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Zone into Grenth’s Footprint from the Deldrimor War Camp. You should notice a Dwarven Prospector right in front of you, who gives you quests. That’s not all he does though – he’ll heal you whenever your health gets low, as long as you’re in range! You can exploit that to solo-farm the first few mobs in this area. Pull a group of Stone Summit close to the Prospector, and kill them with your healer support. You’ll get full XP and all the drops! Best of all, you can do this with a character of any profession, and without a specialized build. Take your favorite character and bring a bit of self defense, and go solo farm some dwarves.

There are two routes to the flag stand on Jade Isle, a long way over some bridges and a shorter way through a teleporter. The short way makes you run through spiked coral and take a lot of damage. If you run through the coral you get to the stand much faster. You can even run past the stand, and catch the other team on their own bridge if they went the long way. They’ll have to run flags through your team putting you at a huge advantage.

The new Factions skill Air of Enchantment can be used to supercharge a smiter. This is the popular template.

Air of Enchantment, Reversal of Fortune, Guardian, Protective Spirit, Smite Hex, Zealot’s Fire, Balthazar’s Aura, Resurrect
Smiting 16, Protection 12, Divine Favor 7

Pick a warrior and put Air of Enchantment on him. Then spam Reversal of Fortune and Guardian on him for free. Each cast will trigger Zealot’s Fire and deal 37 damage to all enemies near that warrior. You can recast Air of Enchantment on the warrior again for free.

In PvP this is a great template for dealing lots of AoE damage fast. In PvE you need to slow down your smiting a bit to avoid causing AoE fear and making mobs break aggro.

All of these builds require shrouded 70 armors and the stats are pretty simple to figure out.

Build 1:
A/Mo
Golden Phoenix
Horns of the Ox
Falling Spider
Twisting Fangs
Moebius Strike
Mending
Death’s Charge / Sprint / Shadow Refuge (PvE)
Res Signet

[Golden Phoenix>Horns of the Ox>Falling Spider>Twisting Fangs>Moebius Strike. Repeat from Horns of the Ox>]

“RA or TA Build. High damage output.. I love this build ^^”

Build 2:
A/Mo
Golden Phoenix
Horns of the Ox
Falling Spider
Twisting Fangs
Contemplation of Purity
Aura of Displacement
Shadow Refuge
Res Signet/Dark Escape

[Golden Phoenix>Horns of the Ox>Falling Spider>Twisting Fangs. Contemplation of Purity and removes all your enchantments (Aura of Displacement & Shadow Refuge) and removes 1 hex and 1 condition, Aura of Displacement is a nifty skill in GvG sice you can shadow step to target foe and cancel it to return to the spot you cast it from. Shadow Refuge acts as a heal which is also an enchantment]

“GvG Build which is quite good. Stable but not really a good damage output”

Build 3:
A/Me
Golden Phoenix
Horns of the Ox
Falling Spider
Twisting Fangs
Arcane Echo
Shadow Form
Dark Escape//Res Sig
Shadow Refuge//Death Charge

[Golden Phoenix>Horns of the Ox>Falling Spider>Twisting Fangs. Arcane Echo copies the next cast spell for 20 seconds which allows you to cast Shadow Form for example. This skill will then Copy the skill which gives 2 Shadow forms in the skill bar. Shadow Form should last for aprox 17 seconds and you have to be quite fast on activating the second Shadow Form which you copied with Arcane Echo becose it only lasts for 20 seconds in the skill bar.]

“This build relies heavily on a short burst tactic of 40 seconds of near invincibility
to 20 seconds of near death, perfect for ganking or running flags past an entire team being unharmed.
The build can fight in a team but requires a lot of coordination with monks dealing with when
shadow form ends and the energy required to keep the assassin up after it ends.”

Build 4: Hex + Cripple chain
A/Mo
Mark of instability
Black Mantis Thrust
Jungle Strike
Twisting Fangs
Falling Spider
Horns of the Ox (or other dual attack)
Moebius Strike
Res Signet or Optional

[Mark of instability,Black Mantis Thrust,Jungle Strike,Twisting Fangs,Falling Spider,Horns of the Ox (or other dual attack),Moebius Strike. The problem with this build is that it requires 6-7 slots in the skill bar. The damage is totally devastating tho and target foe is crippled,knocked down,bleed,deep wound and poison. Great and killing monks ]

“Mark of instability acts as a hex which triggers Black Mantis Strike to cripple your opponent.
Then if foe is crippled Jungle strike does nearly double damage, Twisting fangs applies bleed and
Deep wound which lowers the foes hp by 20% and the foe is knocked down due to Mark of Instability.
Falling spider then hits while the foe is knocked down and does damage and applies poison and then
You can choose a dual attack of your own choise which makes moebius strike usable which recharges
all the attack skills (not Mark of Instability though). Repeat it and Enjoy! ”

This is one of the few types of farming that hasn’t been nerfed to hell, so pay attention.

