Dopefish's Mesmer HM Farming Guide

Willow O Whisper

Willow O Whisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Denmark

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Me/A

:P doh could have told myself XD.
Edit: .... The smiter build won't survive the reversal of damage.... any suggesions on what to switch out the make it more viable?

Elite Bushido

Elite Bushido

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

NY

RaiN

Rt/

whats the point in having any inspiration for the raptor build

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

Quote:
whats the point in having any inspiration for the raptor build you can't use the mantra with signet of illusions, so we need to skill in insp.

gw_poster

gw_poster

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

so cal

R/

DOPE...ur my 'inspiration'

Seriously, though...only reason I made my mesmer is cuz of ur killer guides..ty again!

Jareth Argard

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2007

Raecher des feuerroten Kreuzes

Me/

big thx D0pe!

AOTT

AOTT

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

I'm right behind you. And you're DISGUSTING.

Your Moms Name Here [derp]

N/

I love you, sir.

Friar Khan

Friar Khan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

California

Thank you for helping my mesmer kill Raptors for cupcakes this weekend! Cupcakes are sweeter when they raise your Asura rank.

BTW here's the template code if it saves you any trouble: OQZDAZwTOoivapQoGB4hmAUA

Jareth Argard

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2007

Raecher des feuerroten Kreuzes

Me/

If any1 wants to watch a vid of the raptor farming (using dopefish's build)...
go here. well it's not a perfect run, but ok i think
thx to dopefish for all those builds

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

well if you want to thank someone for the raptor build, thank rezdogg, i just changed one skill *g*

Jareth Argard

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2007

Raecher des feuerroten Kreuzes

Me/

hehe ... thx rezdogg

Swamp Fox

Swamp Fox

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Noneyaville

Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

Me/

the stygian HM farm is awesome, although it took me a good 2 hours to get it down, also great how you put a link to the vid on youtube(i saw it months ago but it disappeared for me) anyways great guide

Timotheos

Timotheos

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

Slovenia

Mo/

Nice builds.
I've been trying to vwk Vermin for a while now >< guess this is it
Thx. =]

Shooshu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Me/

Thank you very much dopefish ^^

kostolomac

kostolomac

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

Serbia

Me/

How do I "reset" the drops on the raptor farm? Lately I've been getting 1 gold per 2-3 runs. I read something about doing the Snowman dungeon a couple of times , but i don't have all the map pieces , would farming a different spot for about 20-30 mins "reset" the drops of the raptor farm?

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

doing a mission or going to another zone for 20 minutes or so resets it.

kostolomac

kostolomac

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

Serbia

Me/

Where can the monk tank mes smite duo go? I'm presuming UW ?

Skinny Corpse

Skinny Corpse

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Company of Corpses [CoC]

The Stalker & Skale build works well for the Fog Nightmares as well in the Black Curtain.. dropping lots of Glittering Dust and necro tomes.

Mathiu

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Suikoden Runde

Me/E

Hey Dopefish. First of all, thanks a bunch for all those builds. =)
I've tried plenty of them and most of them work like a charm.

But now I have a question on my mind.

The Dual builds you posted containing the Mesmer Tank+Monk Smiter has the spell breaker skill on the smiter...

now when I am using a hero to play that role... how is he supposed to give me the spell breaker without getting into aggro range?

Well maybe this build just don't fit into a hero?

does anybody has experience with those builds?

Thanks =)

kostolomac

kostolomac

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

Serbia

Me/

Try to cast SB just at the moment you aggro and then flag the hero back.

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

time to start some real sick action:



BOmB1337Oo

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Me/A

Hi dopefish
can you tell me what equipment you use for the underworld?

Willow O Whisper

Willow O Whisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Denmark

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Me/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by The.D0pefish
time to start some real sick action:



Ha ha now that looks like great fun

Mathiu

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Suikoden Runde

Me/E

Wow, that looks awesome, Dopefish. =)

What skill is the seventh on that skill bar? I don't have it yet.
And what are the attributes for this build?

