User:Dmitri Fatkin/Soldiers Of Thunderstorm (historical)/SoT PvE Builds
Soldiers of Thunderstorm [SoT]
PvE Game Discussion:
In our Guild of the Week article, we've presented some tips that will help the players towards gaining basic game knowledge. There, on the contrary, we'd like to share some advanced and more specifically-oriented PvE templates that'll assist you on your journeys in the Eye of the North expansion.
The first build, as our fellow officer Nimro said, is all about spawning the Mursaat. Wait... no, I'm just kidding, it's actually about effectively protecting the damage dealt by numerous packs of mobs with Shield of Absorption and Seed of Life. The rest of the damage spikes are countered by ZB:
Attributes: Protection Prayers 14, Divine Favor 13.
It's quite possible the next build will remind you of an oldschool healer from Guild Wars: Prophecies, but its actual purpose is very far from it... Frostmaw's Burrows dungeon dehexer! The trick of the build is that Inspired Hex acts as removed hex spell for 20 seconds, but since Wurm Bile is a monster ability, its removal will cause Inspired Hex to recharge instantly, making this Monk one of the best anti-Wurm safari support characters!
Attributes: Healing Prayers 14, Divine Favor 11, Inspiration Magic 8.
Mo/P Flaming Supporter build is designed especially for negotiating multi-conditional damage from Storm of Souls, the spell casted by Murakai, Lady of the Night at the end of Cathedral of Flames dungeon. As the whole party is affected by all conditions that exist in the game for 10 seconds here, the Monks are unable to effectively use Dismiss/Restore Condition because of the Dazed effect, so in order to quickly remove all conditions from party's damage dealers, "It's just a flesh wound" shout is brought. Leader's Zeal is applied to recover consumed energy:
Attributes: Protection Prayers 14, Divine Favor 9, Motivation 10.
The Blessed Smiter build is arranged for the sole purpose of fighting the Undead hordes in the Bloodstone Caves and Arachni's Haunt dungeons. Smiter's Boon gives your Smiting spells double the Divine Favor bonus making them a very effective heal with a boosted anti-undead damage:
Attributes: Smiting Prayers 16, Divine Favor 13.
The Bladed Slasher is a typical AoE damage dealer combined with protective powers of "Watch Yourself!" and Savage Slash interrupting capabilities. The interrupt in this build works best when there's an urgent need to break a hard ressurrection spell or prevent the mob from casting a powerful healing enchantment. In some areas, "Watch Yourself" can be swapped for Poison Tip Signet or a secondary interrupt:
Attributes: Swordsmanship 14, Strength 10, Tactics 10.
The Freezer-Elemental Flame Elementalists dyad is brought when you seek for an infinite enemy burning, this proves to be very effective against single bosses, as conditions on them would normally end two times faster. The target will always be under the effects of Blurred Vision, slow-down hexes and Burning, along with spell-casting interrupts provided by Maelstrom:
Attributes: Water Magic 14, Energy Storage 13.
Attributes: Fire Magic 14, Energy Storage 13.
Flaming Justiciar is a standard party-supporter that's brought to inflict Bleeding, Burning and Deep Wound on attacked targets. "For Great Justice!" is used to boost your adrenaline, while Glowing Signet maintains the source of energy upkeep:
Attributes: Spear Mastery 14, Leadership 13.
Jagged Bones Ritu is one of our guild's favorite builds. Basically, you take two of these Rt/N's into your party and wait until they max out the number of minions. At that time, the mobs should "turn off the lights" and /resign. The monsters will irrationally aggro the minions with them being the lowest, 210 hp targets and heavy AoE from Death Nova & Explosive Growth will do the rest of the job, shooting green fireworks on the road of unbeatable minion factory:
Attributes: Death Magic 12, Spawning Power 14.
Melandru's Striker is used to spam poison on different targets under the cover of Melandru's Arrows preparation. This build is recommended for use on heroes, as they will automatically switch targets, spread poison and interrupt spell-casting when needed:
Attributes: Expertise 13, Wilderness Survival 11, Marksmaship 11.
Rodgort Immolator is a fire nuker that covers nearby-standing foes with Mark of Rodgort and rapidly spams Fire Magic spells, the classical AoE-shutdown build in action:
Attributes: Fire Magic 14, Energy Storage 13, Restoration Magic 3.
And the last two featured builds are Healer's Boon Monk and Ursan Blessing Necro. The HB build is used on a hero for standard party-healing purposes, while Ursan Blessing Necro/Mesmer is played by a human taking the benefit from other player's Ursan Blessing aspect elite and own Soul Reaping attribute. To enter into the Bear aspect, cast Arcane Mimicry on a player with Ursan Blessing right before he enters the aspect, activate Dwarven Stability to prolong the effects of Physical/Elemental Resistance stance and use Ursan Blessing. After that your character will receive an everlasting Bear shape, replenishing mana pool from Soul Reaping and dealing significant AoE damage under protection of Physical Resistance. When not in the aspect, your Mesmer spells can be used to completely shutdown spell-casting bosses:
Attributes: 14 Healing Prayers, 4 Protection Prayers, 13 Divine Favor.
Attributes: Domination Magic 10, Inspiration Magic 10, Soul Reaping 13.
