The Future of Hydra farming my w/mo riposte build

exodite

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

KISS

Mo/Me

But most normal people in a working guild would have a monk character for helping people out in PvE i know most of my guild does

deve8uk

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

N/A

R/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhuobhe
Please refer to post #137 for a better place to cap this skill.

You should only cap it outside of copperhammer if you are a glutton for punishment It was easier and quicker from copper.

deve8uk

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

N/A

R/N

Well I got 8 hydras, but Ill be like 50% health, everything charged and Boom im dead in a flash.

And as for getting 10K a run, load of tosh, All I have goten in over 150 runs is 1 gold sword and thats it. And whats with teh blue storm artifacts with cold attributes, its the bloody desert ffs.

vancha

vancha

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

W/

well Dont Feel No Pain...

I have tested the build at Iron Mines Of Moladune and have concluded that:

Giants are easy kill, just make sure to have dol sig on all the time. They mostly drop Giant Slayers Hammer but its not rarely that they are gold.

Azure Shadows are also easy ase u gain energy and adrenaline from their retribution and holy wrath. drops monk stuff and azure remaints.

Mountain Trolls are the hardest... and they are not even hard....
they take most damage but just keep your defense skills on and itt will go as easy as pie...

Thx for the build and i have pm'd u ingame so u actually know this so this is for all other forum readers.

Have fun..

Rhuobhe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Less Crying is Key [kThx]

Quote:
Originally Posted by deve8uk
It was easier and quicker from copper. I don't see how it possibly could be easier.

I capped it solo outside of beakons in about 5 minutes. Did you solo? Did it take 5 minutes?

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

i cant even remember when or where i capped defy pain lol , yikes i cant beleive this thread is so active.

holden

holden

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

[NICE]

Mo/

omg. i was doing very well farming the griffins and minotaurs outside of augury the last few weeks. very well. two black dyes and about 10 gold max weapons. many purple max weapons. many, many mino horns and griffon wings........

i tried it twice this weekend and nothing. nothing. not even a purple. hardly any drops whatsoever.

anet found my honey hole


so........how are the hydras? anyone try them this weekend after the patch?

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

emmm , well hydra were never realy uber for drops , but i have had a few good gold staff with perfect mods that i salvage , and i had a 15% in stance cleaver from them , and not to mention a nice spantha , but thats in one hell of a lot of runs , it was the challenge more than the mony that made me want to farm them.

Cell Undertaker

Cell Undertaker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

The Malevolent Wolfpack

Well... I am using your build now for hydra and griff farming and it Pwns Ty Dfnp but.. i recently met a guy with a Swamp hammer(it was called swamp hammer and he said they would change the skin to swamp hammer) he doesn't wanna tell me where he farms it but since u farm a lot maybe u know....

deve8uk

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

N/A

R/N

a swamp

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

lol , im guessing magunna jungle or sanctum kay, gates of kryta

Cell Undertaker

Cell Undertaker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

The Malevolent Wolfpack

Ty for the reply

Mistermagoo

Mistermagoo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

In my computer room.

The Noob Elite [TnE]

N/Me

Nice I love you <_< >_>

Muphin Man

Muphin Man

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Muffiteers

W/Me

OMG I hate you dont feel no pain! Not because your a bad person, but because you have the best build ever and I'm a Warrior/Mesmer! AHH! Im so frustrated that I wasnt a warrior monk!

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

dude u can change your proffesion , accend and go to seekers passage , destineys gearge , hero's audiance , and there should be lvl 24 ghots with proffession quests , u can do them and then change back and for as much as u want without losing skills ,though u will have to earn or buy the skills for the other proffessions u havn't been.

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

if anyone has done griffon farming with this build dont forget to

swap defy pain for gladiators defence
swap deadly riposte for watchyourself
thats all that needs changing

Fabius Cunctator

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Venezuela

Lord

Quote:
Originally Posted by Muphin Man
OMG I hate you dont feel no pain! Not because your a bad person, but because you have the best build ever and I'm a Warrior/Mesmer! AHH! Im so frustrated that I wasnt a warrior monk! Or if you can't change your secondary you could just use elemental resistance + dolyak sig + watch yourself + healing sig (and maybe defy pain if that's not enough AL) and whatever sword/axe attacks you got.

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

yeah like he said there are w/mes hydra builds out there , check this warrior section there are a few

legless_the_elf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

In a Distant Land Called Canada EH!

Blazing Dragons

Mo/Me

why not put more in smiting? balt spirit gives more adrenaline with more in smiting... ill try to find a link to that thread but anyways ya more in smiting would give absolute awesomeness

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
why not put more in smiting? balt spirit gives more adrenaline with more in smiting... ill try to find a link to that thread but anyways ya more in smiting would give absolute awesomeness You don't need it. Even with smaller groups, adrenaline recharges quicker than you would imagine with 0 points.


BTW like the build, I tried it out...gonna try it out on griffs (w/ the substitutions) see if its faster than my other. Not crazy about the drops...but adding a farming area makes they other's less stale right?

Took on 4 of the hydras outside Ember Light Camp...I was stunned.

