Curse

lordgambit · Jan 28, 2007, 07:41 PM // 19:41

hi, i saw several posts refering to a W/Me guide that has the details on running, i am used to solo FoW and getting the running part is critical, any chance someone has the guide bookmarked (tried searching before posting, found tons of videos, but a quick map of how to run would help a lot)

thx for the build... power to ele!

PS I got a guildie to show me around, thx for posting the build it works great....

bored-.-bored · Jan 28, 2007, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Great build i finally got Sandstorm and i got 2 ectos on my 1st run 1 on my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 3 on 5th ,0 on 6th, 7th..

Xethrion · Jan 30, 2007, 02:58 PM // 14:58

Have been running this build awhile with an Insightful Earth Staff of Enchanting (+15% while enchanted) and Pyromancer Armour, and have had good results so far (42 ectos and counting!)

I do have a question though. For those with the equipment, how much damage do you take with Geomancer armour, as well as a shield with +10 against earth?

That would be a combined armour level of 98 (60 + 10 + 10 + 8 + 10) with stone striker active. Am pretty interested to see just how much damage reduction we can get, with just Stone Striker, Mantra of Earth, and the max armour level against earth that we can pack, and whether Stoneflesh is really necessary against darknesses or smites or both

Kcp · Jan 30, 2007, 03:28 PM // 15:28

Stoneflesh, is needed if you intend on taking large amounts of smites even with max armor vs earth. The squids aren't a big deal I've regularly been interrupted and killed them all with no stoneflesh.

If you take 1 group at a time the entire run you wont need it more then likely. There's really no advantage to not using it, and bringing another damage skill to replace it isn't going to speed things up since you only need the 3 earth spells for damage.

The only damage you will take with the 98 armor is from frozen burst and icespikes from the CFN's and the occasional smite hex from a smite removing the water hexes. Off the top of my head ( haven't ran uw in a couple days) -11 damage from icespikes and -22 damage from frozen burst. No threat there, you will regen while fighting them. this is with stoneflesh up of course.
* I aggro everything at times out of boredom of running smites for ectos.

Whenever you guys find yourself in the UW and your region loses favor, you can solo the obsidian behemoths for keys. JUst don't mess with the charged blackness's. * wait a couple minutes after killing them to pick up the drops unless you like wading thru traps.

Xethrion · Jan 30, 2007, 04:00 PM // 16:00

Nice! That means that if we want to kill coldfires, or have the option to, having the afore-mentioned gear would be of great help. Thanks kcp

wyld fang · Jan 30, 2007, 04:36 PM // 16:36

<3 something for eles to do finally, the whole Rt thing seems brittle in comparison 0.0

Xethrion · Jan 31, 2007, 08:47 AM // 08:47

Too bad it's going to be nerfed soon. In all honesty, this is too good for ANet not to ruin it, like they've done to every single UW build I've ever used before.

And by nerfed, I mean beyond what we've seen last weekend, with the changes to AV/SV as well as Rend enchantments. Just can't shake the feeling it's not going to last for long.

Suxipo · Feb 02, 2007, 12:02 AM // 00:02

just got Sandstorm today and they hit me immediately with new updates today!

Damn ANet!

kumiel · Feb 02, 2007, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Looks like the sandstorm nerf is going to be bad. Although it should still be able to work if you do it right...

If America gets favor I'll try to figure out if the build will work.

Cuddly Boo · Feb 02, 2007, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Well, they nerfed AV/SV aswell..

Sympathetic Visage: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds, decreased duration to 4..10 seconds.
Ancestor's Visage: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds, decreased duration to 4..10 seconds.

Ayumu · Feb 02, 2007, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Not much of a nerf ... wait about 0.5 seconds more between Sandstorm and Earthquake, that's about it. Sometimes one or two potential Ectodroppers will survive with about 30 HP. More a minor annoyance than a nerf.

Hermessar · Feb 02, 2007, 01:49 AM // 01:49

In regards with this (most exelent) build: I'm fine with the skillbalance, even though it didn't make it any easier.

Swame Rain · Feb 02, 2007, 01:52 AM // 01:52

still works...but can be a little slower now..

Hyprodimus Prime · Feb 02, 2007, 06:17 AM // 06:17

Yup, i think thats all the wanted.

Evilsod · Feb 02, 2007, 09:26 AM // 09:26

Anyone tried to do this without Mantra of Earth?

That way you could free a slot for Glyph of Ele Power and wipe the floor with them in 1 go again.

daraaksii · Feb 02, 2007, 09:30 AM // 09:30

Mantra of Earth is needed becouse of energy and 34% dmg reduction

Koning · Feb 02, 2007, 11:44 AM // 11:44

actually only for the energy, the dmg reduction isn't that big and stoneflesh absorbs all the dmg you take anyway.

But with this new sandstorm it's still easy doable. The smites go down like normal cause you do more than enough damage to them. If you wanna make sure they all die in 1 round, block them in a corner. That way IF they run, sandstorm still hits them and you aftershock too.
The graspings might give you more problems because b4 the update it took only 1 aftershock to kill them, and now you need a dragonstom+aftershock to kill them. So make sure to put sv on (still the way to go) b4 you cast that combo.

djanubis2005 · Feb 02, 2007, 07:08 PM // 19:08

So now we should cast SV/Av after we aggro? Get a sup rune of illusion? Change attributes around?

The graspins are a major problem now. I tried waiting a bit longer on sandstorm but either they scatter or they get to about 50% hp. After that they drain my energy b/c SV still hasn't recharged, and I can't do anything

Thanks for the advice Koning. Any tips for killing the graspins after the update would be greatly appreciated.

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Blonde Warrior · Feb 02, 2007, 07:54 PM // 19:54

I have been able to kill the graspins but it is very difficult now and time consuming now, I'm also having trouble killing the smites as there isn't enough damage to kill them now and they just run away. Stupid A-nerf. I have aslo noticed dying nightmares spawn more than they usually do after the update any else noticed this?

daraaksii · Feb 03, 2007, 08:31 AM // 08:31

The graspings still noobs. You cast SV or AV after they've used distracting blow. Immediatly cast SS -> EQ -> AS. Cast Stoneflesh Aura again, Wait for the 2 or 3 come back, than cast SV or AV again after distractings. You need to use EQ and AS to kill them now. That's all.