Holy Whirling Axes Batman! How to get rich using W/Mo skills in Pongmei Valley

i tried this.. and the triple chop keeps "jamming" when i try to you is.. it seems like it doesnt have a target even when i clearly am attacking a kirin. this got me killed quite some times as only cyclone axe doesnt heal me enough.. maybe this happens to me only >_>


/edit: i am using my c key to attack :'(

these things always happen to me -.-

Quote: Originally Posted by znxjanx

wow sorry i insulted this thread but please no harm was intended i was just saying, no need to snap and yes 2ndname i hear you it does get boring so i do vermin, troll, etc, etc aswell to fill time and yes i probably will try this i was just saying ...

~A Leprechaun~

Don't think there's much new about this, but a nice write-up.

Been doing a similar thing but not with judges insight, I use "Shielding Hands" since it effectivly voids the "Barbs" effect from the Stone Scale Kirins.

EDIT:

Btw. your max damage is 97 not the higher number you posted - you get those high numbers on the minions (obviously since they are undead) - I tried it the build myself and did 160 on one of the minions.

I'm not trying to diss this but the time killing isn't really faster than other builds, you do more damage but less often and judges insight aren't helping that much really. And the only reason I'm being critical here is because of the title that makes it sound like it's something extremely awesome.

Anyway it's not bad and surely useful for some people, and Kurzik keys drop quite frequently there, never had a gold there tho.

Heheh nice write-up, I've been warrior farming that spot since the beta weekend.

One thing I do is dump the points in str down to 9 and axe down to 12. Use the extra points in smiting and run zealot's fire. As long as you don't spam zealots fire, you don't break agro. The skill progression looks something like this:

Healing breeze (zealot's damage) -> cyclone -> bonetti's -> vigorous (zealots) -> cyclone + triple.

Sometimes I notice that you get a little position confusion going on; you hit C but fail to start attacking the critter (the server thinks it's out of reach). When this happens a couple "tab-space" cycles usually gets things going again. If cyclone required a target like triple, this little feature would be deadly.

Quote: Originally Posted by A Leprechaun wow sorry i insulted this thread but please no harm was intended i was just saying, no need to snap and yes 2ndname i hear you it does get boring so i do vermin, troll, etc, etc aswell to fill time and yes i probably will try this i was just saying ...

~A Leprechaun~ Not a problem, I welcome comments and I didn't feel insulted. Feedback (even negative feedback provided it is constructive) should always be welcomed.

Quote: Originally Posted by majoho Don't think there's much new about this, but a nice write-up.

Been doing a similar thing but not with judges insight, I use "Shielding Hands" since it effectivly voids the "Barbs" effect from the Stone Scale Kirins.

EDIT:

Btw. your max damage is 97 not the higher number you posted - you get those high numbers on the minions (obviously since they are undead) - I tried it the build myself and did 160 on one of the minions.

I'm not trying to diss this but the time killing isn't really faster than other builds, you do more damage but less often and judges insight aren't helping that much really. And the only reason I'm being critical here is because of the title that makes it sound like it's something extremely awesome.

Anyway it's not bad and surely useful for some people, and Kurzik keys drop quite frequently there, never had a gold there tho. I assure you that 114 is the max damage I've done on a Stone Scale Kirin using Triple Chop. I have done the run so many times that I am absolutely certain it was a Stone Scale Kirin and not a Vampiric Horror (I can do as much as 220 damage to them with Triple Chop). Are you using the axe that gives +20% damage while hexed? As soon as I can get a screenshot of me doing that much damage I will post it.

Shielding hands is a good suggestion, I also tried Smite Hex (floppingHogs suggestion) which works if you want to do more damage.

I'm sorry if you think the title is misleading, I simply didn't know what else to call it. In defense of the title though, this is the build I used to make myself a GW millionaire (although to be fair 250k was made sellling those gold gothic swords (15%^50) and gold gothic dual axes (15% -5 energy))

I've not been able to find a W/Mo build that killed faster in this run. I've tried the classic Cyclone Axe/ Glad's defense with various smiting skills but it took me around 5 minutes. If there are other builds I wouldn't mind looking at them if you could suggest them. Keep in mind I don't have a Monk, only a necro, ranger, and warrior.

