Build:Team - 2 Man Gloom

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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 running PvE team

Uses a bonder and a Sliver perma to farm The Greater Darkness in Ravenheart Gloom.

[edit] Sliver Perma

Assassin / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Earth Magic 3 Deadly Arts 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 Deadly Paradox Nightfall Assassin. Deadly Arts 3 Deadly Paradox Stance All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 7 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 Lightbringer Signet Nightfall No Profession. Lightbringer rank Lightbringer Signet Signet If you are within the area of a demonic servant of Abaddon, you gain 3..5 strikes of adrenaline and 16..24 Energy. 25 ¼ Sliver Armor Factions Elementalist. Earth Magic 12 Sliver Armor Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, you have 45% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 29 earth damage. 30 1 10 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 "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 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

[edit] Equipment

• Full Radiant and Attunement Runes
• Weapon with 20% longer enchants and extra energy, such as a Totem Axe or Earth Staff will do.

[edit] Variants

• Intensity for "By Ural's Hammer!".
• Shadow of Haste for Recall.

[edit] Bonder

Monk / Mesmer 7 Inspiration Magic 10 + 3 Healing Prayers 9 + 1 + 3 Protection Prayers 4 + 3 Divine Favor Martyr Core Monk. Unlinked Martyr Elite Spell Transfer all Conditions and their remaining durations from your allies to you. You get healed for 22 Health. 10 1 5 Mantra of Inscriptions Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 7 Mantra of Inscriptions Stance For 58 seconds, your Signets recharge 37% faster. 20 10 Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 7 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 13 energy in this way. 10 2 Signet of Devotion Core Monk. Divine Favor 7 Signet of Devotion Signet Heal target ally for 54 Health. 5 2 Succor Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Succor Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target other ally gains +1 Health and +1 Energy regeneration, but you lose 1 Energy each time that ally casts a Spell. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 10 1 5 -1 Mending Core Monk. Healing Prayers 13 Mending Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains +4 Health regeneration. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 2 10 -1 Watchful Spirit Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 7 Watchful Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains +2 Health regeneration. That ally is healed for 100 Health when Watchful Spirit ends. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 5 1 15 -1 Protective Bond Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Protective Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally cannot lose more than 5% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. When Protective Bond prevents damage, you lose 3 Energy or the Spell ends. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 2 10 -1 Template code

Monk / Necromancer 11 Blood Magic 10 + 3 Healing Prayers 9 + 1 + 3 Protection Prayers 4 + 3 Divine Favor Offering of Blood Prophecies Necromancer. Blood Magic 11 Offering of Blood Elite Spell You gain 17 Energy. 15 ¼ 1 Signet of Devotion Core Monk. Divine Favor 7 Signet of Devotion Signet Heal target ally for 54 Health. 5 2 Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 7 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 13 energy in this way. 10 2 Rebirth Core Monk. Protection Prayers 13 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 4 seconds. This Spell consumes all of your remaining Energy. 5 10 Succor Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Succor Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target other ally gains +1 Health and +1 Energy regeneration, but you lose 1 Energy each time that ally casts a Spell. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 10 1 5 -1 Mending Core Monk. Healing Prayers 13 Mending Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains +4 Health regeneration. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 2 10 -1 Purifying Veil EotN Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Purifying Veil Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, Conditions expire 44% faster on target ally. When this Enchantment ends, one Condition is removed from that ally. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 6 1 5 -1 Protective Bond Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Protective Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally cannot lose more than 5% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. When Protective Bond prevents damage, you lose 3 Energy or the Spell ends. Target ally gets healed for 22 Health. 2 10 -1 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Attunement Runes
• Radiant Armor

[edit] Usage

• If using hero, be sure to disable the last 4 skills. Maintain enchants on permasin.
• Maintain Mantra of Inscriptions and spam Blessed Signet to keep up energy.
• Use Martyr to remove conditions from permasin because of Aura of Thorns.
• If using OoB, spam OoB and Blessed Signet, using Signet of Devotion to keep health up.
• Flag hero at points indicated on map.

[edit] Usage

Purple is bonder's path. Yellow is your path. White is where you use Recall. Brown is where you should land after using recall.

• Cast Recall on the bonder.
• Have the bonder cast his enchantments.
• Take quest from the Voice of Whisperers.
• If using a hero, flag him to the corner.
• Cast and maintain Shadow Form.

[edit] Point I

• Run out to the Order of Whispers with Shadow Form maintained properly.
• Wait for them to die
• Pull all the enemies to the right of the cave exit.
• Bonder runs out to the safe zone to the left marked on the map.
• After bonder is far enough away, remove Recall.
• Pull the group so the rest of your group gets to point 2.

[edit] Point 2

• Outside the cave, pull all the non-quest enemies away from the mouth of the cave but do not kill them.
• Flag your hero inside the cave, this will activate the quest and the Whisperers will say something.
• Wait for all the enemies to spawn, keeping them separate from the group you aggroed earlier.
• Maintain Shadow Form while the quest enemies spawn.
• After they have all spawned, use the first mob to kill them.
• Cast Ebon Battle Standard of Honor->Sliver Armor->"By Ural's Hammer!" to kill them.
• Use Lightbringer Signet to maintain energy.
• Rinse and repeat until all enemies dead and the quest finishes.
• Have your bonder run to the next safe zone and lose the aggro of your group.
• Run to the last purple point. That is where your group will stand the rest of the run.

[edit] Point 3 & 4

• Run in and take down the enemies around the rift so it can be destroyed.
• Cast Ebon Battle Standard of Honor->Sliver Armor->"By Ural's Hammer!" to kill them.
• Use Lightbringer Signet to maintain energy.
• At point 4, there should be popups. Be careful as you take them out
• Go back to the safe spot.
• Complete quest.
• Take next quest.
• Complete quest.

[edit] Point 5

• Kill all the enemies.
• Be aware of popups.
• Cast Ebon Battle Standard of Honor->Sliver Armor->"By Ural's Hammer!" to kill them.
• Use Lightbringer Signet to maintain energy.
• Grab your gems.
• If you are running it, get cash before killing the Darkness.

If you want a more simple guide, here is a guide made by Assassinator Ghent: [1]

[edit] Videos

Shows the first 2 points. Uses Intensity instead of By Ural's Hammer.