W/Me Uw Solo V2 [axe+sword] - Mass Aggro Fun (12-15min Run)

cant this build actually kill the Aatxes as well?
visages and bonneti's at start should be enough to drain their energy, so no savage slash and no adrenaline so no other skills. than you switch to physical resistance and own them. maybe you'll need a vampiric weapon as a self heal and extra damage instead of the zealous as you probably will get some damage even from their normal attacks.

why bother with Aatxes in the first place?
they sometimes drop ectos and you dont risk getting rubberbanded or lagged to death or whatever

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yes I did infact and I killed them and got ectos from them. mostly did duo runs though not solo.
and I havent tried going to UW with a warrior as mine is low lvl and I dont bother lvling it, have other lvl 20 chars I like better, necro, ranger, monk, dervish, etc

This works perfectly. Thanks, don't feel no pain.

I have now officially beaten my rits time record - 10 minutes

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Alright I have an issue with this. i just can't seem to pull any graspings without aggroing one of the aatxes on the left side....and I can't run away to break aatxe aggro because he follows me half of the damn map.

WTF is the deal...I wasted 3k already and haven't killed a single enemy yet.

Are you in Hardmode? Then they have a 50% run buff and wont give up for a while.

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How important is it to have an icy weapon of shelter for killing grasps? Or a better question, can you just kill them with the zealous weapon of enchanting and what's the downside appart from a longer run?

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Yeah, I've figured it out. I've never entered UW before so I wasn't sure but first run went rather well, great builds. Thanks.

I've also found that if you happen to stumble upon a Dying Nightmare, you will usually pull an Aatxe with it which won't stop following you until the nightmare is dead. I'm guessing this is the problem most people said they're having and so far the only solution I've found is to kill the Nightmare as quickly as possible and use your running skill to get rid of the Aatxe. This doesn't always work though since the Grasps drain your energy and you might not be able to use Enraging Charge and the Aatxe will kill you.

Sorry for double posting, just thought I should share...

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Gladiator's Defense will only be useful to you in the first part since it's a stance and thus mutually exclusive with Bonetti's and Physical Resistance and since grasps drain your energy you probably won't get to use it much anyway. Tripple Chop is important if you mass aggro smites later to fill up your Whirlwind.

I must admit though, I've done about 15 or so runs now and about 10 times of those I screwed up in the first part, quite a few times because of nightmares and Aatxes. I don't know, maybe I'm getting the timing when aggroing wrong or something but with the success rate of 1 out of 3, I can't afford this run. Maybe it's better to practice the first run with smaller groups instead of aggroing en-masse.

^ Edit: This was actually just my incompetence, I've done about 20 runs today and I've only failed the first part about 3 times, mostly due to my stupidity. It takes some practice and observation skills. For instance, there are 3 groups of 2 Aatxes up the stairs infront of you and most of the time there is another that is patroling left and right. This one is usually more relentless in chasing you than any of the others. Also there are 2 types of Nightmares, ones that stand still and ones that patrol the area. Both will usually pull an Aatxe with them which will assume their behaviour and these too will not let you go in most cases until the Nightmare is dead. Moreover, when pulling the first group look behind you (default button is 'Y'), if any of the Aatxes follow you, try to shake them off before trying to aggro the other two groups on the left as it is likely that you will be stuck with at least one then and it's a lot harder to shake them off with 15 or so grasps on your tail. I hope this helps anyone having trouble with the first part.

I play gw on wireless... = lag

= never fail except for lag jumps (as seen on my vid nearly getting owned by coldfires)

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Played at a internet cafe....

(@_@) was so cool and lag free (jealous)

Hehe, I've never managed to escape coldfires and I hardly ever get ping over 200. They're a nasty bunch, sometimes they get stuck in the most annoying of places, blocking your run. I've figured a few things about their behaviour too though, for instance they will almost never get pulled with smites even when very close together, if you use a bow you can usually pull the smites away from them (if you can't get to them otherwise), a bow is also useful when they get stuck, if you fire an arrow or two and quickly run away it's likely that they'll follow you and later assume their normal patroling routine. Also when the smites go berserk, they'll usually kill a group or even two of coldfires that cross them so you can decide what is more beneficial to your run.

is this run really worth it? i mean...i saw the youtube video, you may be doing 13 smites at a time but u only get like 2 drops from all of them...its best to vwk one at a time for better drop rates.
if i VWK the smites 1 mob at a time i get 2-3 drops per mob, but if i do YOUR build (as ownage as it is :P ) i get 2 drops from THREE mobs, thats a waste of perfectly good smites :P plus vwk isn't THAT much slower than your build... in the video on youtube, i have no idea how u get the 1k back (unless u lucky to get passage scroll or ecto...which won't happen all the time)

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hmmm i average 0-2 ecto a run, 3 on a lucky one, 4 in every million ^^

but yeah averages to 25-50kish per hour on normal run rates.


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i get between 1-4 a run, but msot runs i get 2 ectos so meh thats good for me..