Build:E/Rt VwK Earth

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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 VWK bar was designed to farm Bosses and mobs quickly, and take barely any damage with armor spells and the Health Gained from VWK

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Ritualist 12 Restoration Magic 11 + 3 + 1 Earth Magic 6 + 1 Energy Storage Vengeful Was Khanhei Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 12 Vengeful Was Khanhei Elite Item Spell Hold Khanhei's ashes for 10 seconds. Whenever a foe strikes you in combat while you are holding Khanhei's ashes, you steal 29 Health from that foe. 20 ¾ 5 Glyph of Elemental Power Core Elementalist. Unlinked Glyph of Elemental Power Glyph For 25 seconds, your elemental attributes are boosted by 2 for your next 10 Spells. 5 1 5 Sliver Armor Factions Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Sliver Armor Enchantment Spell For 12 seconds, you have 53% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 39 earth damage. 30 1 10 Armor of Earth Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Armor of Earth Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, you gain 65 armor, but move 9% slower. 15 ¾ 10 Stoneflesh Aura Nightfall Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Stoneflesh Aura Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 35, and you are immune to critical attacks. 15 2 10 Earth Attunement Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Earth Attunement Enchantment Spell For 63 seconds, you are attuned to Earth. You gain 1 Energy plus 30% of the base Energy cost of the Skill each time you use Earth Magic. 45 2 10 Resilient Weapon Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 12 Resilient Weapon Weapon Spell For 13 seconds, target ally has a Resilient Weapon. While suffering from a Hex or Condition, that ally gains +5 Health regeneration and +24 armor. 4 1 10 Soothing Memories Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 12 Soothing Memories Spell Target ally is healed for 82 Health. If you are holding an item, you gain 3 Energy. 4 ¾ 5 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Full Radiant + Attunement is Good.
• A Restoration or Earth Staff with Insightful Staff Head mod and a Staff Wrapping of Fortitude on it
• Enchantment 20% - great

[edit] Usage

• Use GoEP before battle
• Use AoE + Stoneflesh then go into the mob
• SLIVER ARMOR SHOULD BE USED DURING VWK's DOWNTIME. DO NOT USE THEM TOGETHER.
• Use RW for more armor and Regen when needed
• Rinse and Repeat

[edit] Farmable Areas

• Pongmei Valley (Stone Scale Kirin, Undergrowth, Xuekao)

[edit] Counters

• Mesmer Mobs
• Energy Denial
• Daze

[edit] Variants

• Add any skill that provides extra energy
• Vengeful Weapon is pretty good.
• Pretty much anything you want
• Pain Inverter is good
• Flame Djinn's Haste for long run

A Variant that can be used in Nolani on HM is as follows:

Elementalist / Ritualist 11 Restoration Magic 12 + 3 + 1 Earth Magic 6 + 1 Energy Storage Vengeful Was Khanhei Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Vengeful Was Khanhei Elite Item Spell Hold Khanhei's ashes for 9 seconds. Whenever a foe strikes you in combat while you are holding Khanhei's ashes, you steal 27 Health from that foe. 20 ¾ 5 Vengeful Weapon Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Vengeful Weapon Weapon Spell For 8 seconds, the next time target ally takes damage from a foe, that ally steals up to 48 Health from that foe. 3 ¼ 5 Ward of Stability Factions Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Ward of Stability Ward Spell Create a Ward of Stability at your current location. For 26 seconds, non-Spirit allies cannot be knocked down. 30 1 10 Stoneflesh Aura Nightfall Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Stoneflesh Aura Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 35, and you are immune to critical attacks. 15 2 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 Earth Attunement Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 17 Earth Attunement Enchantment Spell For 63 seconds, you are attuned to Earth. You gain 1 Energy plus 30% of the base Energy cost of the Skill each time you use Earth Magic. 45 2 10 Radiation Field EotN No Profession. Asura rank Radiation Field Ward Spell For 5 seconds, foes in the area have -4..6 Health degeneration. When the portal ends, foes in the area are Diseased for 12..20 seconds. 12 2 15 Kinetic Armor Prophecies Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Kinetic Armor Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, you gain +84 armor. Whenever you cast a Spell, Kinetic Armor is renewed for 8 seconds. 60 3 15 Template code

[edit] Notes

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