Build:Team - Channeling Magic Farmers

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming PvE team

This team build team takes advantage of the two powerful channeling skills Ancestor's Rage and Spirit Rift to deal massive damage through echoes of these skills. It also provides extra AoE damage and life stealing with Cry of Pain, Ether Nightmare, and Vengeful Was Khanhei. This build can take out mobs in mere seconds without much trouble at all. This build can be used to farm multiple areas and should work to perfection.

[edit] Team Compostition

[edit] Vengeful Rit

Ritualist / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 3 Restoration Magic 12 + 3 Channeling Magic Arcane Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Arcane Echo Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. 20 2 15 Vengeful Was Khanhei Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 16 Vengeful Was Khanhei Elite Item Spell Hold Khanhei's ashes for 11 seconds. Whenever a foe strikes you in combat while you are holding Khanhei's ashes, you steal 37 Health from that foe. 20 ¾ 5 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 15 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 3 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 31 lightning damage. 8 ¼ 5 Spirit Rift Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 15 Spirit Rift Spell Open a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 135 lightning damage. 5 2 10 Cry of Pain Nightfall Mesmer. Sunspear rank Cry of Pain Spell Interrupt target foe's skill. If that foe was suffering from a Mesmer Hex, that foe and all foes in the area take 25...50 damage and -3..5 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. 12 ¼ 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 16 Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 21% Energy. 4 5 Template code

• Use "I Am Unstoppable!" for an anti-knockdown skill.
• Use Mantra of Resolve for an anti-interrupt skill.

[edit] Equipment

• Max armor with Radiant Insignias and Runes of Attunement.
• A good Restoration Magic staff. Some proposals are:
  • Oola's Staff
  • Alem's Remedy
• IMPORTANT: You must keep your health at 370 and below otherwise you will have a health net loss instead of gain.

[edit] AoE Channeler

Ritualist / Mesmer 12 Inspiration Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Channeling Magic Arcane Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Arcane Echo Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. 20 2 15 Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Echo Elite Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, Echo is replaced with the next Skill you use. Echo acts as this Skill for 30 seconds. 10 1 5 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 3 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 33 lightning damage. 8 ¼ 5 Spirit Rift Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Spirit Rift Spell Open a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 142 lightning damage. 5 2 10 Cry of Pain Nightfall Mesmer. Sunspear rank Cry of Pain Spell Interrupt target foe's skill. If that foe was suffering from a Mesmer Hex, that foe and all foes in the area take 25...50 damage and -3..5 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. 12 ¼ 10 Ether Nightmare (Kurzick) Factions Mesmer. Kurzick rank Ether Nightmare (Kurzick) Hex Spell Target foe loses 4..8 Energy. For each point of Energy lost in this way, that foe and all foes in the area suffer -1 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. 15 3 10 Ether Signet Factions Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 12 Ether Signet Signet If you have less than 9 Energy, gain 18 Energy. 45 1 Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 5..17..21% Energy. 4 5 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Max armor, with Radiant Insignias, Runes of Attunement, and a good Channeling staff. Some proposals are:
  • Bohdalz's Fury
  • Ssyn's Staff
  • Droknar's Channeling Staff
• You'll also want a low energy set to meet the requirements of Ether Signet. I suggest something without any energy bonuses like a hammer.

[edit] SB Channel Monk

Monk / Ritualist 8 + 3 Protection Prayers 12 + 1 + 3 Divine Favor 10 Channeling Magic Blessed Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 16 Blessed Aura Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, Monk Enchantments you cast last 37% longer. You get healed for 51 Health. 2 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.) Target ally gets healed for 51 Health. 2 10 -1 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 51 Health. 2 10 -1 Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 16 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 25 energy in this way. 10 2 Spell Breaker Core Monk. Divine Favor 16 Spell Breaker Elite Enchantment Spell For 18 seconds, enemy Spells targeted against target ally fail. Target ally gets healed for 51 Health. 45 1 15 Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 11 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 18 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. Target ally gets healed for 51 Health. 5 ¼ 10 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 10 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 3 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 21 lightning damage. 8 ¼ 5 Rebirth Core Monk. Protection Prayers 11 Rebirth Spell Resurrect target party member. Target party member is returned to life with 25% Health and zero Energy, and is teleported to your current location. All of target's skills are disabled for 5 seconds. This Spell consumes all of your remaining Energy. 5 10 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Max armor with superior divine rune. Make sure you have full Radiant Insignias and Runes of Attunement. You'll also want a good Protection Prayers staff. Some proposals are:
  • Jayne's Staff
  • Kaolin Protection Staff
  • Kepkhet's Refuge

[edit] Usage

[edit] The Monk

• The second your team zones in, the Monk should cast all of their enchantments on the vengeful rit. Following up, keep using Blessed Signet for more energy.
• Before you engage a battle, make sure to cast Protective Spirit and Spell Breaker on the Vengeful Rit. Make sure to maintain Protective Spirit on the Vengeful Rit to minimize the damage that they take.
• When the battle starts, you could also use Ancestor’s Rage to provide some more AoE support damage.
• If any of your other party members dies, your resurrect skill is Rebirth.

