Build:A/D Perma Shadow Scythe

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

This build requires Consumables to operate properly.

This is a melee permaform farmer designed for all-purpose farming as opposed to participation in speed-clears. Please note that this build requires an Essence of Celerity to work.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Dervish 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 11 Scythe Mastery 6 + 3 Critical Strikes Deadly Paradox Nightfall Assassin. Deadly Arts 1 Deadly Paradox Stance All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 6 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster. 10 15 Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 22 seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss, but you deal 33% less damage. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but 53 Health. 45 1 10 Aura of Holy Might (Kurzick) Factions Dervish. Kurzick rank Aura of Holy Might (Kurzick) Enchantment Spell All nearby foes take 30..50 holy damage. For 20 seconds, you deal 20..32% more damage with your scythe. When this Enchantment ends, all nearby foes take 30..50 holy damage. 25 ¾ 10 Way of the Master EotN Assassin. Critical Strikes 9 Way of the Master Enchantment Spell For 60 seconds, while holding a non-dagger weapon, you have an additional 21% chance to land a critical hit. 30 ¼ 5 Critical Agility Nightfall Assassin. Sunspear rank Critical Agility Enchantment Spell For 4 seconds and 1 second for each rank of Critical Strikes you attack 33% faster and gain 10..25 armor. This Skill reapplies itself every time you land a critical hit. 30 1 5 Eremite's Attack Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11 Eremite's Attack Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +9 damage for each adjacent foe (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Mystic Sweep Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11 Mystic Sweep Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +9 damage for each Enchantment on you (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

Luxon variant:

Assassin / Dervish 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 11 Scythe Mastery 6 + 3 Critical Strikes Deadly Paradox Nightfall Assassin. Deadly Arts 1 Deadly Paradox Stance All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 6 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster. 10 15 Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 22 seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss, but you deal 33% less damage. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but 53 Health. 45 1 10 Aura of Holy Might (Luxon) Factions Dervish. Luxon rank Aura of Holy Might (Luxon) Enchantment Spell All nearby foes take 40..50 holy damage. For 20 seconds, you deal 20..32% more damage with your scythe. When this Enchantment ends, all nearby foes take 40..50 holy damage. 25 ¾ 10 Way of the Master EotN Assassin. Critical Strikes 9 Way of the Master Enchantment Spell For 60 seconds, while holding a non-dagger weapon, you have an additional 21% chance to land a critical hit. 30 ¼ 5 Critical Agility Nightfall Assassin. Sunspear rank Critical Agility Enchantment Spell For 4 seconds and 1 second for each rank of Critical Strikes you attack 33% faster and gain 10..25 armor. This Skill reapplies itself every time you land a critical hit. 30 1 5 Eremite's Attack Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11 Eremite's Attack Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +9 damage for each adjacent foe (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Mystic Sweep Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11 Mystic Sweep Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +9 damage for each Enchantment on you (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

[edit] Equipment

• An Essence of Celerity is needed.
• Grails of Might are very helpful.
• Max armor with full radiant insignias, the given runes, and runes of attunement.
• A Zealous 15^50 or 15/ench Scythe of Enchanting. Some Unique options are:

• Asterius' Scythe
• Droknar's Reaper
• Scythe of Corruption
• Deldrimor Shear

[edit] Usage

1. Maintain Shadow Form with an Essence and Deadly Paradox.
2. Before battle cast Aura of Holy Might, Critical Agility, and Way of the Master.
3. Spam your attack skills.
4. Rinse and repeat.

[edit] Counters

• Anti-SF: Signet of Disenchantment, PBAoE, ripostes, signets, etc.
• Failing to maintain Shadow Form

[edit] Variants

Attacks

• Farmer's Scythe
  EotN

  Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11

  Farmer's Scythe

  Scythe Attack

  If this attack hits, you deal +16 damage. If you hit more than one foe, this attack recharges instantly.

  

  12

  5
   - closer to the UW farmer and maintainable spammish attacks.
• Chilling Victory
  Nightfall

  Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11

  Chilling Victory

  Scythe Attack

  If it hits, this attack strikes for +16 damage. Whenever it hits a foe who has less Health than you, target foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 48 cold damage.

