Curse

t8rt0t · Aug 16, 2006, 03:13 PM // 15:13

I played with this again last night and managed to get the shield the first time I dropped him. I think my problem before was that I was relying too much on epidemic to spread conditions but when they didn't group up tight it wasn't spreading. Last night I noticed that when that happened they were still close enough that I could spread enough conditions around with my blade for ViM to be effective if I switched targets.

I only did a few runs so I'm not sure yet if this will be a reliable farm or if I just got lucky last night....

king_robin · Aug 16, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Hey is just 5 lesser dmg. Only 5 !!!! not 10 not 15 not 20 .....

Scott · Aug 16, 2006, 05:36 PM // 17:36

okay, i will try it again the next days, looking for what i did wrong that i died so quickly.could i maybe qry you ingame t8rt0t if i totally fail? ^^

boxterduke · Aug 16, 2006, 10:08 PM // 22:08

I tried it on the weekend and I got the shield from the first run.
They do not group as well as when this guide was written.
What I did was I lured the am fah assassins to the turtles and they killed everyone except the boss.
The boss was able to kill them all and he was left by himself.

I then soloed him and he dropped the shield. I will post a pic when I get home of the skills I used and attribute points after I read the whole post and discussion on skills and such.

EDIT: here is the build

Thanas · Aug 17, 2006, 03:22 AM // 03:22

I'm just gettin very fed up with the run. I keep on getting knocked over by traps!

Thanas · Aug 17, 2006, 04:57 PM // 16:57

After getting very fed up with this build an the fact is was very circumstantial. I just went Wammo with hh, hb, balth s, mending, doylak, sprint, exec, and pen b. This build can run through Am Fa and also solos smaller mobs of Kappa with ease. Its far easier to use. I am now working on taking large mobs. PM me for me more info. IGN Sparhawk Ironfist.

**EDIT**

Removed pen b, added orison to heal up in between attacks until hh come back on. Allows you to take on larger mobs. Will try vig spirit and cyclone and report here.

..... AS far as I can see it is necessary to have bleeding on the boss otherwise he regenerates faster than you can dmg. For this reason I think its necessary to include drunken blow or desp blow.

On another note I actually managed to complete a few runs on the w/me build. It works a little better if you split the mobs. This build does not seem to be able to take on very large mobs. However no shield drop yet. Just to note I've found WY invaluable. However traps en route are still much cause for concern.

King's Spectre · Aug 17, 2006, 06:22 PM // 18:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by king_robin

Hey is just 5 lesser dmg. Only 5 !!!! not 10 not 15 not 20 .....

Two (updated to 3 when the change was made) from armor, up to 5 from shield (if you've got a fancy -2/-3 one), and 3 from the rune. Even at only 5 per attack, that's 5 times a lot of attacks.

Thanas · Aug 18, 2006, 02:11 AM // 02:11

How have you all managed to get golds and get shield first time. I've been out a fair number of times now and not only have I had not had the shield, I've had no decent kappa drops either!???

Scott · Aug 18, 2006, 01:13 PM // 13:13

All my 15 runs went about the same: When I go to a group of kappa i'm at the half of my hp (even with mantra of frost). then they dont group together enough to spread the conditions and vim heals just about 120... it's the most depressing solo farm i ever made -.-

Thanas · Aug 18, 2006, 10:25 PM // 22:25

Wohoo finally got shield.

Scott heres a few tips, don't use mantra of frost it sucks big time. Use ele resist, with doylak and watch yourself and drunken blow. Pull groups of 5 at a time if you can. At least 2 kappa ussually mob together. Use that to your advantage. You won't need to use epidemic anyway wen you hit 3 Kappa. Just stack coniditions or put conditions on different Kappa. Then VIM it. Make sure you also have plate armour, since armour v phys is useless. I go purely strength and tactics. Sure it takes a while, but it keeps me safe. I always have doylak and sprint last a good length of time. When you can, use heal sig, this won't be very often however. But when you see rust dissapear, hit heal sig. Ensure you have at least one armour skill activated whilst healing though.

