Sunreach finally conquered! SOLO style

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Finally got the sucker solo! Well kinda solo Not sure if I was the first or not but he's done for. But no dang shield dropped for me though. OK now for the build.

The Build

-Attributes-
Swords 14
Tactics 12
Strength 11

-Skills-
Dragon Slash {E}
Sun and Moon
Pure Strike
Galrath
Deadly Riposte
Dolyaks
Heal Sig
For Great Justice

-Weapons-
Victos Blade (primary weapon)
Shocking _____ sword of defense (used to beat down Sunreach’s crew at the beginning)
Longbow
Shield I use a -2 stance -3 hex shield. Don’t use a stance shield.

The way this build is played is the same as my Morostav Trail solo build found here http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3042259 . You will be using the NPC Kurz priest to heal you all around Morostav. *YOU WILL NEED MORE LUXON FACTION THEN KURZ FACTION TO DO THIS. To do this you will have too get the Priest just outside of your healing range and start taking dmg. Once you drop by about 100hp he will start to heal you. Once you see him start to move to heal you, run away from him so that he chases you to heal you. When fighting a group he will of course be stationary and just heal you. He will not be the target of enemies since he is neutral and WILL heal the enemy on rare occasions. He can be dragged all around Morostav. But 1 invincible NPC priest with unlimited energy is not enough to take down Sunreach…you will need 2 of them. The run has the possibility of netting you 8 greens though, including the uber expensive Sunreach’s Shelter.

Start out at Unwaking Waters. You will encounter a group of Afflicted. Kill the group first then use the Rit boss to help you drag the Priest away from the shrine to the top of the hill where Strongroot is at the bottom of. Once there don’t agro Strongroot into the Rit boss cause you will lose your green from the Rit that way. Kill the Rit then attack the Kirin in Strongroot’s group first. If you do not kill the Kirin first in ANY group you have a chance of dying. You will also be blind when fighting groups with Dragon Moss's. Once done with the cronies kill Strongroot then proceed SW but hugging the left wall. This will save you a fights. You will shortly be at a ravine, try not to agro the first patrol group and run to the group at the end of the ravine. Kill them…Wardens of the Season(Rit) first then whatever other order you chose.

Once you kill this group you will see a pond with an Elemental boss there. He also drops a green. Go into the pond and pull him with a longbow. Otherwise 3 wardens of the season will spawn to heal him making the fight take an eternity. Once pulled you can kill him…although it may take some time since he uses aura of restoration and spam’s Stoning at you. He also drops a green.

Once done with him proceed to the spot where he originally was and kill the Warden of the Season Spawns. This part is for incase you die. Head right…not left just yet out of the pond. Kill the Group there and then turn left and kill any group that may interfere with a run from the Resurrection Shrine to the pond. If you die you will be rezzed here unfortunately. Now head back into the pond and exit from the other side. After exiting the pond work your way to the entrance to Durheim Archives. DO NOT ENTER. Just get to the other rez shrine and pull that priest also. Also do not kill the Dragon Moss group in front of the shrine also yet, just kill the Kirin. You will use the rest to help you lure the other priest out. At this point I take off my Chest Plate to take more dmg from their attacks. You will need to do this in order to get both priests to follow you. Once you have them both drag them to the entrance to where Sunreach can be found. Put your clothes back on and kill the 2 patrols that spawn here.

Now for the hard part…Sunreach’s party is no walk in the park even with 2 NPC monks! *You should have been using your vamp sword (Victos) so far for everything. Now use your Shocking sword of Defense for the added armor at the beginning. Once you have the Rit and Geomancer killed switch back to Victos. Now for the fun part.

Pull them over to the priests and once there attack the Warden of the Seasons FIRST. If not you won’t be able to kill anything. Second, kill the Wardens of the Wind, they degen you with poison and bleeding. Third, kill the Wardens of Earth since they are the big dmg dealers. Forth Kill Wardens of the Spirit…they suck your energy. Now kill the warriors then finally Sunreach. If your lucky you will get a shield from him. I didn’t =(.

Now go and kill the necro boss perched on top of the hill next to Suncreach. Kill them in the same order…saving the boss till the end.

I killed all 5 in my first run and got 0 greens, but got 2 good gold weps from the run. Also got a ton of other weps that I salvaged for mods…lot’s of tanned hides drop here. Using the priests takes some getting used too but once you get the hang of it, it’s just like a hench that doesn’t die. Good luck all.

