Curse

Lordhelmos · Dec 04, 2006, 12:31 PM // 12:31

I got tired of seeing so many baltha-RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOs and leaving the our lovely goddess of healing, air, and compassion in the dust. Heres a nice build to show you what Dwayna can do when you piss her off.

Equipment: Currently Using Fahralon's Scythe, Windwalker Robes

Attribute Spread:

Scythe Mastery: 14 (Major)
Protection Prayers: 2
Earth Prayers: 7
Mysticism: 15 (Superior + Headgear)

Skills:
Mystic Sweep
Victorious Sweep
Conviction
Vital Boon
Mending Touch
Avatar of Dwayna (e)
Faithful Intervention
Resurrection Chant

This is a balanced build made to deal a good amount of area damage and tank fairly well at the same time. You will start with faithful intervention, which just milks damage into mystic sweep for later. Go into avatar mode and use vital boon. Run conviction as you engage the mob (you should still have a decent amount of energy since everything on your bar cost only 5). Your main attack combo will be victorious sweep, followed by mystic sweep. Mystic actually buffers into the victorious sweep, which results in a very damaging 2 hit attack.

The beauty of this build is that if you are hit with a hex or condtion, just slam mending touch and you lose 2 conditions, one hex, and gain 70 life. Dwayna gives you a complete wipe on your status so as long as you are in avatar mode. You are pretty much immune to hexes and conditions because you have a contemplation of purity that recharges in 4 seconds. Because everything on your bar is so cheap, your natural regen should manage energy and the +5 bonus from mysticism when boon ends pretty much lets you recast it for free. With 75 seconds of avatar form, you will be spending the majority of your time as dwayna slamming the end of your scythe into unlucky foes.

Also when you use the two hit combo on a low life enemy or mob, the heal from Dwayna pairs up with the 73 health from victorious (which activates if it strikes more than one foe as well). If you hit 3 enemies with the two part combo you can gain over 240 life in one stroke just off an attack, not to mention vital boon gives you a health boost and is constantly granting you 130+ when it ends. Faithful intervention acts as a safety net incase you are spiked or caught when your avatar runs out. You will be drowning in HP and very hard to kill. Conviction also helps to reduce damage as well and with just 7 in earth prayers, still grants you a good 22 seconds. Because of the 14 in scythe mastery, you will still be dealing nice heavy damage as well.

Kijik Oni Hanryuu · Dec 04, 2006, 08:23 PM // 20:23

nice build, but there is little need to bash balthazar man... But this is a good self-heal build man,

ogami_ito · Dec 05, 2006, 02:51 AM // 02:51

I will have to try this. But just note. Melandru is The Goddess. Especially when she wields Wearying Strike.

Detis Zan · Dec 05, 2006, 03:11 AM // 03:11

Great build. But really Balthazar is a good skill. No need to put it down cause of it's abundance, it's the next best thing to a decked out warrior (AL wise).

But yeah there is a lot but hey it happens. It's called cookie cut. XD

I like the healing power I didn't even know about Mending Touch. (haven't really paid much attention to the monk skills in NF) Wish I knew that earlier.

I Might Avenge U · Dec 05, 2006, 04:19 AM // 04:19

Dwayna is an interesting skill but I still think it isn't as effective as "AOB"(Dr. Evil Laugh) or AOM. IMO it just isn't as valuable.

Hella Good · Dec 05, 2006, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Pious Restoration is an interesting alternative for hex removal and self-heals. And it's non-elite. And it can trigger beneficial end-of-Ench effects. *shrug* I think apart from Melandru's, Balthazar's, and Grenth's avatars, the other 2 forms are lacking.

strcpy · Dec 05, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23

I used a very similar build while soloing a mesmer and necro boss during the triple green drop weekend. It was really effective there.

Dwayna seems to be more situational, but really really nice in those situations.

Ivan Darklord · Dec 05, 2006, 06:54 AM // 06:54

Nice build, very good self heal. AoB is a tanking avatar and so is Melandru, but Melandru does a nice combo with Wearying Strike just like Ogami said.

jesh · Dec 05, 2006, 07:57 AM // 07:57

Imagined Burden/Crippling Shot > Balthazar.
Dwayna for sure is nice in mid/low end pvp where hexes and conditions can run rampant. There isn't much that a AoB dervish can do about a mesmer on his booty, but a Dwayna may be able to get away with a little hate.

Pious Restoration is nice, but I haven't seen much use of it, simply because that would probably mean giving up a beloved Earth Prayers skill. *rolls eyes*

Lordhelmos · Dec 05, 2006, 07:30 PM // 19:30

Lol, indeed AoB is a good skill. No hate on its effectiveness since it essentially makes you a leet warrior :P But anyway, I just wanted to try some new mixes with the less used Avies. I made some changes to the build and I currently run this:

Scythe Mastery: 13
Earth Prayers: 8
Mysticism: 15

Mystic Sweep
Heart of Fury
Conviction
Mystic Regen
Faithful Intervention
Mending Touch
Avatar of Dwayna
Rez

Of course keep mystic regen/conviction up at all times and just use mending touch + Dwayna to clear all hexes and conditions. With constant regen and +24 armor you can pretty much tank everything, including mesmer mobs. I use faithful intervention as a marker for pressure. If im outdamaged and lose faithful even while under mystic regen and conviction, I know its time to pull out and regroup.

runeseeker1 · Dec 09, 2006, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hella Good

Pious Restoration is an interesting alternative for hex removal and self-heals. And it's non-elite. And it can trigger beneficial end-of-Ench effects. *shrug* I think apart from Melandru's, Balthazar's, and Grenth's avatars, the other 2 forms are lacking.

I'm not trying to flame...
I find Balthazar and Melandru overused, however.
And Grenth is really situational. Its use in PvE is horrible, as enhcnatment removal will only work on Kournan Dervishes,so far. (i havent finished the game yet)
And Lyssa? use her with an arcane conundrum and that nice damage boost kicks in. And the +10 energy is nice too.

Nice build, Lordhelmos! Now I've stopped wondering why I capped Dwayna in the first place.

Franco Power · Dec 09, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Grenths grenth grenth FTW.

Who needs OoA with grenth ? bb thumpers/warriors