me experimental geo tank

yea ive got my build sorted to the point i can take on 4 at a go if iget the timing right and manage to keep the enchantments up. then im totally out of energy and exhausted

still its not bad for a laugh Hi

try my build, as i said in my post, i have managed to take on about 19 hydras and win, it just takes some getting used to (ie knowing when to use balanced stance adn ether renewal). Also note that my build doesnt use exhaustion at all, and cycles between low and full energy, so if you play it the right way you can finish with one group and instantly carry on to the next.

And to those of you suggesting obsidian flesh, i dont really see the point if your taking balanced stance, ether renewal for energy and healing seems much more important to me that stopping yourself ebing inturrupted, especially as the fireballs youll have cast against you will do rougly 11 damage per hit if you have both armours up at max earth dmaage (and les if you ahve some sort of shield with -2 while enchanted). Also note that it wont stop inferno, which the hydras like casting, so you need the other armours for that.

And 70 seconds is quite oftne not long enough to kill a complete group if you take enough on.

oljomo

oljomo

Hi

try my build, as i said in my post, i have managed to take on about 19 hydras and win
oljomo I haven't tried your e/w build but where in the world can you aggro 19-20 hydras at the same time? I have never seen that many hydras in an area to aggro...ever. If there is one then please let me know cause i want to kill them...lol. The most that I have been able to aggro at one time is about 12...on occasion a patrol group of 3 will aggro me but the other groups are way to far away to aggro. Now on to what i use to kill them and without taking any damage from their mele attacks.

e/mo
earth 16
energy 13
5 remaining

Blathazar's Spirit
Ether Renewal if you are planning on fighting small mobs
or Obsidian Flesh for larger mobs
Aura of Restoration
Kinetic Armor
Armor of Earth
Crystal Wave
Aftershock
Stone Daggers

You can take on max size of any mob with this build as long as you can keep kinetic up and can aggro them. The most I have gotten to aggro at the same time is 12 and have come out on top with full energy and health. I used to use Galigords Stone Staff but now use the collectors Crimson Carapice Shield for the -2dmg and +45health and a sundering axe with a 20% enchant mod on it, the sundering part does me no good since my slashes only do 4 dmg. Dropping the staff for this combo makes life so much easier for a geotank! The normal mele attack will do zero damage...the fire attacks will do a little damage to you but aura or restoration will heal that up before you can notice.

Just cast Balthazars spirit for energy then kinetic then aggro away as many as you can then armor of earth before kinetic runs out. then aura of restoration...once they finish their first wave of meteor, hit them with crystal wave, aftershock then obsidian flesh. then just spam stone daggers till they recharge. you will have a 5 second gap when obsidian flesh is gone. in that 5 second gap you will get hit with meteors ..let that part pass then put it back on again or you can take your chances and tyr to put it back up asap. <note: cast armor of earth as soon as obsidian flesh starts to blink> timing might throw you off at first but there is a pattern there that you can figure out pretty quickly with the meteor. IGN me if you have and problems and i'll show you how to run it =).

You can also run this build with ether renewal which i also do for more of a challenge, the knockdows will keep coming but they are still managable and if you lose kinetic no biggie cause you can survive till kinetic is recharged so that you can put it back up again. With the shield you can still do a group of 3-4 without kinetic up and still survive. Anymore and your toast.

BTW did my first 2-3 person geo run this weekend and boy was it fast and hilarious to see the hydras drop like flies! Take Ether Renewal for 2-3 runs for energy. With your enchanments up each cycle of stone daggers gives you 15 energy, -5 from initial cost and you gain 10 energy per cycle. Baiscally it gives you 40 energy when it ends. Thanks S_Serpent for the comedic hydra runs.