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 team PvE SC

This build requires Consumables to operate properly.

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

Kathandrax Manly Spike team is designed to finish Catacombs of Kathandrax fast in hard mode. It uses mark of pain and warrior attacks to spike groups. This team does require an essence to work.

The Team Edit

• 2x / Perma Tanks
• 3x / HB Warrior
• 1x / MoP Necro
• 1x / Bonder Monk
• 1x / UA Healer

Perma Tanks Edit

Assassin / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Earth Magic Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 22 seconds, you cannot be the target of enemy Spells, and you gain 5 damage reduction for each Assassin enchantment on you. You cannot deal more than 26 damage with a single skill or attack. 30 1 5 Shroud of Distress Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 16 Shroud of Distress Enchantment Spell For 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks. 45 1 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Great Dwarf Weapon EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf Weapon Weapon Spell For 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down. 5 1 10 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotN No Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!" Shout For 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. 30 5 Armor of Earth Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 12 Armor of Earth Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, you gain 53 armor, but move 21% slower. 15 ¾ 10 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 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 Template code

• Perma 1 Optional for Glyph of Swiftness
  EotN

  Elementalist. Air Magic

  Glyph of Swiftness

  Glyph

  For 15 seconds, your next 1..3..3 Spells recharge 25% faster, and projectiles from those spells move 200% faster.

  

  10

  1

  5
   or Deadly Paradox
  Nightfall

  Assassin. Deadly Arts

  Deadly Paradox

  Stance

  All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 5..13..16 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster.

  

  10

  15
• Perma 2 Optional for Ebon Battle Standard of Honor
  EotN

  No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank

  Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

  Ward Spell

  You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr.

  

  20

  1

  10
• Stoneflesh Aura
  Nightfall

  Elementalist. Earth Magic

  Stoneflesh Aura

  Enchantment Spell

  For 5..13..16 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 1..25..33, and you are immune to critical attacks.

  

  15

  2

  10
   over Armor of Earth
  Core

  Elementalist. Earth Magic

  Armor of Earth

  Enchantment Spell

  For 30 seconds, you gain 24..53..62 armor, but move 50..21..12% slower.

  

  15

  ¾

  10
   if u dont feel like using cupcakes

Equipment Edit

• Spear with 20% enchanting and +5e. +30hp, +10AR vs Fire shield.
• Req 9 earth staff of enchanting
• Longbow for pulling.
• Radiant and Attunement runes.

HB Warrior Edit

Warrior / Assassin 12 + 1 + 1 Swordsmanship 11 + 1 Strength 6 + 1 Tactics 2 Shadow Arts Death's Charge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 2 Death's Charge Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 83. 30 ¼ 5 "For Great Justice!" Core Warrior. Unlinked "For Great Justice!" Shout For 20 seconds, whenever you gain adrenaline, you gain 100% more. 45 5 Hundred Blades Core Warrior. Swordsmanship 14 Hundred Blades Elite Skill For 15 seconds, whenever you attack with a sword, all adjacent foes take 24 slashing damage. 25 5 "To the Limit!" Prophecies Warrior. Tactics 7 "To the Limit!" Shout For each foe within earshot (maximum 3), you gain one strike of adrenaline. For 15 seconds, your maximum Health is increased by 33. 15 5 Whirlwind Attack Nightfall Warrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind Attack Melee Attack Attack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 12% armor penetration. 1 6 "By Ural's Hammer!" EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank "By Ural's Hammer!" Shout For 7..10 seconds, you have +2 Health regeneration and do 25% more damage. This lasts 7..10 more seconds for each ally within earshot who is under 50% Health. 30 5 Sun and Moon Slash Factions Warrior. Swordsmanship 14 Sun and Moon Slash Sword Attack Attack target foe twice. These attacks cannot be blocked. This attack skill has 12% armor penetration. 8 Ebon Escape EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Escape Spell Shadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. 10 ¼ 5 Template code

Equipment Edit

• Zealous and Vampiric Swords

Usage Edit

• On spikes use "For Great Justice!" -> Hundred Blades -> Death's Charge -> "To The Limit!" -> Whirlwind Attack.

