From Survivor to Legendary in Under an hour and a half.

A Simple Farmer

A Simple Farmer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

ECTOS

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So I made a new character as I was getting a little bored with Slaver's Runs. The survivor title was taking forever as I suck and couldn't punchout in HM , so I made this little build. Didn't want to res an old thread, so I thought I'd just post this. Nothing new, nothing special but worth sharing I think.
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[build prof=r][melandru's resilience][ebon escape][/build]
Or
[build=OgMS8Y8SDH3lrE3V1DyDAE0l]
Monks
[build=OwQT0ynCv4OYUep8gxTfiEA][build=OwQT0mHD35O0FlHpkDS8QfQTAA]
[build=OwQT0mHD55O0FlHpkDS8Qf8PAA]
Just make sure there's 13 in prot. (my templates are messed as they are non lvl-20 builds, so change em before you use em.) You have been warned.
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Use
Casting the enchants on you is the most important part of this run.
1. Have each monk cast [[Balthazar's spirit] on themselves see screenshots. (left of [[blessed signet])
2. Have one monk cast [[Balthazar's spirit] on you.
3. Have all monks cast [[protective bond] on you.
4. Have all monks cast [[life bond] on you.
5. Have all monks cast [[essence bond] on you.
6. Have all monks cast their remaining enchant on you.
7. Double check the bonds by hovering your mouse over each monk's maintained enchants.
8. Keep up Melandru's resilience.

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XP seems to be capped at 700xp per kill, so I used slayer's insight scrolls 750xp clipped to 700xp
so for the math...
1,196,900xp needed to get survivor from lvl 20
700xp X 60 foes = 42,000xp per run.
1,196,900xp / 42,000xp = 28.5 runs to max title
1 run takes about 3.5 to 4 minutes (I was slow and methodical, probably could be done in 2-3min).
28.5min x 3.5min = 99 minutes or an hour and thirty nine minutes, but with a reasonable 3min run the time ends up 1 hour 25min.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot of redundancy built into this one. Better to be safe than sorry when dealing with survivor. Could probably use any profession. Just sub [[healing breeze] for [[melandru's resilience]. Try with another Character, ie I tried this run with my Mo/Ra to check everything worked... Hire a runner from Sifhalla. watch the zone on Bjora Marches, the mandragor can insta agro on spawn. Double check your enchants before agroing. Watch where you flag, don't go so far as to loose your enchants! Keep up PS just in case :-) My connection tends to jump around a lot, so there's a lot of overkill. With just [[melandru's resilience], you can agro 2-3 groups at a time np. More with [[shielding hands]+[[shield of absorption]. Which synergizes well with Rampager Scrolls as you can constantly keep up the scroll.
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for help to get to 20 (which I found invaluable)...
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Ghostcell

Ghostcell

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

=VX9=

N/Mo

that's pretty impressive.

rizbiz

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

Shards of Orr

Mo/

You really want to break GW dont u ASP... Izzy will disable your account one day for learning GW beyond his understanding. And he will cancel any preorders of GW2 you're gonna get. Gz man.. thats rediculous lol. You can like. Run Leg Survivor O.O... for lets say 50k.. in 1:30h not bad :\

KZaske

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

I am impressed, congratulations.

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

Wow, thats not bad indeed, too bad i dont need any more survivors so i cant try it

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Nice.

PS: 99 mins isn't under 1.5 hours.

king_trouble

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2008

In the Realm of the Gods

The High Chroniclez

A/

Well, this just ruins the fun of getting a legendary survivor character...

Joseph Spiritmaster

Joseph Spiritmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

In the little house on the hill, Ascalon City, Presearing

Nice job, how hard was it to get from Sif to the Vaettirs, how was the run?

-P.s: need to figure this out for my rit....

Anwyn

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2009

YaRR Bear Pirates

P/W

nice for a R/Mo... I got a Me/Mo, I suppose I could do the same thing hey? Oh, another thing, how far do you flag your heroes?

NVM, I just saw them in your mini map... Lotsa glacial stones dro too I assume? I want em gloves for my Para...

ragnagard

ragnagard

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

In Spain, of course

Gamer Espa??ol[GE]

N/Mo

Great Job ASP!

Now if we can look for something for any prof and we can let kilroy rest for a while.

Been looking about your build... seems like you use protective bond (5% damage) shared between your 3 monks which renders -1 (or -1+1 with another bond) so they "dont loose" energy after all.
Then my question: why do you bring prot esp? (curious huh! :P)

Just asking how to do it with a paragon... and i will be happier :P.
Need to calculate how much regen you will need to counter its hex.
Maybe being x/mo with Healing Breeze (same 10ener as Prot esp), bonds and Feel no pain can be done?.

We all know that FNP can be adquired just by pushing the piggys without done anything more . You need to get the main quest first but... could be.

Even without FNP....

Am i terribly wrong? :P

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Impressive Speed!

(For Rit i would suggest using VwK as elite. Run is easy - you just get someone to run you there. It's quite cheap.)

Anwyn

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2009

YaRR Bear Pirates

P/W

I am so gonna do this this weekend, Needa get Ebon Escape on my mes and change to Monk... then i am set...

exploiter

exploiter

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

ign Punk Isnt Dead

R/

Thats nice one Oo I even have r1 Monk in Gunnars, i guess i will finish him with this method. thank you

t00115577

t00115577

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Mo/

ya man very nice

PS wtb 1 more sunspear point ^^

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

A/

So what professions would this work with you think? >.> Apart from your Ranger.

