User:Kickside/Rescued Builds

^ HAH, just want to test it, see if it can 1: survive, and 2: Shut down an entire (or two) enemies single-handedly. It has Cripple for kite, maxed regen if the optional is another enchantment (conviction? Mirage Cloak? Fleeting Stability?), and extra armor vs the guys you just crippled/bleeded. Energy management? (thinking about Guilt or Shame for opt slot) idn, but i'm gonna go test it lol EDIT: I never actually tested, although i have echo now, because i found the build that i knew already existed with the same purpose, using mantra of recovery instead of echo. idea abandoned, but it stays on my page because it's cool :-D

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Optional skills are spirits. This is just a thought i had, because at 14 Spawning, rit lord is 57% faster recharge, while deadly pardox is 50% faster without an elite slot. Thus, you have a rit lord with preservation (UGH GOD NO) or Wanderlust (OH BABY SEXY). No room for Painful Bond though, so you might want to go defensive, although agressive rit lord without painful bond works fine. Pity I didnt read the fine print, deadly paradox only works for Asassin skills :-(. Oh well, it was a cool idea so i'm keeping it here and i dont know wtf is up with those optional boxes.

Equipment: Zealous Sword of Fortitude, a Shield with -5 (20%) +30 stats. Radiant Armor with Minor Strength, Minor Swordsmanship, Superior Vigor, and two runes of Attunement.

Usage: Build adrenaline, use skills from left to right when possible. Lion's Comfort or Healing Signet for healing, Rez Sig immediately after death. Attempt to coordinate spikes using control-click on Headbutt (with variant 1) or BoA (variant 2).

For Nog64's contest! I've got my work cut out for me, many have tried and failed at this task, but I think I might pull it off...

A/E Signet Spammer
This build is designed for PvP and uses high damage Signets and other ranged attacks, that allows for high-damage attacks while keeping the user in a safe distance from the middle of battle. That, in combination with the Assassin's high AL allows for a sturdy caster that can handle pressure more effectively than many other spellcasters usually can.

Equipment

 * Shrouded or Radiant Armor
 * Insightful Airstaff of Enchanting with a 5^50 energy inscription

A/W BoA Sin
The BoA Sin (also called Burst Sin) is a fragile yet very deadly assassin used to take down targets quickly while making use of Shadow Prison to snare the target long enough to unleash the build's vicious assault.

Equipment

 * A Full Set of Radiant (insignia) armor.
 * Zealous, Vampiric and Ebon Daggers of Fortitude.

A/W Fear-Inspiring Sin
The A/W Fear-Inspiring Sin is designed to take advantage of the Assassin's double strikes and fast attack rate to spam "Fear Me!" in order to cause massive AoE energy degeneration.

Equipment

 * Radiant Armor or Nightstalker's Armor
 * One pair of Zealous Daggers
 * One pair of Vampiric Daggers

A/any Impaler
The Impaler is a spike damage build. This build is an AB and CM build.

Attributes and Skills
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Equipment

 * Shrouded Armor to have enough energy for the combos
 * Sundering or vampiric daggers. Any max daggers will work, the more damage the better.
 * The best vigor rune available to offset the superior rune and increase overall survival.

A/any Interrupt Sin
The Interrupt Assassin uses several interrupt and knockdown skills to put pressure on, or even shutdown the enemy.

Equipment

 * Full Radiant or Survivor Armor (insignias). Superior Rune of Dagger Mastery, Superior Rune of Vigor.
 * Energy +5 Zealous Daggers of Fortitude.
 * 15^50 Zealous Daggers of Fortitude.

Equipment

 * A insightful staff of enchanting with a HSR 20% mod such as Kepkhet's Refuge or The Yakslapper
 * A negative energy set for focus swapping will help against energy denial.
 * A one handed weapon with a crippling mod may also be a legitimate choice to increase the cripple duration from Return

Equipment
Barbed Sword of Enchanting ( +5 Energy ) ( Barbed isn't really required but bleeding is the most common condition so I figure lengthening it by 33% when using plague touch can't be bad. ) Radiant Armor with a rune of clarity and sup vigor.

