Build:W/N Raptor Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. If you disagree with this rating, please discuss it on the build's talk page. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

Kills all raptors including the boss in HM in less than 1 minute to give around 140 asura points/min.

Attributes and Skills

Your Build

<pvxbig> [build prof=W/N name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" curses=12 str=8+2 tac=5 swordsmanship=9+1+2][Mark of Pain][Dolyak Signet][Endure Pain][Protector's Defense][Hundred Blades]["By Ural's Hammer!"][Wary Stance][Whirlwind Attack][/build] </pvxbig>

Hero Build

<pvxbig> [build prof=P/Rt name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" restoration=12 command=12+1+3 leadership=3]["Fall Back!"]["Make Haste!"][Vocal Was Sologon][Optional][Optional][Optional][Optional][Optional][/build] </pvxbig>

OR

<pvxbig> [build prof=P name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" command=12+1+3 leadership=12]["Fall Back!"][Enduring Harmony]["Incoming!"]["Make Haste!"][Optional][Optional][Optional][Optional][/build] </pvxbig> Disable all skills on the hero except for Fall Back and manage them yourself.

Equipment

• Knight's insignia on all armor
• Sword preferably with hp +30 and energy +5
• Max req. 9 strength shield with hp +30
• Sup. vigor rune, sup. absorption rune
• Maj. Swordsmanship and major strength with a Swordsmanship headpiece.
• Put on your Asura title
• Hero equipment doesn't matter

Usage

• Enter Riven Earth from Rata Sum, and make the hero cast .
• Go grab the bounty, as you are running there get the hero to cast on you
• Once you have got the bounty run to the cave, get the hero to use .
• As you get near to the cave entrance, make the hero use on you, then flag him/her back near the res shrine.
• Aggro the first raptors, if you can aggro just one by themselves, keep running so that you aggro the next couple and the first will stop chasing you for a short time so you can cast , if you aggro more than one at once, just cast it before they are close enough to interrupt you.
• Head to the left and aggro every raptor, make sure you don't miss any, as even with bad spawns it is still possible to aggro them all before mark of pain runs out.
• Go to the other side of the cave aggroing the boss group last.
• Drag the raptors along a wall for a second so that they are all adjacent to each other.
• Stop and hit ->->->
• When you judge that the raptors will all be attacking you in the next 2-3 seconds, hit ->.
• Use whirlwind attack when you have the adrenaline.
• Pickup your drops.

Counters

• Mark of Pain running out before you get whirlwind attack off.
• Failure to get the raptor with mark of pain to be adjacent to the boss.

Variants

No Hero Version

<pvxbig> [build prof=W/N name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" curses=12 str=9+3 tac=5 swordsmanship=8+1+1][Mark of Pain][Dolyak Signet][Endure Pain][Hundred Blades]["By Ural's Hammer!"][Wary Stance][Whirlwind Attack][Sprint][/build] </pvxbig>

• This variant does not require the hero. The major downside being that this is a lot harder to use due to the lack of Protector's Defense, as well as being slower as you are only at 25% speed boost.
• Use sprint on recharge
• Recommended to have as high hp and armor as possible.

Necro/Warrior Version

<pvxbig> [build prof=N/W name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" curses=12+1+3 tac=6 swordsmanship=11][Drunken Master][Mark of Pain][Hundred Blades]["By Ural's Hammer!"][Protector's Defense][Endure Pain][Wary Stance][Whirlwind Attack][/build] </pvxbig>

Hero Build

<pvxbig> [build prof=Mo/P name="Build:W/N Raptor Farmer" prot=12+1 command=12][Life Barrier][Life Bond][Vital Blessing]["Fall Back!"][Optional][Optional][Optional][Optional][/build] </pvxbig> Same idea, but hero must follow you in to maintain bonds, i.e. you have to micro your hero to avoid aggro. Even with bonds you cannot tank as long as the warrior version, however due to 16 curses you don't need as many raptors aggroed. You do not need to be drunk at r10 Deldrimor.

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEtSBRBBcmA