Build:D/W Raptor Shard Bomb

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This build has been archived as of 01:15, 7 August 2009 (UTC), for the following reason: Change to Sand Shards This build had been designed for the following use: PvE farming This build was in the category Great before being archived.

This build uses the enchantment Sand Shards to quickly and easily take down Raptor Nestlings in one big kersplosion.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Dervish / Warrior 11 Tactics 12 + 1 + 3 Earth Prayers 6 + 2 Mysticism Avatar of Balthazar Nightfall Dervish. Mysticism 8 Avatar of Balthazar Elite Form For 53 seconds, you gain +40 armor, you move 33% faster, and your attacks deal holy damage. This Skill is disabled for 120 seconds. 30 2 10 Sand Shards Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 16 Sand Shards Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, whenever you fail to hit with a scythe attack, all nearby foes take 26 damage. 15 1 5 Veil of Thorns Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 16 Veil of Thorns Enchantment Spell For 21 seconds, whenever you are hit by an attack, your attacker is Crippled for 16 seconds. 20 1 10 Armor of Sanctity Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 16 Armor of Sanctity Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, you take 21 less damage from foes suffering from a Condition. 5 ¼ 5 "To the Limit!" Prophecies Warrior. Tactics 11 "To the Limit!" Shout For each foe within earshot (maximum 5), you gain one strike of adrenaline. 20 5 "By Ural's Hammer!" EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank "By Ural's Hammer!" Shout For 7..10 seconds, you have +2 Health regeneration and do 25% more damage. This lasts 7..10 more seconds for each ally within earshot who is under 50% Health. 30 5 Wary Stance Prophecies Warrior. Tactics 11 Wary Stance Stance For 5 seconds, you block any attack skills used against you. For each successful block, you gain adrenaline and 5 Energy. Wary Stance ends if you use a skill. 10 10 Whirlwind Attack Nightfall Warrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind Attack Melee Attack Attack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. 1 6 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Armor

• The above runes, a Vigor rune, and Windwalker insigniae on all pieces.

• Weapons

• Any scythe of enchanting.

[edit] Usage

• Enter Riven Earth in HM and immediately cast Avatar of Balthazar
• Take the bounty from the Asura at the shrine
• Run to the raptor cave
• Get as close as you can to the closest raptor, and cast Sand Shards followed by Veil of Thorns
• Aggro all the raptor nestlings on the left side of the cave, but do not aggro Rekoff or her group. Try not to let them hit you
• Once you have them all aggro'd, get a little ahead of them and cast Armor of Sanctity
• Wait until Armor of Sanctity recharges (so they have time to get Critical Defenses up) and/or until all the nestlings group around you, and use "To the Limit!" and "By Ural's Hammer!", followed by Wary Stance
• Use Whirlwind Attack to blow up all the little buggers in one hit.

[edit] Counters

Not aggroing enough raptors. The build works best if you have 22 or more raptors aggro'd.

Letting too many raptors hit you when aggroing. If they hit you, they get crippled and can't chase you.

[edit] Variants

Mystic Sandstorm, Eternal Aura, or Light of Deldrimor if you find yourself not killing them all. If you use one of these, use it to finish them off after the Shard Bomb.

[edit] Notes

Using Avatar of Balthazar+Veil of Thorns+Armor of Sanctity makes you take 0's from all hits.

Letting the raptors hit you (after aggroing) is crucial to the build. The raptors must be able to renew Critical Defenses in order for you to trigger Sand Shards.

Minimum ranks in the PvE titles work fine, unless you are using the Eternal Aura or Light of Deldrimor variants.

Each run kills ~22 raptor nestlings and takes ~45 seconds.

Health usually does not matter, as you should not be taking any damage.

If you find them not dead in one hit, try to hit them with your scythe before you use whirlwind attack

[edit] External Links

The build on Guild Wars Guru

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Light of Deldrimor Variant Video (Watch in HD)