Tundra Giant farming for 55 monks

Arista

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

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Mo/

02 May 2006 at 02:44 - 1

I havnt seen any 55 farming b uilds for giant farming. so im going to post a simple build for it

The giants are right outside the ice caves outside of Droks. if you wanna run past all the trolls be my guest but be sure you take the left passage. keep going up that road and youll see tundra gians, trolls, and maybe once in a while a stone summit. Make sure you only aggro about 4 at a time cause more that that can be hard to keep up with
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Skills
Prot Spirit
Healing Breeze
Soj
Balanced Stance
Zealots Fire
Balth spirit
Mending
Blessed Aura

Attributes
11 healing
15 Smiting
11 Protection
4 divine
6 Tactics

SOJ usually takes out giants with one turn is you have 18% enchant mod and it lasts 20 sec and does 50 dmg. Just make sure yo keep balanced stance up and time your prot spirt and healing breeze at the right time or you can get knocked down and it wil all be over.

Usually they drop huge jaw bones, bows, and purp and gold armor. its prety nice youll hit about 3 sup ever 2 runs or so.

As for weapons i like a 18-20% enchant mod wep and of course -50 cesta

Enjoy

Tsunami Rain

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Mo/

02 May 2006 at 04:03 - 2

Indian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

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Me/

02 May 2006 at 06:15 - 3

got 5 mil exp in 3 months killing those poor giants

if u have enough patience n time do whole snake dance with that build..
tons materials.. + steel too .. go kill kill fun fun

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

02 May 2006 at 07:31 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

Switch out Bonetti's for Zealot's Fire for above build as Bonetti's isn't really even needed for the troll farming (it makes troll farming a bit easier but it isn't really nessesary). Or Aftershock! My current '<3' skill for that spare slot to complement Shield of Judgment.

Arista

Ascalonian Squire

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Mo/

02 May 2006 at 21:11 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

sounds like fun. Must admit that I've never really explored that area past the trolls much myself. I'll give this a try tonight before i hit the sack.

--edit--
Tried it. Some Advice:

Switch out Bonetti's for Zealot's Fire for above build as Bonetti's isn't really even needed for the troll farming (it makes troll farming a bit easier but it isn't really nessesary). I dont see why to switch it out because if you have attributes so SOj does max dmg, then it should take them out in one go. also isnt zealots AOE so the giants wouldnt be effected by it? O well ill check it out, havnt gotten time to play in a while so ill try to post screens n atributes later. thx.

and opeth ill try that out, is aftershock an elite? and if not where can i buy it.

Crazyvietguy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

[Njk]

Rt/

02 May 2006 at 22:51 - 6

Zealots is an AOE if you spam it like crazy, but if your controlled (using a spell every 3-5 seconds, they wont run away. Also its better cause if you need some time just spam it, they will get scared and run away

(but they come back cause they are bored).

Arista

Ascalonian Squire

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 01:19 - 7

Yeah but Giants attack you from farm away and if you use a spell with an AOE it wont effect them, but liek i said they attack really fast and dont get knocked down so they will be finished, just keep using balanced stance, healing breeze and prot spirit and youll be ok. also time your spells when you dont have balanced stance on, when you get knocked down use the spell right after cause theres less a chance of having another attack knock you down. still havnt been able to get on...moms doign some DVD thign and its taking forever.

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

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Mo/Me

03 May 2006 at 01:48 - 8

Yup build I use

Arista

Ascalonian Squire

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 01:53 - 9

lol, ive noticed the only people who post on monk forums are killjoy, tsunami, cerb, imp, and opeth. nice

Tsunami Rain

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 02:04 - 10

When you are attacking the giants you dont have to stand still

I suggest running up to one (or if they are clumped even better!) and keep it in range of zealot's fire. Mo/E should work fine with this also. And no, there are a lot of people who post in the monk section

it's just that a few of us are a lot more active

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

03 May 2006 at 02:12 - 11

Yea... because we are simply l337zorz.. to be honest, of course ele could work just people will always be faithful to the good ol' mo/*w builds I've ran some mo/ele builds in my day.

