User:Gemigemi/Lists/Builds

= Jessica Keldark =

Attributes

 * Expertise: 12 (11+1)
 * Marksmanship: 13 (10+3)
 * Wilderness Survival: 12 (10+1+1)

Equipment

 * Sundering Ascalon Bow of Defense (Long Bow)
 * Druid's Armor (15k)

Instructions
I use this build for any PvE area if fighting with henchmen and possible a friend or two. Slight variations to the skills are possible depending on the area and friends with me. The attribute points also shift a little depending on my mood.

As a big friend of henchmen my playstyle is optimized for controlling the henchmen as effectively as possible. I usually don't take any players in the group who I don't know so that they don't cause the henchmen to do things which they shouldn't. Some common mistakes are 1) Pulling enemy groups by attacking, as the henchmen will also attack causing the warriors to aggro more enemies 2) ctrl-clicking resurrection skills, as the henchmen monks will rush to resurrect the party member you are resurrecting.

The build itself is easy to use. Cast Favorable Winds before combat. Use Kindle Arrows and possibly Troll Unguent before pulling the enemy. Pull by moving into aggro range, not by attacking. When the enemy is in a better spot, attack using your bow attacks. Dual Shot and Punishing Shot can be spammed to increase damage output. Distracting Shot is a good interrupt and best used against monks and other enemy casters. Punishing Shot can also be used to interrupt if needed. In tight spots use Whirling Defense and Troll Unguent.

This build is very good for playing any area solo with the henchmen. On some areas you will propably want to have another player, for example a mesmer, minion master or another ranger. Never take player monks instead of henchmen monks as the henchmen work very well together, but not that well with player monks. Trusted, good monks are an exception, although they might still experience disconnects while henchmen cannot.

Attributes

 * Expertise: 13 (12+1)
 * Marksmanship: 4 (3+1)
 * Wilderness Survival: 16 (12+1+3)

Equipment

 * Gorrel's Staff
 * Druid's Armor (15k)

Instructions
See User:Gem/Team Builds for our Underworld clearing team build. See Team - Underworld trapping for instructions.

Fissure of Woe solo
I will try to create something unique later, but for now this one works fine.

Attributes

 * Expertise: 9 (8+1)
 * Marksmanship: 9 (8+1)
 * Wilderness Survival: 16 (12+1+3)
 * Inspiration Magic: 7

Equipment

 * Sundering Ascalon Bow of Defense (Long Bow)
 * Druid's Armor (15k)

Instructions
Coming later...

Attributes

 * Beast Mastery: 6 (5+1)
 * Expertise: 10 (8+1+1)
 * Marksmanship: 15 (12+3)
 * Wilderness Survival: 10 (9+1)

Equipment

 * Sundering Ascalon Bow of Defense (Long Bow)
 * Druid's Armor (15k)

Instructions
See Team - Barrage/Pet (Tomb Ruins) for instructions.

Forest Vampire
This is one of the most powerful ranger builds.

Attributes

 * Expertise: 16 (12+1+3)
 * Wilderness Survival: 4 (3+1)
 * Blood Magic: 12

Equipment

 * Dadao Sword of Fortitude
 * Blood Knife
 * Druid's Armor (15k)

Instructions
When scrolling through the Factions campaign skills and some of the GuildWiki builds I came up with the idea of a Forest Vampire with Julenal. Originally we ment the FV build to be used in GvG or Hero's Ascent, but later I decided to test it in regular PvE. It turned out to be a success as 1-2 FVs can easily complete any mission and bonus, sometimes utilizing henchmen.

The build is very easy to master. Close in using one of the speed boosts if needed and start spamming Vampiric Bite and Touch on your target. If the target starts running away, switch target or use a speed boost. When you have spent ~20 energy, use Offering of Blood unless your health is low and continue spamming the touch skills. Use OoB again whenever it recharges, but make sure that you do not kill yourself with it. If you take a lot of damage from warriors and rangers use Whirling Defense and retreat if you run out of energy while you do not have enough health to use OoB.

