Build:Team - Slavers Sinway

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This is part of the Dungeon Build series, see Dungeon Guide for all Dungeon builds.

Team build used to complete the 4 sub-bosses of Slaver's Exile in NM and Duncan in HM.

Overview

Sub-Dungeons

/ Ctt Leader x1

/ Lava x5

/ Storm x2

Duncan

/ Sliver Tank x1

/ Swap Runners x7

Ctt Leader

Assassin / Paragon 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Command 3 Critical Strikes You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 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.5130 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 "Fall Back!" NightfallParagon. Command 12"Fall Back!"ShoutFor 9 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 13 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.1020 "Can't Touch This!" NightfallParagon. Command 12"Can't Touch This!"ShoutFor 20 seconds, the next 4 Touch Skills used against allies within earshot fail.520 Swap NightfallAssassin. UnlinkedSwapSpellYou and target summoned creature Shadow Step to each other's location.5¼10 "We Shall Return!" NightfallParagon. Command 12"We Shall Return!"ShoutAll party members in earshot are resurrected with 45% Health and 17% Energy.2530   Template code

Equipment

• Blessed Insignias
• Weapon of Enchanting, +10 vs Piercing shield

Usage

• Lead the main group. Swap out Spirits of Disenchantment. Use CTT for Restless Dead. Use FB for added speed and healing. Use EE for heal and to stay grouped. Use WSR to rez team mates.

Variant

• Ebon Battle Standard of Honor instead of Swap.
• Death's Charge instead of Ebon Escape.

Lava

Assassin / Elementalist 12 Fire Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 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.5130 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 Lava Font PropheciesElementalist. Fire Magic 12Lava FontSpellFor 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.101.54 Fire Storm CoreElementalist. Fire Magic 12Fire StormSpellCreate a Fire Storm at target foe's location. For 10 seconds, foes adjacent to that location are struck for 29 fire damage each second.10220 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Glyph of Lesser Energy CoreElementalist. Energy Storage 0Glyph of Lesser EnergyGlyphFor the next 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells cost 10 less Energy to cast.5130   Template code

• Ebon Battle Standard of HonorEotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of HonorWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr.
  PvE only.10120
• Ebon Battle Standard of WisdomEotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of WisdomWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area have a 44..60% chance to halve skill recharge of spells they cast.
  PvE only.10120
• Unseen FuryFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Unseen FuryStanceAll adjacent foes are Blinded for 10 seconds. For 31 seconds, you cannot be blocked by Blinded foes. 520
• Mark of RodgortPropheciesElementalist. Fire Magic 12Mark of RodgortHex SpellTarget foe and all nearby foes are Hexed with Mark of Rodgort. For 30 seconds, whenever each foe is struck for fire damage, that foe is set on fire for 3 seconds.15115
• Snow StormEotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Snow StormSpellCreate a Snow Storm at target foe's location. For 5 seconds, foes adjacent to that location are struck for 30..40 cold damage each second.
  PvE only.10110

Equipment

• Blessed Insignias
• Weapon of Enchanting, +10 vs Piercing shield

Usage

• Use EE to heal and stay with group. EE in for spikes → Gole → optional → Lava Font/Fire Storm

Storm

Assassin / Mesmer 12 Domination Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 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.5130 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 Chaos Storm PropheciesMesmer. Domination Magic 12Chaos StormSpellCreate a Chaos Storm at target foe's location that lasts for 10 seconds. Each second, foes adjacent to this location take 21 damage and lose 2 Energy5230 Wastrel's Demise NightfallMesmer. Domination Magic 12Wastrel's DemiseHex SpellFor 5 seconds, target foe is hexed with Wastrel's Demise. Each second while hexed, target foe and all foes adjacent to that foe take 8 damage and an additional 8 damage for each second this spell is in effect. This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill. 5¼3 Cry of Pain NightfallMesmer. Sunspear rank Cry of PainSpellInterrupt target foe's skill. If that foe was suffering from a Mesmer Hex, that foe and all foes in the area take 25..50 damage and -3..5 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. PvE only.10¼15 Swap NightfallAssassin. UnlinkedSwapSpellYou and target summoned creature Shadow Step to each other's location.5¼10   Template code

Equipment

• Blessed Insignias
• Weapon of Enchanting, +10 vs Piercing shield

Usage

• Use EE to heal and stay with other spikers. Use CoP to interrupt Rez skills and heals. Get keys for Selve and Forge.
• Primary targets are Distracter, Dominator, Dreamer, Cleaver, Summmoner and Blasphemer.

Swap Runners

Assassin / Paragon 12 + 3 + 1 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes 12 Command You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 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.5130 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10 Heart of Shadow FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 158, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15 "Fall Back!" NightfallParagon. Command 12"Fall Back!"ShoutFor 9 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 13 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.1020 "Can't Touch This!" NightfallParagon. Command 12"Can't Touch This!"ShoutFor 20 seconds, the next 4 Touch Skills used against allies within earshot fail.520 Swap NightfallAssassin. UnlinkedSwapSpellYou and target summoned creature Shadow Step to each other's location.5¼10 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional.   Template code

• "We Shall Return!"NightfallParagon. Command "We Shall Return!"ShoutAll party members in earshot are resurrected with 25..45..52% Health and 5..17..21% Energy.2530 - pickup dead tanks.
• GodspeedNightfallParagon. Command GodspeedShoutFor 5..17..21 seconds, all allies within earshot move 25% faster while under the effects of an Enchantment.1030 - stacked movement buffs help break aggro
• Death's ChargeFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts Death's ChargeSpellShadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 65..173..209.5¼30 - movement
• Shadow SanctuaryFactionsAssassin. Kurzick rank Shadow Sanctuary (Kurzick)Enchantment SpellYou are Blinded for 10 seconds. For 10 seconds, you gain +5..10 Health regeneration and +40 armor.
  PvE only.5¼30 - cover for moving Spirits of Disenchantment

Equipment

• Blessed Insignias
• Weapon of Enchanting, +10 vs Piercing shield

Usage

• Chain Fall Back and "Can't Touch This!" with the other A/Ps. Stay with the Sliver tank(s) until the last chamber. Renew CTT before tank goes on to Duncan platform.

