Talk:Vermin

Farming Vermin- Well, I hate to admit it, but I've got a limited ability to farm these things. I don't have a Warrior, and my Monk is a ways off from becoming a 55. But the collector *Yu Lae has a bow that I really like, and I've painstakingly tried using blood AoE, FoC spiking, SS(Which might have worked better if I had spent the gold to become a N/Me with Arcane Echo) a Touch Ranger (which failed miserably, the degen gets me every time and I run out of mana trying to throw the Bleeding and Poison off), a Pin Down/degen (which unfortunately didn't work so well since there's always at least 3 of them), and a couple other things I'm not so proud of.

Of course, eventually I gave in and used a couple of AI to buffer myself. But in terms of ways of farming these that would actually WORK, I suggest: A *Spiteful Spirit N/Me using Arcane Echo. I didn't have one myself, but even 1 Spiteful Spirit spell combined with Reckless Haste killed at least 1 of them and severely damaged the others nearby. 2 would have killed them all very quickly. I should do that later.

Any W/Mo using Balanced Stance and Healing Signet could easily overcome the Vermin.

I do NOT suggest using a 55, since the Vermin use Jagged Strike and Entangling Asp, which have enough degen to overcome the 55's healing abilities.


 * They can indeed easily be farmed with a generic Warrior build, something along the line of W/Mo Troll Farmer (just add Dolyak Signet or Balanced Stance to avoid knockdowns). There's also the E/any Anti-KD Earth Farmer. --84-175 (talk) 17:45, 8 August 2006 (CDT)

Damage Type
I see that the note about the damage type (slashing damage) dealt by Vermin have been removed. Now I think it should be our goal to document as many features as possible about any creature, including damage types, where it is possible. In my opinion this information isn't trivial as it would be of a major advantage to bring the right defensive skills (i.e. "Shields Up!" or mesmer's mantras). --84-175 (talk) 08:27, 11 August 2006 (CDT)


 * esp considering the Assassin armor against specific physical damage types. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 09:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT)


 * So is it confirmed that Vermin do NOT do slashing damage?


 * I'm not sure anymore. I re-tested it using my +8 vs. slashing shield and "Shields Up!" to test vs. piercing, but the results are not as conclusive as I remembered them from my first test. They seem to deal neither piercing nor slashing, wich I find odd. --84-175 (talk) 10:10, 21 August 2006 (CDT)