Archive:A/E Chaos Planes Farmer

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This build has been designed for the following use:

PvE
farming

This build uses the Perma-SF power to farm Chaos Planes in UW.

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build name=Chaos Plains Farmer prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 fire=12 deadly=3][Glyph of Swiftness][Deadly Paradox][Shadow Form][Fire Attunement][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Mark of Rodgort][Lava Font][Dash][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

Any armor goes, however 70 AL would be the best, in case you would make the mistake of running too close to a Charged Blackness or running in the traps of Obsidian Behemoths.
Radiant Insignias and Runes of Attunement.
Highest possible Vigor rune, in case you would get hit by traps.
A staff with +20% lengthed Enchantment duration, and around +15 energy or a sword/axe/spear of Enchanting with +5 energy and a Fire Magic focus.
A Minimum of 54 energy is suggested. The more, the better.

Usage

As you spawn in UW, take the quest from the Lost Soul.
Cast and maintain Shadow Form (reduced by Glyph of Swiftness and Deadly Paradox)
Aggro all 3 groups of Grasping Darknesses.
Cast Fire Attunement, followed by GoLE, and then cast 5->6->7 to inflict damage and burning on all surrounding foes.
Recast Lava Font as necessary (Remember to kill the Grasping Darknesses quickly, or they will all eventually use "Fear Me!" all at once, and this will devastate your energy pool).
For those who already know the run to Chaos Planes itself, just run as usually. For those who don't, watch this vid (note, it's not made by me) --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aehf0c-I1CM
Once you make it into Chaos Plains, aggro the closest Banished Dream Rider and kill him with the 5->6->7 combo.
Once that one is dead, do the same for all the spawning Mindblade Spectres. (First 3 will spawn, once those are dead 6, and once those are dead 9)
If you still haven't got enough from the run, go into Bone Pits and do the same for the Dead Threshers and Dead Collectors. Be sure to kill the Collector's minions before the actual Collectors (waiting for them to naturally die is a good option); if the Collector dies before their minions, those minions will become hostile to the Bones as well, and the Threshers will be able to target them with Suffering and Mark of Pain which will go through your SF if you stand next to their targeted minion.
If you want, you can also finish off the first few groups of Terrorweb Dryders, as long as there are no Charged Blacknesses in the group.
Rinse and Repeat.

Run to Chaos Planes:

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Counters

Charged Blacknesses.
Triggering the traps of the Obsidian Behemoths.
Obsidian Behemoths completely blocking off the entrance of Twin Serpent Mountains.
Failure to maintain SF.
Lag when you need to recast SF.

Variants

Put Flame Djinn's haste in place of Dash to kill mobs faster.

Notes

You need at least 30 energy to recast SF. It can be helpful to already pre-cast Glyph of Swiftness before SF recharges (best would be when only 1/4 is left).

Average amount of ecto's gained varies from 1 to 11.

Times may vary from 20 mins for the big pro's, to 45 mins for the beginners