Solo Hell's Precipice Ranger

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

23 Aug 2008 at 04:02 - 1

I posted a while ago on my UW solo touch ranger worked great and even with mindblades now doing chaos damage that build still works by keeping the newly added wailing lords around for energy. Well now its time for yet another touch ranger run that is quite fun.

I was bored so I decided to head back to a place I love to chest run which is hell's precipice. I thought I should make the runs more entertaining so I decided to see if I could kill stuff while I got the chests. The end result is this build:

Ranger/Necromancer
Expertise 11
Wilderness Survival 14
Blood Magic 11

[skill]vampiric touch[/skill], [skill]vampiric bite[/skill], [skill]storm chaser[/skill], [skill]"I am unstoppable!"[/skill], [skill]feel no pain[/skill], [skill]grenth's balance[/skill], [skill]troll unguent[/skill], and [skill]Pain Inverter[/skill] or [skill]finish him![/skill].

The build allows you too kill the spark of the titans, risen ashen hulks, fists of the titans, hands of the titans, portal wraiths, titan bosses, armageddon lords, undead rurik, lich, and with special care a single burning title if you do it as I explain next.

A lot of the groups can be killed around the zone if you pull carefully. The burning titans break stances cutting off the energy so the technique for them is to take as much damage as possible before hitting them with [skill]grenth's balance[/skill] followed by [skill]pain inverter[/skill] or [skill]finish him![/skill] then unload your touch skills and have a high energy blood magic set with +15 energy -1 regen to finish him off with touches. It has to be done like this since they break stances which is the builds source of energy. I would also kill risen ashen hulks over spark of the titans because they have life stealing skills which make them poor batteries and self healing. I suppose its time for some pics to show what its all about and yes the mission and bonus can be completed solo in normal mode only HM everything hits too hard. The lich you have to keep some of the titan creatures alive to fuel your energy and spam [skill]grenth's balance[/skill] on him.

If you have any questions just post here I will try to answer them the best I can.

Pour One For Jose

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

[ISC]

P/W

23 Aug 2008 at 04:07 - 2

I can see it now-

RUNNING HELLS PRECIPICE 5K

My salutations though, you certainly outdid yourself here.

Scarn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

23 Aug 2008 at 04:19 - 3

Looks fun. I'll try it sometime.

Masterful Victory

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

R/Me

23 Aug 2008 at 04:58 - 4

Mesmer in Need

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

[ToA]

23 Aug 2008 at 06:27 - 5

Wow I miss threads like these. Ever since people like Witte Was retired, there havn't been many builds like these. Two thumbs up.

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

23 Aug 2008 at 07:28 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masterful Victory

Is there anyway you could take out grenth's balance and stick in melandru's resilience? This would all but eliminate the need for some of the defensive skills because of the almost constant burning on you, leaving room for maybe something else to help damage? It might possibly work I haven't tested it with [skill]melandru's resilience[/skill] but there isn't a huge amount of conditions/hexes so energy might get tough to manage. [skill]grenth's balance[/skill] really makes taking down large hp targets being rurik/lich and burning titans a lot easier. It also serves quite well as a rescue button because the damage can get quite overwhelming fast and it also half kills most of the mobs each time you use it. I will have to do some testing but I think [skill]grenth's balance[/skill] is probably superior in theory and practice.

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

23 Aug 2008 at 08:58 - 7

May i ask how long this took?

Shadow-Hunter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

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Mo/

23 Aug 2008 at 09:55 - 8

ahah ^^ Thats great xD man, gotta try this if i ever decide to buy NF and EotN

Thumbs up!

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

23 Aug 2008 at 10:21 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiggles

May i ask how long this took? It depends on what you want to do in the run. It is very easy to run directly to the portal wraiths kill them, rurik, and the lich in 20-30 minutes at most. I like to kill all the titan groups I can along with make sure I get all the chests since I am maxing treasure hunter which makes it more like 45-60 minutes. It might not be the most profitable run but it most certainly is entertaining and a testament to the power of the ranger.

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

23 Aug 2008 at 10:26 - 10

O_O
i am amazed
very nice work
hate hell's precipe xD

Nihilim Dhiamara

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Join Date: Jan 2008

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TFW

23 Aug 2008 at 10:32 - 11

2 words: very nice

Nainoa

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

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ARMY

23 Aug 2008 at 10:39 - 12

3 skills to heal? I don't see what's so impressive.