Quote: Originally Posted by King's Spectre

Quote: Originally Posted by Atticus Awesomus

Ok here's the improvement (well in my opinion).

Simply replace "Bonettis" with "Balthazar's Spirit" - yes it gives you a energy degen (since you will be having three maintained enhancements) but it works just fine.

Before you enter battle, cast "Mending" and "Balthazar's Spirit", when you have rounded up the mobs cast "Live Viscariously" and then proceed as described in the OP.

The mobs will be hitting you so much that you will have full energy all the time even with the energy degen, and this takes away the need to click "Bonettis" during battle

Quote: Originally Posted by majoho

Quote: Originally Posted by Hells Last Survivor

Quote: Originally Posted by Atticus Awesomus

About the damage argument, there are 3 different reasons the damage might cap out at different places. 1) Damage mod, 15% while enchanted as opposed to 20% while hexed, or some other mod you might be using. 2) Customization; I forget it sometimes (didn't in this case), but that's a whole 20% bonus lost without it. 3) A sundering Axe mod would make every 5th attack a bit more powerful... I think that's what the 117 from majojo might be.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ezekiel Prophet

Quote: Originally Posted by majoho

I haven't seen anyone post this so I'm just going to throw my build out there.

Doylak
Disrupting Chop
Executioner's Strike
Triple Chop (E)
Cyclone Axe
Bonetti's Defense
Vigorous Spirit
Live Vicariously

The only trick here is you start from the luxon or kurzick outpost sides of the valley,

Talk to a Priest and get the blessings, 3 health regen and something like +25 health for free no used up enchantmets.

I have been killing everything in the valley except for the large groups of Ahh fan that fall from the lower level ceilings. I kill 8 Stone Kirin and 4 undergrowth at one time no problems. It is a blast to go off of these creatures.

Also I kill the Jade Brotherhood on my way to killing the Assassin Boss each time.

The only real difference in my build is carrying an interrupt for casters and not needing mending (The biggest help of all) to kill the casters just drag 2 or 3 melee foes in with you and target the caster using the melee's for energy boosts.

I have fallen in love with this farming and hopefully it will keep producing well for all of us.

The Yetis are even fun to take on with this build, I would say they are probably the toughest because they can blind you.

Hopefully this helps someone, this has been the easiest build I have used so far.

Quote: Originally Posted by King's Spectre

Quote: Originally Posted by Puddin Cheeks

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to thank you all for your suggestions. I did some tweaking and found a way to complete the run in about two minutes consistently. The build requires a little more dexterity and skimps slightly on healing, but it can be done. The modified build is similar to the originally posted build but with these changes.

Helm:
Use a helm of Axe Mastery with a superior Rune of Axe Mastery (+4 Axe Mastery total bonus)

Attribute points:
Axe Mastery: 13
Strength: 9
Smiting Prayers: 11
Healing: 8

Skills:

Cyclone Axe
Bonetti's Defense
Triple Chop(E)
Vigorous Spirit
Smite Hex
Zealots Fire
Live Vicariously
Mending

Cast Mending, regen energy, cast Live Vicariously. Once you've aggroed cast Zealots fire, Cyclone Axe, Bonetti's Defense, Triple Chop, and every now and then spam VS and Smite Hex. Smite Hex will do 65 damage + 23 damage (87 total). Every now and then spam VS which will do 23 damage thanks to Zealots Fire. Don't spam VS or Smite Hex more than every 4 seconds to avoid deaggroing due to Area of Effect. I would like to thank...

floppinghog for his suggestion of Smite Hex
King's Spectre and majoho for suggesting Zealots Fire

Funny that my Guildmates didn't want me to post this build, thanks to all your help I think it's better than before.

And of course, here's a video of me doing the run using the new skills, the codec is XviD. Let me know what you think.

http://rapidshare.de/files/31275155/...ngmei.avi.html

I guess the only thing i was really trying to help others with was the little secret of getting the blessings from the priest instead of having to use mending.

thanks Atticus Awesomus,
new build works fine,
I even tryed it on vermin, no problems.

actually, it's very easy