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Hey There!
So after reading Fuzzy Taco's awesome post about Necro Farming, I tried farming the UW. I came up with this build; it's as a blend of my TOD Builds & the standard Duo 55 SS. Another good source for of inspiration has been Cerb's Art of Underworld.
With Ogden, I've cleared: Labyrinth, Wastes, Vale, Mountains, Plains and Pools. In HM I've cleared Labyrinth, Wastes, Vale, Mountains. I'm still in testing for this build, I still have to figure out the pits; hero management is holding me back( having a human smite should make the pits quite do-able). Does that mean you can clear the UW with this? I don't know, I think there's more but I haven't got there yet, perhaps someone nice can post to clarify.
I've only gone into the UW like 10 times now. (5 as a Wa/Rt) so please don't ask questions about; times and how do you complete such and such a quest. Though I will update this page as people post, or as I figure it out on my own. As far as fast goes, yes it's fast; I slow this build down... a lot...
Ok enough of that, on to the good stuff
A Simple Farmer
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Skills
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This is the build as it's stands now, you'll notice it's different than the screencaps. I think this will work better, I doubt I'll update the screens.
16 Curses, 3 Soul Reaping, 12 Prot
[card]Spirit Bond[/card][card]Shield of Absorption[/card][card]Protective Spirit[/card][card]Insidious Parasite[/card][card]Spiteful Spirit[/card][card]Suffering[/card][card]Vital Blessing[/card][card]Essence Bond[/card]
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Optional Skills
Suffering may be replaced with; Desecrate Enchantments, pain inverter, radiation field, I am unstoppable etc...
[card]Blessed Signet[/card][card]Arcane Echo[/card][card]Spell Breaker[/card][card]Holy Wrath[/card][card]Retribution[/card][card]Balthazar's Spirit[/card][card]Blessed Aura[/card][card]Rebirth[/card]
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Optional Skills
Arcane Echo may be replaced with; glyph of swiftness, glyph of lesser energy
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Equipment
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Starter Armor, or as low as you can go. Mine is 15.
5 Survivor inscriptions, 3 runes of vitae and a Sup Vigor, and a headpiece with curses+1+3
Spirit of the Forgotten & Nehpek's Focus
Golden Boar Scepter & Nehpek's Focus (an enchanting prot staff or curses staff would probably be more usefull.)
16 Smite / 16 Devine (runes can be salvaged and swapped) ot just be lazy and leave one on chest.
Enchanted Staff on Ogden.
Energy Swapping gear if human Smite.
Consumeables.
Stuff to get rid of your DP and a Scroll of Resurrection in case Ogden dies. Some that boost your health, can also be at times usefull, though as your health increases, SpB heals for less per trigger.
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Use
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So I'm going to give you the gist of it, and let the images do the talking. First off it's easy, so easy even I can do it. Essentially this is a 600/Smite build with perks (SS), but at certain points, it's easier to drop some enchantments and to cast certain spells. I'm going to do that instruction by monster. Also all instruction are for NM.
HM specific instructions: They move faster, so by agroeing with SS you might not have time to cast SOA before you get interupted (grasps). Groups larger than 3 will scatter, so wand em back. The Mindblades tend to pick up agro on Ogden if he enter's their agro circle (this I'm working on).
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1 Bladed Aatxes
Flag Ogden well back
Cast SpellBreaker on yourself, PS, SS, SpB, SOA & IP if you can.
No need to draw out the interupts.
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2 Graspings
Flag Ogden well back
Cast SpellBreaker on yourself, PS, SS, SpB, attack with spear (draw out interupts), SOA. Don't cast anything else. However if you cast SpB too soon, you might have to renew. Everything should be dead in one PS.
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3 Dying Nightmare
HM, if you loose enchants, cast PS and IP, if SB is up, ignore, it will wand itself to death.
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4 Smites
Flag Ogden well back
PS, agro, SpB, SOA, Suffering, wait for smite hex, SS and cover with IP, maintain SpB and SOA, cover with sufferning as needed.
However, SS isn't needed to kill smites.
