W/Mo aatxe solo =)

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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This is one of my first farming guides . This build is based on a warrior using riposte to kill the bladed aatxes in underworld and using 55hp with protective spirit + vigorius to stay alive. Also this may fail for first timers but keep trying. You get ectos if you do it right on a lucky run.

Skills:
Mending
Balthazar's spirit
Vigorius spirit
Protective spirit
Apicious Parry or warriors endurance if you lack energy
Riposte
Deadly riposte
Bonnectis Defense

Attrb:
11 Prot
10 Heal
14 Tactics


equipment: You will need an sword with +5 energy, +20% enchantment and a -50hp grim cesta.
A longbow or flatbow ( for pulling aatxes)
gladiators armor (any armor lvl is fine) with all the superior runes


Usage:
Ok when you enter underworld, cast mending and balthazar spirit on you. You should have 10+ energy and zero regen. Now either side theres 2 aataxes that don't move and 1 that will move to either side patrolling. Pull those 2 aatxes using your bow then switch back to your +5 energy weapon and -50hp cesta and cast prot spirit when they get close. Now use vigorius spirit and start attacking. They will use deadly riposte which will bleed you but don't worry, thats why mending is there to counter the degen. Keep attacking the aatxes to gain health from vigorius spirit then use apicious parry>riposte>deadly riposte. Deadly riposte is there because it gives bleeding to the aatxes to counter there nautral 3 regen. Use bonnetis defense when you are below 10-15 energy because if you don't you will probably die because you don't got energy for protective spirit. This build works with graspings although i never tried them. You will have to switch to your normal armor when you fight graspings. Anyways if you happen to get an dying nightmare to pop up, just hit deadly riposte( it will block aatxes attack) and run back to the npc ghosts. You have to stand behind the ghosts in order for them to body block the aataxes. Now switch to your bow and cast vigorious spirit and start attacking the nightmare. It will do 15 dmg per hit so the nightmare dies fast.

So yeah there you go a warrior/monk solo aaxtes for ectos. and each run i get about 0-2 ectos. I don't know if the smites give more ectos but the aatxes do give an 2 more % chance to drop.

Credit goes to whoever made this build for i am just posting it in the forums to share with you guys.

pnumm

pnumm

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

Crystal Overlook!

[CPSU]

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Very, very interesting. Just a few questions: 1, how long does a run of aatxes usually take? 2: can you post a few screenshots? or maybe add a video later on?

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Oh the run takes about 10-15 mins depending on situation and yeah i will post screen shots and maybe a video if i could.

jbwarrior

jbwarrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Netherlands

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Looks nice m8.
What are your attribute points?
What do you do when you killed the blade aaxtes?

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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you can either take the quest from the lost soul to kill the graspings or you can just resign and do another run hope for ectos.

Marverick

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

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This is pointless... the point of farming is to make money, whereas by doing this you are losing money most of the time or just breaking even...

You won't be able to kill Graspings because you can't kill them fast enough before they Skull Crack you.

There are about 10/11 Aataxes in the chamber. They will not give you enough drops to make up for the 1k entry fee, or just break even if they each drop 100~ish gold, although most drop items worth less. Yes there are ectos but.... is it worth it? Smites give more ectos because they come in large groups and die faster.

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marverick
This is pointless... the point of farming is to make money, whereas by doing this you are losing money most of the time or just breaking even...

You won't be able to kill Graspings because you can't kill them fast enough before they Skull Crack you.

There are about 10/11 Aataxes in the chamber. They will not give you enough drops to make up for the 1k entry fee, or just break even if they each drop 100~ish gold, although most drop items worth less. Yes there are ectos but.... is it worth it? Smites give more ectos because they come in large groups and die faster. When you kill graspings you switch to your normal armor. Sorry forgot to mention that and also i know you have to give it a few runs but you do get ectos for like 2-3 trips or even 1 trip if you lucky so its like 3k per ecto

Mickey

Mickey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eternal Insight

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey_homies
When you kill graspings you switch to your normal armor. Sorry forgot to mention that and also i know you have to give it a few runs but you do get ectos for like 2-3 trips or even 1 trip if you lucky so its like 3k per ecto 3 k per ecto! What planet are you living on bud? I like your build, and statistically, aatxes drop more ectos than smites.

Koco Puffz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Lions Arch

Kentucky Fcked Children

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3k per ecto? where are you living?

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Thanks for the reply Mickey and i live in the U.S and no i didn't mean like the ectos for 3k. What i meant is like your paying the fees for underworld for 3 trips which maybe results an ecto

Hyprodimus Prime

Hyprodimus Prime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Vancouver BC

Sorrow Masters

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Yes, I know what you mean Hey_homies. Iv'e tried direct healing as an ele and it didnt work, this looks good though. But what about nightmares?

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

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you use deadly riposte to block the attack of the aatxe then run back to the ghostly npcs. You stand behind so the aatxes gets body blocked. Then you swich to your longbow and use vigorius spirit and start attacking the nightmare ( he will have less than 30% life since he used rend enchant on you and he took like 70% dmg already).

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

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Here are some drops screenshots i took while soloing yesterday! ( Got 2 ectos )
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/720/gw038jf2.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/396/gw039tq6.jpg

Try this build! You will be amazed! It might be even or better than smites run!

Hyprodimus Prime

Hyprodimus Prime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Vancouver BC

Sorrow Masters

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very nice....

