Curse

matt the man · Dec 13, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20

whenever i face roaring ethers they always steal to much of my energy

chicks boy · Dec 13, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Hmmm, do you think you can stay alive if you replace Mystic Vigor with Shield Of Absorption? Everytime i farm Nightbringer i always die once then go kill him... Hm?

justinbarnhill · Dec 13, 2006, 07:39 PM // 19:39

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Originally Posted by matt the man

whenever i face roaring ethers they always steal to much of my energy

kill them first! w/more then one, they will rez each other too, fyi. just keep pounding on them until they stop rez'ing. i die often djinn farming if i get unlucky w/my ether spawns, the good thing is that the build gets better w/DP and you usually don't have a long run to get back to the action.

Sofonisba · Dec 13, 2006, 08:02 PM // 20:02

I've been using this build--thanks!!--for a little bit of experimentation here and there, and it's really great. The super-quick-cast enchants make it more versatile than SoJ 55 monk (in my experience).

When I've got a djinn + 3 ethers, it's a bit of a tense time. I also decided not to use attack skills, merely attacking ethers with the scythe is enough, they're awfully squishy. I manage to get just enough energy the split second before PS is about to wear off, to cast it again.

novawhiz · Dec 14, 2006, 12:22 AM // 00:22

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Originally Posted by Kcp

Get's the Godlike Satan stamp of approval. Fun build, gives ya something different to chew on.

Update to my post: You can solo shadow army in the FoW with this build as well.

Is soloing the FoW shadow army easy?

t3dw4rd0 · Dec 14, 2006, 02:36 AM // 02:36

probably hard as shadow mesmers have shatter enchantment... but it shouldnt be too hard to renew it... unless it was balth's spirit or eb... also interrupt rangers... please expand on your run!

Etrik · Dec 14, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14

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Originally Posted by novawhiz

Is soloing the FoW shadow army easy?

Can't imagine that it is. Healers and Disenchanters, all that.

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Originally Posted by justinbarnhill

i should be able to work on a video tonight.....i die often there, but it isn't a big deal thanks to all the shrines. ive managed to kill both bosses there and scored the spear drop and the scythe drop.

my cup runeth over w/greens thanks to this build.

Damn you, I still don't have Leilon's Vow! But I have my perfect(ly beautiful) Zealous Crenelated 15^enchanted Scythe of Enchanting 20%. *glees*

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Originally Posted by matt the man

whenever i face roaring ethers they always steal to much of my energy

Learn2castandnotuseattackskills. Really, it's fine.

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Originally Posted by chicks boy

Hmmm, do you think you can stay alive if you replace Mystic Vigor with Shield Of Absorption? Everytime i farm Nightbringer i always die once then go kill him... Hm?

No. Well, you *might*. But it takes too long.

tanwarv · Dec 14, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59

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Originally Posted by Etrik

Can't imagine that it is. Healers and Disenchanters, all that.

I've been soloing Shadow Army in the Realm of Torment for quite a few days and it's very easy as long as you skip the groups with mesmers in them. Monks take about twice as long to kill, but making sure you splash dmg one of their allies helps drain their energy.

Like I mentioned earlier in the thread I use a slight variant of this build and replace MV with another 5e scythe attack and always die at least once before farming. Since I have maxed my energy in my primary and secondary armors, I actually do fine even at 60% DP - I end up having around 30e and 25hp. The only challenge is swapping armor pieces as you gain xp.

Also if you're having energy management troubles, try dragging other melee mobs into your battles - a zealous scythe helps quite a bit as well. I swap between 3 scythes: one normal with enchanting, one zealous +30hp (Leilon's), and one vampiric+30hp, as I need more dmg, energy or hp.

I'm going to try soloing in FoW tonight if I can. I will probably need a hero monk with Rebirth to help me get my HP down.

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Originally Posted by Etrik

Damn you, I still don't have Leilon's Vow! But I have my perfect(ly beautiful) Zealous Crenelated 15^enchanted Scythe of Enchanting 20%. *glees*

I have had Leilon's Vow drop for me 4 times, but still no spear.

justinbarnhill · Dec 14, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgUEn5nTcx4

i think i die towards the end....but that ether went down!

die once and everything is easier...i also bring along a high armor value tunic to switch into when dp gets too high.....

