Build:R/Me Hydra Farmer

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Contents 1 Equipment 2 Usage 3 Variants 4 Notes

This build is made for farming Hydras, but can farm many other monsters (i.e. Desert Griffons) as well. It's good alternative for people who don't have a 55 Monk or Elementalist farmer.

Ranger / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Expertise	8+1
Wilderness Survival	11+1+2
Marksmanship	9+1
Inspiration Magic	8

Troll Unguent

Ether Feast

Savage Shot

Concussion Shot

Apply Poison

Greater Conflagration

Elemental Resistance

Optional

• Optional skill can be for example Focused Shot, Winter, Dryder's Defenses or Storm Chaser, but remember that using other stances will disable Elemental Resistance.

[edit] Equipment

• Drakescale Armor is the best choice, but it works with any armor.
• Fur-Lined Armor in combination with Greater Conflagration and Winter will give you more armor against elemental damage (not only fire or cold).
• Poisonous +15% damage above 50% health (15^50) or +15% damage while in stance Bow Of Warding. (+7 armor vs elemental damage) is the best, but any other will do too.

[edit] Usage

• Before you aggro monsters create a spirit of Greater Conflagration in a place where monsters won't attack it and stay in its range.
• Then use Apply Poison and Elemental Resistance which should give you (70+30+15+40+7=) 162 armor versus fire and physical damage.
• Attack hydras (but not more than 3 at one time, because Meteor won't let you heal yourself) being sure to time any heals to alternate between any knock down spells.
• As your attacks Poison the hydras, daze one of them and use Savage Shot for more damage or to quickly interrut any spells that you may miss with normal rate-of-fire attacks.
• Use Troll Unguent (+10 health regeneration for 10 seconds heals you for 200) and Ether Feast (quick 99 health) to heal yourself as needed.

[edit] Variants

• Mantra of Flame instead of Elemental Resistance for better energy management.
• Ignite Arrows can be use instead of Apply Poison for AoE damage.
• Epidemic can be used to spread the poisoned and dazed conditions.
• Attributes are very flexible in this build, you can try changing them to make this build better for you.
• Screaming Shot for more degen.
• Adding in Melandru's Arrows may add more offense to enchanted foes at the expense of defense but adding other skills in place of Apply Poison and Greater Conflagration can offset this difference.

[edit] Notes

• The first run might seem hard, but the second will be much easier and faster. Often a healer Henchman on the first run can help reduce any difficulty with the learning curve.
• A Hydra's normal non-spell attacks (or other creature's attacks) often are physical thus why Greater Conflagration is needed as a ranger's armor is usually better agains an elemental source.
• Often desert Hydras are farmed for their Dessicated Hydra Claws to obtain a collector item from Mourn Drakespur.