Thevil King · Aug 30, 2006, 04:53 PM // 16:53

Another way to farm tis is using a W/Rt Dolyak, Sever, Gash, Watch Yourself, Sprint, Generous Was Tsungrai, Vengeful Was Khanhei and Soothing Memories at 12 str 8 swords 9tac and 11 restoration. Basically just put on dolyaks and vengeful and sit there, heal when vengeful is recharging and khanhei will take care of all the kappas. When all the kappas are dead sever and gash Baubao. But it took kinda long to kill him.

Scott · Sep 12, 2006, 07:43 AM // 07:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thevil King

Another way to farm tis is using a W/Rt Dolyak, Sever, Gash, Watch Yourself, Sprint, Generous Was Tsungrai, Vengeful Was Khanhei and Soothing Memories at 12 str 8 swords 9tac and 11 restoration. Basically just put on dolyaks and vengeful and sit there, heal when vengeful is recharging and khanhei will take care of all the kappas. When all the kappas are dead sever and gash Baubao. But it took kinda long to kill him.

yes, this build works much better. Thanks!

Former Ruling · Oct 10, 2006, 07:48 AM // 07:48

Thread Is Rezzed.

Just incase someone wants to farm these (no newer threads I have seen about this).

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Some updated stuff on the run.

1) Use the Jade Brotherhood route to the Undercity. You only face the Am Fah mobs infront of the portal this way (And those are only hostile after the Drinking quests)

2) Go to the right at the Undercity, this way theres only 2 Am Fah groups to the Kappas. One of them "come down on you" so they dont attack you as you zip by, and the other as no chance of hitting any traps.

3) I could tank 6+ of them easily, with only 2 of them beside each other for Epidemic. The key is that ViM is "in the area " range even though Epidemic isnt, So you can Epidemic a group of kappa, then move to the lone kappas to kill them off first and your ViM will still activate off the grouped kappas.

Build:
Tactics 16, Inspiration 6, Str 12
Drunk Blow
Des. Blow
ViM!
Epidemic
Mantra of Frost
Dolyak Signet
Healing Sig
Sprint

Mantra of Frost>Ele Def. Its really only for the energy anyway and the reduce is decent, you STAY at max energy the whole time which is the point.

4) Put Mantra up and walk towards the kappas (through Mind

), you might have only 150-200hp left when you get to one, dont worry. Use Des/Drunk on one of the grouped ones, then Epidemic it and ViM. Then its cake from there. Spam them again and Epidemic again, and move to differnt ungrouped Kappas as desired (remember ViM has a large area). Renew Dolyak as desired, and remember, dont waste your ViM, if theres alot of condtions out, dont use it til you are SERIOUS low HP.

Its a Slower farm, so not for money farming at all. The Boss is really slow since the only dmg you are doing to him is the Des/Drunk blow (~43dmg ea).

I did it only because I needed Ancient Kappa Shells for a collector (got 7 in one run).

Bucephalus · Oct 10, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06

When I first used my build to get the shield it was before the armor changes and I only used to take damage from Mind Freeze and Enervating Charge and could round everything up safely before attacking, so much so that I was going to reduce the Inspiration points because back then I hardly even had to use VIM.

I went back after the armor changes to test the build and found that I take 3 damage every hit + 3 more from Conjour Frost which, considering how many kappa there are, soon becomes a problem unless you make sure that you only aggro one group at a time, or groups that are close together, if you aggro one group and then as you are fighting aggro a group on the outside of your bubble, then by the time you reach them you will probably be dead.

I have been thinking about a new build for this area and if it works I will let you all know.

Oh a GW forum · Oct 13, 2006, 09:07 PM // 21:07

Well this build is definately out-dated. When this was written absorbtion still nullified elemental damage... so you'd be taking MUCH less damage.

I'm going to say w/mo is way superiour for this run now, about to use my build I use for Ice imps, which should blow through them with ease.