Note this is, of course, not the only build that works but I have come to like it.
You will need:An axe that suites you. Mods for your axe that I reccomend: Sundering/Firey/Zelous/Vampiric/Furious/Trollslaying : whatever floats your boat. A level 20 M/mo that is a Droknars Forge. A few skills that are easily obtained
Alright the build is: Cyclone Axe Executioners Strike Gladiators defense {Elite} Bonetti's defense Vigorous Spirit Healing Breeze Holy Veil Mending
Attributes: Axe: 12-13 | Healing 8 | Tactics: as high as possible because of Gladiators Defense
As far as skills that are tough to get: the only one is Gladiators Defense, which you capture from the Facet of strength, which is the 6th boss in the Dragons Lair mission. If you are ascended you will have this mission so its not a tough cap to find.
You start out by exiting out Droks forge to the North, there will be a group of Avicarra on your left, and usually 2-3 trolls on the hill above them, I usually slide up around the Avicarra and take those Trolls down as a warm up, also it will get your adrenaline up quickly.
Refer to the map below for guidance.
After getting around the Avicarra you are ready to get some crazy expiriance. A scroll of Advnturers insight will keep you getting +250% exp for 5 minutes. This gets you a ton of exp per troll.
You walk into the entrance to the Ice Cave and agro a group of trolls, there should be a gathering of around 12-18 here, depending on spawns. You use the build I gave you in logical order to take them all down at once, while swinging away to keep adrenaline up, you won't even have an energy problem because of bonetti's.
In terms of farming items, these level 24 guys do drop golds and purples semi-frequently as well, I would reccomend farming them from time to time for some solo-variety. There is another screen below that shows a rare, max, req 8 flatbow that dropped for me, a purple also dropped from that group. The longbow had a 20% enchanting mod which I salvaged. Not bad for 2 minutes worth of work.
After the first big group proceed west and then north in the cave to the rest of the trolls. You are obligated to kill all the trolls relatively fast to increase the expiriance on each scroll, don't want it to run out! After killing the last group with the Boss in it you zone back and start again.
This is a GREAT way to powerlevel a friend or clients character, you can charge about 2k a level, if the person is around level 13, they get about 2 levels the first run, and they buy the scrolls. So you get 4k, plus some drops and lots of expiriance. This gem should not be overlooked in tyria. It is a great place for solo fun, guild fun (because you can doit with a couple people if you want) and powerleveling profit. A great way to farm skill points as well.
Here is the map:
Here is the screen from the first group of trolls.
Thank you all for your time, PM me in game if you have any questions, other builds are welcome to be posted here as well. I may be starting a class on this soon with more in depth info, depending on demand.
My guild is looking for mature, high level, active members, if you like this thread and my others, p.m. me in game, we can talk.
The best of luck to all of you in farming trolls, weather it be for drops, expiriance, or fun. Remeber, games are here for fun, thats the point of playing. Try and have fun