Puran Lighthart

Puran Lighthart

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

GoAnubis

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey_homies
When you kill graspings you switch to your normal armor. Sorry forgot to mention that and also i know you have to give it a few runs but you do get ectos for like 2-3 trips or even 1 trip if you lucky so its like 3k per ecto I'm hoping he ment that because of his rate of finding ectos (3 trips at max) he's earning at least 3k per run

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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Those screenshots i made were my first trips so it drops freguently

Destructeur Noir

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Architect Of Chaos [TAC]

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Here is my video of UW solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32nhiDrM1k


PS: i have healing breeze, but take warriors endurance, it's better

-andy-

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sweden

Teh Academy [PhD]

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hi nice build, but been having some small problems with nightmares.. ur saying that u should just bodyblock the aatxe with a ghost if a nightmare spawns with him. Well there are like 4 ghosts and almost however i stand i get 1 aatxe pounding on me cause theres too much space between the ghosts this is mostly a problem when theres only 1 aatxe and 1 nightmare following.. could u say exactly where u stand? just tried the build like 3 times messed up some things but did get an ecto lol

thx

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

Why not just use a trapper? lol

flipfly2004

flipfly2004

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
Why not just use a trapper? lol maybe not everybody has a ranger?!?!?!

Marverick

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

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You can still use a an E/Me with Sandstorm or Mistform to do a smite run. Or if all you have is a wammo (in that case you need to get a life) then you can do the W/Rt VmK run.
Statistically Aataxes drop more ecto than smite (4% opposed to 2%) HOWEVER
Aataxes take more time to kill. A trapper can drop an Aataxe in 80 seconds, a group of smites in 30 seconds. Also Smites often come in groups of 4-6+ and more than one group can be pulled simultaneously as they don't inflict heavy damage, making more kills at the same time, whereas Aataxes are 1-3 and hit hard so you can't really linger and pull more. So smites are faster than Aataxes to farm for ecto.

Equites

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

First off, nice job on the build! Nice concept and warriors endurance is a great idea, really keeps your energy up I'm guessing.

To clear some stuff up...
Smite runs are said to be "better" for a few reasons
-there's more of them, therefore you get more NON-ECTO drops, which covers your entry fee and increases your total profit, the actual chance of getting an ecto from killing all ~40 smites to killing all 16 aatxe is pretty close, cant remember which is higher but its by a small small fraction.
-smites are easier for a lot of builds to kill, as was mentioned, because of the lower damage output. However, smites do need to be run to, you have to do the quest, make the run, and avoid the cold fires. Aatxe runs are obviously faster if you have an efficient build, because getting to the aatxe takes 0 work and 0 time.

Thats pretty much it, if you wana try a warr/mes solo farm, smite only to see how it compares, you can use...

flail-silverwing-galrath-dragonslash-PhysicalResistance-sprint-AV-SV
that build is comming off the top of my head, so no guarantees (used to do it, haven't done it in a while tho)
atts somewhere along the lines of 16 sword, 10ish illusion, rest strength.
If you can 20% enchant mod, -2/-2 shield, or -2 enchanted or -2 stanced(flail)
Build does work quite well but its slow compared to my sandstorm ele, so I haven't used in quite a while.

NJ GL HF may many ecto drop for you

Anarion Silverhand

Anarion Silverhand

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Denmark

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
Why not just use a trapper? lol Because this is a warrior build?

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
Why not just use a trapper? lol Trapping is boring.

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
Why not just use a trapper? lol What an unoriginal idea? Got anything else you wanna share? If the OP wanted to farm with a Ranger he would've probably posted a build for one don't you think so Einstein?

My-way Ftw

My-way Ftw

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Port Sledge *shivers*

Glob of Ectospasm [GoE] // SMS Alliance :)

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I like the look of this build, but does Rachtoh's W/N build still work here? Not that its faster, just that it might be able to clear more

Yersis tez

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

spirit of faith [HOPE]

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wait, couldn't u tank graspings if u just covered yourself with bonetti's while casting. they hav to interrupt you to daze, whie facing 4 graspings(atmost), bonettis should cover it. and i would think smites are possible, wat can't do smites. am i right?

Rancour

Rancour

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Camp Rancor (Rancour :D)

I'm a free spirit (that's not what the guild is called, I just am)

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I've probably missed something, but since you've got an elite slot open (if you can live without Endurance, of course) how about Gladiator's Defense? I know it isn't very original, but it increases your damage and survivability, and you already invested in Tactics...

Just a thought.

Swame Rain

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Washington

Lazy

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you can't kill smites with warrior skills...cuz they use Shield of Judgement...but i guess if you didn't actually swing at them then you might be able to pull it off...but i doubt it...but worth a try.

And let me say it again..i said WITH WARRIOR ONLY skills..you can do it with VWK..but not actually swinging at the smites unless you drain there energy.

Hey_homies

Hey_homies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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i've actully cleared the chamber using bonnetis then reneweing my PS. And smites i tried them. They don't work unless you put like healing breeze in there because theire shield of judgement just kills me.

NME

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

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I made a build like this long ago, used Gladiators defence. It was able to clear first chamber, squids, the 3 rooms around the 1st one, excluding the terrorwebs, squids in frogotten vale and the smites. Stopped using it a few months ago though, it got boring.