Jacqui The Reaver Farming :-)

Kep

Kep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

UK

Thought I'd share my build for farming Jacqui the Reaver, not sure if anyone has previously posted a build on this, I've looked and can't find one.

The boss drops this weapon:

Jacqui's Aegis
+30 Health Always
-2 Damage Enchanted
Req 9 Tactics

I find the boss is verty stubborn with his drops, I've done the run many times and yet to get the weapon, quite unlucky.

Skills:
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Doylak Signet
Healing Signet
Bonnettis Defence
Shield Stance
Sprint
Grenthes Balance

Attributes:
14 Tactics
Rest in strength

590hp (No Major/Superior Runes, More Health = More damage from grenthes balance when at lower health)

How to Farm the Boss:

Run out of Leviathan Pits, go west until you reach the boss Raveclaw Ragebound, kill him, this mean 2 bosses per run. Hopefully you will get the weapon from him, doing 2 bosses per run reduces the anti-farming code, which I assume kicks in from entering an area too many times.

Then move south west around the group of creeping carps, then go north until you see the boss Jacqui The Reaver, hopefully his group which spawns with either death-hands, assassins, warriors and ritualists will agro a group of creeping carps, if this happens hopefully the outcast will kill all the creeping carps with only 3-4 left, hopefully the deathhand will be dead. when they've finshed fighting pull the boss south, and tank all of the bosses allys. eventually you will kill the bosses ally's, and the boss will be left over. use bonnettis/shield stannce to heal yourself with signet without being interrupted, otherwize use grenthes balance to heal yourself. Hopefully the boss will drop the weapon.

Screenshots:

The path to the boss


The boss dead (no drop for me :-(


Good Luck Farming, post any queries or builds changes please.

Edit:

Finally dropped the shield after maybe 20-30 Runs all-together.
Looks Great



OmniTyrant

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

Thanks. Got mine on the 7th run. I found it easier going straight to him (already had reefclaw's) and cutting through the 3 jellyfish things. When I went to kill Reefclaw first, It seemed that the ele boss killed him before I could get to him.

Mr.H.Mishima

Mr.H.Mishima

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Summit of Human Evolution

W/

Don't go beyond the instant you can see Jacqi's name pop up when holding down ctrl. His route will change depending on how far you move. Let his group mow over the others in the area.

Bloodied Blade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

gee, that grenth's build looks very similar to another one I've seen....

Anyway, good job finding another place to farm.

Bruce The Brave

Bruce The Brave

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/

I got both shields in 3 runs

snikerz

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

i got lucky 4x when that bug that caused all the mobs to fight eachother, i did perhaps 12 runs, connected all mobz, and watched jacqui drop like a fly

i even got a green whyts jellyfish earth wand from that levian thingy as jacqui won that fight, so i just aggroed more and he eventually died and got a shield too.

i know how u feel about the drop rate, i tried 30x for the rajazan fervor,

jaibas17

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tampico, Mexico

Blood Eagle [BE]

W/Mo

drops rates are still ok...

Novalon

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/

I am having unfortunate luck. He keeps getting killed before I get there. Has anyone farmed him recently?

joinramone

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

fda

W/Mo

"I am having unfortunate luck. He keeps getting killed before I get there" and some time he kill me (can´t heal)

Kep

Kep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

UK

Just run straight to the boss, forget about Reefclaw Ragebound.
If you run straight to him, then Jacqui's group will kill a group of Leviathan's. After his group has killed a bunch of Leviathan's, drag the boss back to where I situated him in my photo's above.

If there is more than one enemy attacking you, target Jacqui so you can use Grenthe's on him, and keep using riposte, eventually you will kill all the enemy's which follow Jacqui to you. Once their all dead, jacqui should be easy.

Simply spam ripostes, use bonnetti's just before you use healing signet so you wont be interrupted, use shield stance wheneve rit recharges, and if your in grwat need of healing, use grenthes. The boss should be a piece of cake once his ally's are dead.

damocles

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Netherlands

Guidless :(

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Novalon
I am having unfortunate luck. He keeps getting killed before I get there. Has anyone farmed him recently? I'm having the exact same problem. Whenever I get to him he runs into 2 groups (scuttlefish, creeping carpers and the ele boss). Haven't been able to touch him yet because of this

MelechRic

MelechRic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

RA

[ODIN]

N/Mo

Just thought I'd post a N/Me build that can solo these two guys. Reefclaw is very easy because he isn't bound to any mob. You can just get him alone and drop him. Jacqui is much more difficult. I find I have to help his group and their opponents anihilate each other. Judicious application of Spiteful Spirit to both sides is key. It's more of an art than a science. Anyway...

