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A/E FoW Shard Farmer

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Posted 24 May 2008 - 07:04 AM

This is a lovely Assassin build that can farm the beach, spiders, and just about everywhere that there are no monks. I recommend you have as much energy as possible, maxing out radiant and attunement runes. Give yourself a pair of daggers with +5 energy, zealous, and 20% enchant mods. Also carry a backup set with more energy and a 20% enchant mod. Give yourself 16 Shadow Arts, 13 Dagger Mastery and 3+ Critical Strikes.

1. Glyph of Swiftness
2. Deadly Paradox
3. Shadow Form {E}
4. Golden Fox Strike
5. Wild Strike
6. Death Blossom
7. Golden Lotus Strike
8. Lotus Strike

Cast Glyph of Swiftness, then Deadly Paradox, then Shadow Form. This gives you a Shadow Form that lasts 38 seconds, and it will recharge in under 30 seconds. That means you can keep it up forever, and that is what you'll be doing from start to finish. Repeat this everytime Shadow Form is about to run out. Do this, and you'll be unstopable.

Once inside the Fissure, activate Shadow Form and run to the beach. Watch out for excessive aggro, as getting body blocked in a group with a monk means you won't be able to get out. Also, if you are caught in a fight between two warring mobs, Mark of Pain may kill you if you are hit by it enough. Once at the beach, begin your killing spree.

Start with the beach, then head into the spider caves. When you're done there, run to the Tower of Strength and kill the Abyssal/Ranger/Mesmer groups there. When you're done with that, head to the forest and kill what you can there. After that, you're pretty much done. You can wander around and look for more prey, but you'll probably be better off starting a new run at this point. Watch out for traps, as these can harm you. Again, if a group has a monk, you can't kill it.

To kill things, group them together and use Golden Fox Strike, Wild Strike, then Death Blossom. Alternate to a different target and hit it with Golden Lotus Strike, Lotus Strike, then Death Blossom. By now, GFS and WS will be recharged, so use that chain again. Keep pounding away with attack chains until all the targets are dead. Don't forget to recast Shadow Form while in battle.

Shadow Form and the two skills you use to keep it up can tax your energy. If you need more energy (at least 30 is required), hit a nearby foe with the two Lotus skills, and that should be enough to get you near full. If no foes are nearby, then you can just let Shadow Form fall and recast it before you go back into combat.


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