Build:Team - Frostmaw Ashway

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

This build requires an Essence of Celerity to operate properly.

A speed clear build utilizing Shadow Form and Fire Magic to quickly complete Frostmaw's Burrows

Overview

• / Main Tank

• / Weaklings

• / Fury

• / MoR

• / MoP

• / Wisdom

• / Honor

• / FH

Main Tank

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• [[Stoneflesh Aura@12] for [[Dwarven Stability]

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Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• Run to the dungeon
• Trigger and ball wurms on each level in order to advance
• Call targets as a signal for team to EE to you.
• Run past Stormcloud Incubi with IAU and Dark Escape. Cover Shadow Form/Shroud of Distress with Shadow Sanctuary to avoid enchant strip.

Fury

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 Fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable!"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals][Unseen Fury][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Your objective is to keep the melee from the Wurms (or Whatever) off your team.
• Chain Unseen fury with your the other sin, avoid using your skills at same time.

Weaklings Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 Fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable!"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals]["You Are All Weaklings!"][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Use Your All Weaklings! to lower dmg output on your team before spikes or while running from incubi.

Rodgort Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable!"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals][Mark of Rodgort][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Ping The target once the MT calls it to avoid miscommunication.
• Maintain Mark of Rodgort on balled targets during spikes.

Pain Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/n shadow=12+1+3 Curses=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable!"][Ebon Escape][Barbs][Mark of Pain][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Cast Mark of Pain on the called targetin order to produce large amounts of AoE damage
• Ping The target once the MT calls it to avoid miscommunication.
• Use Barbs to kill any stragglers missed by the main spike

Wisdom Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable!"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals][Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Maintain Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom to allow more frequent casts by the team.

Honor Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals][Ebon Battle Standard of Honor][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Maintain Ebon Battle Standard of honor to increase the damage output of the team's spells and attacks

FH! Sin

<pvxbig> [build prof=a/e shadow=12+1+3 fire=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable"][Ebon Escape][Bed of Coals]["Finish Him"][Feigned Neutrality][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• When MT Calls a target first target MT and press Ebon Escape, you should now be running towards him. Now Quickly (while still running to MT) hit your Called Target Button [T].
• Use Finish Him! to quickly kill any stragglers that escape the main spike.

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Variant

Shield <pvxbig> [build prof=a/Mo shadow=12+1+3 healing=12][Shadow Form][Shroud of Distress][Dark Escape]["I Am Unstoppable"][Ebon Escape][Shadow Sanctuary][Aegis][Dwayna's Sorrow][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Radiant(highly Recommend Blessed)
• Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Enchanting and shield +10 vs. cold damage
• Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
• Zealous Scythe of Enchanting if you feel you cannot manage energy with daggers
• Defensive set

Usage

• Use if having difficulty handling Stormcloud Incubi
• Cast your monk spells after the team has put up shadow form in order to provide a cover enchantment so that Soulrending Shriek does not remove Shadow Form

Team Strategy

Level 1

• Everyone runs to the door and kills Wurm spawn.
• Head to the next level.

Level 2

• Kill Wurm spawn at left door.
• Take a right and head through the gate on the right side, the Incubi will have spawned at the other gate.
• The main tank can pull the Jotun away.
• Head to the end door and kill the Wurm and Elementals.
• Head through the door.

Level 3

• Kill the Wurms that will spawn.
• Main Tank pulls the Frostmaw Spawn to the group.
• Run past the Incubi patrol to the next room.
• The hallway ahead will have a Wurm spawn and a large spawn of Incubi to get past. Kill all the enemies in the hallway unless you are confident your group can make it past the large spawn of Incubi.
• If your group manages to make it past, head down the left where you will meet a Wurm spawn, the main tank can pull this spawn into the snowball as seen in the video.
• Go through the now open wall and head left. There is an Incubi patrol and Wurm spawn here. The group can run to the far side as a safe spot.
• The main tank then pulls the Frostmaw spawn to the group. Run to the next area, past another large Incubi spawn.
• Run to the end, avoid the Incubi patrol, and pull the Frostmaw group into the snowball to open the next area.
• Head to the next level.

Level 4

• Avoid the incubi patrols and head to the end.
• Kill the Frostmaw Spawn and head through the door.

Level 5

• Kill all the of Wurms to spawn Frostmaw the Kinslayer.
• You can head to the far edge to avoid aggro from the three siege wurms.
• Have team spam skills until the boss dies
• An alternate method is to just pull Frostmaw into a snowball.
• Everyone can now collect the chest.

Video

Full Frostmaw run on Youtube, divided into 3 parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

See Also

• Frostmaw Searing Spike
• Frostmaw Splinter Spike
• Current world record (12 mins): start of the run and the end of the run.