Drazach Thicket Speed Clear (DTSC)

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

The SCAR Alliance has been working on DTSC for a while and made the run pretty fast (12-14 mins average, possibility of getting a 9/10 min run) The whole run nets about 16-16.5k Kurzick faction so you can technically max your title in under 100 hours from no faction!

Basically, the run starts from The Eternal Grove and you 600/smite in 4 pathways to vanquish the whole zone, resign, rinse and repeat.

There are 4 teams of 600 / smiters and the builds are as follows;

600
[build prof=Monk/Warrior Divine=12 Protection=12 Tactics=3][Protective Spirit][Spirit Bond][Shield of Absorption][Spell Breaker][Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support]["Finish Him!"][Blessed Aura][Essence Bond][/build]
or
[build prof=Monk/Warrior Divine=12 Protection=12 Tactics=3][Protective Spirit][Spirit Bond][Shield of Absorption][Spell Breaker][Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support][Pain Inverter][Blessed Aura][Essence Bond][/build]

and for the smiter:
[build prof=Monk/Necromancer Smiting=12 Protection=12 Blood=3][Unyielding Aura][Blessed Signet][Purge Signet][Blood Ritual][Holy Wrath][Retribution][Balthazar's Spirit][Vital Blessing][/build] (The smiter can take out Blood Ritual for By Ural's Hammer! if the tank feels confident they don't need it.


The run starts where everyone tanks and spanks the mesmer boss and his group then goes off in their seperate ways, with the groups all ending at the dragon moss near the north portal to Saint Anjeka's Shrine.

Hazards
At the start of every mob the tanks have to put up spell breaker before engaging in battle. The "Warden of the Spirits" and "Warden of Minds" (mesmers) have [Shatter Enchantment] and [Cry of Frustration]; the "Mantis Stormcallers" (elementalists) have [Maelstrom], and the Warden of the Trees/Forest (warriors) have [Devastating Hammer], [Counter Blow], and ["None Shall Pass!"] so be wary of knockdowns and don't auto attack. The "Undergrowths" have [Bulls Strike] so the east-team has to be careful of trying to pull them together. The Oni (which pop somewhere in the red-area in the map shown) also have [Shadow Shroud], so when you see them pop throw up [Spell Breaker] or have your Smiter quickly [purge signet] you and throw up [shield of absorption] to tank them out.
For a picture reference, the route is as follows:

All the stars in colour represent bosses that spawn (purple = mesmer, green = necro/ranger etc...). For the east-team The Skill Eater and The Pain Eater (the cyan-coloured ritualist bosses) as well as any "Skill Hungry Gaki" have both [Dissonance] and [Disenchantment], which hit through spellbreaker, so be careful when aggroing them


The blue line being the East team, the Red line being the centre-right team, the Green line is the Centre-left team, and the Yellow line is the west team.

And the texmod can be downloaded here if you want the paths directly on your map:
http://www.mediafire.com/?jnjcjmtnana

Lord Of Blame

Lord Of Blame

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

USA

Marked Souls [MkS]

E/N

Excellent guide. Might have to look into giving this a try.

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Pure Win. Excellent 5/5 Stars Guide. Are there going to be any more speed clear guides for other zones throughout the game?

samerkablamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

P/W

WOOT SCAR!

lol we pwn

I Twisted Fate I

I Twisted Fate I

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2009

Australia

Dark Knights in The Light [DARK]

N/D

Is this possible in HM?

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

I'm recovering from maxing Luxon via MQSC, so I'm not about to start another grind, though I am very familiar with the concept.

My question is this: wouldn't Disenchantment mean insta death? What's the counter for it? 600 spamming his first 3 skill hoping you don't get unbonded?

The Lost Explorer

The Lost Explorer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

[AvA]

Rt/

Can this be do with Rit 600/Smite or no?

Zodiak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Gatineau, Qc, Canada

Kiss of Anguish [KISS]

P/W

Question though. I dont play monk much and I have been smiter on this run once or twice but with Holy Wrath zapping all your energy, how would you go about activating ["by ural's hammer!"]?

Zodiak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Gatineau, Qc, Canada

Kiss of Anguish [KISS]

P/W

Forgive me if this sounds stupid but looking at the paths and the locations where the Bosses are, would you not get more faction starting up North in Saint Anjika Shrine? What I mean is that, woudnt it allow you the kills you need to get the maximum faction from killing each boss instead of fighting them right off the bat as each path comes out with little to no kills?