See User:Gem/Builds/Team:Forest Vampires for the PvP team build.

55hp ranger
Yes, this build does work, although there is no reason to have ranger as primary. The same build with a monk primary and monk superior runes would be far better.

Solo

 * Beast Mastery: 9 (5+1+3)
 * Healing Prayers: 10
 * Protection Prayers: 10
 * Smiting Prayers: 10

Tank

 * Healing Prayers: 12
 * Protection Prayers: 12

Equipment

 * Totem Axe
 * -50hp Grim Cesta
 * Druid's Armor (1.5k, 5 superior runes)

Instructions
I created the 55hp ranger to show the world that rangers can do anything what the other professions can. I created a few variants for different enemies, but this is the most succesfull one. It is best used against the minotaurs in the Elona Reach mission. First use Balthazar's Spirit, Essence Bond and Mending on yourself. As they will cause you to have 0 energy regeneration, you probably should recharge your energy after the first two and then use the third. It is important to make sure you have atleast 10 energy left, preferably 20.

Now run to the open area through which all of the minotaurs patrol. There are 9 to 13 minotaurs present. Before the first one will hit you, use Protective Spirit. When you begin to get more hits renew Protective Spirit and use Healing Breeze. Then cast Zealot's Fire. Now you should have most of the minotaurs hitting you. Spam Protective Spirit, Healing Breeze, Zealot's Fire and Vigorous Spirit as fast as you can. You will receive 2 energy for each hit so energy won't be a problem. The minotaurs will run away from you when they take damage from the Zealot's Fire. You should stay in the same place the whole time and keep casting. If most of the enemies move away from you at the same time, save your energy to renew PS and HB. If all of the minotaurs hit you at the same time you will die, so you will want to have them come and leave in smaller waves, which only happens if you cast ZF very fast in the beginning.

When most of the minotaurs are in very low health cast Edge of Extinction. Make sure that you cast it when most of the minotaurs aren't hitting you or they will kill you as you can't heal yourself or cause them to flee for 5 seconds. Then keep casting your spells normally until one enemy dies. This should cause a chain reaction killing all of the enemies. A lone survivor is hard to kill if it has a lot of hp as you will not gain enough energy to use any other skills than PS.

A 55hp ranger can solo UW, but it's too slow and hard.

Running
Do you really think I would reveal my money making build?

Attributes

 * Expertise: X
 * Wilderness Survival: X
 * Secondary attribute: X

Equipment

 * Certainly not a bow
 * Certainly some armor

Instructions
Do you really think I want more competition on the market and train others to run?

= Danya Keldark =

Attributes

 * Blood Magic: 16 (12+1+3)
 * Soul Reaping: 13 (12+1)

Equipment

 * Kole's Torment
 * Scar Pattern (15k)

Instructions
I began using Blood Magic from the beginning, as the best skills received from quests were all Blood Magic skills. I then continued to use them as I found the constant damage and healing at the same time suiting my playstyle. As a primary ranger player I am used to being able to survive without help like healing from others and the life stealing skills work well for selfsustaining. My love for rangers originally showed in constant use of my beloved pet, but later on I decided to use a real build instead.

Using hte build is pretty straightforward. Casting Life Transfer on the party target is not wise, because the target often dies before you get the maximum benefit. Otherwise use the damage skills on the called target.

Attributes

 * Curses: 16 (12+1+3)
 * Blood Magic: 11 (8+3)
 * Soul Reaping: 3 (2+1)
 * Illusion Magic: 10

Equipment

 * The Stonereaper
 * Scar Pattern (15k)

Instructions
This build can be used with any group in the Underworld as long as the enemies are gathered together to a tank. I mostly play with a 55hp monk/mesmer/ranger. If playing with a 55hp ranger or a 55hp monk with no Blessed Signet I take Blood Ritual with me instead of Ancestor's Visage. Reckless Haste is a good optional skill for Awaken the Blood. (Remember to move points from Blood Magic to Soul Reaping)

Before the tank pulls the enemy use Awaken the Blood. After the tank aggros the enemy use Ancestor's/Sympathetic Visage on him if needed. Then cast Arcane Echo and use Spiteful Spirit on one of the enemies and the echoed SS on another enemy. Then use Desecrate Enchantments as often as you can. Use the othe Visage after the first wears out if needed. The tank should move a little so that the enemies are close enough to eachother so that the SS deals damage to every enemy when triggered. Usually one enemy is left alive alone. Use Conjure Phantasm to finish it off if needed.

