Build:D/W Zealous Vow Dervish

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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: PvP RA PvP AB PvP CM

The Zealous Vow Dervish uses Zealous Vow to fuel the spamming of attack skills without fear of energy.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Dervish / Warrior 12 + 1 + 1 Scythe Mastery 12 + 2 Wind Prayers 3 Earth Prayers Zealous Vow Nightfall Dervish. Wind Prayers 14 Zealous Vow Elite Enchantment Spell For 20 seconds, you have -4 Energy regeneration, and you gain 5 Energy every time you hit with an attack. 12 ¼ 5 Pious Assault Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 14 Pious Assault Melee Attack Lose 1 Enchantment. If this attack hits, you deal +19 damage and inflict a Deep Wound for 19 seconds. 12 10 Eremite's Attack Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 14 Eremite's Attack Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +10 damage for each adjacent foe (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Mystic Sweep Nightfall Dervish. Scythe Mastery 14 Mystic Sweep Melee Attack If this attack hits, you deal +10 damage for each Enchantment on you (maximum 30 bonus damage). 4 ¾ 5 Protector's Strike Prophecies Warrior. Strength 0 Protector's Strike Melee Attack If this attack strikes a moving foe, you strike for 10 more damage. 3 ½ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Aura of Thorns Nightfall Dervish. Earth Prayers 3 Aura of Thorns Enchantment Spell All nearby foes are Crippled for 5 seconds. For 30 seconds, this Enchantment does nothing. When this Enchantment ends, all nearby foes begin Bleeding for 7 seconds. 12 ¾ 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

• Optionals can be:
  • Bull's Strike for more anti-kiting
  • Distracting Strike for interruption
  • Enchanted Haste for an IMS, or Whirling Charge for an IMS/IAS
  • Chilling Victory for damage
  • Wild Blow for stance removal and damage

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's Armor, with Vitaes/Vigors
• Vampiric, Ebon, and Sundering 15^enchanted Scythes of Fortitude

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Zealous Vow
• Spam your attacks on recharge
• Use Aura of Thorns to cover Zealous Vow for Pious Assault

[edit] Counters

• Standard anti-melee counters
• Enchantment removal

[edit] Variants

• Pious Restoration is useful for anti-Hex or removing Zealous Vow outside of combat.
• If running with an enchantment heavy team (like a SoH Mesmer), consider bringing Signet of Mystic Speed for a cheap IMS
• Featherfoot Grace for a helpful IMS
• Other cheap cover enchantments, like Vow of Piety, Armor of Sanctity, or Vital Boon can be used over Aura of Thorns.
• Grenth's Fingers provides more damage and a longer snare, but isn't instant like Aura of Thorns.

[edit] Notes

• All of your 5 energy attacks actually gain you net energy, so try to spam them as much as possible

[edit] See also

• Build: D/W Zealous Vow Attack Spammer