Archive:W/Mo Triple Chop Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the lower category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

Through the usage of Triple Chop, Cyclone axe, Dolyak Signet, Vigorous Spirit and Live Vicariously as the core build a W/Mo can farm various melee based enemies in both Normal and Hard Modes.

Attributes and Skills

Warrior / Monk 12 + 1 + 2 Axe Mastery 10 + 1 Strength 8 Healing Prayers Your attack skills gain 11% armor penetration. Cyclone Axe CoreWarrior. Axe Mastery 15Cyclone AxeAxe AttackPerform a spinning axe attack striking for +12 damage to all adjacent opponents. This attack skill has 11% armor penetration.54 Triple Chop FactionsWarrior. Axe Mastery 15Triple ChopElite Axe AttackAttack target foe and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +40 damage. This attack skill has 11% armor penetration.510 Whirlwind Attack NightfallWarrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind AttackMelee AttackAttack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 11% armor penetration. PvE only.61 Dismember CoreWarrior. Axe Mastery 15DismemberAxe AttackIf it hits, this axe blow will inflict a Deep Wound on the target foe, lowering that foe's maximum Health by 20% for 20 seconds. This attack skill has 11% armor penetration.5 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Dolyak Signet PropheciesWarrior. Strength 11Dolyak SignetSignetFor 17 seconds, you have +32 armor and cannot be knocked down, but your movement is slowed by 75%.20 Live Vicariously PropheciesMonk. Healing Prayers 8Live VicariouslyEnchantment SpellWhile you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally hits a foe, you gain 10 Health.-152 Vigorous Spirit PropheciesMonk. Healing Prayers 8Vigorous SpiritEnchantment SpellFor 30 seconds, each time target ally attacks or casts a Spell, that ally is healed for 13 Health.5¼4   Template code

• OptionalCoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. :
  • Drunken MasterEotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank 10Drunken MasterStanceFor 90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 33% instead.
    PvE only.560 For increased Movement and Attack Speed (Even better with alcohol).
  • Disrupting ChopCoreWarrior. Axe Mastery 15Disrupting ChopAxe AttackIf it hits, this attack interrupts the target's current action. If that action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds.6 Useful when facing a boss in the middle of a group with healings (e.g. Healing Signet).
  • FlailNightfallWarrior. Strength 11FlailStanceFor 11 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Increase Attack speed at penalty of movement.

Equipment

• Full Knights Insignias, Superior Absorption & best Vigor available.
• A Strength Shield with -2 received damage & +45 health while enchanted.
• A Zealous Axe with +15% damage while enchanted and either a Fortitude or Enchanting handle. (Preferably customised.)

Usage

• Maintain Live Vicariously + Vigorous Spirit.
• Drag the melee foes up against a wall + activate Dolyak Signet when in position.
• Alternate Triple/Cyclone Axe with Whirlwind Attack, leaving a small gap between uses so that you gain adrenaline from both Triple & Cyclone Axe.

Areas

Hulking Stone Elementals in Old Ascalon (Granite Slabs)

• Usually farmed in Hard Mode.
• Enter into Old Ascalon from Sardelac Sanitarium.
• If upon zoning, there are swarms of Grawl, rezone.

Cobble Poundstone

• Treat him like any other Hulking Stone Elemental, but focus your attacks on him, especially Dismember.

Flint Touchstone

• As soon as you aggro, move away from the initial location so you don't get Blinded by Eruption.
• Move towards him so that he uses Ward Against Melee, and then walk out of the Ward.
• Activate Dolyak Signet to avoid being knocked down by Whirlwind and kill it before Eruption recharges.

Slave Spirits in Shattered Ravines (Dead Swords)

The slave spirit path/run.

• Make sure Destroy the Ungrateful Slaves quest is activated.
• Leave from the Lair of the Forgotten into the Shattered Ravines.
• Once the king is dead, wait for the Slave Spirits to settle, and then attack.
• Take out the monk spirits first.
• When against a group with two monks attempt a position where the AoE attacks will hit both.

Hard Mode

• Bring Healing HandsPropheciesMonk. Healing Prayers 8Healing HandsElite Enchantment SpellFor 10 seconds, whenever target ally takes damage, that ally is healed for 21 Health.5¼25 as your elite.
• Consider bringing Endure PainCoreWarrior. Strength 11Endure PainSkillFor 15 seconds you have an additional 244 Health.530 or another axe attack skill in your optional slot.

Vermin (Celestial Weapons)

The vermin farming path/run.

• Can be done in both Normal and Hard Mode.

Shreader Sharptongue's group

• Focus all attacks on the boss.
• Bring Executioner's StrikeCoreWarrior. Axe Mastery 15Executioner's StrikeAxe AttackIf this attack hits, you strike for +40 damage.8 in the optional slot.
• Try not to kill any of the other Vermin before killing Shreader Sharptongue.
• When engaging the boss, only aggro his group and one other.

Other Farmable Areas (Normal Mode)

• The Talus Chute ice cave Trolls outside Droknar's Forge.
• Skyward Reach Hydras outside Augury Rock.
• Johon the Oxflinger outside Eye of the North near the resurrection shrine with Ogg the Gruff in Ice Cliff Chasms.

Counters

• Enchantment Removal.
• Interrupts on Vigorous Spirit in large groups.
• Too large a mob.

Videos

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