Equipment

 * You should carry three different spears with you:Vampiric, Zealous, and Ebon. Make sure you have your Ebon Spear equipped when trying to Blind opponents.


 * Make sure to equip a Rune of Clarity, and it might be wise to bring one weapon with an "I can see clearly now!" inscription.

Attributes and Skills

 * The Optional Slot is intended to be the utility slot and should be used as such. A Hex Removal skill is probably the best way to utilize this slot.

Equipment

 * Emissary's Armor, Oracle's Armor, and Halcyon's Armor all make good choices.
 * Any Staff or Wand/Offhand combination will work as long as they are linked to Restoration Magic.

W/E Aggressive Hammer
Aggressive Hammer warrior uses the elite skill Backbreaker to apply damage and pressure to targets while other allies come in to spike. This warrior is versatile as it is able to switch between applying pressure with long knockdowns and snares, and spiking a target with a deadly attack combo. This warrior combos well with other melee professions.

Equipment

 * Radiant Armor.
 * Furious Hammer of Fortitude with 15^50.

Fury of the Mokele
This Warrior build allows a player to instantly charge adrenal skills, allowing for an immediate opening attack chain. The use of a hammer with a solid attack chain and an IAS provides lethal damage. It can also be used to spike low armored targets.

Equipment

 * Armor: 1 Radiant Insignia (on chest piece), 1 Stonefist Insignia (any), all other pieces with Survivor's Insignia. 1 Rune of Attunement, 1 Rune of Clarity.
 * Weapons: Furious, elemental (any) and Vampiric Hammers of Fortitude, all with damage +15% (while health is above 50%) mods.

Variants

 * You may replace Tiger Stance with Frenzy or Flail upon self preference.

The Optional Slot gives a good deal of utility:
 * Wild Blow to rid stances.
 * Bull's Strike works well in conjunction with Enraging Charge to catch kiters.
 * Distracting Blow can be used for a key interrupt.

In addition, you may change your secondary to any type you believe can complement your play style in the optional slot. Here are a few useful choices:
 * Necromancer - Plague Touch
 * Monk - Mending Touch
 * Dervish - Rending Touch
 * Assassin - Death's Charge. Good for catching the target off guard. Trigger Enraging Charge, shadow step with Death's Charge, then proceed with Mokele Smash and the rest of the combo. It also gives out some healing so is useful to get out of an AoE.

The Player (You)

 * The example give below will be a BoA Assassin, but there are countless variants as to what the player can be run.

A/any Beguiling Steel
This build is meant to disable and kill casters by using daze. The six second duration of the dazed condition is easily enough time to unleash your combo. Although it works best against casters, the large spike can also easily take out medium to heavily armored targets.

Equipment

 * Zealous or Sundering Daggers of Fortitude or of Defense, with the +5 energy inscription.
 * Shrouded armor for maximum energy, and preferably at least one Rune of Attunement.

This build is designed to deal massive AoE damage within a strikingly short amount of time, to become a lethal force in Competitive Missions and Alliance Battles, where fast resurrection allows for such a feat to be accomplished.

Usage
A Starburster's main job is to deal big damage to all nearby foes by using skills based on striking nearby foes. It uses Death's Charge to quick approach enemy and strike him with his deadly skills. Fire Attunement gives some energy back so it's easy to strike many times. When enemies are weakened it's good to use Meteor Shower after using Glyph of Sacrifice to finish them off.

Equipment

 * A fire wand and flame artifact set with 20% HCT/HSR
 * A second set with +15 energy and -1 energy regeneration.
 * Full Battlemage's Armor (Stalwart Insignia: +10 vs. physical damage)

E/Me Terra Tank
This build uses Stone Striker to convert damage received into Earth Damage, which trigger Mantra of Earth to reduce the damage and gain energy. Stoneflesh Aura then reduces the damage further. By using high damage dealing skills, this build may be used to solo the Smite Crawlers in the Underworld within 10 minutes.

