Curse

Sky Master Mind · Apr 29, 2007, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Hi all

Here is my "home build" for this Boss, it works well in Normal/Hard mode.

I'm Me/N, but it works a lot with a N/Me too :P

Spirit Shackles is useless against this boss, He uses a signet of rejuvenation to heal himself, so I take Ignorance. In hard mode he uses Healing breeze, but this is not a problem

Enjoy

EDIT : 30 seconds for the run, 30 seconds for the Boss ^^

Mesmer in Need · Apr 29, 2007, 07:32 PM // 19:32

Forget ss. 7/8 mesmer skills ftw.

Dragonious · Apr 29, 2007, 08:46 PM // 20:46

Lol, just got a ruby after getting all three rare scrolls and a green but no tomes so far. >.<

clawofcrimson · Apr 29, 2007, 08:57 PM // 20:57

BTW you can do this with a henchi if you aren't a necro/mesmer... just take master of whispers.. I got my elite monk tome that way.

Lord Oranos · Apr 29, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Been doing 189dmg/s to him with SV, Empathy, and Price of Failure.

Gotta feeling this is going to be nerfed.

Arkantos · Apr 29, 2007, 10:46 PM // 22:46

[skill]Spoil Victor[/skill][skill]Price Of Failure[/skill][skill]Consume Corpse[/skill]
Only 3 skills you need, and class can go /N and do it (maybe not warriors and paragons because of their 2 energy regen.)

Scary Raebbit · Apr 30, 2007, 12:08 AM // 00:08

Knocked it down to around 40 seconds with a 20 second run I estimate. (Storm Chaser blinks away before I can cast my first spell).

J3mo · Apr 30, 2007, 12:36 AM // 00:36

Ty nice quick farm

edit: I've done about 20~25 runs now, haven't had 1 green, only 1 gold scroll and about 300g.
Wonder how this even can be nerfed.
I did it in HM

Arabian_Night · Apr 30, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Apparantly you share my luck.

kratimas · Apr 30, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scary Raebbit

Knocked it down to around 40 seconds with a 20 second run I estimate. (Storm Chaser blinks away before I can cast my first spell).

Scary can you post the build you use for this. My ranger is the only character that I have near this place.

Thanks,

Krat

Freneticweasel · Apr 30, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

I think that Spoil victor is much faster, 100~ damage per attack/spell

J3mo · Apr 30, 2007, 03:51 AM // 03:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by kratimas

Scary can you post the build you use for this. My ranger is the only character that I have near this place.

Thanks,

Krat

R/Me

Famine, Pred Season?, Primal echoes, Spirit of failure, storm chaser, ignorance?, Spirit Shackles something like that

Scary Raebbit · Apr 30, 2007, 07:10 AM // 07:10

I did just Spirit Shackles, Spirit of Failure, Empathy, Mind Wrack, Wastrel's Demise, Diversion (Don't have Ignorance on my Ranger, otherwise could go with two less Sigs of Rejuv, also a 1k expense, so I would highly suggest that over Diversion), Famine, Storm Chaser.
Max WS
12 Inspiration (which is a 3 energy per miss on SoF allowing you to spam spells)
Rest into Domination.
I just happened to have a Mindclouder so I use that.
Zone out, Storm Chaser out to the wall, cast a quick spell on Byzzr so he doesn't pull back from that blocking wall, forcing you to endanger yourself with the patrolling mob and moving closer, taking up time. Cast Famine, cast Spirit Shackles, SoF, Empathy, Wastrel's Demise, Mind Wrack, cast any recharging spell(s) (while casting your spell(s) Byzzr should cast a Sig of Rejuv) then cast Diversion. Div is a 3 second cast and if you just casted a 1 second spell with a 0.75 second after cast, you can squeeze in a Div just right before the Sig recharged in 8 seconds. I assume it's a little bit faster with Ignorance, but since I'm playing the "AFK in a Ring game" I haven't really tried.
Once the boss dies, target most valuable drop (obviously), SC over, pick it up and others. Watch out for the patrol by Byzzr which might or might not contain a Crip Anguish Mesmer.
I did try lowering Inspiration to a 2 energy SoF on hit, but I felt like I was running low on energy, as I actually triggered Famine on myself once.

