Curse

Warriorsrmint · Aug 14, 2008, 04:01 PM // 16:01

Welcome, this guide is highly inspired from RezDoGGs A/E master sliver HM farming guide, basically this uses an alternative build for people who prefer to use assassin skills to do damage instead of elemental skills.

Disclaimer- This is by no means my own build, this is simply a guide on how to use it.

Skills/Attributes:

11+3+1 Shadow Arts
10+3 Dagger Mastery
10+3 Critical Strikes

[Glyph of Swiftness] [Deadly Paradox] [Shadow Form] [Golden Fox Strike] [Golden Fang Strike] [Death Blossom] [Critical Eye] [Critical Agility] ( critical eye could be replaced by asuran scan, healing, anything you need)

Equipment
Runes as needed above
2 Attunement runes
Radiant Insignias
Zealous daggers of Enchanting.

Usage
Once you get near enemies use skills 1,2,3 (use immediately in areas with pop-ups) then use 7 and 8, after the 10 second down time has finished use skills 4,5,6 in that order repeatedly until SF is about to run out then do the whole cycle again.
Farmable Areas(All areas are HM unless otherwise stated)
I havn't tested many areas yet so they will be added as i do them (most of them detailed in RezDoGGs guide should work)

Prophecies
Tomb of Primeval Kings- Banished Dream Riders, Grasp of Insanity, Scythe of Chaos, Terrorweb Dryders.
Nebo Terrace- Undead without Ele's in the group, monks might out-heal you, Tengu, Skale.

Factions
Drazach Thicket- Dragon Moss, Wardens
Xaquang Skyway- Vermin

Eye of the North
Norrhart Domains- Kvedulf cave (Boss isn't possible)
Ice Cliff Chasms- Frozen Elemental, Stonewolves
Riven Earth- Raptor cave

Core
Underworld- Graspings, Banished dreamriders, mindblades, Bone Pits (kill minions first to reduce the risk of FoC and Suffering. (if your in for the ecto's its only worth doing NM)
Fissure of Woe- Shadow Army groups without monks, Beach, not sure about Spider Cave though i doubt it will work. (NM, HM should work aswell but isn't worth it if your only in for the shards)

This is only the start of what is possible, my Assassin isn't to far in Nightfall or Prophecies so I can't detail many places from there but as i get it further more places will be added.

Outro
Thanks for reading, please leave any constructive criticism that may help in the thread.

Lord Zion · Aug 14, 2008, 04:54 PM // 16:54

It works fine, but takes a while to kill whole group...

I use something like this:

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MrGuildBoi · Aug 14, 2008, 05:02 PM // 17:02

You listed Raptor Cave, do you mean the whole cave? because Rekoff's Twisting Jaw will kill you.

Warriorsrmint · Aug 14, 2008, 05:08 PM // 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrGuildBoi

You listed Raptor Cave, do you mean the whole cave? because Rekoff's Twisting Jaw will kill you.

With shadow refuge you should be able to hold out, i havn't tested with the boss but i will try that later.

Warriorsrmint · Aug 14, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22

Due to Critical Defenses you don't hit quite a bit of the time,sliver is undoubtably quicker for raptors.

Elder Raah · Aug 14, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

How long does it take to kill mindlades etc in the UW in NM? could you post a link or make a video of the build farming the UW. thanks.

Warriorsrmint · Aug 15, 2008, 10:05 AM // 10:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder Raah

How long does it take to kill mindlades etc in the UW in NM? could you post a link or make a video of the build farming the UW. thanks.

I don't know how to make videos but the build is there (take out critical eye for dash or the like), i will check how long it takes now but with proper pulling it shouldn't be much longer than pre nerf.

Warriorsrmint · Aug 15, 2008, 01:36 PM // 13:36

The run i did earlier took around 35-40 minutes which is quite a while, this was doing the graspings in 2 seperate groups however (2 groups then the 3rd group themselves) as if you spam your attacks to much you get e-drained just before you use SF and having less graspings at a time lessens the risk. As they are killed one at a time it didn't really matter that i did the groups seperate, im sure i can get that time down a bit though.

Elder Raah · Aug 15, 2008, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Nice, i'm sure that time can come down, did you use Golden Fang Strike or Wild Strike, because golden fang strike seems pretty pointless for farming UW.

So its best not aggro all the graspings at once?

buzzerman · Aug 15, 2008, 02:53 PM // 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Zion

I use something like this: [/snip]

?! Lord Zion, I don't see how SF can be maintained with just Arcane Echo, without consumables or some other external effect that would reduce SF's recharge.. So how is your build supposed to work ?

Warriorsrmint · Aug 15, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzerman

?! Lord Zion, I don't see how SF can be maintained with just Arcane Echo, without consumables or some other external effect that would reduce SF's recharge.. So how is your build supposed to work ?

You use deadly paradox, Arcane Echo and need to be able to count to around 20.

Warriorsrmint · Aug 15, 2008, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder Raah

So its best not aggro all the graspings at once?

Im not sure, technically only the one you attack should use Fear Me but DB damages all of them so that may cause them to use it, i decided to do them one group at a time to be safe.

T1Cybernetic · Aug 15, 2008, 07:38 PM // 19:38

How do you get those attributes ?

11+3+1 Shadow Arts
10+3 Dagger Mastery
10+3 Critical Strikes

I might be having a dumb moment but i can not seem to get them right

ahbuh · Aug 16, 2008, 03:37 AM // 03:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by T1Cybernetic

How do you get those attributes ?

11+3+1 Shadow Arts
10+3 Dagger Mastery
10+3 Critical Strikes

I might be having a dumb moment but i can not seem to get them right

Did you do you 15 attributes quests????

T1Cybernetic · Aug 16, 2008, 10:02 AM // 10:02

Quote:

Yeah i had my assassin for a long time luckily so it was (ascended) ages ago

but i can still only get...

11+3+1 Shadow Arts
9+3 Dagger Mastery
9+3 Critical Strikes

Try it for yourself, although like i said i could be having a dumb moment :P

Scratch that, i was having a crazy dumb moment and putting 12/9/9 without even thinking

i figured it out and now have 11/10/10, it must be one of those days