Equipment

 * Geomancer armor, though not required, will provide you with 20 extra armor.
 * Anything along the lines of Galigord's Stone Staff.

E/any Searing Flames Elementalist
This PvP build is used to cause high damage, semi-spammable AoE pressure. It can be adapted for PvE purposes.

Equipment

 * A Full set of + Health Armor
 * A +5 Energy/30 Hp Weapon with an offhand of choice.
 * A 15/-1 Energy Set
 * A Staff of Enchanting is optional.

Rt/R Nightmare Marksman
The Nightmare Marksman is a true nightmare due to its high life steal spike.

Attributes and skills

 * slot 1:
 * , used against spirit spammers.
 * used between Dual Shot and Distracting Shot.
 * useful for additional energy management (with QZ).
 * slot 2:
 * gives a little pressure and its a spirit so you don't need to sac hp on Offering of Spirit.
 * , the less arrow flight time the better... and it’s a spirit just like Bloodsong
 * makes it harder to dodge arrows... Spirit...
 * , for blocking purpose.
 * if you don’t want to wait 10 seconds between the spikes... Spirit...
 * same as above.
 * , used against blind.
 * , if you don't think 171 every 10 second or so is enough...
 * slot 3:
 * every RA build should have this equipped
 * Or any of the previous mentioned skills if you think the build lacks defense/offense
 * Or any of the previous mentioned skills if you think the build lacks defense/offense

Equipment

 * Armor: Any armor works, energy management shouldn't be an issue but never hurts.
 * Weapons: Vampiric Recurve bow of Defense with "I have the Power!" and an Insightful Communing Staff of Defense

W/A Lone Ganksman
This build is designed to cause havoc within enemy territory, through its use of the Warrior elite "You're All Alone!" to spread conditions, allowing for easier kills. That, in conjunction with Signet of Malice, provides the user with ample self-condition removal, creating a very powerful solo build.

Equipment

 * Full Berserker's Armor.
 * Vampiric, Zealous, Crippling, and Ebon Swords/Axes of Fortitude.
 * A +30HP, -5 (20% chance) received damage shield.
 * A +30HP, +10 armor vs piercing shield.
 * A +30HP, +10 armor vs slashing shield.
 * Free rune slots should be fitted with Vitae runes.

Me/any Caster Headache
This build mainly focuses on using Migraine and Frustration in order to make things easier for this interrupt-happy skill set.

Equipment

 * Anything you can get for extra Energy as well as a superior Vigor Rune.
 * Mostly preference but I would suggest a 20/20 Inspiration cane or a Garbok's Cane with a 20/20 Illusion focus.

E/A Solo Green Farmer
This build utilizes the elite Shadow Arts skill Shadow Form and the earth magic skill Sliver Armor to quickly take down bosses that are accompanied by medium/large mobs to efficiently farm their green items

Equipment

 * Archmage's Armor
 * Enchantments last 20% longer weapon.
 * Arius' Sai or Chimor's Daggers are recommended Daggers.
 * Galigord's Stone Staff is a recommended Staff.
 * Totem Axe/Rajazan's Fervor + Galigord's Stone Scroll are also recommended. Earth Scrolls with identical stats as Galigord's can be found at Collector Ohtah in the Undercity (5 Plague Idols) or Collector Denos Makaluum in Vasburg Armory (5 Stone Horns). Droajam's Storm is also very similar to Galigord's Stone Scroll (and may be preferable depending on what you are farming).

Usage

 * Run to the boss using Dark Escape.
 * When you are just out of aggro, activate Glyph of Elemental Power,Shadow Form and use Death's Charge to teleport in. Usually aggroing before teleporting in makes enemies clump together, giving Sliver Armor less of a chance to target the boss.
 * Then activate Sliver Armor. Make sure you are closer to the boss than anything else, or you will not kill it! If Sliver Armor ends up targetting the wrong foe, try stepping away and then back to the boss, this will often give you the desired effect.
 * Use Obsidian Flame, Teinai's Crystals then Crystal Wave to speed up killing.
 * Just after the boss is dead, activate Shadow Form and use the speed buffs to run away to safety. You can use Shadow Form again since Morale Boosts recharge all skills.