Mustache Mayhem

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

BEN

R/N

thats really cool idea.. never thought of using the keg guy for anything

yeah redundancy.. else survivor roid rage! =]

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

Gj - it would be faster without heros due to them sharing xp but given that not everyone can do it solo due to chr limitations its damn gd tho.
Btw even if its nothin new or impressive - usually these things are better than the impressive ones as it gets the job done.

Feraz - keg bombing is done by perma sins tho im sure there are others trying diff chrs to get same results and so far Simple Farmers got in first.Im workin on a monk version which i got ideas for but not actually tried yet - need to research more before i try it.

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

A/

I know they work on perma sins...I wanna know if it would work on a Warrior <.<
Oops, my mistake! Thanks for catching (stupid metric time).
Quote: Originally Posted by faraaz View Post
So what professions would this work with you think? >.> Apart from your Ranger. It could probably work with any profession.
The Regen from [[melandru's resilience] alone is enough. All 7 other skills aren't needed. So just make your secondary Ranger, grab an elite X/Ra
You could also go the monk route, and replace [[Melandru's Resilience] with healing breeze, for X/Mo Prof build. Though because you have to select yourself to cast. Which though obvious, I'm sure someone will forget, as you constantly would have to self target.
A self directed heal would be best, like [[Hexer's Vigor] or [[Mystic Regeneration] [[Vampiric Spirit] or [[feel no pain] in Addition to [[Healing Breeze] or [[melandru's resilience].
Quote:
Originally Posted by ragnagard View Post
Great Job ASP!
Then my question: why do you bring prot esp? (curious huh! :P) Prot spirit, shielding hands, shield of absorption are all extra, as are the rest of the skills. They are redundant, so if for example, my hero's got out of range, then Protective Spirit would be up. Allowing me enough time to either Guild Hall or Kill the Vaettir.
Shielding Hands/SoA are only there to agro larger groups. You can do upto 12 Vaettir at a time without them.

Joe Fierce

Joe Fierce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Disconnect the fascination

LF High End PvE Guild that's not filled with elitists.

R/

farmer, I'm impressed, rather simple build, I'm just surprised no one beat you to the punch, it's very simple seeming. not to say your simple, it obviously took a bit of forethought.

/cheers

Marverick

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

R/

...I was just about to go and try this when I saw this line....

Quote:
watch the zone on Bjora Marches, the mandragor can insta agro on spawn. Please elaborate... HM mandragors can KD you with Mandragor Charge and own you with Wounding Strike in a few seconds...

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
watch the zone on Bjora Marches, the mandragor can insta agro on spawn.
Please elaborate... HM mandragors can KD you with Mandragor Charge and own you with Wounding Strike in a few seconds... When you zone into Bjora Marches there is a group of mandragor that spawn fairly close to the entrance point.

If it is a bad spawn they can be on top of you before you finish loading.

Usually I hit 1-2-3 (GoS, DP, SF) just as soon as the screen clears and that keeps me safe but every once in a while they will take me down.

but, yeah, if you are going for survivor that could be a problem.

A Simple Farmer

A Simple Farmer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

ECTOS

E/

Hey Devilman, I'd knew you'd like the PB use :-)
@Marverick
I'd suggest getting run there, as any char but your Survivor, that way you can test the build and see how close the Mandragor spawn to you.

If you have a real slow comp or have never been in Bjora Marches, you can be killed be a slow load. One in 10 spawns end in the Mandragor agroing the party. I had it happen as my survivor, no biggie, [[melandru's resilience] and zone. (keyboard x, r) Just make sure you don't have 55 armor on!

That's why one of my monks in my screenshots has DP. Just make sure your runner knows to rezone if this happens.

Yeah just verified, you don't need any monk skills. Bit slower, as you can only grab 3 groups at a time.

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

A/

Good lord...my 3rd born child shall be named after you Simple Farmer (the first two are already promised to others). Thank you very much.

Anwyn

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2009

YaRR Bear Pirates

P/W

So u need to be 105?

Larcen

Larcen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

Southern Maryland

Midnight Oasis

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anwyn View Post
So u need to be 105?
55. Health bar won't move. lol

Anwyn

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2009

YaRR Bear Pirates

P/W

must be doing something wrong, i die every time...

anyone got any tips on usage, which enchants go where etc?

godsie

godsie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/

this looks fantastic I am currently close to r2 on my survivor with my paragon, have read the thread and not sure if I can do it with her.

I have the monks and all their skills. When you talk about getting run to jaga from sifhalla with budger I assume you mean getting someone else to run you there each time - I have tried running myself - no joy.

I tried advertising for runner in sifhalla but no interest !

pingu666

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

guildhall

[DETH]

can you leech the xp ?

Loki Seiguro

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

IGN: Scarlet Test Ace

We play Isketch in [HoH]

E/

Hmm...I'm still wondering about where he is..can anyone help?

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Godsie, try advertising in Doomlore shrine. there are generally a number of sins there looking for work.

Loki, if you are asking about Budger, he is in Drakkar lake standing between the two entrances to Sifhala.

Strife17

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

Mo/

You have to macro anything on monks? like bip or something? or is there energy fine just with balths spirit?

and Cheers on this build/strategy. need to try it out on my ranger

been wanting to give him LS for a while now.

but i might wanna try it out on my monk first lol, who is already LS

anyways, keep up the good work!

edit: another question how do you get at that place without dieing?(bad with online game names of locations) someone runs you to vaettirs spot? from sifhalla?

CE Devilman

CE Devilman

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

hell

Do U Trust Anet

N/Mo

take out[build][Life Bond][/build] and add[build][Life Barrier][/build] on a hero

and U can take dmg down to -1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SqLkgyiMLI&fmt=22

A Simple Farmer

A Simple Farmer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

ECTOS

E/

Hey Devilman, great suggestion.
That should allow for a bigger agro!