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Wrath Of Dragons · Apr 19, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

Alright, I told a few people id put this together, and I had some free time, so here it is. Note: Not only for ettins. this works for the underworld and other places too. Scroll to bottom for more info on that.
First of all, you MUST know what a 55 build is. Go here
Props to Cerb on that very detailed guide. Ok, now that you know what a 55 is, its time to put together a build with it. For armor, I use sup. death, sup blood, and 3 sup soul reaping, because SR is a realy cheap rune. The weapons and attribute points are as follows:
Skills: Dark Aura, Touch of agony, protective spirit, healing breeze, Offering of blood, mending, essence bond, balthazars spirit and 13 blood, 14 death, 5 soul reaping, 8 heal, 8 prot. (I have done both +15 att. quests. If you havent, i would take 1 off of death, and maybe eliminate soul reaping all together. you dont need it anyways).
The firey flame spitter isnt necessary....it just helps. the 55 item is very nice, but if you die once and equip a -20hp item you will have 13 hp. With 13 hp, you can take on many more ettins at a time and the best part is that the death penalty goes away very slowly, so it is possible to kill 15 or more or so ettins without going over 19hp.
ok, now that you have yourself set up, go to Bergen Hot Springs (southeast of Temple of Ages) because the more common run start from Beetleturn is very difficult for a 55. Leave the Springs, and you will see 2 groups, with a space in the middle:
Just look at my radar minimap and follow the white line after casting mending, balthazars spirit, essence bond, and Offering of Blood. Dont aggro the mobs to either side. You MIGHT survive, but they have huge damage per second, and poison you too. Follow along the path on my minimap, keeping protective spirit up. You will be mobbed by lots of Grasping Ghouls and Skeleton Mages. Mostly harmless, but you might need to cast breeze. It is a slow walk, because you will be crippled, but once they leave you alone, you're home free. If you encounter scales, dont worry. there harmless. might cast life siphon but that is easy to counter with mending alone, as its only 2 degen and you have 3 regen. Continue alond to the Ettin Place <--cool title eh? by following along the red trail on my minimap. When you encounter ettins, cast Prot. Spirit and charge in. Now cast Dark aura, then touch of agony. All nearby critters take 47 damage, and your target takes 47+53. Touch of agony has a 3 sec recharge, but i use this instead of a faster recharge one for a very good reason. The Anti-AOE ai kicks in if Dark Aura kicks in more then once every 3 seconds. If you get in trouble, cast touch + offering of blood to scatter your enemies, because offering of blood activates dark aura too. Target ettin: Cast ; Repeat. they go down fast, and healing signet isnt a problem because dark aura + touch does basically the same as sig heals. By the time you are done with 1 ettin, the others are already hurt. If you seem to be doing almost no damage to them, keep casting until endure pain wears off. They drop quickly.
From here, it is just your usual ettin run, except dont map to town. instead, just leave the zone you are fighting in, the zone back in. No long run past annoying cripple thingys. IF america actually has favor, go to the shrine near the settlement and pray for +2 hp regen. this is very nice, and you really wont need breeze when this is going.

Now you are skilled. Like me.

On to other stuff!
For wurms, this works great. This doesnt count on wurms slow attack speed for energy, or for SS to kick in. It take right at a minute to kill a wurm, and this build can take out sand giants and griffons nicely too.

For the Underworld: Replace Offering Of Blood with Deathly chill. this is a 1-hit kill for nightmares, so no need for powerspike or whatnot. Just hope 2 dont pop up. This build works great on ataxes, but is about as slow as an IW build. As for graspings.....be VERY careful. they have an ungodly amount of interruptsm and drain energy. Smites are very easy, but not terribly fast: Run up, aggro, and kill. simple. Coldfires.....avoid the maelstorm. Other then that they die quickly.

Happy Hunting!

zeno · Apr 19, 2006, 12:27 AM // 00:27

a dark bomber 55 style, good stuff ^^

novawhiz · Apr 19, 2006, 12:36 AM // 00:36

I use same build but sometimes i go Aotl for 27hp

novawhiz · Apr 19, 2006, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Wait u solo UW with this?

`~ I gotta see a movie or pics.

Murder In China · Apr 19, 2006, 12:53 AM // 00:53

Too bad you have to attack with Touch of Agony every 3 seconds due to Dark Aura.

.killjoy · Apr 19, 2006, 01:27 AM // 01:27

http://www.wowerks.net/gw/necro.html

been around for awhile :/

Nice build tho ive used this before

Wrath Of Dragons · Apr 19, 2006, 05:03 AM // 05:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by novawhiz

Wait u solo UW with this?