SotiCoto · Apr 30, 2007, 10:25 AM // 10:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sky Master Mind

Spirit Shackles is useless against this boss, He uses a signet of rejuvenation to heal himself, so I take Ignorance. In hard mode he uses Healing breeze, but this is not a problem

Hardly useless. He doesn't use his signet too often, and the amount of damage that can be done to him in the meanwhile more than makes up for it.

Not only that, but I discovered that with Spirit Shackles and Soul Barbs on him, I can spam Malaise for around 80 to 90 damage every two seconds on him, quite aside from what he does to himself with Price of Failure and Spiteful Spirit.
I mean... all well and good for the people who use Spoil Victor, but I never much liked that it was in the Blood Magic line when all the better non-elite hexes are in Curses.

BirdDog · Apr 30, 2007, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowbaneX

I gave this a try, works well, but could work better. Since there's no 'other ally' around, he can't use his elite, so no Hex removal, so I just use this build

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[skill]Spiteful Spirit[/skill][skill]Price of Failure[/skill][skill]Reckless Haste[/skill][skill]Awaken the Blood[/skill][skill]Spirit of Failure[/skill][skill]Spirit Shackles[/skill][skill]Soul Barbs[/skill][skill]Consume Corpse[/skill]. Minor alteration, but since you've got more then enough energy from Spirit of Failure, and can just spam hexes...and if you're going to do that Awaken the Blood and Soul Barbs will just make him go down all the quicker.

So far I haven't gotten too much of not, just some gold and a Scroll to the Underworld.

this is working like a charm.

so big thanx, but You see alot of N/ME in the town now

taco_salad · Apr 30, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

The Byzzr's Benidiction green is almost impossible to sell, but this is one of the best ways I know of to get a elite Monk tome. Anyone willing to buy 10 green monk offhands per day?

Note: I like ShadowbaneX's build the best.

SotiCoto · Apr 30, 2007, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by taco_salad

The Byzzr's Benidiction green is almost impossible to sell, but this is one of the best ways I know of to get a elite Monk tome. Anyone willing to buy 10 green monk offhands per day?

Note: I like ShadowbaneX's build the best.

You make my build cry....

But really... I didn't notice any difference using Reckless Haste on them. It was as though it doesn't stack with their existing attack-speed boost... so I stopped using it.

I guess I'm still the only one using Malaise with Soul Barbs to spam-spike him. ^_^;

Mesmer in Need · Apr 30, 2007, 11:08 PM // 23:08

I finnaly got an elite monk tome, 2 fow scrolls, and alot of greens. Theyre hard to sell, but atleast my heros are happy!

Turbobusa · Apr 30, 2007, 11:40 PM // 23:40

[skill]dark pact[/skill][skill]blood of the aggressor[/skill][skill]mark of subversion[/skill][skill]Spoil victor[/skill][skill]empathy[/skill][skill]price of failure[/skill][skill]awaken the blood[/skill][skill]necrotic traversal[/skill]
55 armor
Max blood,~10+3 curses
9 domination (up to you)

cast AtB at the entrance, then spoil victor, mark of subersion, price of failure, empathy, dark pact, blood of the aggressor, dark pact if he isn't dead already.

woot. you just killed him in <1 minute

Levi Garett · May 01, 2007, 02:03 AM // 02:03

Here's a monk variation:

Drops are pretty bad to be honest. I got the drops shown in exactly 1 hour. Considering the only real worthwhile thing is the black dye I'd say this guy drops pretty terrible. I'll give it another hour to see if I get anything else though....BUT you can't count on him dropping black dyes to make this run worthwhile (Black Dyes are probably the rarest drop I/G).

Also I brought two Heroes and loaded them both with 12 Tactics and Charge. This speeds up the run from ~30 seconds to ~20 seconds. I immediately Charge once into the zone, hit the 2nd charge(after the 1st wears off), and then flag the heroes back near the portal(you can do all this while running). By the time the 2nd Charge wears off you are at the wall next to the boss and the heroes will be greyed out back by the portal.

This build kills him in less than 25 seconds every time. Just cast 1-6 on him and he'll go down fast. You have to reapply SV but he dies within 3-5 seconds after the second SV cast. Then use PS and Consume Corpse to grab your drops. The pop up mobs never even hit me (even with 3 drops) before I can /resign.

Oh and if you haven't figured it out it's obviously a 55hp monk build and I'm doing it in Hard Mode.

Nice little farm, but I think you can do better elsewhere.