Curse

BrianDj · May 21, 2007, 09:21 AM // 09:21

What can u farm with this build?

Basically the well known farm spots like: Corsairs outside The Astralarium, Trolls outside droks, Ranger Skeletons outside Hot springs.

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The build

The most important thing is that you make a Mo/D (because you need a Dervish skill in the build)
Note that you CAN just make a prophecies char and fight your way up to the Desert to Ascend and change your 2nd prof into Dervish (thats how i did it)

Armor does not matter, i suggest ascetics, because it gives extra energy (just get it from Lion's Arch because the defense does NOT matter at all. Be sure to take Zealot's Scalp design for Smiting Prayers +1 (Thats your main damage dealer!)
Buy every Sup rune for monk plus another sup rune to get your HP down to 105.
Be sure to get the -50 hp Grim Cesta from Cities of Ascalon quest to get your HP down to 55.
As for your weapon, try to get a weapon one-handed with enchantments last 20% long and preferrably extra energy (Totem Axe is ideal!)

The Skills

Your Enchantments:
* Balthazar's Spirit
* Blessed Aura
* Essence Bond

Your Damage Reducers:
* Protective Spirit
* Shielding Hands
* Shield of Absorbtion

Your Damage Dealer:
* Shield of Judgement (Referred to as SoJ most of the time)

Your Health Regenerator:
* Mystic Regeneration

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Your Attributes:

Smiting Prayers: 16
Earth Prayers: 8
Protection Prayers: 10
Divine Favor: 10

Earth Prayers on 8 is a MUST (this will make Mystic Regeneration give u +3 Health Regen for each enchantment on yourself)
Smiting Prayers 16 will get the most damage out of Shield of Judgement.

As for your Energy Regeneration, you might notice u have only +1.
But because of Balthazar's Spirit and Essence Bond, you will get 2 energy every time u get hit.
This is why this is mainly a build against large groups (this way you'll never get your energy depleted.

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Using the build:

Once you close a group, before getting in their aggro, cast Protective Spirit, Mystic Regeneration and Shielding Hands.
Now lure around 5 - 10 mobs to yourself and make sure once Shielding hands ends, you cast Shield of Absorption. Keep those 2 chained to eachother and make sure Protective Spirit and Mystic Regeneration never wear off.
If you keep this up you'll notice u wont even take ANY damage (unless of course you get spammed by curses from Necro's which penetrate through Prot. Spirit, So avoid cursing necro's)

Ok so now we dont take damage, but we ain't really killing them, are we?
This is where Shield of Judgement comes in!
If you have your protections just recharged, cast Shield of Judgement.
Every enemy hitting u will now take 53 holy damage and be knocked down.
Continue keeping your protection skills active!
If one Shield of Judgement isn't enough to kill them, just wait a while and cast it again!

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Easiest spots to farm:

* Skeleton Rangers outside Bergen Hot Springs

Skeleton Rangers are undeads, Shield of Judgement deals holy damage which is doubled against undeads, meaning they take 106 damage each hit!
You'll notice these mobs dying very fast and not to mention the excellent droprate of Dead Bows!

Of course i haven't farmed every freaking spot in guildwars yet, so just experiment with the build, look for new locations and don't hesitate to share them with us just like we shared this with you

I wish you all happy farming!

IGN: Do Not Dis A Monk

I will upload a movie soon with some of my farm runs.

Div · May 21, 2007, 12:12 PM // 12:12

Great explanation, but there's already like 100 other threads like this >.>

And you're farming them in hard mode I'm assuming?

Renegade26 · May 21, 2007, 01:08 PM // 13:08

You only need 3 Earth for a +2 Mystic. Youll have the three maintained, one prot spirit, one mystic always at least. Thats + 10.

Youre three Shields of give +6 extra to counter bleed or poison. Youll be fine with 3 Earth.

olly123 · May 21, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37

nicely set up and all but this is liek the 10001 build tho nice set up and better than most the old [skill]word of healing[/skill] and pics woudl make it stand out more and look better/b easyer to read

ArKaiN · May 21, 2007, 07:55 PM // 19:55

Woah, it's like Tsunami's 55 thread died and reincarnated as a retarded version of itself.