**This is by no means an easy and fast run. It took me about 50 minutes last night doing this. Would have been alot faster if it wasn't for somebody here constatly whispering me every minute. Guys feel free to whisper me in game but when I say I'm busy please be patient =)
***The Luxons currently have control of Durheim Archives. This will NOT work until Durheim is back in Kurz control. Both Durheim and Unwaking must be under Kurz control. You can try to take Sunreach on with just one priest but Sunreach and his crew will eventually out damage your healing.
****If you are going from 6 to 8 DO NOT hug the left wall. You may get trapped and be killed by the Earth Wardens and Necros. Instead take the lower road and pull your groups.





Map Key
1 = Rit Boss- Rit Construct http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Kaolin_Wand
2 = Warrior Boss - Strongroot http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Strongroot%27s_Shelter
3 = Elemental Boss - Arbor Earthcall http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Arbor%27s_Earth_Staff
4 = Warrior Boss - Sunreach Warmaker
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Sunreach%27s_Shield
5 = Necro Boss - Kyril Oathwarden
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Kyril%27s_Fervor
6 = Ranger Boss - Inallay Splintercall
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Inallay%27s_Hornbow
7 = Nero Boss - Konruu, Tainted Stone
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Konrru%27s_Fervor
8 = Assasin Boss - Falaharn Mistwarden
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Falahar...Split_Chakrams

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Grats on the build. Im sure lots of people are gonna be selling theres before this gets popular.

Makubex

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Professional Contracts

R/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasux
I will write up a more detailed guild tomorrow. Guide*

ubermancer

ubermancer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

******************* Refuge From Exile [RFE]

For those of of you who are curious about the trick...

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3042259

rhYmedizzle

rhYmedizzle

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Funkin Around[FA]

Mo/N

Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I'm not the greatest of posters. My friend and I dual farmed him with R/Mo and A/R in about 25 minutes and then later he soloed sunreach with just his ranger using bleeding and poison and dragging him back to the priest. You can get sunreach stuck against a wall where he wont attack and u can just keep bleed and poison on while interupting his healing sig. He did it several times in a row so it is no glitch. I'd have to get the exact build and attributes from him b4 i actually posted the build but the dual farming went very quick and was very simple. The assassin (me) used the bloody barrage build and the ranger used apply poison, and we just kept backing up and interupting his healing sig while continuosly. Sorry for such a horrible post and incomplete build if someone else has done this and wants to post a complete build feel free, otherwise ill try and re post one later

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkantos
Grats on the build. Im sure lots of people are gonna be selling theres before this gets popular. Thanks =). The thing about this is that it is not an easy run where any warrior can just go an do it. it takes time and some skill till you get the second priest. also greens don't always drop...i killed boss 1-5 and didn't get a single drop. hadn't been to morostav trail in over 2 weeks also. i don't mind that green drops are rare cause at least green prices won't plummet like the ones in Tyria did. although i really really want that shield.

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Quote:
Originally Posted by rhYmedizzle
Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I'm not the greatest of posters. My friend and I dual farmed him with R/Mo and A/R in about 25 minutes and then later he soloed sunreach with just his ranger using bleeding and poison and dragging him back to the priest. You can get sunreach stuck against a wall where he wont attack and u can just keep bleed and poison on while interupting his healing sig. He did it several times in a row so it is no glitch. I'd have to get the exact build and attributes from him b4 i actually posted the build but the dual farming went very quick and was very simple. The assassin (me) used the bloody barrage build and the ranger used apply poison, and we just kept backing up and interupting his healing sig while continuosly. Sorry for such a horrible post and incomplete build if someone else has done this and wants to post a complete build feel free, otherwise ill try and re post one later 2 man farming him is really really easy but your friend who soloed him...wow. I would like to see that since i have no idea how he could pull him all the way to the shrine. He normally breaks aggro if you pull to far like any other boss. also how did you seperate him from the mob? everytime i try to pull him his mob is always in tow.

X of Thulcandra

X of Thulcandra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sector 001

N/A

W/

Not exactly SOLO when you think about it, but innovative nonetheless...Too bad the shield probably won't go down too much in price, since this build actually requires some tactics and work. :P

Good job though.

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

yeah not really solo in the typical sense. but you do get to keep what they drop . There is no way to truely solo him without the help of a priest cause his group is far to tough. Mesmers shatter and drain, Rangers bleed and poison, Ele's keep churning earth on you and the warrior with Sunreach keep KD'ing you.

Zulo Deadhunter

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

Zulo Deadhunter

N/Me

Hey, good work, but, can you make a video? Thanks a lot.

