Curse

theshanman0609 · Dec 04, 2007, 09:38 AM // 09:38

After the armor nerf, my warrior's days of farming smites came to a close. However, after becoming sick and tired of slow as molasses Mo/W solo runs and dual farms, I began experimenting and came up with the following build.

Average run times are around 35mins to clear all the smites, my personal best being 28mins.

Difficulty: Average
--Normal Mode Only--

Warrior/Necro Solo Smite Farmer

Equipment
-Full Knights Insignia
-Tactics Helm
-Sup Vig, Sup Absorption (chest), minor tactics, minor swordsmanship

-Zealous sword/axe of defense
-Furious sword/axe of defense
-+30/-5% (20%) tactics shield

Stats
12 Blood Magic
14 Tactics (12+1+1)
Rest in Swordsmanship

Da Build
[skill]Barbed Signet[/skill]
[skill]Unholy feast[/skill]
[skill]Gladiator's Defense[/skill]
[skill]Shield Stance[/skill]
[skill]"To the Limit!"[/skill]
[skill]Bonetti's Defense[/skill]
[skill]Healing Signet[/skill]
[skill]Sprint[/skill]

The Run
Well as most of you may have guessed, it follows just about every other solo smite farming build... Take Clear the Chamber > Kill Grasps > Run to smites > Kill smites > resign > do it again.... and again... and again

Killing is done primarily with Unholy feast in combination with Glads Defense... Barbed Signet (recharging in 20s) is a good finisher for a lone remaining smite or Dying Nightmare (+ a couple sword hits).
With no +energy runes, I am doing the run with 20 energy, which is perfect, as it allows me to cast Unholy feast (15energy) followed by one of the stances, Glads or Shield Stance.

Graspings:
Cake as always, I can usually clear the chamber in an average of 4 minutes. Sprint and pull them to the middle of the chamber. Glads Defense > Unholy Feast > Wack away to fill adrenaline for bonnettis. Wait for UF to recharge, Bonnettis > UF >shield stance > Barbed Signet... rinse repeat.

Smites
The key to smite killing is to get into a pattern with UF, attacking/To the Limit (to fill bonnettis), and usage of Glads Defense. When aggroing a group of smites, I usually lure them with Barbed Signet, and when they get close UF. From here on you have many ways to do it, but keeping your adrenaline up is a must, as it fuels your biggest self heal (UF at 12 blood is 52 stolen health from 3 enemies) through the use of bonnettis and allows you to switch between shields/glads stance. **Note** Most damage you will suffer will be DURING the duration of Gladiators Stance, as it triggers their use of RoF. To Combat this: #1) spam heal sig, and #2) attack/"To the Limit" to fill adrenal gauge for Bonnettis > UF > Shield stance > more spams of Healing signet. Do Not use Glads if you are dangerously low on health... just run around until shield stance recharges > then heal in safety**

Always try to be in a stance, and feel free to fire off barbed signet whenever it recharges. If you ever (this is inconsequential after you figure out the patterns of stances and UF) find yourself to be in a bind, low on health or out of energy... Just Run around! damage is minimal and it allows shield stance to recharge, allowing you to spam heal sig in safety. First priority is to refill adrenaline or get to 5 energy for "to the limit" > bonnettis > UF. From there, you are back in action.

In Closing:
I hope this provides all those Prophecies** only characters (like myself) an opportunity to farm for ectos like the mobs of W/Rt flooding the UW

. YES I KNOW it is more efficient/faster/safer etc. to use the W/Rt or W/Me builds, but they all rely on skills outside of the Proph. Campaign, and this is designed exactly to fill that void. I hope you all enjoy!

IGN R Kellyy --> feel free to PM me if you would like to see the run in action or have questions regarding it, id love to help if I have the time

vespertine · Dec 04, 2007, 10:46 AM // 10:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by theshanman0609

I hope this provides all those Prophesies only characters (like myself) an opportunity to farm for ectos like the mobs of W/Rt flooding the UW

. YES I KNOW it is more efficient/faster/safer etc. to use the W/Rt or W/Me builds, but they all rely on skills outside of the Proph. Campaign, and this is designed exactly to fill that void. I hope you all enjoy!

nothing more to add but: gj

btw.. the campaign is called prophecies..

Abedeus · Dec 04, 2007, 02:11 PM // 14:11

Hmmm... Pretty creative. At first I thought that you will use something slow like Grenth's Balance ;p Maybe it will be easier to use [skil] and [/skil] (with double L) so it's easier to look at and remember it.

[skill]Barbed Signet[/skill]
[skill]Unholy Feast[/skill]
[skill]Gladiator's Defense[/skill]
[skill]Shield Stance[/skill]
[skill]"To The Limit!"[/skill]
[skill]Bonetti's Defense[/skill]
[skill]Sprint[/skill]
[skill]Healing Signet[/skill]

IMO swap Shield Stance for Disciplined Stance. More armor ftw.

Too bad I can't test if it's faster than W/Rt or W/Me.

Pyro maniac · Dec 04, 2007, 02:21 PM // 14:21

good job on this build, I'll may try it

theshanman0609 · Dec 04, 2007, 05:21 PM // 17:21

ty for your comments

keep em coming. Will test out disciplined stance later on

majiger · Dec 04, 2007, 10:19 PM // 22:19

YAY UW RUNS WITHOUT NEED TO CAP VwK!

very nice guide, although i have all camegins this is useful

deluxe · Dec 05, 2007, 03:20 AM // 03:20

Not that i would need this build, but just some advice: Instead of "to the limit", you could do cyclone axe with a zealous axe, this gives you loads of energy/adrenaline. Does extra damage, and the recharge is 5x shorter than TTL.

ShadowofWar · Dec 05, 2007, 03:24 AM // 03:24

i have to say at first i was a bit iffy on this but, i tried it worked nicely. Well done. btw actually got 3 ectos on the run and some golds ^^

skinkboy · Dec 05, 2007, 03:45 AM // 03:45

Why dont you just get the other campaigns...There not that expensive, factions and nf you can get around this holiday season for probably less than 30$ each

theshanman0609 · Dec 05, 2007, 06:19 AM // 06:19

To Deluxe: Under all other circumstances I would totally agree, however, I included "To the Limit!" as a means to obtain adrenaline when the smites are enchanted by SOJ... cyclone = game over

to Skinkboy: Yes i know, thats not the point (why spend $60 for skills when I can farm it with the edition I own?)

ShadowOfWar: Gratz

glad you like it

NuclearDope · Dec 05, 2007, 07:24 AM // 07:24

Got all campaigns so dont really need it, but i have to say, pretty creative and i'm impressed. great work.

AscalonWarrior · Dec 05, 2007, 12:24 PM // 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by skinkboy

Why dont you just get the other campaigns...There not that expensive, factions and nf you can get around this holiday season for probably less than 30$ each

Probably for the same reason that I have money to buy a new bike, but I can go to school with my old one..