Ivan Darklord · Dec 14, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

I'm having a lil difficulty with this build, but I'm still practicing outside Nundu Bay and I'm doing fine Except for Lunto and Chor, I can't kill them

. Anyway, Im a great soloist with other builds (Rt/Me solo UW and N/Mo Solo farmer, R/Me solo FoW, W/N solo SF, and now Solo Derv D/Mo) maybe I need to practice some more

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I keep getting owned by ethers and diamond djinns..the only thing Im good at farming with this build are the only bosses outside Nundu Bay. There are some bosses listed with them having some mesmer and monk spawns which really is a pain to farm.

I'll just keep practicing....

matt the man · Dec 14, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

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Originally Posted by Etrik

Learn2castandnotuseattackskills. Really, it's fine.

lol smartass... i kick ethers asses now (and i wasnt using attack skills, i just accidentaly attacked groups with 4 ethers)

t3dw4rd0 · Dec 14, 2006, 07:30 PM // 19:30

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Originally Posted by Bale Nightsorrow

I'm having a lil difficulty with this build, but I'm still practicing outside Nundu Bay and I'm doing fine Except for Lunto and Chor, I can't kill them

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I don't even bother with them... their greens aren't worth as much. I just go for bubahl and jerneh.

Kcp · Dec 14, 2006, 07:48 PM // 19:48

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Originally Posted by novawhiz

Is soloing the FoW shadow army easy?

Not really hard if you have experience soloing the shadow army with a 55 hp build, and know how to keep vital enchants covered around the mesmers. Once you get deep wound on a shadow monk, it's dead within seconds usually. You need to stop and attack enemies to trigger healing while setting up groups, other then that it was easy IMO. I took on multiple monk groups and really had no problems with them outhealing as long as you set up the group right.

Should be able to solo other areas in FoW as well. Skeletons, forest, and the beach I could see being solo'd by this build. Mass aggro of the spiders prolly wont be doable, but in smaller groups they shouldn't be any problems.

Nadav101 · Dec 14, 2006, 10:15 PM // 22:15

just out of curiousity, this build cant farm mesmers right? taking away this protective spirit skill means im dead?

t3dw4rd0 · Dec 14, 2006, 10:37 PM // 22:37

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Originally Posted by Nadav101

just out of curiousity, this build cant farm mesmers right? taking away this protective spirit skill means im dead?

Yea, but if you can get it back up fast enough/run away, you should be fine.

Ivan Darklord · Dec 15, 2006, 09:38 AM // 09:38

ugh, why am I facing such difficulty with Shadow Army in FoW and Djinns? Is there something Im doing wrong? I use Leilon's Vow and a replica to the souldbreaker. Please help!

Nadav101 · Dec 15, 2006, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Anyone did Korshak the immolated? got tips for it? i cant even get there because of the skrees

FayeWind · Dec 15, 2006, 09:29 PM // 21:29

I have tried the build and I can't stand up to the dmg. I used 55 hp (die once) and the pre-order scythe. I wonder what went wrong. The healer in the group is a pain for me too. I don't seem to do any dmg.

Ecksor · Dec 15, 2006, 10:56 PM // 22:56

When you are trying to kill healers, make sure you are attacking the healer, pluse two other targets. It puts pressure on him, and you will eventually kill him.

Etrik · Dec 15, 2006, 11:04 PM // 23:04

True. And when facing Ethers, always have x Ethers and 2x non-ethers, so they can supply you with enough energy. Key when fighting ethers is don't use attack skills unless you are absolutely sure you'll have enough energy coming from other sources. Oh, and always take the same ether down. If you are facing 3 ethers, labeled E1, E2, E3 for the purposes of this example, you attack E2, kill it, wait for one of em to rez him, kill E2 again, wait for rez, kill E2 again, then proceed to the other ones. If you kill E2, then E1, then E3, E2 will be back up by the time E1 is dead and rez him, E1 will rez E3 and you have to kill E2, E1, E3, E2, E1, E3. Don't make it hard on yourself. And Skrees are easy to kill, just get the singer down first..