  

  10

  10
   - closer to the daggers build, with about 50 damage to all adjacent foes.
• Victorious Sweep
  Nightfall

  Dervish. Scythe Mastery 11

  Victorious Sweep

  Melee Attack

  If this attack hits, you deal +23 damage. If the target foe has less Health than you, you gain 67 Health.

  

  4

  5
   - four second recharge scythe attack

Damage Spells

• Radiation Field
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Radiation Field

  Ward Spell

  For 5 seconds, foes in the area have -4..6 Health degeneration. When the portal ends, foes in the area are Diseased for 12..20 seconds.

  

  12

  2

  15
   (Works especially well against fleshy creatures)
• Light of Deldrimor
  EotN

  No Profession. Deldrimor rank

  Light of Deldrimor

  Spell

  All foes in the area are struck for 55..80 holy damage. The location of hidden objects are briefly indicated on your Compass. Any hidden objects in the area are revealed.

  

  20

  ¾

  5
   (Especially useful at Legendary Delver as it deals 160 damage against the undead. With Essence up it recharges in 15 seconds instead of 20)

Damage Enhancing skills

• Asuran Scan
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Asuran Scan

  Hex Spell

  For 9..12 seconds your attacks against this foe deal an additional 45..75% damage.

  

  5

  5
   - use it on multiple foes to kill faster.
• "I Am The Strongest!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am The Strongest!"

  Shout

  Your next 5..8 attacks do an additional +14..20 damage.

  

  20

  5
   - use for stronger attacks.
• Ebon Battle Standard of Honor
  EotN

  No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank

  Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

  Ward Spell

  You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr.

  

  20

  1

  10
   (Increases damage by up to +15)

Health Gain/Avoiding Damage Skills

• Way of Perfection
  Factions

  Assassin. Shadow Arts 14

  Way of Perfection

  Enchantment Spell

  For 60 seconds, whenever you successfully land a critical hit, you gain 38 Health.

  

  30

  ¼

  5
   - helpful if lost health from aoe.
• Dash
  Factions

  Assassin. Unlinked

  Dash

  Stance

  For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.

  

  8

  5
   - helpful for moving around quickly
• "I Am Unstoppable!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am Unstoppable!"

  Shout

  For 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled.

  

  30

  5
   - to prevent knockdowns.

Energy Gain

• Critical Eye
  Factions

  Assassin. Critical Strikes 9

  Critical Eye

  Skill

  For 25 seconds, you have an additional 10% chance to land a critical hit when attacking. You gain 1 Energy whenever you score a critical hit.

  

  30

  5
   - the extra energy can be helpful.

[edit] Notes

• This can be used with a group of A/Ds with this build as the consumables are party wide.
• The cost of an Essence in Feathers and Dust can be recouped in one full HM run through Nahpui Quarter.
• Don't over spam your attack skill, as it will cause you to lose to much energy.
• Critical Hits cant do every thing.

[edit] Soloable/Farming Areas

NOTE: All areas listed below were tested with the daggers build but still work. This is only from experience.

[edit] Core

• FoW-HM/NM, The Beach can be profitable.
• UW-(certain Areas) HM/NM - Mainly Chaos Plains is possible. In some circumstances, may need to bring more than one essence.

[edit] Tyria

• Everywhere in Ascalon-HM
• Most Areas in the Northern Shiverpeaks-HM
• All of Kryta-HM
• Maguuma Jungle-HM
• Crystal Desert-HM/NM
• Southern Shiverpeaks-NM/HM
• Few areas in the Ring of Fire Island Chain-NM-HM
• Tombs of the Primeval Kings NM/HM -Very Profitable

[edit] Cantha

• Shing Jea Island-HM
• Northern Imperial Northen Cantha-NM/HM
• Few Areas in Imperial Southern Cantha (enchant Removal)-NM/HM
• Naphui Quarter-HM/NM-Very Profitable - Star lights may outheal your damage. Bring Chilling Victory or radiation field for more damage.
• Entire Pongmei Valley-NM/HM-Very Profitable - Bring Way of Perfection Or Victorious Sweep.
• Every Mission and explorable area in the Kurzick area.
• Most Places in the Luxon area (enchantment removal)-NM/HM

[edit] Elona

(Minor Enchantment removal all over Elona)

• Istan-HM
• Kourna-NM/HM
• Vabbi-NM/HM All over
• Grand Court of Sebelkeh
• Graven Monoliths in the desolation.
• Gloom-NM
• Torqua-NM