The ice breaker solo?

Rinobmxteen

Rinobmxteen

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisville, Kentucky

Mo/

is there a possible solo build for the ice breaker if u know one or a way to farm it solo please post thanks!

Banebow

Banebow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

[KoA] Knights of the Alliance

Me/

Assuming you mean with any class...

Gladiator's defence{E}
Ripost
Deadly Ripost
Sever Artery
Galrath's Slash
Sprint
Healing Signet
Mending? *shrug* perhaps another attack skill so the grawl won't poison you. The poison isn't much of a big deal however, and you can slap bleeding on them right after they give you poison.

Leave from droknar's forge, run to the first group of grawl (should be a boss in this group, they will be in an ice field area). Just shoot the first group with a longbow to pull them, then start running back. What you want to do is have just the barbed ones around so you can kill them first, keep pulling the main group back until everyone but them run away. Then, back up slowly. When the barbed guys need to recast barbs/life siphon they will run in casting range. What you do is back up so that they get far enough away from the group of melee folks that you can kill them. Then grab the main group. If it has a ranger boss you can use a jutout on the left side of the path down to block his arrows while you kill the regular grawl. If it was the ele or necro boss, he should have come with the barbed grawl earlier.

A run shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes, since you can only kill the first few groups of mobs. I am sure that a much more efficient build will be up for ya soon, but this is what I threw together quickly to be able to solo em.

Aldryn

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Actually you can farm the Mighty Grawl, just the Mighty Grawl with any standard W/Mo build that use to work with the desert griffin farming. I used a W/Mo with

cyclone axe
dismember
bonetti's defense
dolyak signet
sprint
live vicariously
mending
healing hands

With a zealous axe.

You sprint there from Drok's and the trick becomes to not go within melee range with any of the grawl necros. They're only enchant removal is chillbanes and they only use it when they're next to you. Since their ranged mobs, thats easily avoided. Barring a bad boss spawn, I've taken out all of the Mighty Grawls in one run (not to mention having two ice breakers drop ).

bizarresk

bizarresk

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

my ranger has done like 10 solo runs with no prob, killed all bosses (not the monk one) and had the hammer dropped only once

Tonepalu

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

I just got my Ice breaker solo, I used the good ol Troll build.

W/Mo
whatever axe you want, malinons shield or jacquis aegis/merkis gaze

Healing-10
Strength-12
Tacs-12
rest in axe

Sprint
Dolyaks Signet
Bonetti's Defense
Gladiator's Defense{E}
Cyclone Axe
Vigorous Spirit
Live Vicariously
Mending


Its simple to do really, just sprint up the mountain to where they are, pretty much just north till you see Grawl, then east. The only problem you might face with these is if they manage to knock you down and sqeeze belly smash in, even then vigorous spirit heals you whether you hit or not. Dont aggro too many of them at once and youre good to go, all the way to the end of them

king_robin

king_robin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Stockholm Sweden

LF HA Guild

Mo/

can some1 post a map plzz, i cant find em, those mighty grawls

Shoitaan

Shoitaan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Australia

Tuskforce Supremacy [Tusk]

Me/N

Oww my face


I tried ReZons evasion tank (Escape) there... did not work out that well... dunno what I could do to prepare myself... propably was just bad luck on my part that the 2 times I tried it the monk boss was there ;_;

You know if you look closely you can see what weapons the mobs are using so you can sort of tell what they'll drop if they drop? BOTH TIMES THERE WAS A GRAWL WITH THE ICE BREAKER ;_;

I dunno if theres one with an ice breaker always there or what.. it was embaressing to be killed by the weapon you're looking for :/

RebelHero

RebelHero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

Shaolin Monastery [Heal]

Mo/

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...057886&page=28

Most of the time u can kill only the mighty grawl...

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

Standard Ranger EoE farming build for grawl at Port Sledge area should work. havent tried it yet though.

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

I have a build for killing all the mighty grawl, all the barbed grawl, and the normal grawl and all the grawl crones.
I wont post it now because I'm going to make a proper thread for it later.

EDIT: It's with a W/E btw

Shoitaan

Shoitaan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Australia

Tuskforce Supremacy [Tusk]

Me/N

I'm unfamiliar with that build.. link? :/

Riken Chrono

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

around the corner and up the block

Hero

55ing works

joncoish

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

I can solo them with my elementalist using your standard ether renewal/earth magic build. Like someone already said, the necromancer mobs only cast chilblains when you're in melee range, so stay at a distance frmo them. It goes really slow, but it's doable without any problems really.

Naxohs Seralna

Naxohs Seralna

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Norway

House of the Silver Phoenix (HSP)

E/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by king_robin
can some1 post a map plzz, i cant find em, those mighty grawls Ditto.

Edit: found one! BIG THANKS TO B§x¿44¶»1@$!



(original post: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=221)

yomama6969

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2006

soldiers of heaven

W/

again will the useless rebutles, look as long as u burn me back ur posts are just as dumb as mine, or are u too stupid to understand that hm?...idiots,

"sometimes words only sounds nice"
and u my friends, are nubs

anyhow to stop this chain of useless posts vs useless posts ill continue adding my 2 cents of help at the end (which none of u nubs have done so far)

what i have realised is that if u want, u can use an axe build (which ive used to farm vermins very easily with)

triple chop
cyclone axe
executetioners strike
vigoris spirit
dolyak sig
heal sig
watch urself
sprint

take a zealous axe (vamp might work) and jsut aggro as many warriors as u can, the more guys around u the easier it is

X of Thulcandra

X of Thulcandra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sector 001

N/A

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by yomama6969
again will the useless rebutles, look as long as u burn me back ur posts are just as dumb as mine, or are u too stupid to understand that hm?...idiots,

"sometimes words only sounds nice"
and u my friends, are nubs

anyhow to stop this chain of useless posts vs useless posts ill continue adding my 2 cents of help at the end (which none of u nubs have done so far)

what i have realised is that if u want, u can use an axe build (which ive used to farm vermins very easily with)

triple chop
cyclone axe
executetioners strike
vigoris spirit
dolyak sig
heal sig
watch urself
sprint

take a zealous axe (vamp might work) and jsut aggro as many warriors as u can, the more guys around u the easier it is Griffon Farming 101

crazeeeeh

crazeeeeh

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

between your GF's legs

n/a

Mo/

i tried to pull a group and they all came to me.. (OMG)
and i thought the necro grawls use chiblains that get ench off..
i tried it once with my 55 monk and twice with my wammo.. i never killed a single grawl..

MadHamish

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

COLD

W/

Hi there!

The vermin farming build will work... but:

The more surround you the easier it gets is NOT true!
As the Grawlwitches not only use chillbains to rip your enchants, they also use barbs when they are out of reach for chillbains. So the more Mighty-Grawl surround you the more damage you have to counter with triple-chop and cyclone.

I just killed the 2 "doorguards" on each side of the area where they are and got lucky :-) Second run one hammer...

BTW (a little offtopic). does anyone know WHERE the Jadebrotherhoods are that drop the fan? Solokilled all in Wajjun Bazaar multiple times (except for monkboss and his group) but no daggers... got Lians Lantern two times though... anyone want to buy?

Cheers Mad Hamish...

Valeria

Valeria

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Germany

PaRe

W/

i finally got my hammer (using smite hex and holey viel because those barbs kill you very quickly 4-6dmg from the grawl +10 dmg from the hex)
luring the grawls on the bridge at first (no barbed grawls in that groups --> quite easy)
I had about 6 runs and killed a lot of grawls bo no one dropped it. Finally i spotted one wielding the hammer, ran towards him and he dropped it.

So i guess if you see a grawl with the hammer kill him and he will drop it. If he has a normal hammer he will not drop a ice breaker. (but maybe a sup vigor like in one of my runs )

Solange

Solange

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kings Army of Surmia [KAOS]

Everyone just pulling the mighty grawl themselves and avoiding everything else?