Mo/E SoA Sliver
This build is a branch of the Mo/any SoA Monk. It utilizes the quick killing power of Sliver Armor along with Shield of Absorption to stay alive. It was particularly useful in farming Bosses and has been known to kill in under 15.5 seconds before the latest game update.

Attributes and Skills

 * The Attributes listed above can be changed to fit your reaction time and/or computer speed. Because you only have about one second to click on SOA, the build above helps extend that time needed to click on it again. If your computer's (or your) reaction speed is not the best go with the current build. On the other side, if you are fast and your computer is as well, you can lower the Divine Favor down a point and add on to Earth Magic.


 * The most common choice for the optional slots is Essence Bond and Aftershock or Watchful Spirit (or any other regeneration skill). See the Variants | Variants section for other possibilities.

Equipment

 * Ascetic's Armor is recommended for a larger energy pool, max armor is not needed.


 * You will need five superior runes - at least one in Protection Prayers and one in Divine Favor, as well as one in the headpiece (see below) - to bring your health down to 105, The -50 hp Grim Cesta from the Cities of Ascalon quest is not needed, but can be used if you like.


 * Aquire two scalp designs, one for Protection Prayers with a Superior Protection Prayers and another for Divine Favor. (Note that both headpieces must have a superior rune) This is needed to achieve 15 Divine Favor to strengthen the power of Blessed Aura. This will be described more in the next section (Usage)


 * Any weapon / staff with an "Enchantments last 20% longer" modifier is needed. The Totem Axe and Rajazan's Fervor are common choices but any staff with the "Enchantments last 20% longer" mod will work as well. Kepkhet's Refuge is very useful if you are playing the 105 hp variant, as the halved casting and recharge can be very effective if it affects Sliver Armor or Shield of Absorption.


 * Hukhrah's Staff (or any other staff of Mastery in Divine Favor) is also helpful. This will also be explained in the Usage section.

Ne/Me Midnight Solo
The Midnight Solo is one of a very few builds centered around the Mesmer elite skill Signet of Midnight. This solo build will work on all Warrior bosses located in the Jade Sea. It should be applicable to most Warrior and Assassin bosses in other areas, as long as you isolate them.

This build has been proven to work on:
 * Geoffer Pain Bringer (Boreas Seabed (explorable))
 * Sskai, Dragon's Birth (Boreas Seabed (explorable))
 * Jacqui The Reaver (Gyala Hatchery (explorable))
 * Reefclaw Ragebound (Gyala Hatchery (explorable))
 * Chkkr Locust Lord (Melandru's Hope)

This build focuses on blinding the target and uses failure hexes to get energy as well as deal some damage. With a high chance to miss with attacks (25%+25%+52% from hexes and 90% from blindness) the target will simply never hit you with an attack. Mixed with -9 Health degeneration this build is very effective and can kill almost any Jade Sea Boss in 60 seconds.

Equipment

 * +5 energy Wand or Sword and any collectors Curses offhand.
 * Wicked Scar Pattern (Curses +1).
 * Superior Curses Rune.

N/Mo Boss Farmer
This build is intended for quick and direct farming of bosses. It relies on the normal 55 standard and very high health regeneration for healing and damage reduction. Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit provide energy for the consistent spamming of regeneration skills. The main damage comes from Spoil Victor and possibly one Touch Attack. This build allows the user to charge directly for the boss monster and ignore the boss's mob.

