Shiro'ken Farming

Actually this build also relies on Sympathetic Visage/ Ancestor's Visage.

You'd have a hard time getting SS off with all the interrupts flying around..

Yeah, thats true, but sometimes what I do is I run like about 3 steps and then cast a spell, while im casting it they usually have to walk up to me which is how i safely cast retribution on my mo/me,

Hmm, I was thinking alot lately and I was wondering, do you think a 55 Warrior/Monk could do it, out of the top of my head im thinking

Totem Axe/ -55 Grim Cesta ~~ Maybe Switch off to Vamp Axe
All sup runes
= 55 hp?

Spirit Bond
Protective Spirit
Vigorous Spirit
Triple Chop {Elite}
Cyclone Axe
Blessed Signet (For Beginning)
Essence Bond
Balthazar's Spirit

You could cast the 2 enchantments at the beginning and then use prot / spirit like you would with the mesmer, and run like you normally would, But as you are about to catch the fourth group, castg Vigorous Spirit, then as they swarm around the Usual Spirit Bond and Protective Spirit, and then if you have it, switch to the vamp axe, and cast triple chop and cyclone axe over and over.

Not sure if it works, I was just thinking about it ill probably get around to testing it later.

They steal WAY too much health.

*tear* Everyones trying to take away from the Mesmers farming glory *Tear*

Are those all melee shiro'ken?where r u farming at?

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hmm has this spot been nerfed?

I somehow always die while luring the Shiro'Ken :S

I cast Essence Bond + Balthazar's Spirit, and then recharge my energy.

Then I hit Protective Spirit and Spirit Bond and I aggro, but I just die then, before even having the chance to aggro all of the shiro ken :S

(btw I am using totem axe)

Can any1 tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I had a problem there too. I did a few runs just fine, then I went out again and all of a sudden I was getting PS and SB interupted like crazy. I stil don't understand how AI can interupt a 1/4 second cast...i really really would like to be able to do that. After about 5 runs of interuption nonstop, i gave up and wennt elsewhere. But since then it's been fine. Maybe just a string of bad luck.

I have no problem with Shiro'ken farming

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im running Mo/Me, and i always watch when i cast, so as not to spam back to back...the run is fine now, just those 5 runs or so got to me.

i got them back though the next day...

Also, make sure you switch to your lower level armor. I forgot one day and couldn't figure out why I was dying so quickly. Nothing was interrupted or stripped, I just died. I finally figured out that my armor level was too high so the damage wasn't activating the SB healing. I switched to the correct armor and everything was fine.

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This may have been answered already, but I don't feel like looking through all 17 pages...

Do the effects from SV and AV stack? Or do you take both as a redundancy measure in case one gets interrupted?

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I still don't understand how the shiro'ken die.

Then you didnt read the thread.

The answer btw is famine.

Famine deals xx dmg to everyone if their energy reaches 0. Sympathetic visage drains 3 energy from adjacent foes every time you are hit by a melee attack.

Mo/Me
protective spirit
spirit bond
mantra of concentration
distortion
ancestor´s visage
sympathetic visage
balthazar´s spirit
essence bond

armor 15
super protection prayers rune

inspiration magic 3
illusion magic 12
protection 15


put up .
balthazar´s spirit
essence bond

run down and use
protective spirit
spirit bond
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protective spirit
pack em´

2 sec later (do it fast)
spirit bond
mantra of concentration
distortion
ancestor´s visage

now U energy will drop.. but it will be back up fast

protective spirit
spirit bond
distortion
ancestor´s visage

and now up got AV and SV stacking

Anyone noticed the increased use of Shroud of Silence?
The run is still possible, I just seem to be having this thrown on me more and more often now... Possible attempt at nerf lol?

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Yup, seems to be happening a lot more than it used too.
May not seem like much, but if it gets thrown on when SB starts flashing, you're screwed.

Don't use a staff. Use Rajazan's Fevor or Totem axe. Using a staff makes them think you are a caster that uses enchant, thus them using Shroud of Silence.

Whoops, just realised I still had my Wayward Wand equipped instead of my Totem axe...

Stupid me.

