Warrior Solo Farm- Smoking Remains

kvndoom

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

Phone call woke me up, decided to log in and say hi, guild asked for a build to get these things, since only one monster in one zone drops them. I threw this together, hope it helps people farming items for the event. Here goes:

14 axe
13 strength
8 smiting

[signet of stamina][feel no pain][flail][keen chop][scourge sacrifice][defy pain][lion's comfort][sprint]

For sword lovers, change to 14 swordsmanship and bring [standing slash]

You must have fully infused armor to do this.

Enter the mission, pop Sig of Stamina and FNP, then start running west by northwest, basically the same route that the dwarf runs before getting waxed by the Mursaat. You will take a little damage, but nothing substantial. You need to get to the cul-de-sac before the dwarf, though, so that you can aggro the Nightmares. Start attacking as soon as they pop up, and once they are adjacent to each other, cast Scourge. Use Lion's as soon as it is charged, and then Defy Pain. The nightmares stop saccing once their health reaches a certain point, so then you just thwack until dead. You should have killed them both long before the Mursaat arrive.

Now, you can also get the group past the tower, but you have to have a little luck and good timing. A -5 energy weapon helps too. It's best to run back to the mission start point and work counterclockwise towards the group at the topof the hill above the tower. Time your Sprint and FNP to have as little energy as possible when you aggro the Mursaat Mesmers. Run down the hill and get out of range of the tower, so you can heal and restore energy. Then aggro the group of Nightmares and kill them the same way. It's a pretty fast run.

Proof of concept:


Happy hunting.

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

R/

Wouldnt [Whirlwind Attack] be more useful then Keen Chop?

kvndoom

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

Yeah that would work with any weapon. Believe me, this was the result of a groggy, rushed mind. Anything would probably work, but the point is being able to get to them and kill them in as little time as possible.

You could drop your weapon mastery to 0, equip a sword, max Tactics, and [riposte][deadly riposte] too. [healing signet] instead of [lion's comfort]. That would probably be faster, but being able to actively kill things is a preference of mine...

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

When i farmed it for event, i just used enchantless riposte build while taking henches (to distract mursaat on hill before first ether seal - just kill in location that is more than compass range from them and drops are not affected.)

kvndoom

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

I can reach and kill the Lava Spitters now too, but I need to factor in more damage somehow. More news at 11...