I simply wish to understand

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

You activate [By Ural's Hammer] either right before getting hit by the group, or swapping from a -5e (brain over brawns or something similar) to a normal set and hitting it, then swapping back to your low energy set and hitting blessed signet to hide your regained energy.

Also, you start from that side (Eternal) because you still get the 25 kills needed for max faction for the bosses except the mesmer one, which is 250 faction less, hardly worth it when you can go 3-4 minutes faster / run then starting at Saint Anjeka's Shrine. Also, if Saint Anjeka's shrine gets taken over by Luxons, then you won't have the Kurzick priests to give you the Kurzick Bounty (missing out on about 5k faction), wheras The Eternal Grove can never be overthrown because it's a mission.

And yes Kottis, sharing builds with the public is ftw :P

superraptors

superraptors

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2008

W/

sweet....faster then oldschool hfff
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Elephantaliste

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

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Whereas posting a very usefull method for DTSC is very instructive for those that haven't been in faction farming dedicated alliance/guilds, i am sure that the popular SCAR is fully competent aswell in elite area farming like DoA they are used to clear dayly.

(WTB DOASC guide)

Zodiak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Gatineau, Qc, Canada

Kiss of Anguish [KISS]

P/W

It doesnt matter who owns a farm or not. Each of these guides are written by different people with variations on builds and how to do things and I appreciate all of them. I really appreciate the Textmod file though, as im learning I have been crossing paths with others and it is very helpful, thank you

ele pl

ele pl

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

E/

Hopefully we will see many Pugs willing to do this SC...

toocooltang

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2008

USA

ToA

W/

Nice well written guide with good pictures. Its also nice to see the OP not post and forget and is sticking around to answer questions. Things like this make guildwars a better community. Since my play time is very limited I don't like to spend it forming groups so I just H/H it up and finish in 28 minutes. Eitherway its also nice to see stuff like this

Go to Euro French district, there are pugs occasionally there.

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Originally Posted by cyvil View Post
VWK Rits can take on the Oni. The problem with a Rit on this run is the lack of a self equipped spell breaker. Can be done, probably not as efficient though. Splitting your Smiter to bring Spell breaker means that he will also have to spec heavily into divine favour, which is just not favourable when you want to kill fast.

brawler

brawler

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2009

The Great White North

Scions Of Carver [SCAR]

W/

Icy stole this faction farm from me!!!! This was my idea and now he is taking credit for it!!! ALL MINE NOT HIS DO NOT GIVE HIM CREDIT!!!

Just kidding, keep up the great work

bradp2061993

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

R/Mo

this runs really great ive been trying it out reccently How do i get the on screen maps to work? Do i have to save the download to a certain pace or somthing?

skervy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

none of the routes take over 10 min if done right though so its not faster and just complicated having your smiter get up energy and cast sb for you. and what about onis your smiter will have to be in range and most likely take aggro if he even gets sb up before they hex

cyvil

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/Mo

A rit does not need SB for the Oni. Three Oni are no problem. Four is more challenging, but good timing of skills will get you through them.

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

A/

Rare to get a pop of four Onis...

skervy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

only 190 kills? im confused we do like 230-240 i thought ^^

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

Yeah, we do about 230-240 kills for a total of 17k faction per run (almost 12k for the bonus for vanquishing). Best run so far was 11 minutes (which we've hit multiple times). Something always seems to go wrong tho

skervy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

oh no quest and skipped pop ups i guess? just wondering how you can skip 40-50 guys there aint that many pop ups

DaddyP

DaddyP

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Netherlands

The Ressurected Lions [TRL]

Mo/

Don't know rly, you got the dragon moss quest. is like 20-25 foe's I guess.

But further more the only pop-ups you got is like the oni's.
Strange didn't noticed that part, but we do like DSC a couple times a day. and we avarage 230-240 foe's.


my best time with group was 10min, I forgot to screenshot It, only happend one or twice but we used, cupcakes and essence of celerity.

skervy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

11 with a few deaths and no cons.. easily under 10 if we can get everyone flawless

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...ywag/gw473.jpg

Elite Bushido

Elite Bushido

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

NY

RaiN

Rt/

oh and i changed SoA to Vengeful Weapon... a lot better

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

Yeah, we almost had a 10 min run, and I'm pretty sure we would've been able to get <8 mins with an essence of celerity and cupcakes for everyone :P