16 Curses
12 Inspiration
3 Illusion

The key is to have sprit of failure + reckless haste on the boss before he gets to you. Then you can price of failure, SS and SV. ALWAYS have distortion up. With spirit of failure your distortion shouldn't cost you anything and you should get a net increase in energy.







Oh yeah.. the -3% dp was from me forgetting to spam distortion while fighting reefclaw.

Lastly, you should be able to 55hp iNecro Reefclaw with zero issues. Jacqui is probably a no go on the 55hp unless you're able to kill of all the assassins and deathhands in his posse.

Roxas

Roxas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Hell Own Warrior

This the Build i Use It Work For Both Reefclaw And Jacqui.

Attributes
Death:8
Str:11
Swordmanship:15

Skill
Final Thrust
Sever Artery
Gash
Silverwing Slash
Sprint
Endure Pain
Weaken Armor
Grenth's Balance


I Hope It Helps some of u who dont have Propheseis.

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

nice quide
I will try it when I find a way to collect 10k luxon faction quickly
Any tips?

otbasix

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Maple Syrup Town AKA Canada

League Of The Shadows [Lots]

W/Mo

do i still get the drop if i let the outcasts kill it?

ANTICANCER

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

[KSA]

N/Me

nope not a dang thing

monolito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Poland

Ordo Lupi Albi [OLA]

R/Mo

Should i put any points in Swordmanship?I got all my AP in Tactics(14)and Strenght(13) and no pints in Swordmanship.Im askin because the author didint state that!If i meet the req of my sword(req.9 Sskai sword)i will do decent dmg versus outcasts when they fight with leviathans.If i put all points in tactics and strenght i will do much more dmg with ripistes and dolyak+shidls stance will last longer.What do u guys think?
And 1 more thang-if an enemy helps me kill Jacqui do i still get the shield or do i get nothin coz i had help?

Ryn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

F.Y.I.

R/W

personaly i replace GB with glads defence. it kills off the assasins very quickly, and helps me to stay alive a bit longer.

monolito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Poland

Ordo Lupi Albi [OLA]

R/Mo

Glads Defence?What for?GB does the trick very good!When i pull all em "survivors" with Jacqui i simple put on dolyak and ripostes until those dudes drop my HP to ~100HP and then i use GB.Because i use Platemail armor i get half of my energy drained.But i still got enuf adren for bonetti.I slap on bonetti,recharge my energy and use heal sig.After that i simply use ripostes with shield stance when it gets really hot.

monolito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Poland

Ordo Lupi Albi [OLA]

R/Mo

if an enemy helps me kill Jacqui do i still get the shield or do i get nothin coz i had help?

Mera Regila

Mera Regila

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

In The Deep

R/A

You get nothing if enemies kill him. Good build, ill have to try it once i get my warrior to the Leviathan Pits. I REALLY want that shield, it looks so cool XD.

Ainvar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lords of Quid

W/A

ty very much for ur build, i got mine on 5th run

Ryn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

F.Y.I.

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by monolito
Glads Defence?What for?GB does the trick very good!When i pull all em "survivors" with Jacqui i simple put on dolyak and ripostes until those dudes drop my HP to ~100HP and then i use GB.Because i use Platemail armor i get half of my energy drained.But i still got enuf adren for bonetti.I slap on bonetti,recharge my energy and use heal sig.After that i simply use ripostes with shield stance when it gets really hot. And i do the same, but just with GD, it kills off the outcasts arround him pretty easily and seems a bit safer. when i am alone against jacgui i dont need GB anyway.

I tried it with GB too and yes it worked. but GD seems to work really nice against outposts, and i often farm some other groups arround him too.

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

I tried to farm with Build for griffons and it worked great you need to kill sins first via Glad Def and then it worked ok until Patrols come and I had to move away when I again got in fight with him after 10s he runed to Ele boss
It was like I dont interest him anymore

Ryn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

F.Y.I.