**Cough** http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...onk-id1626.php

Arista

Ascalonian Squire

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 02:24 - 12

Lol, ive read that guide about 10 times through

*props cerb* and yes WE are 1337zors

lol

Shadow-Hunter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 13:25 - 13

Imo then the Giants in snakes dance is alot more fun than the ones in Talus c... I use the same skills as Arista.. And with that you can take on like 10 giants and a few trolls.... (very hard tho).. The balanced helps a Ton.. and so does Bonettis.. The Rocks they throw can KD too.. so Blocking them can help if its hard to get Breeze off.. Only problem about farming them In snakes dance is: If you kill all the trolls at the troll cave, and then kill all azures, giants, trolls and griffons from the troll cave and up to the next zone.. Then you'll be out of invintory space <.<... xD.. So thats the biggest problem i have faced so far

~Shadow

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Parn

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

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Mo/

03 May 2006 at 15:25 - 14

normally I don't take balanced...just get a good view of yourself and cast your spells when your on the ground. Normally never fails, and you can use the slot for something else. I normally only use Balanced Stance on Sand elementals outside of Heros Audience. Only because there are so many more of them using KD's

DaveyHollingrad

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Appleton, WI

The Pond [pond]

Mo/

03 May 2006 at 21:09 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow-Hunter

If you kill all the trolls at the troll cave, and then kill all azures, giants, trolls and griffons from the troll cave and up to the next zone.. Then you'll be out of invintory space <.<... xD.. So thats the biggest problem i have faced so far

Indeed

.

In the interest of making that whole run faster, dropping Balanced Stance and replacing it with Zealot's is key. It won't really make the portion of the run with the giants any faster, but it does speed up the Avicara, Trolls, Griffons, and Azures.

Anyway, just cast prot spirit, breeze, and SoJ and run immediately into a group of giants; they should kill themselves on your SoJ before it runs out, even if you casted it some seconds beforehand. Bonetti's becomes important here - just hit it and renew prot spirit or breeze as needed.

You might get knocked down through Bonetti's on occasion (due to Giant Stomp or the random boulder that gets by), but it happens rarely enough to warrant not taking Balanced at all.

BrotherGilburt

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

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Mo/

06 May 2006 at 07:27 - 16

You can get them clumpted together by aggroing them then backing up until they all run up and stand next to each other so they can keep you in there range. Then run up to them. Just like colfire knights in UW.

Brother Gilburt

chumsy

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

07 May 2006 at 07:31 - 17

Just how many giants and trolls are there in Snake Dance compared to Talus Chute?

And is there a material crafter in Snake Dance?

BrotherGilburt

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

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Mo/

07 May 2006 at 09:37 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arista

lol, ive noticed the only people who post on monk forums are killjoy, tsunami, cerb, imp, and opeth. nice

and me.

Quote: Originally Posted by chumsy

Just how many giants and trolls are there in Snake Dance compared to Talus Chute?

And is there a material crafter in Snake Dance? I don't believe so.

Brother Gilburt

TheLordOfBlah

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

California

None

Mo/N

07 May 2006 at 22:32 - 19

Even if you space out skills with zealots on you, if you add SOJ to that they will still flee.

XxXDrCrazyXxX

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2006

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W/Mo

14 May 2006 at 06:12 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

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Mo/

14 May 2006 at 07:33 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by XxXDrCrazyXxX

Not sure if i cant see or just confused but in his skill list he doesn't have bonetti's defence on the list just thought i should point that out. if you look at the very bottom of his post it said he edited it and changed the build slightly.

Jetai12

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

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25 Jun 2006 at 12:42 - 22

i just wanted to say that the images arent working, i love being able to look at maps ect. to figure this stuff out...but i will try this build today, actually, right now!