Sliver/Swap

Assassin / Elementalist 12 Earth Magic 12 + 3 + 1 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 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.5130 Stoneflesh Aura NightfallElementalist. Earth Magic 12Stoneflesh AuraEnchantment SpellFor 13 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 25, and you are immune to critical attacks.10215 Ebon Battle Standard of Honor EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of HonorWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr. PvE only.10120 Sliver Armor FactionsElementalist. Earth Magic 12Sliver ArmorEnchantment SpellFor 10 seconds, you have 45% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 29 earth damage.10130 Swap NightfallAssassin. UnlinkedSwapSpellYou and target summoned creature Shadow Step to each other's location.5¼10 Heart of Shadow FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 158, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15 Death's Charge FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Death's ChargeSpellShadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 209.5¼30   Template code

Equipment

• Blessed Insignias
• Weapon of Enchanting, +10 vs Piercing shield
• Earth Staff of Enchanting

Usage

• Maintain SF and shroud. Run with the A/Ps to the last chamber. Being sure to get CTT! from an A/P, and attempting to lose aggro from any Dwarf groups, run up to Duncan and use Honor → Stoneflesh → Sliver chain to kill Duncan.

Team Usage

• Thommis Be sure to use IAU near Modniir and use EE to keep up with the group. Run all the way to the alcove in the wall. The A/P will now drag all the Stone Summit into a ball and ping, EE to the A/P when they do ping. While trying to bodyblock as many dwarfs as possible, spike. The key targets are the Summoners, followed by anything with a resurrect such as Dominators (Resurrection Chant), Cleavers (Signet of Return) and other meleers with Resurrection Signet. Keep using EE to heal yourself and others - especially if anticipating Death Nova explosions. Once all the dwarves are dead, get your loot from the chest. As usual, the A/Me should use Swap to remove any Spirits of Disenchantment out of the path of the team.

• Rand With the same Essence, run back to the start through the now open wall, and then run all the way to the Beacon near Rand Stormweaver's group. Once everyone has caught up, follow the A/P up through the large Thorn Wolf mobs, and here the A/P should use "Fall Back!" to help break aggro from the wolves. Once behind Rand's group, go to the corner behind the rock - you will likely be interrupted by Choking Gas so spread out slightly. (If you lose Shadow Form when running to Rand, go away from Rand - otherwise the Blasphemer will use Well of the Profane, and your team will die. Ideally, the A/P should go stand beside Rand, and setup Honor and the team should EE and spike. The A/Me should interrupt Choking Gas on the Distractor, Well of the Profane on the Blasphemer, and when everything else is dead, Troll Unguent on Rand. Pick up the loot and run back to the entrance to the dungeon.

• Selve Send 1 player off to get the key (there is a good chance the key person will get killed by Spirits of Disenchantment or Choking Gas, if bodyblocked, pop a summon and EE). The rest of the group should run on the left path to the gate. Going through the unlocked gate the team should run to the next gate. The A/Me or A/P will swap out any Spirit of Disenchantment if one spawns (to behind the rock pillar)and the rest of group will start spiking. Stay balled as much as possible. Once the crypt slashers spawn the A/P will need to start using "Can't Touch This!". Stay balled and spike down the Restless Spirit touchers (if the group keeps wiping, the A/Me can solo the Restless from a distance with Wastrel's Demise and Cry of Frustration). Continue until the gate opens. The A/P will run into Selvetarm's group to ball them and it will then ping for the spike.

• Forge The entire team should run to the room with the Forge Imps, after killing one of them, the Dark Watcher will spawn. Pull it with a longbow into the corner, and have everyone spike. Remember to use IAU! to avoid people getting killed by Ancestors' Rage. After collecting the key, run back to the start and through the boss lock gate and all the way to Forgewight's chamber. The team should head to the right hand side. If there are Spirits of Disenchantment, have them removed. The A/P will now pull all of the foes in the room into a ball and call for the spike. Collect chest and resign once done.

• Duncan Head back to the outpost and switch to Hard mode. Run back to the dungeon into Duncan's section and use a full conset. The runners should help carry the Sliver tanks through the dungeon with "Can't Touch This!" and "Fall Back!". At the final room the runners should swap all the Spirits of Disenchantment (it can also be helpful to remove any Spirits of Shadowsong since the tank can use zealous to manage energy) away from the platform Duncan resides on, aim to move the Disenchantment spirits into corners away from the entrance to the platform so that the A/E can run through safely. With A/Ps pulling the rest of the dwarves away, a sliver tank will kill Duncan. Collect chest + gg. Run back through the now mostly empty dungeon to receive the reward.

Maps:

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  Duncan

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  Selvetarm

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  Forgewight

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  Duncan

Counters

• Interrupts
• Spirits of Disenchantment

Notes

• 3 Essences of Celerity are used for the sub dungeons and a full Conset is recommended for the Duncan in HM.
  • i.e. Drop 1.5k when you enter the first sub dungeon for the BU user, and drop 1k when you enter Duncan's level.

External links

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/current-dungeon-guides-t10450293.html