And how many groups are you capable of fighting at one time?

The life siphoning barb monsters along with the mighty grawl are fairly difficult

CPU

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

E/Me

During this farm is it better to use spellbreaker or SoJ. I'm 55 Mo/W.

lambda the great

lambda the great

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

here

Almost a Guild

W/N

My Grenths Balanace build works here

Fianl Thrust
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Bons def
Dolyak signet
Sprint
Healing signet
Grenths Blalance{E}

Hyper Cutter

Hyper Cutter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Knights of the White Eye [HINA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by king_robin
can some1 post a map plzz, i cant find em, those mighty grawls Here's the route I found. If you're lucky (i.e. no Tengu patrols wander into the path) you can get to the Barbed/Mighty Grawls without fighting.

WiLdFiRe111

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

[LBS]

Are people finding it easier to run to it from Drok's or Rankor?
EDIT: Sorry, for the bump, but I want this Hammer.

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Droks is the easier run since half the time you don't have to stop cause of patrols.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

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

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MadHamish
Hi there!


BTW (a little offtopic). does anyone know WHERE the Jadebrotherhoods are that drop the fan? Solokilled all in Wajjun Bazaar multiple times (except for monkboss and his group) but no daggers... got Lians Lantern two times though... anyone want to buy?

Cheers Mad Hamish... in case you didnt already know, the fan is dropped by the barbed grawl.... not any of the jades

edit ok NOW that I know what I am talking about there is also a fan in wajjun on the jades

sumasage

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

I tried few of the builds on this post but still unsucessful. I'm i suppose to pull the barded out of the war group and kill them first before take on the war? Can some one explain a bit more on how to properly use the build? perhalf a video?

Garo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

W/Mo

Yeah, do you bypass all the regular grawls and just go for the mighty and barbed grawl? I tried to kill the regular grawl and the crones tore me up bad.

Kobun King

Kobun King

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by lennymon
in case you didnt already know, the fan is dropped by the barbed grawl.... not any of the jades Lurk more. Jade brotherhood drop another kind of fan as well.

chlupululuu

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

yeah, im confused... i tried the wammo build and did fine against any number of mighty grawls, but as soon as the barbed grawls cast barbs i lose more health than i can make up for with cyclone axe... they are too tightly packed to lure just the mighty ones out, any hints?

hoopek

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2006

Odin Blades

R/

I can solo it easily with modified 55.
Here's map of track allowing to avoid avicara guiles

and screen schoot from action:

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

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

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kobun King
Lurk more. Jade brotherhood drop another kind of fan as well. yeah, as I've discovered I had no idea about the wajjun fans, thought it was a typo. edited my original post also so I didnt lead anyone who knows less than me (possible?) astray.

Oren The Destroyer

Oren The Destroyer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

how much do icebreakers sell for?

Rofl_Pwnt

Rofl_Pwnt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

At my house.

________

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by bizarresk
my ranger has done like 10 solo runs with no prob, killed all bosses (not the monk one) and had the hammer dropped only once COuld you possibly Tell us how?

Thom Bangalter

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

can I just say that if knockdowns are such a problem, why is no one using dolyak in their builds? just drop mending from tonepalu's build.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

I was normal 55ing with my monk, Troll Run, nothing special. Spirit, Breeze, Blessed, Blessed, SoJ, Bonetti, Mending, BSpirit. Normal special.

Anyway, I got bored afterwards, and decided to explore. I made it to the Mighty/Barbed Grawls..and Decided to test it out. And it worked PERFECTLY...

Just gotta time your Breeze and Spirit around them being knocked down from SoJ - so they dont interupt you with knockdowns.

Did 3-4 runs, no hammer or fan drop though

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

You can see it here

If you don't want to use the modified 55hp, or just want a challenge using your warrior, I think you will enjoy using my guide and build