Smites!

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

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My personal record with a Protective Spirit build : ) Beat that!

RotteN

RotteN

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

nice one

Mysterious

Mysterious

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

FARM

N/

nice job...sucks there were no good drops

Valerius

Valerius

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

awesome

my best is 13 ... and i didn't even mean to pull the third mob

xxreaper008

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

I love how you can lore a monster to anywhere in the UW.

sno

sno

Look into the Eye.

Join Date: Oct 2005

Detroit, Mi

Oh No Not These Guys [uhoh]

Mo/

16's my max too without dp. nice job.

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I love how you can lore a monster to anywhere in the UW. no, no you can't.

ashed

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

I was trying to do duo UW runs with my ss necro and my dad playing his 55 monk. we were using this build basically, http://guildwars.gameamp.com/guide/viewGuides/740.php!orderBy=author

So far we can speed through the aaxtes and grasping darkness groups. We get to the smites and its a bit slower, but we get it. The coldfire drakes or whatever those things are, they give us problems. We havent got them yet, but we have only done a total of maybe 4 runs, so I suppose we will have to practice.

Not trying to hijack the thread, sorry...just suddenly started typing. Good job though on the smites, I'm wondering how many we could take

Ultimate_Gaara

Ultimate_Gaara

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

BC, Canada.. how aboot that eh?

I don't farm and even I know farming smites is not a tough task. Sorry but I am fresh out of empty "congradulations" for things that have been done a million times.

When man walks on the moon for the first time it's big news, when man walks on the moon for the one millionth time, it's nothing to be proud of.

Glasswalker

Glasswalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Northwest Ascalon

Freedom

N/R

Try soloing the smites then. It ain't tough at all... Until you do it. (Caveat: It will cost you a few thousand.)

P.S. When YOUR daughter takes her first step, it's a really big deal.

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

thats the same build i use in UW

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

Okay, to *anyone* who says smites is no challenge, I dare you to take even more than 14 with a Protective SPIRIT build and no DP. Anyone who's done it can tell you it's really harder than it looks.

Good luck with that, seriously. Oh, and don't forget screenshots. I took on 45 smites once, but I forgot to take a screenshot

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

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Originally Posted by cerb
Okay, to *anyone* who says smites is no challenge, I dare you to take even more than 14 with a Protective SPIRIT build and no DP. Anyone who's done it can tell you it's really harder than it looks.

Good luck with that, seriously. Oh, and don't forget screenshots. I took on 45 smites once, but I forgot to take a screenshot If 14 is a challenge, then 45 by all reasoning should be beyond impossible. Based on the fact that spawning 45 smites would require that most of the groups are 5, if 11 attacked at once it would spike you for 55 killing you instantly so the gathering process (which would include dodging all of the coldfires I might add) would be increasingly difficult with every group that you had to clump together.

Until I hear some more thorough evidence of how this would be achieved, I'm calling BS on it.

d4nowar

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

Note the emoticon. I'm assuming that means its a joke.

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
If 14 is a challenge, then 45 by all reasoning should be beyond impossible. Based on the fact that spawning 45 smites would require that most of the groups are 5, if 11 attacked at once it would spike you for 55 killing you instantly so the gathering process (which would include dodging all of the coldfires I might add) would be increasingly difficult with every group that you had to clump together.

Until I hear some more thorough evidence of how this would be achieved, I'm calling BS on it. He was being sarcastic on that part if you hadn't noticed


I've never done it, so congradulations to you!

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

I have missed sarcasm too many times this week...

3lite

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

Texas

N/A

Mo/

16 is my max to o.O cept for once when my guildie wasnt paying attention and aggroed 2 colds making it 18 o.O...thx god for sb<3

sno

sno

Look into the Eye.