MoP Necro Edit

Necromancer / Paragon 9 + 1 Soul Reaping 12 + 1 + 3 Curses 9 Command 3 + 1 Blood Magic Mark of Pain Core Necromancer. Curses 16 Mark of Pain Hex Spell For 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 42 shadow damage to adjacent foes. 20 1 10 Barbs Core Necromancer. Curses 16 Barbs Hex Spell For 30 seconds, target foe takes 16 more damage when hit by physical damage. 5 2 10 "By Ural's Hammer!" EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank "By Ural's Hammer!" Shout For 7..10 seconds, you have +2 Health regeneration and do 25% more damage. This lasts 7..10 more seconds for each ally within earshot who is under 50% Health. 30 5 "Incoming!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 9 "Incoming!" Elite Shout For 8 seconds, all allies within earshot move 33% faster, and gain 11 Health while moving. 20 5 "Fall Back!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 9 "Fall Back!" Shout For 8 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 11 Health per second while moving and move 33% faster. "Fall Back!" ends on an ally affected by this Shout when that ally successfully hits with an attack. 20 10 Great Dwarf Weapon EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf Weapon Weapon Spell For 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down. 5 1 10 "Finish Him!" EotN No Profession. Norn rank "Finish Him!" Shout If target foe has less than 50% Health, that foe takes 44..80 damage and suffers from Cracked Armor and a Deep Wound for 12..20 seconds. 15 10 Blood Ritual Prophecies Necromancer. Blood Magic 4 Blood Ritual Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, target touched ally gains +3 Energy regeneration. Blood Ritual cannot be used on the caster. 2 2 5 Template code

Equipment Edit

• 20/20 Curses set

Usage Edit

• On spikes use Mark of Pain -> "By Ural's Hammer"

Bonder Monk Edit

Monk / Necromancer 12 + 1 + 3 Smiting Prayers 12 Blood Magic 3 + 1 Divine Favor Order of Pain Core Necromancer. Blood Magic 12 Order of Pain Enchantment Spell For 5 seconds, whenever a party member hits a foe with physical damage, that party member does +13 damage. 2 10 Dark Fury Prophecies Necromancer. Blood Magic 12 Dark Fury Enchantment Spell For 5 seconds, whenever any party member hits with an attack, that party member gains one hit of adrenaline. (50% failure chance with Blood Magic of 4 or less.) 5 ¾ 10 Great Dwarf Weapon EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf Weapon Weapon Spell For 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down. 5 1 10 Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 4 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 9 energy in this way. 10 2 Life Barrier Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers Life Barrier Elite Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, damage dealt to target other ally is reduced by 20..44..52%. If your Health is below 50% when that ally takes damage, Life Barrier ends. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 5 2 15 -1 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 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 13 Health. 2 10 -1 Life Bond Core Monk. Protection Prayers Life Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target other ally takes damage from an attack, half the damage is redirected to you. The damage you receive this way is reduced by 3..25..32. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 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 Template code

UA Healer Monk Edit

Monk / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 1 Healing Prayers 12 + 1 Divine Favor Patient Spirit EotN Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Patient Spirit Enchantment Spell For 2 seconds, target ally is Enchanted with Patient Spirit. When this Enchantment ends, that ally is healed for 114 Health. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 4 ¼ 5 Dwayna's Kiss Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Dwayna's Kiss Spell Heal target other ally for 57 (+42) Health and an additional 33 Health for each Enchantment or Hex on that ally. 3 1 5 Seed of Life Nightfall Monk. Sunspear rank Seed of Life Enchantment Spell For 1..5 seconds, whenever target other ally takes damage, all party members are healed for 2 Health for each rank in Divine Favor. You get healed for 42 Health. 25 ¼ 5 Vigorous Spirit Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Vigorous Spirit Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, each time target ally attacks or casts a Spell, that ally is healed for 19 Health. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 4 ¼ 5 Healing Seed Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Healing Seed Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, whenever target other ally takes damage, that ally and all adjacent allies gain 28 Health. Target ally gets healed for 42 Health. 25 2 10 Heal Party Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Heal Party Spell Heal entire party for 72 Health. You get healed for 42 Health. 2 2 15 Unyielding Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 13 Unyielding Aura Elite Enchantment Spell While you maintain this enchantment, your Monk spells heal for +54% more Health. When this enchantment ends one random other party member is resurrected with full Health and Energy and teleported to your location. You get healed for 42 Health. 10 ¼ 5 -1 Glyph of Swiftness EotN Elementalist. Air Magic Glyph of Swiftness Glyph For 15 seconds, your next 1..3..3 Spells recharge 25% faster, and projectiles from those spells move 200% faster. 10 1 5 Template code

