahlahja. Your team can consist of all henchies. I haven't yet figured out how to run to there with two people. Just make sure you have your monk hero and it will be nice to equip some heroes with Rebirth just in case you die.

You can do it in Normal Mode or Hard Mode. If you do decide to do it in HM though, bring some lockpicks as it seems that chests are the way to go for elemental swords.

Follow the quest directions and fight your way towards #1.
(Don't worry about any death penalty. They'll be gone very soon.)

Flag your heroes at #2 (at least that's where I flag them. I flag them somewhat close because if something happens such as I die or I'm being chased by a mob of Monoliths, I can always get the henchies to come back and kill the mob.

Flag Dunkoro somewhere near #1 and cast Recall on him.
Make sure Quickening Zephyr is up before you cast anything else.

Once everything is ready, get as close as possible to the first mob without aggroing them. Cast Glyph -> Shadow Form -> Death's Charge -> Sliver Armor -> Teinai's Crystals -> Crystal Wave.

Watch when Shadow Form is about to end. When it is, double-click on Recall to end it and teleport back to Dunkoro.

Let him heal you and wait for him to cast QZ again before repeating the same steps.

Feigned Neutrality is used only if you encounter Margonite Reapers or Margonite Reaper Bosses. If in the case that Reapers do pop up, only use Sliver Armor followed by Feigned Neutraility. There might not be enough time to cast the other two ele spells.

In the case you do die, slowly approach your corpse with Dunkoro/Tahlkora and cast Rebirth. If Dunkoro dies as well, then pull your henchies back to ressurect both of you. Flag the henchies and then do it all over again.

What I tend to do though is go in first and try to activate all the shrines so you have a huge mob waiting to be slivered. However, you will learn of your own ways the more you do this run.

And finally, a picture of the loot at the end of the run,

Enjoy and please comment on this guide as it is my first one.

lacasner · May 13, 2007, 11:09 PM // 23:09

Really sweet gonna try this out right now.

chessyang · May 13, 2007, 11:50 PM // 23:50

Holy Moly! that run your showing is fantastic! i hardly get gold or drops at all.

someone said in that thread to run with Deadly Paradox.
So my variation is [skill]deadly paradox[/skill] --> [skill]shadow form[/skill] --> [skill]glyph of elemental power[/skill] --> [skill]sliver armor[/skill]

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I don't know if it's any faster but it's what i run. oh and thanks for sharing and posting. Lay out is easy on the eyes and right to the point.

SolusX · May 13, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53

I used shadow of haste + dash, worked fine. But I guess if you brought Razah with Weapon of quicking, Quicking Zephyr and a few heal spells it work better. Unless the weapon spell doesn't speed up already recharging skills.

Horible · May 14, 2007, 12:16 AM // 00:16

I tried this for a bit, but with a mo/e

I used 7 protecting skills + sliver armor

PS, HB, SH, SoA, Sliver Armor, Blessed Aura, Essence, Balthazar spirit

Its pretty slow, but it gets the job done.

Pretty boring farm IMO, but amazing if you get an elemental sword drop.

Horible

argh · May 14, 2007, 03:20 AM // 03:20

Thanks for the comments chessyang.

To the people who use Dash/Shadow of Haste, I like Recall here because it's simple to use and gets you out of trouble easy without worrying about bodyblocking. I also thought about Deadly Paradox but then I can't seem to find room for it heh.

Kyle The Piemaster · May 14, 2007, 03:34 AM // 03:34

With my variation you can get up to about 100 kills in about 15 minutes:

And go with just 1 hero so the gold you get isnt split too dramatically

shadow form, deadly paradox, deaths charge, sliver armor, glyph ele power, dash, dark escape, recall

hero bar: bip and a self heal

flag the hero against the wall so that when youre in the temple your hero is not within range and drops don't split.

recall hero, bip yourself, go in and kill stuff, repeat.

i've been doing this for a while and found that its fastest if you use 1st shadow form to get all the left shrines and 2nd to get all the right shrines.
Then when youre ready to start killing pick out 1 of the bosses, hit shadow form then dark escape and keep the boss targeted. Once half your shadow form/sliver are done hit deaths charge and youll get the boss. Hit shadow form before it gets hit with sig humility then hit sliver when its about to wear off.

there you go

ArKaiN · May 14, 2007, 04:30 AM // 04:30

"ele sword" is short for "Elemental Sword", not "Elementalist Sword".

madman24749 · May 14, 2007, 06:04 AM // 06:04

Need....to....work....on....ASSASSIN!
NOW! But I'm too busy with schoolwork -.-"

Song Hye Jin · May 14, 2007, 06:26 AM // 06:26

Nice build thanks.

SolusX · May 14, 2007, 11:12 AM // 11:12

For my hero to recall on I use this

Weapon of Quickening
Blood Ritua
Spirit Light
Recuperation
Spirit Transfer

12+3+1 Communing
10 Restore Maic
8 Blood Magic

Make Razah Cast his spirit, use recall on him and make him use the Weapon spell on you. Quickly rush and use your sliver + shadow form etc, and recall out when you need to. With the spirit still up, mak him Blood rit and heal you, then Weapon yourself up and go in again. We'll anway that's what I use, gets the job done atleast.

Btw, how do I post skil images?

udk-birDy · May 14, 2007, 12:57 PM // 12:57

Very nice guide argh , but not good for me beacuse i just have a dervish and a warrior to farm that spot .... Arghhhh

i would to farm that ....

onerabbit · May 14, 2007, 01:02 PM // 13:02

Dunkoro doesnt need to be in range for Recall to work =]

you can get there with just dunoror and urself.

heres what i use:
Recall.
Glyph of ele power
Deadly paradox
Shadow Form.
Deaths Charge
Sliver Armor
Feigned Neutrality
Dash

open up a few shrines 1st, you kill around 10-15 eac time you go in =]

SotiCoto · May 14, 2007, 01:14 PM // 13:14

Sounds fun... *Smirks*

... Maybe one for Chae Soon to try...

..... But just for the record, if I'm going to maintain an Enchantment on Dunkoro... isn't there any way I could get Dunkoro to maintain a few Enchants on me at the same range... just to make the process more secure?

onerabbit · May 14, 2007, 01:22 PM // 13:22

can u get more secure with shadow form? o.0 ..

asoon as it comes of ur on 40hp .. dont think anything is ganna make is secure, theres a res shrine a few feet away, and DP isnt a problem, ive done it on 60DP .. it goes really fast.

Nerubz · May 14, 2007, 03:54 PM // 15:54

Whats the point in going there with henchies? Do you get 100% of the drops when you flag your hench away? O.o i thought the flagging thing wasn't working...

Destro Maniak · May 14, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

I think this build doesnt good because well you still get 1/8 of the gold(I would be very embarressed if we dont lol

)and since more than half of the loot is from 100gold coins it would be useless I think

Mad King Corn · May 14, 2007, 05:01 PM // 17:01

Flaging will work as long as the item you are trying to get is exempt from loot scaleing, in this case gold items, are exempt.

Nerubz · May 14, 2007, 05:53 PM // 17:53

Sorry for the offtopic but what means "exempt from loot scaling"?

meat shield · May 14, 2007, 06:30 PM // 18:30

*hint, hint*
you will automaticly resurect if none of the alive heroes have res skills
*hint. hint* =]

so take 3 heroes whitout res and ur fine