Build:D/N Raptor Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

Use Vow of Strength and Eremite's Attack to trigger Mark of Pain multiple times to farm the Raptor cave outside Rata Sum.

Attributes and Skills

Dervish / Necromancer 11 + 1 + 3 Earth Prayers 10 Curses 9 + 1 Mysticism 4 Wind Prayers Signet of Mystic Speed EotN Dervish. Wind Prayers 4 Signet of Mystic Speed Signet For 30 seconds, your next 2 self-targeting enchantments cast instantly. Flash enchantments do not consume uses of this skill. 20 1 Mirage Cloak Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 15 Mirage Cloak Flash Enchantment Spell For 7 seconds, you have a 80% chance to block incoming attacks. When you cast this enchantment, all nearby foes are struck for 40 earth damage. 10 10 Vow of Strength Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 15 Vow of Strength Elite Enchantment Spell For 15 seconds, whenever you attack a foe with your scythe, you deal 25 slashing damage to all adjacent foes. 20 ¼ 5 Armor of Sanctity Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 15 Armor of Sanctity Enchantment Spell All adjacent foes suffer from weakness for 15 seconds. For 15 seconds, you take 20 less damage from foes suffering from a Condition. 15 ¼ 5 Dust Cloak Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 15 Dust Cloak Flash Enchantment Spell All adjacent foes are struck for 40 earth damage. For 30 seconds, your attacks deal earth damage. When this Enchantment ends, all adjacent foes are Blinded for 4 seconds. 6 10 Pious Fury EotN Dervish. Mysticism 10 Pious Fury Stance Remove 1 Dervish enchantment. For 5 seconds, you attack 25% faster. If an enchantment was removed, this stance lasts twice as long. 10 5 Mark of Pain Core Necromancer. Curses 10 Mark of Pain Hex Spell For 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 30 shadow damage to adjacent foes. 20 1 10 Eremite's Attack Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery Eremite's Attack Melee Attack If it hits, this attack deals +1..8..11 damage and removes a Dervish enchantment. If an enchantment is removed, you do an additional +1..8..11 damage and strike all adjacent foes. 6 5 Template code

Paragon / Ritualist 12 + 1 + 3 Command 8 Leadership 10 Restoration Magic "Fall Back!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 16 "Fall Back!" Shout For 10 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 16 Health per second while moving and move 33% faster. "Fall Back!" ends on an ally affected by this Shout when that ally successfully hits with an attack. 20 10 "Incoming!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 16 "Incoming!" Elite Shout For 10 seconds, all allies within earshot move 33% faster, and gain 16 Health while moving. 20 5 Enduring Harmony Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 8 Enduring Harmony Echo For 23 seconds, Chants and Shouts last 50% longer on target non-Spirit ally. 10 1 5 "Make Haste!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 16 "Make Haste!" Shout For 21 seconds, target other ally moves 33% faster. This Skill ends if that ally successfully hits with an attack. 10 5 "Can't Touch This!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 16 "Can't Touch This!" Shout For 20 seconds, the next 5 Touch Skills used against allies within earshot fail. 20 5 "Stand Your Ground!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 16 "Stand Your Ground!" Shout For 21 seconds, all party members within earshot receive +24 armor when not moving. 20 10 Vocal Was Sogolon Nightfall Ritualist. Restoration Magic 10 Vocal Was Sogolon Item Spell For 60 seconds, all Shouts and Chants you use last 40% longer. 30 1 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

Equipment

• Full Blessed/Windwalker's Insignias
• Defensive set for rounding up raptors
• Any Scythe of Enchanting with a +5 energy inscription.

Usage

• When you zone in, chain "Fall Back!" and "Incoming!" to the entrance of the cave, picking up the blessing on the way.
• When you get to the entrance, have your hero cast Vocal Was Sogolon then use Enduring Harmony on you, followed by "Make Haste!", "Can't Touch This!", and "Stand Your Ground!". Flag your hero away so they won't interfere with anything.
• Run into the cave and cast Signet of Mystic Speed. Cast Mark of Pain on the nearest Raptor Nestling.
• Grab as many raptors in the cave as you can without depleting your shouts, and run towards Rekoff Broodmother's group.
• After aggroing everything, cast Mirage Cloak. Wait until some raptors gather within adjacent range and then cast Vow of Strength followed by Armor of Sanctity; Signet of Mystic Speed prevents Armor of Sanctity and Vow of Strength from being interrupted. Spike the group with Dust Cloak->Pious Fury-> Tab to another raptor nestling and cast Mark of Pain->Eremite's Attack.
• Watch everything explode and pick up your drops.
• Rinse & repeat.

Counters

• Aggroing a group outside the cave.
• Taking too much damage before raptors can ball properly.
• Second MoP rupted.
• Spending too long time balling up the raptors, so that the first MoP runs out.
• Forgetting to change target.

Notes

• Vow of Strength triggers on attack rather than on hit, which means Critical Defenses from the Raptors has no impact on the build.

See also

• Build:W/N Raptor Farmer
• Build:N/W Raptor Farmer
• Build:Any/W HB Raptor Farmer