W/Me Hydra Axe Farmer

STATS


the modifications as follows:
helm + minor rune in axe mastery
minor rune in others.
(I love having 12 axe mastery in a solo build)

SKILLS


In order: Dismember, desperation blow, executioners strike, cleave (the spammablility of it compared to eviscerate is why I have it. Could always substitute in cyclone axe for desperation blow and use eviscerate and penetrating blow. I just dont wan't to invest in another axe (because I like the look of mine...i do have the zealous axe hilt that would make cyclone axe basically cost 0 energy in groups of hydras)) healing signet, Watch Yourself!, Dolyak Signet, Elemental Resistance.

My Equipment


I like this build because of how fast you can kill a hydra. Desperation Blow is amazingly powerful, and at 12 tactics and 12 axe mastery, it does anywhere between 65-90 dmg for me (ive seen quite some range, probably due to criticals). Cleave is a great move thats really spammable, and dismember for the deep wound. Elemental resistance is great, especially since they still do 0 dmg to me with physical dmg when i have dolyak, watch yourself! and elemental resistance on. You only take 8-9 dmg from a fireball, 8-9 dmg from a meteor, and 10-12 dmg from inferno (in my experiences.) Really, you can take on a lot of hydras with healing signet. If you have a -2 while in a stance shield (you could just get from collectors like I did...looks better and is cheaper than Grognars Defender) then equip it. With this build, you wont have to worry about running out of energy.

Dont feel like farming hydras? You can farm ettins instead. Just sub in physical resistance for elemental resistance and away you go. Want to farm trolls? You can figure it out...(Victory is Mine +Epidemic + Gash + Sever Artery) with the same other skills (physical resistance) and same stat lineup, except of course switching the attributes from axe into sword and the runes.

Personally, I like farming with a W/Me more than a W/Mo in almost any situation (except wurms, and trolls is faster with a W/Mo anyway, so i dont know why i mentioned it =/).

I would appreciate some critique on the builds if you have any (and I know, who farms with Sundering? I personally just like that mod and dont want to use vampiric with a W/Me).

(lol... u can laugh at my rank and fame if you want too =P) This is a really nice build but I think it owes a lot to the solo IDS farming build. This is nearly identical to that with the running skills removed.

It is the same basic premise with any mesmer build. You can do the same thing but use physical resistance for damn near anything in the desert except for Hydras. I could be mistaken but I think the riposte build works on hydras as well which makes a nice zealous collectors stance sword very attactive (which is what I use for farming)

Anyway, good post, good build. This is a great foundation for a lot of different solo builds. (which at least in my case can be credited to Racthoth , dont feel no pain and kvndoom)