I still get the Shroud a lot, and I use a Gothic Sword of Enchanting...

Easy, very fast, very much experience. You can get Legendary Survivor in a couple of hours this way...

If someone got Legendary Survivor just doing shiroken thatd be pretty disappointing for me...I die a lot with this. Celestial Axe <3..no shroud. ^__^

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damn i just made a mesmer out of a random impulse, but plan on deleting it because it takes up my pvp slot :/ this seems VERY useful..but hell...i dont wannna go through that much of the game!

I might find a W/Me way to do this....or N/Mo with someone else to AV/SV me

this is nice, by the way, do they drop Platinum Staves?

If you want to mess about a little further and finish off all that are left just stick illusionary weaponry
in the build and have some fun slaying whats left either for profit, xp or just for some extra fun

Apart from doing the Shiro'kens, you can solo Merki and Kunvie there.
I use a Me/Mo, 14 (10+3+1) in Illusion, 11 (8+3) in fast cast, 12 in prot
ShingJea armor, totem axe and 20/20 illusion offhand.
Prot Spirit, Spirit Bond, Ancestor Visage, Sym Visage, Bal spirit, ess bond,
Conjure Phantasm, Illusionary Wep (elite).

1. Take the right precautions and rush past the Shiro'kens and get to the res shrine. Point is that if your faction is not controlling Harvest temple you'll be wiped out if u die. The Shirokens will follow you but they will mostly leave once you get to the merchant.

2. approach the creeps and back out right away when they charge to you. Sometimes they will kill the Luxon/Kurzick guards but just wait for the fight is over as they will settle back to a location that you can just scrap past.

3. take the lower left hand path and walk up. Usually there are 2 groups of outcasts and a pair of squids. try to time it so that you can run up without aggro them.

4. Keeping to the left side, there will be 3 outcast assasins popping up. run past them. and approach the first group of Shirokens. Cast PS and when they actually hit you, SB. There are altogether 3 groups of Shirokens. Try to aggro them all as only on the first try they will group together - if you die and respawn, you can only at most aggro 2 groups. Try to herd them (especially the rangers) into a tight ball and wipe them out in one go.

5. After finishing off the Shirokens, go back to the 3 outcast assasins. You can nibble them off one by one with Conjure Phantasm using hit and run tactics.

6. Next up the slope of Merki, there is one stationary group of outcast - 1 deathand, 1 ritualist, 1 warrior and 1 assasin. Nibble off the deathand, warrior, assasin and last ritualist with Conjure Phantasm.

7. After this, you can see Merki. Make sure you have both ess bond and bal spirit and full energy. when he's out alone (time it) you aggro him with conjure. Pull him downhill, cast PS and SB, then IW and hit him. If he wields an axe you can kill him otherwise he'll do too less dmg to trigger SB. Make sure PS is on full time otherwise one hit is >200 dmg. After approx 3 IW cast Merki should be dead.

8. Next go to Kunvie. There should be 2 patrols - one group of 3 squids and one group of 4 creeps. Take off the chest piece and the glove (I had fast cast rune on glove) so that you still have 4 beeps in e-regen. cast PS and time it so that you aggro Kunvie's group. Cast SB and pull them out of the patrol range. cast IW And conjure on Kunvie until you hack him to death. I can usually kill that group of dragons except the last one.

Note - if you get killed go back to the start Shirokens that you rushed past and kill them to lower your dp.

So far 1 merki shield and 1 kunvie staff after like 20 kills.
Thanks to Jay who taught me this

pwned, nice build.

[QUOTE=Arwen Granger]


GJ for the merki and kunvie boss route n tricks. I have a few greens over the wkd too

By any chance with the same skills set, do u know how to get to Cultist Rajazan. He is right after kunvie though but i could find a safe route as they are creeps petroling ard plus some oni pops us at some specific area (confirm same spot for oni).

Let me know if any guys know how to get to Cultist Rajazan, thks

Well done!!! Dan Backblade
this build and video is sooooo funny

the REAL murder is Shiro'ken Ranger
bcos the Famine

Finally got around to trying it. Wish I had gotten to trying when I first read the thread. Works like a charm. Easy to run with encouraging returns.