Equipment Edit

• 40/40 Healing set
• Survivor and vitae runes

Usage Edit

• Keep red bars up
• Put Vigorous Spirit or Seed of life on the warrior before he jumps into a spike.

Guide Edit

Start from Doomlore or Longeye's Ledge. The DP Assassin runs to the dungeon and takes the quest from Swithin Nye outside the dungeon.

First Level Edit

As you enter, main tank puts recall on the bonder and pulls the first group to the left side of the room. Main team runs pass and secondary tank pulls next 2 groups behind the flame jet. Main tank can cancel recall when everyone has passed by. Main team kills the group secondary tank pulled. Now the main tank runs ahead and pulls all enemies out the way to the main team can run round the room hugging the right wall. As the main team moves round, you should pull foes away from the Infernal Seige Wurm, which should be killed by the warriors and necromancer. Death's Retreat can be used to get back to the team quickly without aggroing any extra groups. As soon as the mainteam has reached the Wurm, the main tank should run to the end of the dungeon, as shown on the map. The secondary tank should wait between the main team and the direction the main tank left to catch aggro as it runs back. Once they have settled, these enemies can be spiked.

Second Level Edit

The mainteam is not required for this level. Both tanks should run straight to the boss and with EBSOH and GDW, quickly kill it with your staves. Once the boss is dead, either tank can pick up the key and run to the final level. Watch out for the Infernal Wurm popup right after the dungeon lock as he will knock you down as he spawns. Run to final level.

Third Level Edit

When you load inside, everyone should be immediately go hug the left wall. One of the tanks pull one single Becalmed Djinn with a longbow and get back to the wall. Kill the Djinn. Killing him will cause all monsters within this room to start roaming around. Now the secondary tank can go pull the whole roon away from the exit. The secondary tank should pull the first group from the next room and ocne they have settled they should be killed. After this, the second tank should pull all of the foes from this room away from the dungeon lock. A warrior should hug the right rock and run round until the boss spawns, which should then be killed. Pick up the key and use it to enter the next room. The tank that pulled the first room should have recalled the monk or a warrior at the ast moment, and should rejoin the group to pull the next room. Again, all foes should be pulled away to make it easy for the main team to get through. The secondary tank should have caught up, and should aggro the group inbetween the two wurms. These should quickly be killed and ignoring the wurms, the whole team should run down and wait near the ressurection shrine. Whichever tank is infront should recall up and pull the next room to the far side while the others run past. It is likely the main team will get agro due to the enemy spirits, but a quick dash to the boss and good blocking by the tank should mean there are no problems. This tank should recall out and both tank should cast GDW on the warriors. Be sure to avoid the fire balls that pop and roll around when you agro the boss. With 3x warriors and barbs on the boss, she should drop quickly, and deal little damage due to knocklock from GDW. Seed of Life/Healing Seed should be cast on the necromancer for strong party-wide heals to help keep everybody alive (The necro should go melee range so Healing Seed keeps the warriors alive). If Fire Bombs are dropped, they should be picked up and dropped away from other players. Once the boss is dead, be careful for fire balls as they still move around the chamber while you get the chest.

See also Edit

Build:Team - Fow Manly Spike

Build:Team - Kathandrax Sinway

3 min lvl 3