Build:D/A Sand Shards Shadow

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This build has been archived as of 10:25, 15 September 2007, for the following reason: Sand Shards altered to only trigger on missed scythe attacks. This build had been designed for the following use: PvE general PvE farming PvP AB PvP CM PvP HB PvP RA PvP TA PvP HA PvP GvG This build was in the category good before being archived.

This incredibly lethal Dervish build is capable of reaching a peak AoE DPS of 156.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Dervish / Assassin 12 + 1 + 3 Earth Prayers 11 + 1 Mysticism 6 Deadly Arts Heart of Fury Nightfall Dervish. Mysticism 12 Heart of Fury Enchantment Spell For 17 seconds, you attack 33% faster. When this Enchantment ends, all nearby foes are set on fire for 3 seconds. 30 ¾ 10 Sand Shards Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 16 Sand Shards Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, Sand Shards ends early if you use an attack skill. When Sand Shards ends, it creates a sand storm at your location that deals 10...18...20 earth damage each second for 10 seconds to nearby foes. 15 1 5 Way of the Empty Palm Factions Assassin. Deadly Arts 6 Way of the Empty Palm Elite Enchantment Spell For 11 seconds, off-hand and dual attacks cost no Energy. 10 ¼ 5 Exhausting Assault Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery Exhausting Assault Dual Attack Must follow a lead attack. Target foe's action is interrupted. If that action was casting a Spell, target foe suffers from Exhaustion. 8 ½ 5 Mystic Regeneration Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 16 Mystic Regeneration Enchantment Spell For 18..20 seconds, you have +3..4 Health regeneration for each enchantment (maximum of 8) on you. 5 ¼ 10 Faithful Intervention Nightfall Dervish. Mysticism 12 Faithful Intervention Enchantment Spell If damage drops your Health below 50%, Faithful Intervention ends. When Faithful Intervention ends, you are healed for 126 Health. 20 2 5 Dash Factions Assassin. Unlinked Dash Stance For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster. 8 5 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Armor - Full set of any armor with Radiant Insignias. Runes of Attunement on empty slots of armor.
• Weapons - Daggers of Enchanting (Energy +5)

[edit] Usage

• Upkeep all enchantments as recharge/energy allows.
• Spam Exhausting Assault. This results in 156 DPS with Heart of Fury on, and 104 with it off. Note that this damage is practically un-stoppable; as of now Shield of Absorption is the only thing that can completely mitigate the DPS from this build. Angelic Protection and Shielding Hands both reduce it to a semi-manageable amount.

[edit] Counters

• Shield of Absorption, Angelic Protection, and Shielding Hands.
  • Shield of Absorption, after the 1st second of attacking during which your DPS is 81, will bring your DPS to zero.
  • Angelic Protection needs to be used by a Paragon with 16 Leadership to bring the DPS to 80.
  • Shielding Hands brings the DPS to 66.
• On-attack hexes like Empathy are devastating; you attack 6 times per second with HoF active.
• Removal of Sand Shards or WotEP.

[edit] Notes

• This build has been long nerfed, but its original power is too great to ignore.
• This is insanely difficult to kill if you receive Vigorous Spirit from a team mate with a decent level in Healing.