Join Date: Oct 2005

Detroit, Mi

Oh No Not These Guys [uhoh]

Mo/

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Originally Posted by 3lite
16 is my max to o.O cept for once when my guildie wasnt paying attention and aggroed 2 colds making it 18 o.O...thx god for sb<3
I'm going to go ahead and call BS on this. the slightest slip when you're tanking 16 smites will cause your death, and you most certainly don't have time to cast SB, unless you skip a healing breeze (which is hypothetically possible, although unlikely that you could pull it off on short notice.) Assuming you got all that done, you'd have to tank the hits of 16 smites + 2 colds at once, which is something I don't know anyone can do (using a prot spirit build, with no dp and no AOTL that is.)

I see two possibilities then, either a: you're lying, or b: a few of them aggro'd late, after some had already died. Prove me wrong, this is the screenshot exposition forum.

Quote: You can still use bonettis, as the shots count as "arrows" I guess, but you don't get any energy from it.

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lol do that without bonneti's the way it should be makes it perfect for the ss/sv everytime I hope you're not serious... Anyone who's tried this knows that for more than about 8 smites, you need bonettis or the smites will out damage your breeze/prot, even with the divine favor spikes. With this many smites there's more than enough SV to go around, and even with bonettis they all drain just fine.

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

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Originally Posted by sno
I'm going to go ahead and call BS on this. the slightest slip when you're tanking 16 smites will cause your death, and you most certainly don't have time to cast SB, unless you skip a healing breeze (which is hypothetically possible, although unlikely that you could pull it off on short notice.) Assuming you got all that done, you'd have to tank the hits of 16 smites + 2 colds at once, which is something I don't know anyone can do (using a prot spirit build, with no dp and no AOTL that is.)

I see two possibilities then, either a: you're lying, or b: a few of them aggro'd late, after some had already died. Prove me wrong, this is the screenshot exposition forum. Sno speaks the truth. Smites attack so fast the damage spike is insane, hence why I even posted this thread. You need totally perfect timing because if you mess up in your casting pattern would it be even just one second, you're dead.

Racthoh that was sarcasm, I'm kinda surprised you out of everyone fall for that, hell I don't even know if there are even 45 smites in UW.

Dark Tykane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Cult Unseen

N/Me

lol do that without bonneti's the way it should be makes it perfect for the ss/sv everytime

XSniper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mountain Hunters

R/N

Have any N/Mo or Mo/N tried that with Aura of Lich?
Aura of Lich may not help a lot to a 55 but lets my ranger solo 2 Titans.. So Aura of Lich + Protective Spirit=2 max loss of health per hit?

hellknight17

hellknight17

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

AZ

W/

What is the most coldfires any one has done before? My personal record for fun was 8. And this was with a Mo/Me. Of course with a 2 man team and alot of moving around. =)

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

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Originally Posted by hellknight17
What is the most coldfires any one has done before? My personal record for fun was 8. And this was with a Mo/Me. Of course with a 2 man team and alot of moving around. =) I took a huge lot with Sno last day when we were questing. Didn't bother to count nor screenshot because screenshot lag would of got me killed. These guys spike hard =__= (cant use bonnetis)

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

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Originally Posted by hellknight17
What is the most coldfires any one has done before? My personal record for fun was 8. And this was with a Mo/Me. Of course with a 2 man team and alot of moving around. =) Me an fct steveo can take on 12-15, was acutally pretty easy. Just move enough and cast at any ooppurtuniy, ill see if i have an SS. Too bad we dont do them anymore :/

sno

sno

Look into the Eye.

Join Date: Oct 2005

Detroit, Mi

Oh No Not These Guys [uhoh]

Mo/

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Originally Posted by cerb
I took a huge lot with Sno last day when we were questing. Didn't bother to count nor screenshot because screenshot lag would of got me killed. These guys spike hard =__= (cant use bonnetis)
Have any N/Mo or Mo/N tried that with Aura of Lich?
Aura of Lich may not help a lot to a 55 but lets my ranger solo 2 Titans.. So Aura of Lich + Protective Spirit=2 max loss of health per hit? Actually, the way it seems to work is 55hp, /2 = 27hp and prot spirit brings that to 2 damage per hit. Since AOTL makes all damage halved, you end up taking only 1 damage each hit.

This allows 27 consecutive hits without dying, which would allow you to tank an enormous ammount of just about anything. The problem with this though, is you don't get spellbreaker.