Equipment

 * Each of your armor pieces need to have a superior attribute Rune. This will lower your base Health to 105. (The only required type is blood, but 5 are necessary to hit 105 health.)
 * It is a good idea to bring a second set of armor. This will allow you to adjust your health manually based on any Death Penalty you might accumulate.
 * Any +5 energy/20% longer enchanting sword/axe such as Rajazan's Fervor or Totem Axe.
 * The -50hp Grim Cesta from the Cities of Ascalon quest. (This is not required if you don't mind dying once and using a -20 offhand to hit 13hp. This will work better in most cases.)
 * For 13hp build, any -20hp offhand (preferably +12 energy). (Life is Pain Inscriptions help with this.)
 * If you have any +hp offhands they could also be useful if any DP is accumulated.

R/D Impurity Farmer
This farming build relies on Ranger evasion stances while spreading conditions to enemies and healing yourself for each enemy under a condition.

Attributes and Skills

 * Optional slot can be filled with an additional attack skill such as Eremite's Attack or Troll Unguent for extra defense.
 * Other good choices are Veil of Thorns or Aura of Thorns as they will ensure all enemies are always suffering from a condition. This is a must for this build as Reap Impurities is your main healing skill.

Equipment

 * Radiant or Sentry armor
 * Any Scythe will do the trick, best is Zealous, but if you cannot afford, take any max damage Scythe or Pre-Order one. Suli's Scythe is a good choice.

R/Me UW Solo Trapper
This build is designed to farm the Underworld as a solo ranger trapper. The build uses the skill recharge bonus and energy given by the Nature Rituals and Serpent's Quickness to spam as many Dust Traps as much as possible.

Equipment

 * Full Druid's Armor or equivalent in function
 * Two Runes of Attunement
 * The best Rune of Vigor you can afford (but at least a major)
 * Any staff with 15 or 20 energy bonus with + 7 armor against physical damage
 * For extra protection when pulling you could take a replacement armor piece for one of those with a superior rune in it and a staff with +60hp. This will allow you to survive two hits from a Bladed Aatxe.

W/Mo Vermin Farmer
This is a W/Mo build for solo-farming the Vermin in Xaquang Skyway. The core skills of this build include: Dolyak Signet, Triple Chop, Cyclone Axe, and Vigorous Spirit.

This build is very easy for any beginning farmer to understand and use. It is not recommended for farming anything else, but can be easily modified to farm numerous other melee-based mobs.

Attributes and Skills
This is one of many possible variations. Many people have many different preferences and this farm can be done with a weapon other than axe, but this is the general consensus as to the most widely-used build. The skills may not be exactly the same for most people with the exception of only a couple (Dolyak Signet, Cyclone Axe, Vigorous Spirit) and many different types of variation are definitely possible.


 * The optional slot is for an energy management skill such as Bonetti's Defense or Balthazar's Spirit if you choose not to bring a zealous weapon. If you choose to bring a zealous weapon, this skill slot can be used for pretty much anything (Bringing Balanced Stance or Flail is very effective).

Equipment

 * Gladiator's Armor (suggested but not required). Knight's Armor is another good choice, as you will only lose health through degen.
 * Best Vigor Rune available.
 * Superior Absorption.
 * Zealous Axe (Wing's Axe works wonderfully) suggested, however isn't necessary. Any kind of axe will do.
 * If you decide to go without a zealous weapon, the Totem Axe, Victo's Battle Axe and Chaklin's Axe are also very good choices.


 * Onwan's Aegis is a great shield for this build.
 * Any shield that gives you health while enchanted is also a good idea.

W/any Fissure Spider Farmer

 * Gladiator's Helmet of Major Vigor
 * Gladiator's Hauberk of Superior Absorption
 * Gladiator's Gauntlets of Minor Axe Mastery
 * Gladiator's Leggings of Major Tactics
 * Gladiator's Boots of Minor Strength


 * Either Battle Axe from the collectors Nord Stonegrimm, Sir Pohl Sanbert, or Pietro, upgraded with a Zealous Axe Haft and an Axe Grip of Shelter +7.
 * The Crimson Carapace Shield from Lord Dorn Lendrigen.