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

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P/Mo

23 Aug 2008 at 12:56 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nainoa

3 skills to heal? I don't see what's so impressive. He made a build to solo something not normally soloed. He decided that doing runs that were posted on PvX/Here wern't what he wanted, so he made one. Who cares what skills he uses if it's efficient?

@OP; Well done on the new run.

royal mercenary

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Glob Of Ectospasm [GoE]

Me/Rt

23 Aug 2008 at 16:53 - 14

vgj, what time it took you ?

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

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P/Mo

23 Aug 2008 at 17:24 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by royal mercenary

vgj, what time it took you ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by spun ducky

It depends on what you want to do in the run. It is very easy to run directly to the portal wraiths kill them, rurik, and the lich in 20-30 minutes at most. I like to kill all the titan groups I can along with make sure I get all the chests since I am maxing treasure hunter which makes it more like 45-60 minutes. It might not be the most profitable run but it most certainly is entertaining and a testament to the power of the ranger. 13 characters

Azora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Portugal =P

We Need Fame [sOz]

24 Aug 2008 at 07:50 - 16

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

24 Aug 2008 at 18:16 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azora

Loled when i saw this... ive been using it for titans like since 3 weeks ago
but not in hells..

i saw a farming build for defend north kryta quest..

but tried others and reached the exact same build ^^ u can solo the quet in Nm and with a bonder u can solo in Hm " and vanquish" didnt tryed in hells but.. u did it for me xP

nice work.. It also works quite well on the scales outside of temple of ages in hard mode. They wand cold damage. I usually run the builds for a good month or 2 before posting just to make sure its reasonable run since sometimes the runs are just too hard for the average farmer. I got plenty more builds coming though and the next one uses a recently buffed elite.

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

24 Aug 2008 at 18:20 - 18

Nice.

12chars

Azora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Portugal =P

We Need Fame [sOz]

24 Aug 2008 at 18:21 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by spun ducky

It also works quite well on the scales outside of temple of ages in hard mode. They wand cold damage. I usually run the builds for a good month or 2 before posting just to make sure its reasonable run since sometimes the runs are just too hard for the average farmer. I got plenty more builds coming though and the next one uses a recently buffed elite.

Can u say wat profession is the elite? "necro maybe?

Tender Care

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2008

Blackwater Park

MpF

26 Aug 2008 at 17:44 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azora

Can u say wat profession is the elite? "necro maybe? [grenths balance] very good skill if u do a proper use of it...otherwise it sucks ass

Azora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Portugal =P

We Need Fame [sOz]

26 Aug 2008 at 19:33 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tender Care

[grenths balance] very good skill if u do a proper use of it...otherwise it sucks ass

loled pls watch closely

Quote:

Originally Posted by spun ducky

next one uses a recently buffed elite.

my question was about the elite is he talking about.. not the one he uses in the buid >.<

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

27 Aug 2008 at 18:11 - 22

Very nice, I will be giving this a try.

Thanks for sharing it.

gw_poster

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

so cal

27 Aug 2008 at 20:43 - 23

great work, I really learn a lot from ur posts, ducky...ty again man

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

28 Aug 2008 at 00:30 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw_poster

great work, I really learn a lot from ur posts, ducky...ty again man Thanks

@azora: I am working on the next post since I always test quite heavily before putting a build up so you will have to wait until then to see the elite.

Screensaver91

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2007

[PhD]

28 Aug 2008 at 01:14 - 25

Hahaha I see our little dialog in one of the screenshots you took.

Great build, will deffinatley try it sometime!

infymys

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Where you aren't

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28 Aug 2008 at 08:12 - 26

[skill]vampiric spirit[/skill]

.........

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

28 Aug 2008 at 08:32 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by infymys

[skill]vampiric spirit[/skill]

......... Spells is a keyword.

EDIT: Oh yeah, forgot. Don't think about the Necro updates much heh

ALF71BE

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

In your fridge, stealing your pickles. for mah subway

28 Aug 2008 at 08:40 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Spells is a keyword. Code hasn't updated.

Still, Grenth's Balance seems more powerful, especially for taking down the lich.

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

28 Aug 2008 at 09:22 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALF71BE

Code hasn't updated.

Still, Grenth's Balance seems more powerful, especially for taking down the lich. I agree with this the lich would take quite a while without grenth's balance. It probably could be done but at a much slower pace and also you wouldn't have a spike heal at hand as the titans and imps can pull off some nasty spikes at times.