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by White_Chaos
I tried to farm with Build for griffons and it worked great you need to kill sins first via Glad Def and then it worked ok until Patrols come and I had to move away when I again got in fight with him after 10s he runed to Ele boss
It was like I dont interest him anymore pull him a bit to the south, there is a spot were you wont aggro other parties

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Monolito, I believe not. There was an update to fix a glitch that dropped items even though the party did not kill them (ex, your comment. The other enemy killing other hostile enemies).

Anyways!, I tried the farm. Got the aegis on FIRST run xDDD

monolito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Poland

Ordo Lupi Albi [OLA]

R/Mo

Ive runned thoe mofo like 30 times and still no shield!A few times he went to the ele boss and died.The rest-he just wont drop!I dtiched the farm but i may be back there.The shield is worth mig cash comapred to other greens.

Gangstarpt

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Global friends

bah i cant do this :S

could anyone teach me? i already tried but i cant kill the jaqui because he´s always fighiting and dieing. I WILL PAY 5K FOR THE PERSON WHO TEACH ME.

IGN: gangstarpt elite

Dobermann

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Pls dont boo me, im a kurzick

Im at cavalon, how long will it be (how many quests and mission) till i reach Leviathen Pits (or wtvr it is)

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

10k of Luxon Factions and 1 Quest + 1 mission (the hardest mission if you ask me)

quixui

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

The mission can be done at masters level with a pack of henchmen and some minutes spent on guildwiki reading this article.

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

I read the quide for the mission but still it is hard to kill all the enemys which charge on you on start
I went with full player group kill all the groups went back to convoy groups charge on them and killed all the turtles
i done on my warrior thou

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasuke The Betrayer
Anyways!, I tried the farm. Got the aegis on FIRST run xDDD
OOH! I HATE YOU ;P
it musta taken me like 30 times to get aegis with my ranger, although I gotta admit I did get a few of the other (reefclaws refuge) to distribute in the meantime. I'd even taken to pulling out and then farming the mesmer boss (Mohby - toucher ftw since he doesnt use diversion)

Quote:
Originally Posted by White_Chaos
I read the quide for the mission but still it is hard to kill all the enemys which charge on you on start
I went with full player group kill all the groups went back to convoy groups charge on them and killed all the turtles
i done on my warrior thou So, um this took me a minute to figger out... most folks leave for farming from leviathan pits (yes into the explorable area, not the mission) so now that your warrior has completed the mission you can join the fun

Reks

Reks

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/P

Never saw this thread, but I did farm him with a nearly identical build to the OP's(just with Glads Defense). He finally dropped it after 20 or so attempts. BUT that's not counting the number of times he aggroed the ele boss and lost. Still, the shield was worth it.

Ulivious The Reaper

Ulivious The Reaper

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Shadowed Assassins

W/Mo

Took me 5 hours, but i got it, thanks for this wonderful thread that helped great

lordsoulstrike

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

VIP

W/

I started up again after about a week of not farming Jacqui and it seems like Anet did something to the groups as I have been finding my stances ending earlier and they can kill me even before I put a hurting on em and in the past I have been able to farm with no problems at all so something must have been done. Oh well another green farm out of my reach.

madlax1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/

I finally got mine. I don't know how easy or hard it has been in the past to kill him but at least know I find it really hard to kill him. The problem is the other groups that run towards you from a mile away and kill you right there. Or sometimes Jacqui decides that I'm not worth of fighting and charges away to kamikaze himself against the eleboss. Maybe every 3rd or 4th run I managed to kill him on my own.

For those who are planning to try this run from now on, don't do it if you don't have enough patience! Believe me, it can be pretty damn frustrating

moenbase

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

you don't really need Grenth's to kill him.
Just repostes, Auspicious Parry and dolyaks will do fine. Just dont get urself hit, he does about +100 damage. (don't know how he pulls this off though)

You can do both warrior bosses here with this.

But Jacqui is a bit situational, depending if he doesn't get his party killed by the Windshell ( i think his name is) who is also roaming around there.

vncanadian

vncanadian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

SSSJ

W/Mo

i hate JACQUI AND THE LEVIATHAN HANDS T_T

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bored-.-bored

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

Behind You...

X Team Slayers X

lol this build is great+easy thx