Minion Master
This build hasn't been tested yet, because i do not have the skills to do so.

Attributes

 * Blood Magic: 3 (2+1)
 * Death Magic: 16 (12+1+3)
 * Soul Reaping: 11 (10+1)
 * Healing Prayers: 8

Equipment

 * Staff
 * Scar Pattern (15k)
 * Bloodstained Boots

Instructions
Minions are one of the things I love most in the necromancer profession. I lost my interest after the huge 'nerf', but now I am going to start all over again.

The above build hasn't been tested yet, but I will try to do it soon. Someone plese tell me, how do these guys keep up their energy?

= Gilda Keldark =

Attributes

 * Energy Storage: 7
 * Fire Magic: 6
 * Inspiration Magic: 3

Equipment

 * Long Sword
 * Divine Symbol
 * Piken Square Pyromancer's Armor armor

Instructions
This build was made from the few skills obtainable without buying from a skill trainer. There are no special tricks to use this build.

= Shinai Keldark =

Attributes

 * Strength: 11
 * Swordsmanship: 11
 * Tactics: 11

Equipment

 * Fiery Forked Sword of Fortitude
 * Bronze Shield
 * Canthan Berserkers Armor

Instructions
Coming...

= Arabel Keldark =

Attributes

 * Divine Favor: 11 (10+1)
 * Healing Prayers: 13 (12+1)
 * Protection Prayers: 8

Equipment

 * Insightful Healing Staff of Fortitude
 * Armor

Instructions
Arabel has a very limited skill selection, complied from quest rewards, so her build isn't great.

Attributes

 * Divine Favor: 14 (12+1+1)
 * Protection Prayers: 13 (12+1)

Equipment

 * Staff
 * Armor

Instructions
This build is used for tanking the UW. If used to solo, replace Spell Breaker with Shield of Judgment, remove Rebirth and add a damage dealing skill such as Retribution. Also set the attributes as following: Divine Favor 9+1, Protection Prayers 9+1, Smiting Prayers 10+1+1.

With a low armor value you will be taking high damage. This triggers Spirit Bond which heals you. Because you have Protective Spirit on you, the healing will cancel the actual damage caused. If the monsters aren't dealing enough damage to trigger Spirit Bond, use Frenzy.

Attributes

 * Protection Prayers: 14 (11+3)
 * Healing Prayers: 13 (10+3)
 * Smiting Prayers: 3 (0+3)
 * Divine Favor: 14 (10+3+1)

Equipment

 * Totem Axe
 * -50hp Grim Cesta
 * Armor

Instructions
This build is used for tanking the UW. More information coming later...

= Beatrix Keldark =

Attributes

 * None: 200

Equipment

 * Bow
 * Armor

Instructions
Coming later...

= Factions CE account characters =

Attributes

 * None: 200

Equipment

 * Backpack, Belt Pouch, 2 Bags

Instructions
Playing the Storage build is fairly easy, although certain problems might emerge from time to time. Profession, skills, attributes and equipment are completely irrelevant unless you want your Storage build to act as a normal PvP build at the same time.

The function of a character running the Storage build is holding the inventory full of stuff which needs to be stored, but is not actively used by any other characters. Many players need to have one character with the Storage build, especially if the player is as poor in selling precious stuff to others as I am. Some players even need a whole account of characters running the Storage build if they are as poor in selling precious stuff to others as I am.