W/Rt dead?

I used to use a W/Rt with Vwk to farm UW. I run back to UW farm recently and I can hardly find a W/Rt Vwk farmer there. The temple is dominated by 55/ss or Ele/Me. I go to the solo farming post and I can't even find the build there. Was the build nerfed or just not as profitable as Ele/Me?

I still can do it as a w/rt. I just don't . ele is faster.

yeah my w/rt takes around 20 minutes to solo smites, thats not very fast

Thanks for information. I'll go learn Ele farming:P

W/Rt runs can be done in below 15 minutes easily, it is a very safe and reliable run so i think it's still a good build to use.

It's indeed a great build It's mainly used by people who don't have an ele (like me) but it's also good to use some variation! ele is faster, warrior is saver.

I still use W/Rt because I haven't learned to use the elementalist build yet ;o
works fine for me

well ele can do a faster run but also can die faster from aataxe or lag were w/rt can take longer not be affected by lag and take more than 2 hits from an aataxe also u can do a smite run with w/rt hm it was posted here a few weeks ago hard to do but possably

Ele farming? Do digress.

i once tried the A/E build for it and it didnt work out well
i still prefer VwK even though i don't do that anymore
mostly i'm a 55 for HM duo UW with my friend who is the ss

Most common uw solo builds:

E/Me = fast, not as safe as W/rt, decent drop rate (10-12 mins run) (depends on enchants)
Rt/Mo = very fast, harder to use and less safe, good drop rate (8-12 mins run) (depends on enchants)
W/Rt = slow, very safe, good drop rate (12-18 mins run) (does not depend on enchants)
W/Me = faster than W/Rt, not as safe as W/Rt, good drop rate (10-12 mins run) (depends on enchants)
Rt/W = slightly faster than W/Rt, also slightly less safe, same drop rate. (does not depend on enchants)

(edit: basically, the E/Me is the odd one out as it has a worse drop rate than the others, because the E/Me uses mass AoE to kill all enemies at the same time, whereas VwK does not).

Data summary based on personal experience, YMMV

I personally go W/Rt, most relaxed and seems to be as profitable, or even more so, as all the others in the long run.

I usedW/Rt when i used to farm the UW. However, as to be expected since "the antifarm code got removed", my drops have dryed up. If i get 1 ecto every 3 runs its a good day.

I managed to get 1 smite run to around 12-13 mins per run, when i first started, i was consistantly getting atleast 1 ecto per run. In my opinion, it has the best ratio of drops:time:"safeness" (i apologise before hand for my incorrect use of the English language there :P)

I use VwK Rt/Me for farming underworld. Runs typically take about 10-15 minutes and have net anywhere from 0 to 7 (only once) ecto per run.

The W/Rt build is by far the easiest to farm smites imo. The ammount of mistakes/bad luck you can get away with when using it is very impressive. I've had the bad fortune to have my VwK interrupted 4 times in a row before now against the graspings and i've still have well over 50% HP when i eventually got one to cast. The build i use is very slightly different to the one you'll find on wiki but that's just because i'm comfortable tweaking things to how i like them.

A full run takes me around the same time as any other W/Rt, 14-18 mins. It's so easy to use, you can almost go afk while doing it and the drops for me have been fine. I could use a couple of ele builds or a rit build but what's the point when the W/Rt already works so well?

The build is still really popular and its the safest solo I have seen :P

I think its the fact that less people are farming ectos because there isnt much money in it anymore. I mean its on really worth running so much anymore I've gone 3 runs and have gotten nothing but crappy drops and no ectos :P

Which E/Me are we exactly talking here? Because last time I tried this:
http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:E/Me_Terra_Tank
(It's just a PvX link, don't get paranoid. Guru... *rollseyes*)

... It didn't really work out, maintaining stoneflesh maybe. Is there some sort of new Glyph of Swiftness build out there? Or?

Btw, I've used W/Rt since it came out and I still use it today. An average run clocks in at about 15-20 minutes, which is pretty slow, but I find the drops are way better than when I did E/Me (linked above). Why, just the other day I got a r9 Fellblade (gold). W/Rt is not dead, but it doesn't get nearly as much attention as it used to, and I'd like to know what other people are doing that must be so much better.

I still use the W/Rt build from time to time. Most times I do the solo smite run, I just use the W/Me build. I find it to be the quickest, easiest, and idiot proof.

i don't think VWK is dead i use it every day normally every day and my ectos drop seem to be quite good i dont even play "Much" (normally 2 hours a day)
and i made 60 ectos on about 2 weeks.

and VWK is safer than any another of the UW build i use, yes it may be a bit slow but It's worth it

and all my guildies seem to use VWK they find it the best

sorry if my sentences are a bit jumbled lol

Thanks

<3 Ecto's.

w/rt isnt dead but then the other professions are faster

A while ago, on my second ever run with the build (I've changed it since then).

http://i30.tinypic.com/15davqq.jpg