[edit] The Vengeful Rit

• When you're about to engage a group of enemies, cast Arcane Echo. Make sure that the monk has cast Protective Spirit and Spell Breaker on you, and then cast Vengeful Was Khanhei and rush into the group. Once you've rushed in, pull the group out if there are any ranged attackers, then rush into the middle of the group so that the AoE spells will have full effect. Cast Spirit Rift and Ancestor's Rage on a nearby foe to begin the channeling damage. Once your channeler has used Ether Nightmare, use Cry of Pain for some more AoE damage.
• When Vengeful Was Khanhei is about to run out, cast the echoed Vengeful Was Khanhei if the group you're focusing on hasn't died yet.
• If any of your other party members dies, your resurrect skill is Flesh of My Flesh.

[edit] The AoE Channeler

• Once the vengeful rit has engaged a group of enemies, cast Arcane Echo, Spirit Rift, Echo, Spirit Rift, Spirit Rift, Ancestor’s Rage, Ether Nightmare and Cry of Pain. This should provide a massive AoE spike on your target group and can provide an interrupt and group degeneration if needed.
• If you’re low on energy, use Ether Signet. Make sure your energy is low enough to meet the requirements though.
• If any of your other party members dies, your resurrect skill is Flesh of My Flesh.

[edit] Variants

• When facing an area where the foes scatter a lot, consider a variant used in another build in PvX:

Ritualist / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 3 Channeling Magic 10 + 3 Restoration Magic 8 Communing Arcane Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Arcane Echo Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. 20 2 15 Grasping Was Kuurong Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Grasping Was Kuurong Elite Item Spell Hold Kuurong's ashes for up to 63 seconds. When you drop his ashes, all nearby foes are struck for 79 damage and knocked down. 20 1 15 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 3 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 33 lightning damage. 8 ¼ 5 Spirit Rift Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Spirit Rift Spell Open a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 142 lightning damage. 5 2 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Signet of Binding Nightfall Ritualist. Communing 8 Signet of Binding Signet You lose 120 Health. Gain control of target spirit. 15 1 Earthbind Factions Ritualist. Communing 8 Earthbind Binding Ritual Create a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor. All non-Spirit foes knocked down within its range are knocked down for at least 3 seconds. Whenever this happens, this Spirit loses 37 Health. This Spirit dies after 31 seconds. 30 1 15 Template code

• Set up Earthbind and use Signet of Binding on it so it will have more health.
• You won't need Protective Spirit on yourself for this because your foes will be knocked down throughout the whole spike because of Grasping was Kuurong and Earthbind.
• Use Grasping was Kuurong whenever the foes get back up.
• Credits for this build go to User:Rizbiz.
• See Build:Team_-_GroundPound for more information on this build.
• Other team members use builds as instructed, except the monk, who doesn't use Protective Spirit.

• For the ritualist, in areas with interrupts, bring along Mantra of Resolve, and set Inspiration Magic at 3.
• In the case of knockdowns, bring along "I Am Unstoppable!"

[edit] Farmable Areas

• Here is a list of farmable areas where this team build will work:
  • Hulking Stone Elementals in HM oustide of Sardelac Santiarium.
  • Hydras in HM oustide of Augury Rock.
  • Jade Brotherhood Knights in HM oustide of The Marketplace.
  • Vermin in HM oustide of Senji's Corner.
  • MORE TO BE ADDED.

[edit] Counters

• Enemy Scatter.
• Channelers accidentally going to close to group of foes.
• Too many monks healing a group you're trying to kill.
• Too much armor ignoring damage.
• Heavy interrupts.
• In one spike, this build can deal 1125 damage if used properly and everyone has R10 in Sunspear title track. At zero title track, this build can deal 1065 damage.

[edit] See also

• Build:Rt/Me_Vengeful_Farmer (for Vengeful Rit tactics)