ArisB

ArisB

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

LowLand Lions

W/Mo

I tried the build and it works very, very well vs hydra's

Then i tried griffon farming and there i ran in to some problems,
Rockshot devourers came out of the ground and they started firing their arrows at me.
They couldn't kill me, but i cant kill them either.
(I hit them for like 2 damage each hit)

Should i just run away from them?
They keep following me for quite a while and when i finally lose them some new ones appear from under the sand

And then i tried to kill the worm, but i ran into some sand elementals.
They keep blinding me so i cant hit anything,
and when i can't hit anything i'm unable to heal myself.
I replaced deadly riposte with a remove condition spell but the recharge time is too long

On the otherhand, the Trolls near drognars dropped like flies

holden

holden

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

[NICE]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ArisB
I tried the build and it works very, very well vs hydra's

Then i tried griffon farming and there i ran in to some problems,
Rockshot devourers came out of the ground and they started firing their arrows at me.
They couldn't kill me, but i cant kill them either.
(I hit them for like 2 damage each hit)

Should i just run away from them?
They keep following me for quite a while and when i finally lose them some new ones appear from under the sand

And then i tried to kill the worm, but i ran into some sand elementals.
They keep blinding me so i cant hit anything,
and when i can't hit anything i'm unable to heal myself.
I replaced deadly riposte with a remove condition spell but the recharge time is too long

On the otherhand, the Trolls near drognars dropped like flies i take sprint just for the rockshots. sprint past them for sure. never even go close to the sand elementals. just draw the minotaurs and griffons. anything melee you can deal with.

worms are hard to kill lol. i bet it would take a few minutes with this build.

anyone know how many hitpoints the worms have?

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

u could take down a worm in less than 30 secs with

16 tactics
riposte
deadly riposte
gladiators defence

the dmg from these are non-armor effecting , they will do 60 dmg , 50 dmg and 37 dmg

worms go down like flys with these skills

and if u want to see a worm farming thread here's kvndooms he's the pro (the futher u go through the thread the better the builds become) http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=92848

merciless

merciless

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sin Squad www.sinsquad.us

W/

Seems like a basic riposte build... but lets give it a try.

Cyker

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Florida

Leader of GoTA

W/Mo

Tag for useful stuff.

mohh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thailii Monkey
Healing Brezze (kinda not needed) Why not replace it with Sprint to make getting around a bit faster?

merciless

merciless

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sin Squad www.sinsquad.us

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by merciless
Seems like a basic riposte build... but lets give it a try. This is a well thought farming build, but maybe "For Great Justice!" instead of Flurry? The cooldown might be a bit too long for "For Great Justice!", but I'll see.

sh4ft3d

sh4ft3d

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

Frank Ought To Monk [FotM]

W/

One annoying thing about the griffon is the bosses when you use deadly riposte, they either use healing breeze (monk) or i will survive (warrior). slows down the damage a little bit.

chrislee149

chrislee149

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Kansas City Hotsteppers [KCHS]

W/Mo

Wow. Just tried out this build, and I really like it. Was trying it earlier with Gladiator's Defence (only captured Defy Pain minutes ago), and it didn't work so well. I go Defy Pain, and the build just works great. I just wish Flurry lasted longer, spamming it every 5 seconds is annoying, especially when low on energy.

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

balthzars spirit and 4+ hydra and u'll have all the enrgy u want

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Only thing that get's me is how frustrating it is trying to get hydra's to group. Makes it a bit slower than I'd like. I've not been getting as many Rare drops w/ Hydras as I have with other things.... Maybe just cause I'm not killing as many. Thoughts?

Knight of Honor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Dragon Titans

W/Mo

when i was hydra farming with this build i got like 2-5 rares but like in 10-25runs but sometimes no rares in like 20 runs and ya makin a big group is frustrating i just kill wat i can get before health gets to low hope this helps alittle

themesmeroftime

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

near philly

The Order of Sithis

Rt/

hey this is great build
but i have 2 questions:
1. I can farm griffs/minos without a problem (and i'm a w/mo)BUT if i'm farming them, and
those pesky rockshots surface im done; so basically could someone post invicible AXE griff farming thats deals with those bugs
2. It's wierd; i can kinda farm griffs but when i farm for my sup vigor and abs
its impossible to kill those ettins; i do bring disrupting chop for their healing sig and i also use axes for these guys; so if someone could post a build for these guys i'd be happy

P.S. I can go w/me
thx

sparks

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

N/Mo

Ok I checked and can't find it.

Leave Beakons, walk a bit, hold ctrl down, see the name of the boss.

whats the name of the boss?

thanks

sparks

eragon482

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

DD

R/Mo

Isn't there a way to do it with an axe? I just sold my sword and only have 5k :S

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

well u can do this build with any sword that isn't zealous or vampiric , hell u could use a sword thats 2-3 dmg and no other stats with this build.

Yush

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

England

The Master Casters [MC]

W/Mo

ZOMBIE! I found j00000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont try to hide from me.....<3

Yush

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

England

The Master Casters [MC]

W/Mo

Come back to MC and play HoH with us =(((( I miss your crisps and crunchy bananas....

Yush

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

England

The Master Casters [MC]

W/Mo

*cough* EMO *cough*

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

u freak , im away right now , btw u cant triple post *cough* ban him *cough*