Curse

Racthoh · Feb 10, 2007, 07:12 AM // 07:12

Soloing is fun, but playing in Godmode is better. Sure you miss out on some drops and have to split the gold but when you can kill harder stuff with ease why wouldn't you?

So what do you need? Well firstly you need to have a monk hero with a bar that looks like this:

Blessed Signet
Life Barrier {E}
Life Bond
Strength of Honour
Vital Blessing
Balthazar's Spirit
Essence Bond
Watchful Spirit

Protection Prayers: 14-16
Divine Favor: 12
Smiting Prayers: 8 (I think? SoH was giving me +6 damage)

Then we give our warrior something like this:

Vigorous Spirit
Flail
Magehunter's Strike {E}
Protector's Strike
Standing Slash
Sun and Moon Slash
Dolyak Signet
Live Vicariously

Strength: 11
Healing Prayers: 8
Swordsmanship: 16

For your build really all you need is a build that hits a lot, quickly so you're healed for a lot, quickly (easy enough right?). I opted for two 1/2 attack skills and Sun and Moon Slash since it hits twice for more healing. Even though combined with the above monk bar this seems like overkill, you will need all of it for some areas (or if you just wanna aggro the world, whatever floats your boat).

Storming The Kournan Base!

Exit from the Sunspear Sanctuary and into the Jahai Bluffs. Setup all of your enchantments on your warrior and proceed to hug the north mountains heading east dispatching everything that gets in your way. Make sure your monk hero is well away from the fight to avoid any chance that he/she will come close to your bubble. Once you arrive, just pull groups and start killing.

A few notes:

Kill the elite guards first. Staggering Blow gives you weakness so you won't kill stuff as fast. They should be your first priority.

Remove the elite spears. Never Surrender!, Wild Throw, Stand Your Ground!... ugh, all so annoying to our slaugher.

The zealots are annoying to say the least. Armour of Sanctity with Veil of Thorns... it's a slow killing process if you use a build like mine where you only have two +damage skills.

Eventually you'll come to something like this once you've cleared everything out:

As long as you're attacking, you shouldn't die. Simple as that. The experience is pretty nice since you aren't sharing it and there are a lot of enemies to kill. Make sure to trade in those Kournan Necklaces for rare scrolls at the sanctuary (10 for a scroll but a profit is a profit).

Desha Vestibule:
Why here? Djinns are fun and we can get Lightbringer points along with some high-end chests. Personally I avoid everything on the east side of this map simply because... well, I die. Ebon Dust Aura and Soothing Images are the two things a warrior hates the most.

Stick to the west and center of this area which allows you to kill three bosses. Personally I would avoid the Roaring Ether mesmer boss at the very north simply because the Gravebane Behemoths and Scytheclaw groups are a problem. Deep wound and a lot of degen; too much to handle and just not worth it (no lightbringer points either).

For multiple Roaring Ether groups, try to drop the Djinns first just to play it safe. Although you should kill stuff fairly quickly there is no need to put yourself at risk. Against the Dervish Djinn boss, take out the other Djinns first and then it. You'll have 2-3 Roaring Ether on you but you should still be able to manage your energy well enough to use your skills (Balthazar's + Zealous weapon works nicely for me). When there is a Diamond Djinn present, keep your health above 50% to avoid the deep wound; it spells certain doom. Vital Blessing helps, but it isn't fool-proof. This is a little harder to do against the Diamond Djinn boss, but just need Vigorous up and keep hitting stuff.

The experience here is REALLY nice (300+ a kill if you can get the blessings for Lightbringer still) and the drops are great as well even with another guy sucking it all away. Best of all, you can expect to see multiple chests if you clear the center and west rooms of this explorable.

Have fun with it, you should be able to clear just about anywhere that doesn't have enchantment removal. These were just the first places that I decided to experiment with.

woftam · Feb 10, 2007, 12:27 PM // 12:27

fatastic.

nice, will have some fun with this ,ty

A Leprechaun · Feb 10, 2007, 12:32 PM // 12:32

Where is the best place to farm with this if want good drops in your opinion?
Sweet idea, good guide. *thumbs up*

~A Leprechuan~

deluxe · Feb 10, 2007, 02:12 PM // 14:12

crazy stuff

Renegade26 · Feb 10, 2007, 02:33 PM // 14:33

I'll come with you as the Monk if you want. IGN is Renegade Protection

Anarion Silverhand · Feb 10, 2007, 02:36 PM // 14:36

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Originally Posted by Renegade26

I'll come with you as the Monk if you want. IGN is Renegade Protection

Umm.. The idea of this farming build IS to use a hero. Seeing as all the hero has to do is stand there, keeping maintained enchants up..