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5 Coldfires
Flag Ogden well back
Cast SpellBreaker on yourself, PS, SS, pick another target and cast IP, SOA & IP as needed, if there are more than 2, cast a second SS on the third Coldfire.
If they don't die in one SB, watchout for Maelstrom. Just run out of it's way.
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6 Obsidian Behemoth
Flag Ogden well back, out of range of spirit.
Drop Vital Blessing and Essence bond. Maintain Ogdens.
You'll need your wand or staff for this portion. The Obsidians will ignore you if you aren't attacking with a decent weapon.
PS, SS, SpB, IP. Then IP as needed, SpB if desparate. If it is close to death, choose another for IP, as it is your main heal.
Keep wanding your target, it interupts their heal.
Don't pick up your stuff right away, the traps will kill you (I always for get this).
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7 Charged Blackness
Flag Ogden well back
Cast SpellBreaker on yourself, PS, SS, pick another target and cast IP, SOA & IP as needed, if there are more than 2, cast a second SS on the third Blackness.
They can be a pain with the knockdowns, keep up PS and IP as much as possible SS if you can spare it.
To counter their knockdowns, cast your spell when you are on the ground, so you cast as soon as you stand.
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8 Banished Dream Rider
Flag Ogden well well back
Cast SpellBreaker on yourself, PS, SS, IP, IP as needed, be aware that Mindblades will spawn on it's death, and be aware WHERE they will spawn.
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9 Mindblade Spectre
Flag Ogden well well back
Disable Blessed Signet, get over 30 Energy for Ogden.
Run up toward Group, Arcane Echo, Cast SpellBreaker on yourself (so Ogden runs toward you), PS, SS.
Run back to wards Ogden, who should be near his flag by now. Press 'f' while running to select yourself. Cast the echoed SB on yourself. Ogden should again run toward you to cast. Once he is casting. CAST SpB, SOA and another SS. They should be on you and fully attacking.
Ogden should then auto return to his flagged position free of agro.
Because you are essentially pulling the group, if you die, they won't stay over you, so you will be an easy rebirth.
be aware that More Mindblades will spawn on their death, so be aware WHERE they will spawn.
Essentially we're getting an extra 6-7 seconds out of SB by casting the echo, before they attack (and ogden looses the energy).
note: If you are using a human smite, try dropping holy wrath. and just echo SB to maintain a constant SB - see terrorweb technique.
I first fought the mindblades in HM, so that's why I was afraid to try the terrorweb technique and I also hadn't gotten to the terrorwebs to know there was a technique :-) Once I go back, I'll figure out what works and what doesn't.
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10 Terrorweb
Flag Ogden quite close (just outside your bubble)
Disable Blessed Signet, get over 30 Energy for Ogden.
Run up toward Group, Arcane Echo, Cast SpellBreaker on yourself (so Ogden runs toward you), PS, SS, IP, run back close to Ogden, who should be at his flag by now. Press 'f' while running to select yourself. Cast the echoed SB on yourself once the other has reached the 1/3 recharge (see image). Enable Blessed Signet, so Ogden can self cast it.
Cast SS, IP and PS as needed, concentrate on Ogden and maintaining SB.
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11 Bone Pits
I didn't have much success with the bone pits, so I went to the spawning pools instead. However I think the technique for dealing with the Spawning pools, (continual SB) would work, it's just that in those tight spaces, the chained souls were messing with Ogden.
Flag Ogden quite close (just outside your bubble)
Disable Blessed Signet, get over 30 Energy for Ogden.
Run up toward Group, Arcane Echo, Cast SpellBreaker on yourself (so Ogden runs toward you), PS, SS, SpB, IP, run back close to Ogden, who should be at his flag by now. Press 'f' while running to select yourself. Cast the echoed SB on yourself once the other has reached the 1/3 recharge (see first image on terrorweb). Enable Blessed Signet, so Ogden can self cast it.
Cast SS, IP and PS as needed, concentrate on Ogden and maintaining SB.
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...If I can do it by myself with a hero I will
another way to farm with my necro, 