There are two great spots for hunting griffons. To get to the first one you need to leave out the west entrance of Augury Rock, and from there head south. There will be some devourers and minotaurs that pop up on your way there, so just sprint past them. In the southeast corner of the map are several packs of griffons. They’re boring melee mobs so they can be killed by warrior tanks, trappers, invincimonks, earth eles, take your pick. But the good part is that they drop lots of max and near max rares. You should be getting at least one rare weapon every two runs.

The other spot to farm griffons is due east of Destiny’s Gorge. Hug the north wall as you head east, you should find them quickly. There aren’t as many griffons here and they don’t drop as well, but they’re easier to get to.

Pick one and rake in the loot before it gets taken away.

Here’s a Warrior build for farming desert griffons.

Class: Warrior/Monk
Skills: Gladiator’s Defense, Bonetti’s Defense, Cyclone Axe, Endure Pain, Healing Breeze, Vigorous Spirit, Live Vicariously, Mending
Attributes (after runes): 12 Tactics, 9 Axe Mastery, 7 Strength, 11 Healing
Items: Vampiric Axe of Enchanting, Gladiator’s Armor, Ascalon Helm, Shield
Runes: Superior (Major) Vigor, Superior (Major) Absorption, Minor Strength, Minor Tactics, Minor Axe Mastery

Cast Mending, let your energy regenerate, then cast Live Vicariously. Then run to the griffons. Round a bunch of them up, cast Vigorous Spirit, then use Cyclone Axe into Bonetti’s Defense. That should refill your health and energy. Use Cyclone Axe into Bonetti’s Defense whenever you need to refill your health or energy. Use Gladiator’s Defense to deal a lot of damage while protected, and to re-cast your enchantments.

The chance of a chest giving gold items depends on how often it’s being opened serverwide. Popular farming areas give lots of purples, but out of the way chests will give rares often.

Right now is a great time to farm chests in chapter 1. Everyone is playing the expansion areas, making chapter 1 chests drop rares much more often. The quality of rare drops is much higher now, too, so you can make a ton of money running chests in Witman’s Folly or Hell’s Precipice. Jump on this while you can, the market will correct itself pretty soon.

Shiro is pretty easy for an experienced team. He has 3 critical skills, and the key to beating all of them is dealing lots of damage.

Remember to get your dragon special skill. Those make the fight a lot easier. Each dragon special can be used once, but is recharged by a morale boost.

At the beginning of the fight, and periodically throughout it he’ll use Echoing Banishment on a player.

Echoing Banishment: Shout. Target foe is banished to the mists and his spirit bound to Shiro. If the Spirit Binder is destroyed, the spirit is freed.

When you see this used turn around and kill the spirit binder to get your teammate back. Killing a spirit binder gives you a morale boost. Use your dragon special right before you kill one to get more uses of it.

If you’re banished you’re sent to the mists. You can run past all the spirits to the top of the mountain to free yourself. You shouldn’t try this without self heals or you’ll die on the way out. Monks can get out easily and should run out because the monk spirit binder can be hard to kill.

Once he’s taken some damage he uses Meditation of the Reaper.

Meditation of the Reaper: Skill. For 30 seconds Shiro meditates and absorbs the next 700 damage. When this skill ends, Shiro steals 20 Health from all foes for each second this skill was active.

When Meditation starts everyone needs to turn around and attack Shiro with everything they have. If he stays in Meditation very long he’s going to get healed to full and your team will take massive damage. A good team will break Meditation in under 5 seconds.

Once he gets down to a third health Shiro will use Impossible Odds. This is the attack that kills most teams.

Impossible Odds: Skill. For the next 10 seconds, Shiro’s attacks double strike and hit each nearby foe.

Also, Shiro becomes immune to conditions when Impossible Odds is used. Conditions are transferred onto one of your allies instead. Unprepared teams die within seconds of this being activated. The best strategy is to bring a ranger with you. When Impossible Odds is used, counter with Celestial Stance to make most of his attacks miss. You need to kill Shiro very quickly once he gets to this stage. Assassins and elementalists are great to have along, their specials deal massive damage.

When Shiro is dead you’ll be transported to a special area. You’ll get your choice of a special green item for beating the game. Crafters for +5 energy weapons and 15k armor are here. Also, there are phoenixes in the zone that can be captured by a ranger as a special pet. Enjoy the rewards for completing factions!

Guilds are having a lot of success with a dual smiting setup in GvG. Here’s the setup:

Hammer Warrior (Warrior/Elementalist)
Backbreaker, Crushing Blow, Irresistible Blow, Frenzy, Healing Signet, Rush, Shock, Resurrection Signet
16 Hammer Mastery, 10 Tactics, 9 Strength, 6 Air Magic

Axe Warrior (Warrior/Elementalist)
Eviscerate, Executioner’s Strike, Bull’s Strike, Frenzy, Healing Signet, Sprint, Shock, Resurrection Signet
16 Axe Mastery, 10 Tactics, 9 Strength, 6 Air Magic

2 Smiters (Monk)
Air of Enchantment, Reversal of Fortune, Guardian, Draw Conditions, Zealot’s Fire, Balthazar’s Aura, Smite Hex, Resurrection Signet
16 Smiting, 12 Protection, 7 Divine Favor

