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Nimrod EX · Oct 15, 2007, 01:37 PM // 13:37

howdy doody every1...i've been trying lots of things with the snowmen recently...i found out that for some reason, glads defence/bonneti doesn't block their snowballs...on top of that, their snowballs still do 50 damage regardless of how much armor (or -3 dmg insignias) i have. but i think that an obsi tank...with SOME form of damage dealing can do it. and theres a "Plains Of Jarin" farm for an ele which does awesome aoe which might be good...but i only have a level 11 ele with hardly any skills and cannot test it...could some1 test the build mentioned in this thread: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10150938
and tell me if it works?
thanks in advance
(btw the build for the ele is NOT mine)

Steboy93 · Oct 15, 2007, 04:20 PM // 16:20

The reason you can not block their snowballs with glads defence is because it is a spell, not a melee attack or projectile, obsidian flash does however stop them because they are spells so it stops them being able to cast it on you.
I can't test the build though because i don't have an ele up to there

Nimrod EX · Oct 15, 2007, 04:30 PM // 16:30

oooh genious! never thought of that...but in that case Vow of silence can help...spell breaker...lots of things

sliver armor and all that will reduce the damage won't it?

kielus · Oct 15, 2007, 11:09 PM // 23:09

sliver armor wont reduce dmg, it never did actually... perhaps obsi tank with sliver and some form of dmg skills, but still wouldn't be effective (what you want to farm there?). Guess 600/smite with qz backup would be faster. Still Fire ele team plows through there.

SoA does reduce dmg taken btw, same with PS

corey54321 · Oct 15, 2007, 11:46 PM // 23:46

i dont know how to post the skill icon bet heres the link basical u tank then and they shut them selfs down then unflag heros to kill them bond your self also http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Defiant_Was_Xinrae

osk · Oct 16, 2007, 05:40 AM // 05:40

umm... pardon me...but why thinking of solo/dual when there's loot scaling? it's still easy with 8 heroes/henchmen in HM + any form of aoe u can think of, i like splinter barrage it's fun!

MercenaryKnight · Oct 16, 2007, 05:48 AM // 05:48

Paragon's are really useful. Seeing as using a bunch of sf eles and They are on fire, tntf reduce snowballs damage (tested). Also defensive anthem blocks 50% of their projectiles so I do this easily with 3 sf heroes 2 monk hench and 2 ele hench.

Avatar Exico · Oct 16, 2007, 06:23 AM // 06:23

There is no defense against the Snowman's.

spun ducky · Oct 16, 2007, 06:42 AM // 06:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatar Exico

There is no defense against the Snowman's.

I would have to disagree as pointed out in my thread http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10207737
It's really simple just disable their spell skills with one of the xinrae skills and then use a evasive stance or something like stoneflesh aura their wand attacks do very little damage even in hard mode.

A Simple Farmer · Oct 16, 2007, 05:58 PM // 17:58

I tried this farm before HM with an ele ob tank build. At that time, deeprunner wouldn't respawn, so you couldn't complete the quest, and all I got for it was a crappy gold and lots of materials

.

So when HM started up that's the first farm I tried.

So far, I've only done 1 run, so....
Started off with a full Salvage Kit, to keep track. (and only 11 inv. slots, doh!)
Got:
42 whites & blues,
10 Purples
6 golds
para and monk tome

took 49 minutes, and I died 6 times (i suck). A lot of that time was spent salvaging materials, so I'm sure it can be done faster.

I think this a ok place to farm for materials and maybe modifiers, though not much else.

ps, this is my 1st. post!!!

Corpselooter · Oct 16, 2007, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Glyph of Swiftness, Obsidian Flesh, Stoneflesh aura. 4-8 is optional, just farm the first 2 mobs.

Incandecree · Oct 16, 2007, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Mantra of Frost works well for casters for e-management

Avatar Exico · Oct 16, 2007, 06:41 PM // 18:41

having 3 monks and 4 eles 1 Tank does a good job i think, HB, Life Steath Prot, another Prot Monk, 3 SF's 1 SH, Tank to take heat.

A11Eur0 · Oct 16, 2007, 06:44 PM // 18:44

solo...eh. 3-man, with a HH/Shielding hands tank, bonder, and nuker. Life barrier/bond cuts the damage from the snowballs down to 12-14 and HH takes care of that. use healing breeze before HH is about to drop then cast shielding hands. You should survive until HH is back up. Use the asuran skill Air of Superiority and you'll very likely never run out of energy, and you have a good chance of insta-recharge of HH AND air.

jaeharys targaryen · Oct 17, 2007, 02:12 PM // 14:12

lol:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linksys

Most embarassing self ownage would be being overwhelmed by the snowmen in that Treasure quest in GW:EN. I know it's supposed to be Master difficulty level but still, these are freaking lvl 15 snowmen from the Wintersday festival. There was just so many of them and they were on me like Kobe Bryant on a hotel maid.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaeharys targaryen

you just gave me a farming idea. wtb HM gwen, tbh.

my idea!

(two week old posts)
simple farmer's was successful but his build looked baed
i'd go for a standard geomancer with sandstorm+mantra

Nimrod EX · Oct 17, 2007, 02:17 PM // 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Simple Farmer

I tried this farm before HM with an ele ob tank build. At that time, deeprunner wouldn't respawn, so you couldn't complete the quest, and all I got for it was a crappy gold and lots of materials

.

So when HM started up that's the first farm I tried.

So far, I've only done 1 run, so....
Started off with a full Salvage Kit, to keep track. (and only 11 inv. slots, doh!)
Got:
42 whites & blues,
10 Purples
6 golds
para and monk tome

took 49 minutes, and I died 6 times (i suck). A lot of that time was spent salvaging materials, so I'm sure it can be done faster.

I think this a ok place to farm for materials and maybe modifiers, though not much else.

http://andrewmcnichol.com/images/HMsnowman.jpg
ps, this is my 1st. post!!!

dude....42 whites?! wtf?

and thanks for posting this build...it should be good enough...and WHY did u die 6 times? (was it cause u forgot to maintain obsi flesh? or just because they overpowered you?).
plus people i wanna farm this not for the reputation points (although its a nice side advantage), i want to farm it because this is the only place i know tht can have 170 level 24 monsters, that come in mobs of 15

this can be the best farm ever if u know how to do it!

pkodyssey · Oct 17, 2007, 02:32 PM // 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatar Exico

There is no defense against the Snowman's.

Did you mean to say... "Muwhahahaha" after that?

dont feel no pain · Oct 17, 2007, 02:49 PM // 14:49

fffiiirrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee, why is nobody trying fire aoe spam XD

Savor Silversword · Oct 17, 2007, 03:19 PM // 15:19

any1 know a good warrior build for farming snowmen HM??

A Simple Farmer · Oct 17, 2007, 08:40 PM // 20:40

I died from interupts. There's a couple skills that the snowmen have that interupt you (some are spells, some skills). With the build I used you can still do it; mostly by taking the mobs separate than the interupters. And using Deeprunnuner to your' advantage.

If you want drops and rep, probably just farm the first couple groups, as fast as possible. In the long run you'll get more. Maybe an earth ele, with echo Sandstorm. Maybe a 330 vwk or echo vwk with an interupt stance.

You got a ritualist near there?