Curse

wetsparks · Sep 13, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryth

This is what I run vs Destroyers

ME - A Echo spoil victor nec with mark of pain
Gwen - Fast casting fire nuker
Vekk - Earth Aoe with unsteady ground elite
Xandra - Defensive spirit spammer for general support

and mhenlo lina zho talon for henchy slots.

I had no problem at all vs them, they fall like flies. Spoil Victor bakes em nukers eat em.

People always forget about [skill]spoil victor[/skill] im glad you mentioned it. I put that on my necro hero and rarely have problems, people always think about [skill]spiteful spirit[/skill] when I find that they don't quite use it properly and enemies rarely clump up enough for it to really use the aoe damage part.

HawkofStorms · Sep 13, 2007, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Ahh how spoiled we have gotten. SF suddenly stops working and all of a sudden the world panics... Curses FTW!

Evilsod · Sep 13, 2007, 05:58 AM // 05:58

I find it funny (and a little sad) that people just refuse to change from fire-based Ele builds... then try and say it works well. What was Freeked's last post? Savannah Heat builds work quite well, even at 60dp... the fact your AT 60dp means the build sucks.

The moment i was told that Destroyers were immune to Burning (i didn't actually realise when i did Raven Point during the preview till someone told me the next day) i just swapped out my SF eles and my MM and brought in my MoR Dom - Norgu, an SS/BR - Olias and my Inep/Frustration - Gwen. Olias now replaced with an SV - Livia.

Its funny, i (did) hold the top score in Glints Challenge till we were beaten by 1 point, i got endless whispers asking for my build, and some seemed quite surprised that i don't use an ele. I use Gwen. My friend uses Koss. (MM + Monk on each side is pretty much a req). Frustration utterly destroys them if your a Ranger since those interrupts trigger just by interrupting a regular attack.

cute_dragon · Sep 13, 2007, 11:46 AM // 11:46

Well, I also was surprised when I recognised, that destroyers have heavy resistances vs. fire and earth...
My both Zhed and Sousuke are equipped for fire (not with SF but Savanna Heat, explosion and so on). After I realized that, I equipped the Charr (Beastmaster, and works very well

) with Winter and the Problem was gone.
Other options are Blood or Curses Necros, or Another Mesmer, Illusion as degen-Mesmer, or Domination with Chaosstorm and so on...
after some andjustments, destroyers were no problem.
^^
hf

Big_Iron · Sep 13, 2007, 02:09 PM // 14:09

You know what else works great? Snow Storm, the Dwarf skill. Destroyers are still pretty stupid and will bunch up. Hit them with Snow Storm and watch em fall.

Evilsod · Sep 14, 2007, 09:06 AM // 09:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by cute_dragon

Well, I also was surprised when I recognised, that destroyers have heavy resistances vs. fire and earth...
My both Zhed and Sousuke are equipped for fire (not with SF but Savanna Heat, explosion and so on). After I realized that, I equipped the Charr (Beastmaster, and works very well

) with Winter and the Problem was gone.

Its funny how people keep saying that... even though Winter is bugged and won't effect a Fire Elementalists damage in the slightest. Maybe the Beastmaster is just exceptionally good

Master Sword Keeper · Sep 14, 2007, 09:09 AM // 09:09

hahahaah are we solo'in or mobbin em?

LOL 2 words. "Deep Wound"

LOL try it sometime. In every proffesion there is a way to destroy a monster
is any such way... Learn dif combos and make use of the mesmer skills,

Phantom Pain is always useful.
That's why im a warrior. Axe skillz ftw.

terrible theresa · Oct 16, 2007, 11:56 AM // 11:56

myself (air ele) guildy (necro) with olias mm whispers n/monk (to help heal dragon) + monkI have olias mm whispers blood & monk. we have been placing in the top 10 in ranks daily & just cant get 1rst place. the destroyers r not much of a problem except for the deeds. they just dont want to die for me with out a good fight.what I want to know is how do I kill the deeds quicker.or what do I have to do to get the higher ranks.I want # 1 at least once.by the way my IGN is Gorgon Earth

Saraphim · Oct 16, 2007, 01:04 PM // 13:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet

You know what else works great? Snow Storm, the Dwarf skill. Destroyers are still pretty stupid and will bunch up. Hit them with Snow Storm and watch em fall.

Yup, that and Alkar's Acid work great. I did Glint's challenge earlier with H/H and managed to finish it with Sab's triple necro build + Lina and Mhenlo, with Herta for wards and Zho for interrupts. No-one died, probably too much healing really if anything.

Me- running dual attune Shellshock / Lightning Javelin ( for spammable interrupt) / Orb and hammer + aforementioned PVE skills. Only real issue was getting no return on energy costs for the PVE skills meant I had to watch my use of LH.

Only got one core throughout the whole challenge mission and that was from the chest....previously I got 3-4 on the first wave alone.

SNIEVES · Oct 18, 2007, 01:00 PM // 13:00

i usually run 2 or 3 water eles with Ward against Harm(elite), maselstrom, deep freeze, also, i play a ranger with winter and conjure frost build with icy longbow. = Dead Destroyer

Showtime · Oct 19, 2007, 09:27 AM // 09:27

i didn't realize that the destroyers didn't burn at all. i knew they had resistance and stuff.

i got a chance to try a few things with my ranger and my war while filling out 6+ hero handbooks over the past few days. the easiest (maybe not the most efficient) was the ursanery. ursan blessing with whatever build you can manage. i tried different builds and all the different track skills and went ursan whenever i felt like speeding up the process. even in pugs i outlasted noobish war tanks and dervishes (they should all ursan imo) with my ursan ranger and that was at only lvl 4 or 5 norn.

basic team build was the same i see everywhere.
me: ursan war or ranger
heros: 2 nukers + nuker or mm necro depending on location
henchies: monks, interrupter, nuker

Pug team builds were pug team builds...

did the 1st 15 parts of the heroes handbook with that build so it got tested in lots of different places. the last/final one i went full ranger and used bunch of hero/henchie rangers and monks.

bungusmaximus · Oct 19, 2007, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Armor ignoring damage all the way, since destroyers get raised by force feeding them liquid iron so it seems :P. Good tip for people who bring physicals, bring stance removal for those pesky rangers.