Build:E/A Gloom Farmer

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This build has been archived as of 15:14, 6 July 2008 (EDT), for the following reason: Nerf to Shadowform means that while things used to die, now they won't. This build had been designed for the following use: PvE farming This build was in the category good before being archived.

This build uses high damage PBAoE spells, with the added damage bonus from the Lightbringer title, to farm caster-only groups in Ravenheart Gloom for Torment Gemstones.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Assassin 12 + 1 + 3 Fire Magic 2 + 3 Water Magic 6 + 3 Energy Storage 11 Shadow Arts Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 11 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 17 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 38 Health. 45 1 10 Death's Charge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 11 Death's Charge Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 164. 30 ¼ 5 Glyph of Sacrifice Prophecies Elementalist. Unlinked Glyph of Sacrifice Glyph For 15 seconds, your next Spell may be cast instantly, but it takes an additional 30 seconds to recharge. 15 1 5 Meteor Shower Prophecies Elementalist. Fire Magic 16 Meteor Shower Spell Create a Meteor Shower at target foe's location. For 9 seconds, foes adjacent to that location are struck for 119 fire damage and knocked down every 3 seconds. This Spell causes Exhaustion. 60 5 25 Bed of Coals Factions Elementalist. Fire Magic 16 Bed of Coals Spell Create a Bed of Coals at your location. For 10 seconds, foes standing still near this location are struck for 31 fire damage each second. Any foe knocked down on the Bed of Coals is set on fire for 7 seconds. 30 1 10 Frozen Burst Prophecies Elementalist. Water Magic 5 Frozen Burst Hex Spell All nearby foes are struck for 35 cold damage and move 66% slower for 5 seconds. 8 ¾ 15 Flame Burst Prophecies Elementalist. Fire Magic 16 Flame Burst Spell All nearby foes are struck for 127 fire damage. 5 ¾ 15 Flame Djinn's Haste Nightfall Elementalist. Fire Magic 16 Flame Djinn's Haste Enchantment Spell All adjacent foes are struck for 127 fire damage. For 14 seconds, you move 25% faster. Flame Djinn's Haste recharges 50% faster if a foe was struck by this spell. 20 ¾ 10 Template code

• With a Lightbringer rank of 4 or below, consider using one of the Variants. See the Discussion for additional ideas.

[edit] Equipment

• Armor 0
  • Radiant Armor with Attunement Runes where possible (Or equivalent). Ensure that you have at least 90 maximum Energy.

• Weapons
  • Any single handed weapon with +5 energy and +20% enchantment duration extension. Rajazan's Fervor or the Totem Axe are ideal.
  • A focus with a "Live for Today" inscription (+15 energy, -1 energy degeneration). Chung's Focus is ideal.

[edit] Usage

• Enter Ravenheart Gloom from the Gate of Anguish. Receive the bounty from the Whispers Informant.
• Run past the first group of foes with Shadow Form and Flame Djinn's Haste up.
• Now, near your position there are two mobs made entirely of spellcasters:
  • One to the left, composed of a mixed group of spellcasters.
  • One to the right, composed of six Curse of Darknesses.
• Wait for combat between the Shadow Army and the Order of Whispers ends. Get closer to the mixed group.
• Cast Shadow Form and get into the middle of the enemy group with Death's Charge.
• Now attack with all of your AoE spells from left to right.
• Should any foes attempt to escape, you may either:

A - Run away with Flame Djinn's Haste.

B - Cast a second Flame Burst.

• Once the mixed group has been cleared, repeat the above tactics for the group of six Curse of Darknesses.

If there are two or more people running this build in a run, a third group to the East may be run, this is a hard group to farm solo due to the healer.

[edit] Counters

• Heart Tormentor
• Earth Tormentor
• Soul Tormentor

[edit] Other Farmable areas

• The quest Battle of Turai's Procession

(see the discussion of this article for details.)

• Stalking Nephila in Hard Mode outside Sunspear Great Hall, no variants needed, see Build:R/N Whirling MoP for details on how to aggro properly.

[edit] Variants

Under Lightbringer Rank 4, see the discussion of this article.

[edit] Screenshots

Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2

Video 2 Hard Mode Video

[edit] See Also

• Build: E/A Vermin HM farmer