Build:Any/Me Generic Fastfoot Farmer

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

Makes farming elite ranger tomes from Zelnehlun Fastfoot easily, and allows every caster profession to farm them.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

No profession / Mesmer 12 Domination Magic 9 Illusion Magic Arcane Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Arcane Echo Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. 20 2 15 Visions of Regret Nightfall Mesmer. Domination Magic 12 Visions of Regret Elite Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe and adjacent foes take 39 damage whenever they use a skill and 41 damage if not under the effects of another Mesmer hex. 20 2 10 Illusion of Haste Core Mesmer. Illusion Magic 9 Illusion of Haste Enchantment Spell For 9 seconds you are no longer Crippled, and you move 33% faster. When Illusion of Haste ends, you become Crippled for 3 seconds. 5 1 5 Drunken Master EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken Master Stance For 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. 60 5 Winds EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Winds Ebon Vanguard Ritual Create a level 4..10 Spirit. All foes within its range have 15% chance to miss with ranged attacks. This spirit dies after 54..90 seconds. 30 5 5 Ebon Escape EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Escape Spell Shadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. 10 ¼ 5 Empathy Core Mesmer. Domination Magic 12 Empathy Hex Spell For 13 seconds, whenever target foe attacks, that foe takes 46 damage. 10 2 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

• Fill the optional slot with a self-heal or hex removal such as:
• Mend Body and Soul
  Factions

  Ritualist. Restoration Magic 9

  Mend Body and Soul

  Spell

  Target ally is healed for 77 Health. That ally loses one Condition for all Spirits within earshot.

  

  3

  ¾

  5
• Patient Spirit
  EotN

  Monk. Healing Prayers 9

  Patient Spirit

  Enchantment Spell

  For 2 seconds, target ally is Enchanted with Patient Spirit. When this Enchantment ends, that ally is healed for 84 Health.

  

  3

  ¼

  5
• Glyph of Restoration
  Nightfall

  Elementalist. Energy Storage 9

  Glyph of Restoration

  Glyph

  For 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells heal you for 75 Health, and you are healed for 300% of the Energy cost of each Spell.

  

  8

  1

  5
• Remove Hex
  Core

  Monk. Unlinked

  Remove Hex

  Spell

  Remove a Hex from target ally.

  

  8

  1

  5
• Inspired Hex
  Prophecies

  Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 9

  Inspired Hex

  Spell

  Remove a Hex from target ally and gain 8 Energy. For 20 seconds, Inspired Hex is replaced with the Hex that was removed.

  

  1

  5
• Blood Renewal
  Prophecies

  Necromancer. Blood Magic 9

  Blood Renewal

  Enchantment Spell

  For 10 seconds, you gain +5 Health regeneration. When Blood Renewal ends, you gain 130 Health.

  

  10

  1

  1
• Ether Feast
  Core

  Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 9

  Ether Feast

  Spell

  Target foe loses 3 Energy. You are healed 47 for each point of Energy lost.

  

  8

  1

  5
• Dwayna's Touch
  Nightfall

  Dervish. Wind Prayers 9

  Dwayna's Touch

  Spell

  Target touched ally is healed for 42 Health for each Enchantment on you (maximum 150).

  

  2

  ¾

  5

[edit] Equipment

• Armor: Maximum AL, of course. Use a rune of Superior Vigor, Runes of Vitae, and Survivor's Insignias.
• Weapons: Use any caster weapon of enchanting. Some examples are:
  • Sadi's Benediction
  • Jayne's Staff

[edit] Usage

• Make sure you are in Hard Mode.
• When you zone into The Floodplain of Mahnkelon, immediately activate Drunken Master. Head northeast towards the group of Ntouka. Just before the group of Ntouka, activate Illusion of Haste and run straight through the group. Make sure that the Rampaging Ntouka and the Steelfang Drake don't hit you with their attacks. This can be easily avoided.
• Keep running until you lose their aggro and heal yourself or remove any hexes that any Crested Ntouka Birds may have cast on you.
• Run down the path to your left and set up Winds behind the large rock. Run around to the platform jutting out on the opposite side of the chasm and cast Ebon Escape on the Spirit of Winds. Use Illusion of Haste and run and lose the aggro of any Nephila that you may have aggravated.
• Wait until all of the Nephila are grouped around Zelnehlun Fastfoot, then set up your spirit of Winds in the corner behind the wall near the Nephila.
• Use Drunken Master and aggrovate the group of Nephila, and then cast Ebon Escape on the Spirit of Winds.
• Regain any health lost.
• Select Zelnehlun Fastfoot, and cast Empathy, and chain Arcane Echo --> Visions of Regret --> Visions of Regret --> Visions of Regret, timing it so that you have thirty seconds of Visions of Regret on Zelnehlun Fastfoot and any adjacent foes.
• During Visions of Regret's downtime, maintain Empathy on Zelnehlun Fastfoot. This way, Zelnehlun Fastfoot will die at the same time as the rest of the group.

[edit] Counters

• Taking too many hits while running/aggroing
• Getting killed by the first group of Ntouka.

[edit] Video

Streaming HARD MODE (Youtube)

• (pre-Visions of Regret nerf)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0vgizUnaqI (low quality)

• (post-Visions of Regret nerf)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZ6Fy1oLVM&fmt=22 (hd quality)