Greetings,

Mathiu

edit: Oh my... it's ether nightmare. That's happening when you're a Luxon =P

kostolomac

kostolomac

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

Serbia

Me/

Dopefish it would be awesome if you could show us less experienced hard mode farmers the spots to "trap" the mobs so they can't escape in UW. Also tombs is a piece of cake , clearing the ecto dropping mobs takes me around 2-3 minutes
Quote:
can you tell me what equipment you use for the underworld? Most likely a +5 energy martial weapon of enchanting and normal offhand that doesn't have "halves recharge of spells" , since it can ruin the Shadow Form Chain.

Super Igor

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2008

why should you kno? Oo

A/W

dont have a mesmer but nice, impressive, great job D0pefish. :3

ikarop

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Me/

can u post the template for the shadow former one plz? thnx

Also I think that using Intensity instead of Magenitc aura with raptors is safest, you increase a 25% the damage of sliver armor and kill the boss 100% sure.

bart123

bart123

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

The Starlight order [TSO]

P/W

Hey Dopefish,

Nice guide man
made a mesmer for this.
with a slight modification on the minotaur build,
I could powerlvl myself @ trolls from lvl 14

Mythrill

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

Gathering of Tweakers

R/Me

Hmm, have to do some faction farming, don't have ether nightmare yet. I hope level 1 alligiance is enough. Can you give us some more info on the build and tactics?

How do you deal with the nightmares? dont they rend SF?

Thx for the build, it looks great.

royal mercenary

royal mercenary

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Glob Of Ectospasm [GoE]

Me/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mythrill
Hmm, have to do some faction farming, don't have ether nightmare yet. I hope level 1 alligiance is enough. Can you give us some more info on the build and tactics?

How do you deal with the nightmares? dont they rend SF?

Thx for the build, it looks great. interupt em

12char

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

You don't have to interrupt them. If you read carefully SF's description, you'll notice that it can't be shattered/drained/rended with a spell. Signet or PBAoE/Well of Profane, yeah, but not spell.

Mythrill

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

Gathering of Tweakers

R/Me

I just tried the build 3 times. Timing is really nasty to get used to (no timer visible) and its very easy to make a mistake in the SF cycle. and killing the group of Aatxe and Graspings takes forever. Only manage to kill only four Grasping so far and aatxes where hardly damaged.

Crippie its Tom

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Canada!

none atm

R/A

pongmei valley is adjacent to sardelac sanctarium?

but otherwise nice guide :P

Riddi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2007

Belgium

Me/

First of all: Great Guide!

I've just restarted GW and created a Mesmer because everyone said it's a challenge. Before that, i'm used to playing a Necro (so i've already used a lot of the 55hp builds ).
That's where i want to comment a tiny part of something you said, concerning Fahranur, The First City and that big group o' skales running around in front of the gate to enter the building:
You said that you haven't tried them yet. Is it because of the interrupts those nasty Ridgeback Skales can do? If that is your concern, well, those in that particular group can't interrupt.
The only thing which gives me doubt is ... energy. Necro's don't usually care much about energy (Soul Reaping ... sigh ... i miss that), at least not me, but with only 1 pip in E-Regen at that time, it can become tricky for a Mesmer. Especially if you have 6+ skales on your back and you need to constantly activate Protective Spirit.

Well, just a thought. You can try it out or i will once i hit 20 with the Mesmer.

Greetings.

Edit: Forgot to mention that it's easy to pull groups of the skales in groups of 3.

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

u might be able to lure them but u can't kill the whole mob at once as they will simply outdmg your healing breeze + ps combo since you will get more than 10 hits at once b4 hb can restore your life up again.

Clost

Clost

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2007

France

ODN

Me/

Thanks for this AWESOME guide. Big kisses.

I've tried the Raptor Nestling Farming, and replaced [magnetic aura] by [Mental Block], I think it's easier to manage because it's reapplied every time an enemy strikes you.

RYCHER969

RYCHER969

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Me/E

has any1 had success of late with Naphui farm build posted on page 1?

can any1 tell me why i cant get past 1st group of foes ?

GW Karasu

GW Karasu

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Yes,could anyone give more information on how to do the Nahpui Quarter farm?? I don't see how it goes

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

just dodge the ranger attacks by using walls and keep the melees blind.
If you do this the farm is very easy

Lourens

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

I Enjoy Your Creativity

Shooshu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Me/

Does the stygian farm still works?