Request/Challenge: D/R Marksmanship for Desolation+

Stumped for something to take for my Dervish (and lacking Factions, so the ever-popular /A being unavailable) I threw in with Ranger for the heck of it. This actually fits my playstyle okay, because I've put points in Scythe Mastery and Marksmanship and Mysticism; switch between weapons depending on how lazy and/or how badly a fight is going, throw off some Enchantments for extra effects, and so on.

Trouble is that I'm far enough in the game now that it's not quite cutting it to be real casual; I've had way, way too many close calls lately.

So what I was looking for was a Marksmanship (9+ for bow reasons) build that still takes advantage of Dervish-ness; either combine something in Mysticism, or use one of the Prayers lines + runes to get something cool and workable.

This isn't for farming PVE or anything, just general questing and slogging through the high-end areas of Nightfall. If you could keep it to Prophecies and Nightfall skills, that'd be great.


Aaand.. go!

Well if your that far in the game go to the command post and switch your secondary profession to Warrior of my favourite which is Necromancer if not then you could do a Barrage build or maybe a Vow of Strength build. I'm not sure though because I was using D/R at the start and it was pretty hard to do anything with it so I swapped. Sorry I couldn't be more help though.

Hah, yeah, I know I can swap; the trick is that I rather like using a bow with me dervish, just hoping to find some interesting combos so that isn't necessary. Or so that I don't have to neglect secondary entirely.

Hmm i have a great bomber and a great trapper build that i had for D/R so i'll find them for oyu and post them.

Dunno about derv bow-users, but rangers use Apply Poison to great effect, adding damage over time with every arrow you fire. And since dervs have lots of mana regen, the 15 cost shouldn't be a problem.

[skill]Avatar of Lyssa[/skill][skill]Heart of Fury[/skill][skill]Triple Shot[/skill][skill]Dual Shot[/skill][skill]Needling Shot[/skill]
You might be able to get something out of that. E-management would be tricky, though...

That would be pretty good ( build by Marverick ) in place of the unknown skill take eternal aura and your set so you have unlimited lyssa then throw in something like mystic vigor.

[skill]Ebon Dust Aura[/skill][skill]Called Shot[/skill]
use it with an ebon string or an enchantment in earth prayer to convert to earth damage (Dust Cloak for example). Just to have some points in Earth prayer and you're set for blind in range :P

I think Vow of Strength would work good.
Another interesting addition could be Avatar of Lyssa (+ Eternal Aura for infinite avatar) - simple Choking Gas + Savage + Distracting etc. Additional damage would be quite nice.

Yeah, I went with a combo of the advice here; Lyssa for damage + EA for upkeep, and then some interrupters or conditions depending on the zone (bleeding not much use against elementals, et cetera). Pretty happy with it so far, plus Lightbringer's Gaze for some general Abbadon-minion-killin' goodness.

In a perfect world, I'd be able to run Lyssa AND Barrage, but oh well. ;_;

ok, i'll post my D/R build, lol

i'll put it in a seperate post though