1 Domination Mesmer (Mesmer/Monk)
Energy Surge, Energy Burn, Shame, Mind Wrack, Shatter Enchantment, Drain Enchantment, Blackout, Resurrect
14 Domination, 10 Inspiration, 10 Fast Casting

1 Air Elementalist Runner (Elementalist/Monk)
Ether Prodigy, Lightning Orb, Lightning Strike, Blinding Flash, Windborne Speed, Gale, Heal Party, Resurrection Signet
16 Air Magic, 10 Energy Storage, 9 Healing Magic

1 Healer (Monk/Mesmer)
Word of Healing, Orison of Healing, Healing Touch, Mend Ailment, Infuse Health, Heal Party, Inspired Hex, Drain Enchantment
14 Healing, 10 Divine Favor, 9 Inspiration

1 Boon Prot (Monk/Mesmer)
Mantra of Recall, Reversal of Fortune, Mend Condition, Protective Spirit, Divine Boon, Signet of Devotion, Contemplation of Purity, Inspired Hex

Each smiter picks a warrior to spam his skills on. Play the build on Jade Isle for maximum effect, the map is cramped and they cannot run away from the smiting effectively.

Dire is the highest damage evolution for a pet, and is ideal for an aggressive beastmaster. It’s also a hard evolution to get. Most pets are hearty because of all the damage they take. If you want a dire pet you have to specially train it.

To get a dire pet you need it to deal a lot of damage to enemies and not take a lot of damage itself. While training you need to put a lot of points into beastmastery. You will also want defensive pet skills like Call of Protection to keep it from taking damage. If you can tank while the pet deals damage that’s ideal.

The best spots for leveling up your pet are the minotaurs outside Ice Tooth Cave, and the Mergoyles outside Gates of Kryta. Set up your character defensively and let your pet kill them. It takes a long time for it to level, but once it gets to level 15 and becomes dire it will never change again. Congratulations on getting the best pet in the game!

Hell’s Precipice is the place for chest farming. The chests there drop rare fellblades, sephis axes, and dead bows which can be worth hundreds of thousands of gold.

Most people run to the chests with warrior/mesmers for mantra of flame. You should go with a full team of 8, to split the cost of opening the chests and divide up aggro. Groups are forming all the time, so join one before people catch on and those rare weapons drop in price.

Go to Riverside Province, but don’t enter the mission. Instead run north through the portal into Twin Serpent Lakes. Just beyond the portal is a huge pack of Mesmers and Necromancers. You’ll notice that as they wander around, they occasionally all run back to the same point and bunch up. When that happens use a speed boost to run past. If you don’t have a speed buff just die, there’s a res shrine just past the pack where you’ll respawn.

You’re looking to farm the packs of Caromi Tengu Elites that are running around the area. These are pure melee packs that drop a ton of gold armors. They don’t use any special skills so use your favorite melee farming build to wipe out the packs quickly. There are three total packs, so head south around the lake to get all 3. Zone out and repeat, and you’ll have a nice collection of superiors in no time.

A great way to make money with a team is 5-man farming of Sorrow’s Furnace quests. A popular team is a warrior, a curses necro, a minion master, a healer, and a bonder. Here are some common setups to jump right into a 5 man with.

Warrior Tank
Warrior/*
Cyclone Axe, Bonetti’s Defense, Gladiator’s Defense, Shield Stance, Watch Yourself!, Dolyak Signet, Endure Pain, Resurrection Signet
14 Tactics, 12 Axe, 11 Strength

Spiteful Necro
Necromancer/Mesmer
Spiteful Spirit, Insidious Parasite, Awaken the Blood, Arcane Echo, Sympathetic Visage, Blood Ritual, Desecrate Enchantments, Resurrection Signet
16 Curses, 10 Blood, 10 Soul Reaping, 3 Illusion

Minion Master
Necromacer/Monk
Animate Bone Fiend, Animate Bone Horror, Blood of the Master, Verata’s Sacrifice, Offering of Blood, Healing Seed, Heal Area, Rebirth
16 Death Magic, 10 Soul Reaping, 7 Blood Magic, 7 Healing

Healing Monk
Monk/*
Word of Healing, Dwayna’s Kiss, Orison of Healing, Healing Touch, Healing Breeze, Healing Seed, Heal Party, Holy Veil
16 Healing, 13 Protection

Bonder
Monk/Mesmer
Life Barrier, Life Bond, Balthazar’s Spirit, Blessed Signet, Mantra of Inscriptions, Signet of Devotion, Aegis, Rebirth
14 Protection, 13 Divine Favor, 8 Inspiration

This isn’t one of the more profitable runs, but it’s really fast and easy. Enter Ice Floe from Marhan’s Grotto. Run straight ahead towards the resurrection shrine, and you should see a barrel right over the hill. It might be surrounded by Ice Imps, but they won’t kill you before you can open and loot the barrel. It contains 1-3 max damage weapons that should sell for a couple hundred gold. Not bad for around 30 seconds of work.