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

i'll make one of just sunreach...just gotta figure out how to use gamecam. =)

sajun

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

proly done this 6+ times already, no greens from any so far bad luck

Mr.H.Mishima

Mr.H.Mishima

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Summit of Human Evolution

W/

I can get to Sunreach, killing everything on the way solo except the Dragon Moss, but they can be avoided. I start from Durheim though...The thing that makes this tough as hell is you never know the full make up of the party until you get there. 2 Warden's of the Earth, 2 Mesmers, 2 Rit's...any way you slice it, that part is impossibly though. I can last a good 30 seconds when there is one mesmer in there.

I use a different build though:

Galdiators Defense
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Galrath
Silverwing
Shield Stance
Healing Signet
Sprint (usless frankly, but I always forget to take it out)

Sword at 15, Tactics at 16, leftovers in Strength.

If your country has favor, kneel at the statue by Durheim and get a free armor boost against elemental damage, get your +3 regen from the priest, and get extra HP and +% for favor too. The other rez shrines give you other boosts too, depending on the god. It'll cost you some cash, but it's worth it. You can also buy off DP as well.

antoninus

antoninus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Evil Death Bane [EDB]

Mo/

congrats on the build. have to practice more on that *trick* Hopefully ill get my shield soon =D it looks nice....

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sajun
proly done this 6+ times already, no greens from any so far bad luck yeah the drop rate for greens is just horrible. Still trying to get one of the 2 bows along the way and haven't been lucky enough yet. I have done the run about 13 times or so and still no shield either =(. One of these days i guess it will drop. good luck

trifonas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

In the past 10 days i tried the "solo" about 20 times, reached bloody sunreach and kill him 7 times...Each effort 80 min at least..Between each run i did something else, not only once did in the row.......No single drop..Why is this happening?? If it wasn't for that skin i would have retired already, but i want it so badly..Maybe in the next 20!! times i will be more lucky...

Mr.H.Mishima

Mr.H.Mishima

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Summit of Human Evolution

W/

Yeah, don't bet on it. For example, I've killed Jacqui the Reaver well over 50 times with no drop. I've gotten 5 Reefclaw's Refuge in that time as well.

Kadorag

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

could you please make a video of this run? that would be very nice...its a really genious run

Kadorag

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

em...may it be that the update today fixed the "bug" that the priest follows you? i just tried it one more time, maybe i did a fault this time, bit imo i did it as every time before, and he didnt follow me...can somebody else confirm that? the update was horribly enough (elemental attunement), so i hope this was my fault^^

malevolence

malevolence

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

this build is obsolete i guess, the new update is a ****

trifonas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

i dont think that the problem is with the update...
are u sure the time u tried it the 2 outposts in morostav area were under kurziks control??
only then the priest is follwing u..

malevolence

malevolence

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by trifonas
i dont think that the problem is with the update...
are u sure the time u tried it the 2 outposts in morostav area were under kurziks control??
only then the priest is follwing u.. Yes, its under kurzick control, priest doesnt follow you anymore, and he is the target of the foes, so everytime he is the first one to die, and with the new update , I receive a lot of dmg, as all the shield of the game are -physical damage , and Knight armor doesnt work anymore, believe me, a single staff shot of the rit boss, make 20-30 dmg.

Bucephalus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

I can thankfully confirm that it still works as before, the priest dutifully followed me around as always and wasn't targeted.

Oh, and when you get the Priests Blessing it stays with you even when you die. Which saves me a bit of cash!!

Kadorag

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

could u plz make a vid of how you get him to follow u? i dont get it after the update, really!

trifonas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

there seems to be a serious problem after the update..only physical dmg in armor and shield makes the solo not possible for me..

arena, u did it again...grrrr

malevolence

malevolence

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Yeah, please show a video, with the new update cuz i cannot make it anymore, and as trifonas said , with teh shields and armor only takin physical dmg , most of the solo-farming are nothing

Dobermann

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Seems nice, think u culd find one for axes? my only descent sword is a vamp, and the only other one i have, is 15-22 15^50 Dadaou sword (No other mods)

And no sword elites

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

You can still pull him =) just did it last night. only problem is damn the nerf made it much harder to stay alive so you have to use your sig more. once i can figure out game cam i'll make a vid of it.

Butters1110

Butters1110

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Professional Athletes [HGH]

Mo/

Looks like a good build going to try it. Just got my war past eternal grove(didnt do kurzick side only luxon). So im goona test it out. Thanks

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

pulling him that far up may be possible. i've had him chase me half way up the hill before but that was AFTER i killed all his cronies.

