PvE Build Suggestion?

Voss

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Myth]

D/Mo

Greetings all!

I know this may be my first post, but I have actually been playing GW since a few months after Prophecies came out and I was even in the beta(Gwen Combustion). I have honestly never really been to Guru as much as I use other notbale GW forum sites, but upon my return after a very long hiatus I find myself in need of this amazing community's assistance. Prior to my leaving, I played with my main which is a Derv/Monk, and got him to level 20. Mostly with the assistance of my formor guild buddies, which now seems to be defunct.

Anyway, the problem I face now is that I have no idea how to get a good build going for my Dervish with such limited skills and that's where i hope you guys can help me. I am looking for a PvE-oriented build for mostly henchie/hero soloing or something that even works well with groups. The only big obstacle I currently face is that I cannot use some of the better skills, including those only offered by Dau in the Mouth of Torment because I never finished the game with this character.

So, I beg of you great build builders to help me toss together a decent build to help me finish the NF campaign and finally have access to the better skills. I am limited to any skills that can be obtained from the Sunspear Sanctuary/Command Post and nearby elites, I did however recently cap the elite in Sunward Marches(sp?) if that helps. Yes, I know most of you are thinking that I could just PvP to unlock skills, but I'd prefer to earn the skills while still playing through the storyline. Any and all help is great appreciated and I will add that while my character is a Derv/Monk, I would happily switch the secondary to acquire skills for a better build, also I have all three campaigns and I currently use "Dwayna's Grace" as my main scythe. Again, thank you.

jesh

jesh

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, CA

Penguin Village

Mo/

All of the avatar skills are right outside the Sunspear Sanctuary.
Thanks to the new skill Eternal Aura, they're quite nice to have.
I enjoy using this build in PuGs (simply cuz I like to shadow step >.>; and deep wound is good...):

Avatar of Dwayna {E}
Mystic Sweep
Wearying Stike
Signet of Malice (assassin skill)
Death's Charge/Aura of Holy Might
Res
Eternal Aura
Heart of Fury

You can also play a Lyssa dervish.. which can be scary. Use the Avatar of Lyssa and the 2 PvE skills if you have them (Aura of Holy Might and Eternal Aura). Throw in Mystic, Eremite's, and Protector's Strike. (warrior skill)
You want scythe as high as you can get it. Don't forget the res. Watch for the enemy to start using a skill, then hit all your attack skills in a row, and watch the numbers pile up. Sooo sexy. Like Lyssa.


In the non-avatar section.. Wearying Strike spike is kinda sexy.

Wearying Strike/Reaper's Sweep {Both elites}
Mystic Sweep
Eremite's Attack
Conjure Flame
Flame Djinn's Haste
Heart of Holy Flame
Aura of Holy Might
res


That's all I can think of at the moment.
In case you're not aware, the reason that Mystic and Eremite's are so good is for the activation time on them. Yes, they are conditional, but you can dish out some pretty fast damage with both of those skills on your bar, thanks to the speed with which they attack.

As far as stats go, you want Mysticism at 9 or 12. Nowhere else. 15 would only be acceptable in a Lyssa build.
Scythe you want as high as you can go, 14-16, depending on what runes you like. The leftover attributes you put where you like.

Voss

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Myth]

D/Mo

Perfect, that's exactly what I needed jesh. If anyone else has any more ideas, please keep them coming.

Also, I've been having issues trying to cap Avatar elites, at least by myself with some henchie/heroes and I refuse to pay someone to help me do so, any ideas?

Dor Sefrith

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Browary Królewskie

Me/N

Actualy there is a lot of cool Dervish builds. You may try Mistic Sandstorm dervish, which is quite good working build and if you need any non-elite skills just unlock them in pvp mode and then buy them in any skill trainer. I play a lot with build:

1. Chiling Victory
2. Lysa's Asault
3. Wild Blow
4. Vital Boon
5. Mistic Regeneration
6. Avatar of Lysa
7. Eternal Aura
8. Resurection Signet/Zealous Reneval

Usage: The only thing you must remeber is to corectly use atack skills. If you go low with energy use Lysa's Asault and then Chiling Victiory and Wild Blow. Damage of this build is quite good. If you wanna find more builds go to :
http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://gwshack.us/
or made your own builds on http://www.guildbuilds.org/

GL&HF