Archive:A/E Gloom Farmer

This build has been archived as of July 2, 2008, for the following reason: Nerf to Shadow Form This build had been designed for the following use: PvE farming This build was in the category great before being archived.

This build uses high damage PBAoE spells, with the added damage bonus from the Lightbringer title, to farm selected groups in Ravenheart Gloom for Torment Gemstones.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Elementalist 12 Fire Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts Fire Attunement Core Elementalist. Fire Magic 12 Fire Attunement Enchantment Spell For 55 seconds, you are attuned to Fire. You gain 1 Energy plus 30% of the base Energy cost of the Skill each time you use Fire Magic. 30 1 10 Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 22 seconds, you cannot be the target of enemy Spells, and you gain 5 damage reduction for each Assassin enchantment on you. You cannot deal more than 26 damage with a single skill or attack. 30 1 5 Shadow Walk Nightfall Assassin. Unlinked Shadow Walk Stance Shadow Step to target foe. For 15 seconds nothing happens. Your attack skills are disabled for 1 second, and your stances and enchantments are disabled for 10 seconds. When this stance ends, you return to your original location. 30 5 Phoenix Prophecies Elementalist. Fire Magic 12 Phoenix Spell A fiery Phoenix rises at your location and flies out to your target, exploding on impact. This explosion strikes your target and nearby foes for 50 fire damage. If you are Overcast, allies in the blast radius are healed for 68 Health. 7 1.5 15 Meteor Shower Prophecies Elementalist. Fire Magic 12 Meteor Shower Spell Create a Meteor Shower at target foe's location. For 9 seconds, foes adjacent to that location are struck for 91 fire damage and knocked down every 3 seconds. 60 5 25 Bed of Coals Factions Elementalist. Fire Magic 12 Bed of Coals Spell Create a Bed of Coals at target foe's location. For 5 seconds, foes standing adjacent to target foe are struck for 24 fire damage each second. Any foe knocked down on the Bed of Coals is set on fire for 6 seconds. 15 1 10 Lava Font Prophecies Elementalist. Fire Magic 12 Lava Font Spell For 5 seconds, foes adjacent to the location where this Spell was cast are struck for 41 fire damage. If you are Overcast, this spell strikes nearby foes instead of adjacent ones. 4 1.5 10 Dark Escape Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Dark Escape Stance For 16 seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack. 30 5 Template code

Necessities

• Radiant or Shrouded Armor.
• 20% enchanting, +5 energy weapon, such as a Totem Axe.
• +12 energy rec. fire, +15 energy -1 regeneration, +30 health second hand item, such as those exchanged for Jade Bracelets.
• Lightbringer level 4 or above has been proven to work, Higher is better.

Usage

• Enter Ravenheart Gloom from the Gate of Anguish. Receive the bounty from the Whispers Informant.
• Run past the first group of foes with Shadow Form and Dark Escape. Shadow Form is not necessary if you use careful timing and hug the right wall.
• Now, near your position is a mob made entirely of spellcasters, lacking a Heart Tormentor.
• Wait for combat between the Shadow Army and the Order of Whispers ends. Get closer to the mixed group.
• Precast Fire Attunement.
• Cast Shadow Form and get into the middle of the enemy group with Shadow Walk.
• Now, cast Phoenix, Meteor Shower, Bed of Coals, Lava Font, Phoenix and finally Lava Font in that order.
• Once Shadow Form is about to expire (blinking slowly / quickly) use Dark Escape and run to safety.
• Once the mixed group has been cleared, repeat the above tactics for the group of six Curse of Darknesses.
• After that, you may want to attempt an attack on the group containing two Wind of Darknesses and one Scourge of Darkness.
• If a torment gemstone drops at any time, making a clean escape and retrieving it is always an option.

Counters

• Heart and Earth tormentors can severely damage, or kill you.

Notes

• This build works in other areas with tight grouping mobs.
• Works in Hard Mode with LB R6+

See also

• Video of the run being done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdF5q-4_LyY
• Another video, done in hard mode (Details in video): http://youtube.com/watch?v=8JB-zeDp0as

• Build:E/A Gloom Farmer