ImNoKid

ImNoKid

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasux
pulling him that far up may be possible. i've had him chase me half way up the hill before but that was AFTER i killed all his cronies. Did you managed to kill all his cronies solo? Cause is quite impossible, there are 2 rits, 2 monks, 2 earth, 2-3 warriors + Sunreach if I'm not wrong. And they are always together.

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ImNoKid
Did you managed to kill all his cronies solo? Cause is quite impossible, there are 2 rits, 2 monks, 2 earth, 2-3 warriors + Sunreach if I'm not wrong. And they are always together. yes...with the npc monks of course

ImNoKid

ImNoKid

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasux
yes...with the npc monks of course Thanks. I just wanna confirmed it is possible. Pls make a vid for us?

And tyvm angel2046 for the vid. I finally managed to pull that priest. The rest of your farming vids are cool too!!

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

finally figured out game came...dur on my part. i'll make a vid of the fight with sunreach...unless somebody else can make it first. game cam really slows down my computer.

CalypsoX

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Xen of Onslaught

N/Me

First, nice guide and strategy regarding this. I've tried it a few times, and while successful, it was painfully long. The main problems are

1) The Forest wardens put weakness on you, so you do crap for damage a lot of the times.
2) The forest and ranger wardens all have a self heal of some kind, making the fight last that much longer.
3) The damn npc priests heal the the enemies a lot, especially after you've whittled down the mobs to just a few, where they're now taking more damage than you are.

You can deal with three by moving around bit, such that the priests are just within your aggro bubble, but the enemies are outside of their healing range. Then again, they seem to do this off and on, so maybe if you just keep swinging away, eventually they'll stop.

Dealing with 1) and 2) I would suggest a build change. Since you're relying only on warrior skills at the moment, I would suggest a W/N with plague touch and distracting blow. This would also require a zealous sword to keep your energy up. Possibly also consider tiger stance in place of FGJ. The skills I would replace are Pure Strike and Heal Sig(!).

Why heal sig? First, at least whenever I pull the priests, I tend to go slowly so that if I do get into trouble, they can catch up quickly and heal me. This requires watching the radar carefully. Once you notice that they stop following you (can happen if you run away too fast), stop and pull them again. The second reason is that the boss mob groups usually have 1-2 earth wardens. If you're gonna heal sig, that -40 armor means you're probably going to get spiked at some point for 300 or more damage for the combined mob, and the priests aren't going to save you.

As for fighting the boss mobs, it's a good idea to kill everything except the ranger wardens. The damage they do is minimal comparatively, and keeping them around lets them drop laceration, which actually benefits you.

With the update to runes/shields/knights armor, the tanking big mobs becomes tougher, which is why I believe sentinel's armor is a must now for taking on mobs solo.

trifonas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

ok...i am not a lucky person generally in my life, but why is this also happening in game???
I have killed him over 15 times, each run at least 2 hours long, and no drop still for me..Again saying not even once getting in antifarming code.
I can't be over 3-4 hours daily in game cause of working, so i have spend nearly all my time in trying to get that fckign shield..

So, i am quitting this solo, therefore, i have a question to all of you..
Is this possimple for duo run, with only 1 priest and a guildmate monk or another charr? Have anyone else tried it and succeeded??
I would appreciate any help guys..
This shield has become my nightmare and i can't afford buying it and also, i don't want to buy it..

Thanks in advance..

carnivore

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/

Well, since this is a real interesting topic, a nice shield, and recently got a late bump, I decided to try and solo this myself. So after reading in the topic itself saying that the priest pull no longer worked or was unreliable cuz the priest would die, i gave up on that idea(couldnt pull him anyway).

Then i read that a ranger had done it solo, with bleeding+poison build(aka cripshot), so i decided to try. And after about...forever...i managed to solo Sunreach and have some confirmation on the earlier post about how you can get Sunreach stuck.

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1444/gw015gp4.jpg

Here you can see how far up he's pulled and that he doesnt have a programed path to get back to his spawn point from there, so anyone who manages to get him up this far, gets an easy kill.

Unfortunatly for me, i didn't know this. The screenshoted run there is only happened after i killed everything patroling close to his mob and his mob itself. And yes it took forever. So its possible both ways, you can kill everything and be safe or you can try and pull Sunreach on his own. Hope this inspires more farming of it and the price will go down or someone will find a better way.

2ndName

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

The priest would only die if you have more Kurzick factions.