Destroyer Cores [Glint's Challenge] Ele Style

Phi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

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18 Sep 2007 at 06:29 - 1

Destroyer Cores all round

...for eles

Profession : E/Me

Att points
Earth Magic : 12+1+3
Air Magic : 5
Inspiration Magic : 11
Energy Storage : 4

Skills

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Stoneflesh Aura
Obsidian Flesh [E]
Glyph of Swiftness
Sliver Armor
Stone Striker
Mantra Of Earth
Crystal Wave
Teinai's Crystals

Equipment
Galigord's Stone Staff
or something with 20% enchantments longer
Since you'll take the occasional 2-5 damage (rarely) use a few blessed insigna of if using a shield with -2 while enchanted mod on it

Walkthrough

Pretty simple really enter the Glint's Challenge mission, at the Central Transfer Chamber
Stand out in the center (shown in the first screenie) so you'll aggro the destroyers make sure they don't run off and kill the baby dragon. Just keep yourself alive with all the armour enchantments must need Obsidian Flesh as there are mesmers who will shatter and drain your enchantments, until all the Dwarfs are dead. Wait till they all bunch up, both sides [Should at 3 minutes in the last group of destroyers will arrive], than pick a side, run to them than hit Sliver armour whilst keep all enchantments up and watch them drop. Using Teinai's Crystals and Crystal Wave first before using Sliver armor will drop almost all of them below half way of their HP. NB Do not use Teinai's Crystal and Crystal Wave once you've used them once on a group you'll get smashed by vengeful weapon A run should take about 4-5 minutes and on average you get 2 cores a run, so 1k-2k every 4-5 minutes which is pretty good if you ask me.

Usage of skills
too keep up obsidian flesh constantly, use Glyph of Swiftness before you cast it, same goes for silver amour, although it won't be up all the time the recharge time is reduced by 25%.

Screens Yeah sorry i should of taken the screenies in a smaller res These Screenshots were taken when i was first testing out this farm so the build is different, its slower
Screen 1 - Where to stand to aggro at the beginning

Screen 2 - At time when they are all bunched up

Screen 3 - When they are all dead and the drops

Enjoy

Phi

Hahaha alright sorry, took out the wrong skills i copyed and pasted this from my guildies forum, mybad sorry, forgive me plz!!! Guess it what happens when you don't proof read your own work once you've finished writing it out

philo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

18 Sep 2007 at 07:14 - 2

Thank you for the interesting guide. Will try this out ASAP.

One question though: what's the use of Stone Striker in this build if you are neither using Mantra of Earth nor geomancer's insignia?

ps
On a side note: it's Sliver Armour, not Silver Armour

Phi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

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21 Sep 2007 at 08:06 - 26

Quote:
Originally Posted by philo
On a side note: I don't really understand why you discarded Sliver Armour. It, too, targets only one foe at a time, doesn't it? And it comes from your maxed out attribute, whereas when using Empathy you have to invest points into yet a third line of your secondary..... Although it targets 1 foe at a time, it still kills them at a very fast rate, sorta acts like an AoE spell.

Tried the use of degen to kill each destroyer one by one, good find, loot is good worth the time to degen one by one to death, nice amounts of destroyer core drops per run, however, for me, its too slow for my liking

I'll work on other professions to see if they can possibly farm destroyers solo, but have to get them there first, which takes a bit

udk-birDy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

21 Sep 2007 at 09:20 - 27

no chance of a dervish beeing farming this ? ....

( just a thought ) ..

Cheers !

ForgeWhelp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

TGW

N/Mo

21 Sep 2007 at 11:49 - 28

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phi
Although it targets 1 foe at a time, it still kills them at a very fast rate, sorta acts like an AoE spell.

Tried the use of degen to kill each destroyer one by one, good find, loot is good worth the time to degen one by one to death, nice amounts of destroyer core drops per run, however, for me, its too slow for my liking

I'll work on other professions to see if they can possibly farm destroyers solo, but have to get them there first, which takes a bit Hehe, now I can't get my own build to work for me, I keep dying...hehe

Are you Cereal?!

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2007

BMoD

E/Mo

29 Sep 2007 at 12:09 - 29

Sorry to bump up this old thread, but i've been trying this build and it goes well, but I can never keep all 3 enchants up with Glyph of Swiftness.

I'm using a Totem Axe as well.

Then when an enchantment drops off, I die.

Should I use glyph on all enchants? Do I need to keep all enchants on always [ Ob Flesh, Stone Strike and Stonefelsh Aura]

Since they have all different recharge times and go for different durations, I don't know what to do..

Someone please help me!

fujin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Hong Kong, all the way in Asia :O

Officer of United Jedi [UJ]

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29 Sep 2007 at 12:29 - 30

Quote:
Originally Posted by Are you Cereal?!
Sorry to bump up this old thread, but i've been trying this build and it goes well, but I can never keep all 3 enchants up with Glyph of Swiftness.