`~ I gotta see a movie or pics.

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3011130 heres the pics

Ultimate Sacrifice · Apr 19, 2006, 06:28 AM // 06:28

Is this build more efficient then the SS one?

Ultimate Sacrifice · Apr 19, 2006, 07:00 AM // 07:00

Oh and just to let you know, they scatter cause it causes AoE.

Wrath Of Dragons · Apr 19, 2006, 07:37 AM // 07:37

no. Touch of agony recharges every 3 seconds. it does not trigger AOE scatter.
what does cause scatter:
fast recharge
chain casting Offering of blood and touch of agony. this triggers dark aura in less then 3 seconds and will scatter

and this build is comparable to a IW mesmer in the UW, which is slower then a SS necro. VS slow attacking things, or bosses, or monks, this is much more effective IMO

Ultimate Sacrifice · Apr 19, 2006, 07:50 AM // 07:50

Oh so that's why, thanks for the rather quick reply. BTW, thanks for the build. Good job.

VampiricuS · Apr 21, 2006, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Has anyone tried to solo FoW with this build?

I just got all set-up to try this. Instead of using that axe, im using my IDS that has a 20% enchant longer mod on it.

will be practicing on griffins later tonight. any more tips much appreciated.

thank you for putting this together

EDIT:

Here is my setup:

Pretty much the same aside from the sword. I got my ass handed to me the first few times. I basically hit 8,7,6,5, then Kept Prot spirit up as long as i could. its a challenge i will say.

novawhiz · Apr 22, 2006, 02:34 AM // 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrath Of Dragons

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3011130 heres the pics

~Kool pics, but y did u white out necro skills. When i zoomed in on Photoshop i could see they were indeed the skills in this post, though.

I might try this, i just think ss is such a great skill!!

~O and for UW u DONT bring offering u bring deathly chill for nm's?
~Isnt it really hard to kill the nm's b4 they strip you?

Wrath Of Dragons · Apr 22, 2006, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by novawhiz

~Kool pics, but y did u white out necro skills. When i zoomed in on Photoshop i could see they were indeed the skills in this post, though.

I whited out just so people could try to guess. i wanted to see what people would come up with.

Quote:

I might try this, i just think ss is such a great skill!!

~O and for UW u DONT bring offering u bring deathly chill for nm's?
~Isnt it really hard to kill the nm's b4 they strip you?

yes, i switch offering of blood for deathly chill. it kills them in 1 hit. as long as you dont aggro 2, u will be ok.
rend takes 3 seconds--DC takes 1

VampiricuS · Apr 22, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35

Thanks for all your help tonight Wrath, Im pretty comfortable with that SS now. Next we will farm FoW!!

not much longer now, Factions willchange all of this for sure, excited to see what new builds we can come up with

cheers m8t!

Rhuobhe · Apr 22, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

Reminds me a lot of KCP's build - although he is using Blood Ritual instead of HB and Aura of the Lich instead of OoB.

With AoTL you only take 2 damage per hit increasing your tanking ability.

Deffinatly better in some circumstances, although not always.

Murder In China · Apr 23, 2006, 12:42 AM // 00:42

You mean Blood Renewal not Blood Ritual.

With an AotL build, you receive only 2 damage per hit (even 1 damager per hit if you past Protective spirit after casting AotL).

Rhuobhe · Apr 23, 2006, 01:21 AM // 01:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murder In China

You mean Blood Renewal not Blood Ritual.

With an AotL build, you receive only 2 damage per hit (even 1 damager per hit if you past Protective spirit after casting AotL).

Yes Blood Renewal.

Actually AotL will reduce your health to 27 AND halves damage recieved. Casting PS before or after AotL is what you meant.

PS reduces damage to 10% - then AotL reduces all damage by half and reduces your health to 27. 5% of 27 ~=1 damage per hit.

Of course when PS runs out your damage goes back up to 2 per hit unless you recover it with AotL.

Murder In China · Apr 23, 2006, 01:31 AM // 01:31

I got it mixed up, haven't played my AotL bomber in some time.

Wrath Of Dragons · Apr 23, 2006, 03:17 AM // 03:17

aotl is still 2 damage im almost completely sure.
i dont use AOTL because this build is set up for situations where energy might be a problem, and where healing isnt. use AOTL for tanking like 20 hydras. use offering of blood for small, slow attackers like ettins and staxes, where energy might be a problem