And i thought i may be able to help speed up the killing process of a famine ranger. because some say that it is slow.
And finally i feel that rangers deserve to take the job away from ss/sv necros every few times
gotta love our rangersFirst you need a Spirit Bond monk with this skillset:
Attributes:I feel atts are not the best thing to focus on for either spirit bonding or 55ing so i will not include those. mainly because everyone knows the build already and some may like to tweak the atts to their own liking.
cause everyone has there own mojo. and who am i to say what you should use.
Now as far as the ranger goes..
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As you see there is room to throw in things like self heals, added damage, evasion and other types of skills.. its all up to you to do it.
and once again set atts however you like.
Now as for the actual fighting portion of the battle. some belive the first part of uw (the attaxes and Grasping darkness) is really slow. I must completely disagree with that. and after trying this method. im sure you will aswell
at spawn the ranger will lay his spirits..while the bonder does his thing and pulls the two groups of attax together into one and sits to wait in about the middle of the two. Be sure to kill of mares and junk. then have your ranger partner go and take the grasping quest. Then the two mobs will hit you and the attax at the exact same time. when that happens the necro will cast only one sv on you.. that is very important. once that sv ends. you imediatly spam the crap outa fear me and they will drop like a sack of crap.
when done this way there is not a chance in hell anyone can call this slow.. for it beats out most ss/sv necros in speed.
here is an example of a pull large enough to charge your fear me enought to where it can be spammed like mad and kill faster than a necro.. a smaller pull usually requires the ranger to cast sv multiple times
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Now when you get to the first group of smite have the ranger stay back and run the first group right into the patroling coldies up ahead.. then have your ranger run around and grab all the smite groups he possible can.. this will usually result in about 18-21 smite on you. SPAM FEAR ME THE WHOLE TIME.
after the ranger finishes pulling have him throw eoe then famine.. DO NOT have him throw sv.. there is no need and it actually slows the killing down.
now when famine actually hits the ground and is in effect.. when you are slamming that fear me key it will take about 6 seconds total for all the smite and coldies on you to die.. as you can see with this pic.. my ranger could not even get a sv off before they all died (we used that cast as a time reference, not a killing strategy)
Here is the result of your amazing finger work:
Now that is pretty much all the guide you need..
I wanted to make this guide because it would be great to have rangers get their moment in the sun of farming.. and for a smite run i for one would take a ranger over a necro anyday
gonna try it for sure.
