Build:E/Mo Glint's Challenge Balthazar's Variant

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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: PvE farming

This build is the E/Mo variant of Build:E/Me Glint's Challenge Destroyer Farmer. You will gain energy through Balthazar's Spirit while spreading lots of damage through Sliver Armor and Alkar's Alchemical Acid,

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Monk 11 Healing Prayers 12 + 1 + 3 Earth Magic 5 Energy Storage 4 Air Magic Glyph of Swiftness EotN Elementalist. Air Magic 4 Glyph of Swiftness Glyph For 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells recharge 25% faster, and projectiles from those spells move 200% faster. 10 1 5 Armor of Earth Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Armor of Earth Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, you gain 62 armor, but move 12% slower. 15 ¾ 10 Stoneflesh Aura Nightfall Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Stoneflesh Aura Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 33, and you are immune to critical attacks. 15 2 10 Obsidian Flesh Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Obsidian Flesh Elite Enchantment Spell For 21 seconds, you gain +20 armor and cannot be the target of enemy Spells, but move 50% slower. 30 1 10 Sliver Armor Factions Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Sliver Armor Enchantment Spell For 11 seconds, you have 52% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 37 earth damage. 30 1 10 Alkar's Alchemical Acid EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Alkar's Alchemical Acid Spell Throw Alkar's Alchemical Acid at target foe. Target and adjacent foes are struck for 40..50 damage. Destroyers take an additional 45..70 damage and they have Cracked Armor for 14..20 seconds. 10 1 10 Healing Breeze Core Monk. Healing Prayers 11 Healing Breeze Enchantment Spell For 15 seconds, target ally gains +8 Health regeneration. 2 1 10 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers Balthazar's Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.) 2 10 -1 Template code

• Alkar's Alchemical Acid can be replaced with Mental Block if you are having trouble keeping your health up on Hard Mode.

[edit] Equipment

• Any max AL armor
• Any weapon with a +20% increase in enchantment duration, Galigord's Stone Staff or Droknars's Earth Staff is ideal.

[edit] Usage

• Enter Glint's Challenge.
• Pre-cast Balthazar's Spirit and maintain it.
• Position yourself somewhere between the two doorways and wait.
• When the first wave of destroyers are about to reach you (~60secs on the timer) start maintaining Armor of Earth, Stoneflesh Aura, Obsidian Flesh and Healing Breeze
• Chain Glyph of Swiftness with Obsidian Flesh and Stoneflesh Aura in order to keep them up constantly.
• When the timer reaches aprox. 3 minutes, the last group of destroyers should come.
• Take a few steps forward so the Destroyers won't attack the dragon when you move to a group.
• Start moving towards the eastern group and position yourself in range for sliver armor to act.
• Cast Sliver Armor for a massive damage combo. Also cast Alkar's Alchemical Acid for some spike damage and Cracked Armor apply.
• When you're done with the eastern mob, move to the northern one and repeat the above.

[edit] Counters

• Vengeful Weapon can do some large amounts of damage so be careful how you use Alkar's Alchemical Acid.
• If you cast any of the defensive enchantments too late, you will probably be killed as there are ~100 enemies hitting you.

[edit] Variants

• You can drop the 4 Air Magic for Glyph of Swiftness, and put them into Energy Storage (NOTE: You will only be able to chain the glyph with Obsidian Flesh, so be sure to pay attention to Stoneflesh Aura)
• In NM, it is possible to drop both Armor of Earth, Healing Breeze, and Alkar's Alchemical Acid for damage-boosting skills such as "By Ural's Hammer!" and Ebon Battle Standard of Honor. Air of Superiority should be taken to manage health and provide occasional skill recharge. This will provide much faster NM runs.

[edit] Notes

• This build works perfectly in both NM and HM. In NM you won't even take damage if you use this build right.
• Alkar's Alchemical Acid will spike for 120 armor ignoring damage and 20 sec. Cracked Armor if you have the Legendary Delver title.

[edit] See also

• A video of this build in action: [1]