Build:Team - 600/Smite Arachni's Haunt

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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 PvE team PvE running

This is part of the Dungeon Build series, see Dungeon Guide for all Dungeon builds.

A 600 build with Mantra of Resolve to deal with inturrpts, Smiter to deal damage and an optional Permaform Assassin to run to the dungeon. This run is between 40-60 minutes and yields a lot of delrimor points.

[edit] 600 Monk

Monk / Mesmer 11 + 1 + 1 Protection Prayers 12 + 1 Divine Favor 6 Inspiration Magic Spirit Bond Factions Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Spirit Bond Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, whenever target ally takes more than 60 damage from the next 10 attacks or Spells, that ally is healed for 92 Health. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 2 ¼ 10 Shield of Absorption Nightfall Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Shield of Absorption Enchantment Spell For 6 seconds, damage received by target ally is reduced by 5 each time that ally is hit while under the effects of this Enchantment. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 10 1 5 Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 21 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 5 ¼ 10 Mantra of Resolve Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 6 Mantra of Resolve Stance For 49..90 seconds, you cannot be interrupted, but each time you would have been interrupted, you lose 8 Energy or Mantra of Resolve ends. 20 10 Spell Breaker Core Monk. Divine Favor 13 Spell Breaker Elite Enchantment Spell For 15 seconds, enemy Spells targeted against target ally fail. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 45 1 15 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 2 10 -1 Blessed Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 13 Blessed Aura Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, Monk Enchantments you cast last 32% longer. You get healed for 42 Health. 2 2 10 -1 Template code

• Balthazar's Spirit
  Prophecies

  Monk. Smiting Prayers 0

  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
• Pain Inverter
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Pain Inverter

  Hex Spell

  For 6..10 seconds, every time target foe deals damage that foe takes 100..140% of the damage it causes (maximum 80 damage).

  

  20

  1

  10

[edit] Equipment

• Armor with lowest possible AR (Starter armor if possible).

[edit] Usage

• Cast and maintain Blessed Aura, Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit on yourself.
• Have the smiter cast and maintain Vital Blessing, Life Attunement, Retribution and Holy Wrath on you.
• Before walking into a group of enemies, cast Protective Spirit, Spirit Bond and Mantra of Resolve
• As soon as you aggro, cast Shield of Absorption.
• Cast Spirit Bond to keep your health up and maintain Shield of Absorption.
• Cast Spell Breaker when there are ooze.

[edit] Smiter Monk

Monk / Necromancer 3 Blood Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Smiting Prayers 12 + 3 Protection Prayers Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 3..20..25 energy in this way. 10 2 Purge Signet Core Monk. Unlinked Purge Signet Signet Remove all Hexes and Conditions from target ally. You lose 10 Energy for each Hex and each Condition removed. 20 2 Unyielding Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor Unyielding Aura Elite Enchantment Spell While you maintain this enchantment, your Monk spells heal for +15...51...60% more Health. When this enchantment ends one random other party member is resurrected with full Health and Energy and teleported to your location. 10 ¼ 5 -1 Retribution Core Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Retribution Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 21 damage). 2 10 -1 Holy Wrath Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Holy Wrath Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 66% of the damage back to the source (maximum of 53 damage), and you lose 10 Energy. 10 2 10 -1 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Vital Blessing Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Vital Blessing Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally has +200 maximum Health. 2 ¾ 10 -1 Blood Ritual Prophecies Necromancer. Blood Magic 3 Blood Ritual Enchantment Spell For 9 seconds, target touched ally gains +3 Energy regeneration. Blood Ritual cannot be used on the caster. 2 2 5 Template code

• Life Attunement
  Prophecies

  Monk. Protection Prayers 15

  Life Attunement

  Enchantment Spell

  While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 30% less damage in combat, but gains 50% more Health when healed.

  

  2

  10

  -1
• 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

[edit] Equipment

• Players should bring a superior Smiting and Protection runes on separate headsets and switch between them.
• Full Survivor and Vitae rune
• 20% enchant weapon and +30 mods preferably

[edit] Usage

• Cast and maintain Vital Blessing, Life Attunement, Retribution and Holy Wrath on the 600 monk.
• Use Blessed Signet for casting Blood Ritual.

[edit] Perma (OPTIONAL)

Assassin / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 11 Deadly Arts 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 Deadly Paradox Nightfall Assassin. Deadly Arts 11 Deadly Paradox Stance All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 12 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster. 10 15 Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 22 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 53 Health. 45 1 10 Dark Escape Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Dark Escape Stance For 16 seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack. 30 5 Dash Factions Assassin. Unlinked Dash Stance For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster. 8 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Shadow Refuge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Refuge Enchantment Spell For 6 seconds, you gain 10 Health regeneration. When Shadow Refuge ends, you gain 104 Health if you are attacking. 8 1 5 Death's Charge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Death's Charge Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 209. 30 ¼ 5 Template code

• Dwarven Stability
  EotN

  No Profession. Deldrimor rank

  Dwarven Stability

  Enchantment Spell

  For 24..30 seconds, your Stances last 55..100% longer. If you activated this Skill while drunk, you cannot be knocked down.

  

  30

  ¼

  5
• Recall
  Factions

  Assassin. Unlinked

  Recall

  Enchantment Spell

  While you maintain Recall, nothing happens. When Recall ends, you Shadow Step to the ally you targeted when you activated this skill and all of your skills are disabled for 10 seconds.

  

  10

  1

  15

  -1
• Feigned Neutrality
  Nightfall

  Assassin. Shadow Arts 16

  Feigned Neutrality

  Enchantment Spell

  For 10 seconds, you have +7 Health regeneration and +80 armor. This Enchantment ends if you successfully hit with an attack or use a Skill.

  

  25

  ¼

  5

[edit] Equipment

• Bring attunement + radiant armour
• +20 energy staff of enchanting 20%

[edit] Usage

• Run to the dungeon

[edit] General Usage

• Pain Inverter the bloodweaver spiders and ominous ooze
• Try to keep up Mantra for inturrpts but watch out for the Bloodweaver's Wild Throw.
• If you find it hard to maintain SoA instead just spam spirit bond, although do not do this with groups larger then 15.
• Also watchout for Bloodweaver's Stunning Strike as this inflicts daze and even with Mantra you will quickly lose energy in large groups.
• Bloodweavers mainly spawn in the egg groups.
• Forge Masters have Backbreaker, so use Pain Inverter on them to stop them outhealing your damage and prepare for Backbreaker

[edit] Getting There

• Ask the perma nicely to run to the dungeon.

[edit] lvl1

• Kill the ooze, keep SB up and pull the necro ooze into the jets.
• Grab the torch and burn down the web. Drop the torch, there will be another one to burn down the next web.
• Progress through the dungeon
• You can go through the door on the first level without killing the boss, use this to skip the eggs and make the run alot faster.

[edit] lvl2

• Grab the torch and do not aggro the incubus
• Burn the spider web and keep the torch if you want to, the next torch is nearby.
• Clear the groups and keep heading in the west direction. The big room is Arachni's
• Burn the eggs on the right and pull them into the jets for more damage, or if you find your not getting enough energy stand in the jets. Pain inverter the Paragon spiders
• If you wish slowly burn the eggs one by one to not get overwhelmed with the bloodweavers.
• After the right side is down head over to the left and repeat.
• Collect chest.