You can download a video of this run Here
Note: If you have never used the Vengeful Ritualist build before i suggest reading my thread on that to get the basics - http://38.99.233.252/forum/showthread.php?t=3033748
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Setup
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Skills:
Vengeful Was Khanhei [E]
Arcane Echo
Ancestors Visage
Sympathetic Visage
Vengeful Weapon
Illusion Of Haste
Physical Resistance
Soothing Memories
Attributes:
Illusion Magic 10
Inspiration Magic 8
Restoration Magic 16 (12 +3 +1)
Equipment:
For armor i use the +10 AL whilst holding an item set since you'll be holding the Khanhei ashes most the time (well, whilst in actual combat), as for weapons a Flame Spitter of Enchanting (20% is desirable) and the 20/20 restoration focus from Vasburg Armory.
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The Run
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Start of by running forward and taking the quest "clearing the chamber" from the ghost directly infront of you as you enter, making sure you dont agro the wandering Aatxes close by. This should spawn some Grasping Darkness groups that patrol close to the steps of the starting area. The idea is to pull the Graspings alone and kill them, however its somewhat impossible to pull them without the Aatxes, so instead we take advantage of their inherent boost in movement speed.
When a group of Graspings comes close to the steps throw up one of your visages then illusion of haste and agro the group, run back into the starting area to break off any Aatxes that might be chasing (since they move so slow they give up easily). Ok now you should have a single group of Graspings pounding on you, however DO NOT attempt to cast anything for a few seconds...just let visage work its magic for about 3-4 seconds, then echo and khanhei, remembering to keep a visage up at all times. Graspings go down fairly easy if you keep that visage up.
After pulling the 2 groups at the starting area, there should be a single group remaining on the right (they get stuck behind the aatxe on the steps alot). This part can be tricky, as you have to Illusion of haste up the right set of stairs, past the 2 stationary Aatxes and get as far right as possible to the little safe spot (the doors that lead to the smite crawlers) be careful here as the 2 stationary Aatxes have a habbit of pinning you against the wall if you are'nt quick enough. From here do the same again to pull the last group of Graspings and kill them, this should open all the doors in the starting area.
From here its plain sailing, simply wait for the group of Graspings patrolling behind the now unlocked door to go away up onto the bridge, then IoH round the corner left to the smite Crawlers. The Crawlers themselves are very easy to take down, same method as vermin, however i would'nt advise taking on mixed groups of smites and coldfires, you CAN kill coldfires with this build but they are harder and not worth the time in my opinion, and should be left as a challenge once you have cleared the smites out.
Once you get used to pulling the Grasping Darknesses at the begining this run becomes very fast (as smites go down so quickly, and you can tank alot of them) and has already proved its worth to me.