Anyway, good job Racthoh

chessyang · Feb 10, 2007, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Thanks Racthoh. well something else, i some times run my monk with [skill=text]Retribution[/skill] + [skill=text]Holy Wrath[/skill] + whatever else for some ares. only down fall is 4 enchantment only

just thought i toss that out.

Edit-Ya i know guys just thought i toss it out there. to mix it up. But ya over all the Bonding works over the Ret+Holy. also wasn't sure how much dmg i was taking anyways. because i can't see how much it being dealt back or pay attention to how much i was taking in my self.

To bad the heroes can't warp in the first part of the deep for this weekend... sigh.... any one have luck in the Urgoz's Warren??

Seren!ty · Feb 10, 2007, 04:41 PM // 16:41

And that is how I farmed Sunjiang District for Kaolin weapons during the tripple green weekend.
Haven't thought of using it on the Djinns, I should try it soon though. Sounds awesome ^^

deluxe · Feb 10, 2007, 05:51 PM // 17:51

hehe, 1st kournan i killed: sup vigor :P

@chessyang: you take too little damage for those skills to be effective i think.

Racthoh · Feb 10, 2007, 06:07 PM // 18:07

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Originally Posted by chessyang

Thanks Racthoh. well something else, i some times run my monk with [skill=text]Retribution[/skill] + [skill=text]Holy Wrath[/skill] + whatever else for some ares. only down fall is 4 enchantment only

just thought i toss that out.

Agreed with Deluxe, you aren't taking enough damage for it to really be worthwhile.

Quote:

Where is the best place to farm with this if want good drops in your opinion?

The Djinns were the better of the two places I tried so far, but it took slightly longer.

protein · Feb 10, 2007, 07:17 PM // 19:17

anyone else having probelms with their monks heros not maintaining enchantments for this build?

placebo overdose · Feb 10, 2007, 07:45 PM // 19:45

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Originally Posted by protein

anyone else having probelms with their monks heros not maintaining enchantments for this build?

hold shift and click the skill after the hero casts it and they will not disable it anymore

Arkantos · Feb 10, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48

Looks really nice Racthoh. I'm sure theres many more places you can farm like this. Gonna try against the Elite Kournans now, then I'll probably try some different enemies.

Captain Arne Is PRO · Feb 10, 2007, 11:23 PM // 23:23

Hehe it's so fun. This is also do-able with an Ele, using Earth Magic line.. Damage can be pretty much reduced to 0 all the time.

karunpav · Feb 10, 2007, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Wow, looks impressive. I'll have to try it soon.

onerabbit · Feb 11, 2007, 12:50 AM // 00:50

haha! thats how u get them to maintain enchants, was trying something simular to this, good job, ganna give this ago

Edit

when i do the boss, Tahlkora always loose hp..then life barrier comes off >.< so i end up dying

any tips

dw..watchful spirit..lol

Racthoh · Feb 11, 2007, 03:00 AM // 03:00

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Originally Posted by onerabbit

when i do the boss, Tahlkora always loose hp..then life barrier comes off >.< so i end up dying

Which boss? The only damage being redirected to your monk should already be reduced by a lot from Life Barrier, Bond, and your naturally high armour level.

onerabbit · Feb 11, 2007, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Na its kwl now, i didnt put Watchful spirit on her, so her life slowly went down and down.

ive cleared loads now, done the dervish boss too, any other bosses?

just looking around for chests.

edit

lol im doing djinns btw

bleux · Feb 11, 2007, 04:51 AM // 04:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Arne Is PRO

Hehe it's so fun. This is also do-able with an Ele, using Earth Magic line.. Damage can be pretty much reduced to 0 all the time.

can you plz share more in depth about this?? i have an ele but never touched earth att. ... so i dont have alot of knowledge with spells from the earth line.

thanks.

MrGuildBoi · Feb 11, 2007, 09:23 AM // 09:23

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Originally Posted by bleux

can you plz share more in depth about this?? i have an ele but never touched earth att. ... so i dont have alot of knowledge with spells from the earth line.

thanks.

You can try to use skills like Armor of Earth, Stoneflesh Aura, Shockwave or Sandstorm and some other skills.

Oh and of course the bonder monk hero.