I'm using a Totem Axe as well.

Then when an enchantment drops off, I die.

Should I use glyph on all enchants? Do I need to keep all enchants on always [ Ob Flesh, Stone Strike and Stonefelsh Aura]

Since they have all different recharge times and go for different durations, I don't know what to do..

Someone please help me!
You must use Glyph of Swiftness in conjunction with Obsidian Flesh. It's the only way to keep it up constantly, and you must use it as soon as it recharges

And you also have to keep your Earth Magic at 16.

Are you Cereal?!

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2007

BMoD

E/Mo

29 Sep 2007 at 13:01 - 31

Yes, I know, but still only have like around 1 or 2 seconds when it recharges to cast.

And sometimes 2 spells recharge at the same time and I die cause I can only cast one at a time.

I'll try more tomorrow.

Thanks... Are you Cereal?!

P.S Must I keep all enchants up, or only ob flesh most of the time and stone skin and stone striker when possible?

fujin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Hong Kong, all the way in Asia :O

Officer of United Jedi [UJ]

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29 Sep 2007 at 13:10 - 32

Quote:
Originally Posted by Are you Cereal?!
Yes, I know, but still only have like around 1 or 2 seconds when it recharges to cast.

And sometimes 2 spells recharge at the same time and I die cause I can only cast one at a time.

I'll try more tomorrow.

Thanks... Are you Cereal?!

P.S Must I keep all enchants up, or only ob flesh most of the time and stone skin and stone striker when possible? I suggest you prioritize Obsidian Flesh as the first Enchantment to cast. If you have both of them recharged at the same time, cast Obsidian Flesh.

The recharge of Obsidian Flesh is reduced to 23.3 seconds (23 seconds if rounded lower) and with Earth Magic at 16 and with an "of Enchanting" mod, it will last 25 seconds,so you have a 2 second window (So you have 1 extra second at your disposal) to recast Obsidian Flesh.

Stoneflesh Aura, on the other hand, has it's recharge time reduced to ~12 seconds, and last ~19 seconds, so you have more than enough time to recast it.

If you bothered reading, thanks.

ForgeWhelp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

TGW

N/Mo

29 Sep 2007 at 13:11 - 33

If you have 16 earth and you are using ANY +20 enchant wep then you should have no issue with your enchantments. As long as you have Glyph of Swiftness cast before Obsidian Flesh wears off, and only use Glyph of Swiftness for Obsidian Flesh, then uyou should always have enough time to get Obsidian Flesh back up, You can let any 1 of the other enchants fail as long as it's only for a second or 2 then get them back up. Getting into postion and casting the offensive stuff is always secondary to keeping your enchants running.

Phi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

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29 Sep 2007 at 13:21 - 34

well people basically beat me to answering your question. As a suggestion and reminding you, always always keep obsidian flesh up constantly, once it recharge cast it ASAP, don't matter what your doing cast it and be sure to glyph of swiftness applied well before it recharges. If your still have problems, i suggest you use the first ever build i used to test the idea, take out the crystal wave and Teinai's Crystals for Armor of Earth and aura of restoration, armor of earth should reduce damage in take to 5-10 damage which helps if you have stoneflesh down

fujin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Hong Kong, all the way in Asia :O

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29 Sep 2007 at 15:53 - 35

And about armor, if you can afford another full set, you can buy it, and use Geomancer Insignia's on all 5 armor pieces. You're pretty much invincible as long as you have that, provided you keep up all the Enchantments. Energy is no problem either since Mantra of Earth is providing you with more than enough Energy.

Z'HA'DUM

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

E/Me

30 Sep 2007 at 11:47 - 36

any chance of beating the next wave of mobs, or does this only work for the first wave?

Song Hye Jin

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

30 Sep 2007 at 12:06 - 37

I make a video for this farm :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscPyfzejzE

Have fun

insightful moth

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

By Balthazars Beard[TasH]

30 Sep 2007 at 12:12 - 38

In wave 2 the dervishes deal a LOT of damage, enough to hurt you through all the enchants. When the rangers arrive they have broadhead arrow, which combined with the number of things hitting you makes casting nigh on impossible.

For those having trouble with chaining obsidian flesh, take a ranger hero with serpents quickness and quickening zephyr and flag it next to the dragon. Because the cores are loot scaled, your drops won't be affected and you'll have plenty of time to manage your enchants.

fujin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Hong Kong, all the way in Asia :O

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01 Oct 2007 at 13:22 - 39

You might be able to do it with a Hero Bonder with Dismiss Condition, Mend Condition or any kind of condition removal, but the Dervs are still to strong with damage, so it means the monk will need heals also.

Persie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

You Play Like A [GiRL]

01 Oct 2007 at 14:55 - 40

thx for makin cores worthless ~

n/c srsly ...