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Real Life Info: Name - Jamie | Age - 15 | Gender - Male | Location – Tilbury, Essex, England | Job- None at the minute | Education – 4 GCSEs a year early, A*s in Science, an A in Maths and an A in Statistics... So yes, I’m kinda clever.

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[edit] Builds I have made

Build:E/any AoE Damage Earth ele Pretty much the most basic, in-the-box, most obvious build there is, yet I find it highly effective. Please check it and leave comments. *Note* this build has been highly unfairly tagged unfavoured. If you agree with me, please vote favoured. Thanks in advance.

[edit] Builds I am currently running (Or aiming to run)

CB Bonder

Yes, I do bond the gates.

MonkMesmerMonk / Mesmer Attribute Rank
Divine Favor 11 + 3 + 1
Protection Prayers 10 + 3
Inspiration Magic 10 (+1 optional)
Life Barrier

Life Barrier

Life Bond

Life Bond

Mending

Mending

Blessed Signet

Blessed Signet

Mantra of Inscriptions

Mantra of Inscriptions

Signet of Devotion

Signet of Devotion

Ether Signet

Ether Signet

Life Attunement

Life Attunement

Anti Assassin/Dervish Ranger

Given to me by some random guy, never gotten time to try it. Need the faction first.

Melandru's Arrows

Melandru's Arrows

Dual Shot

Dual Shot

Savage Shot

Savage Shot

Whirling Defense

Whirling Defense

Dodge

Dodge

Troll Unguent

Troll Unguent

Favorable Winds

Favorable Winds

optional

optional

CB Gate Guard

ElementalistDervishElementalist / Dervish Attribute Rank
Earth Magic 12 + 1 + 3
Energy Storage 10 + 1
Earth Prayers 8
Sliver Armor

Sliver Armor

Stoneflesh Aura

Stoneflesh Aura

Armor of Earth

Armor of Earth

Aura of Restoration

Aura of Restoration

Mystic Regeneration

Mystic Regeneration

Earth Attunement

Earth Attunement

Stone Daggers

Stone Daggers

Sandstorm

Sandstorm

or

Sliver Armor

Sliver Armor

Stoneflesh Aura

Stoneflesh Aura

Armor of Earth

Armor of Earth

Aura of Restoration

Aura of Restoration

Mystic Regeneration

Mystic Regeneration

Earth Attunement

Earth Attunement

Stone Daggers

Stone Daggers

Shockwave

Shockwave

Speed Spike Assassin

This is my build, my favourite and one I'm using a lot (As in, all the time) now.

AssassinWarriorAssassin / Warrior Attribute Rank
Dagger Mastery 11 + 1 + 3
Critical Strikes 10 + 1
Shadow Arts 10
Deadly Arts 1 + 1
Black Spider Strike

Black Spider Strike

Twisting Fangs

Twisting Fangs

Black Lotus Strike

Black Lotus Strike

Death Blossom

Death Blossom

Flurry

Flurry

Shadow Prison

Shadow Prison

Dark Escape

Dark Escape

Feigned Neutrality

Feigned Neutrality

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This build is designed to farm the Underworld as a solo ranger trapper. The build uses the skill recharge bonus and energy given by the Nature Rituals and Serpent's Quickness to spam as many Dust Traps as much as possible.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

RangerMesmerRanger / Mesmer Attribute Rank
Wilderness Survival 12 + 1 + 3
Expertise 12 + 3
Beast Mastery 3
Energizing Wind

Energizing Wind

Quickening Zephyr

Quickening Zephyr

Serpent's Quickness

Serpent's Quickness

Arcane Echo

Arcane Echo

Echo

Echo

Dust Trap

Dust Trap

Barbed Trap

Barbed Trap

Whirling Defense

Whirling Defense

[edit] Equipment

  • Full Druid's Armor or equivalent in function
  • Two Runes of Attunement
  • The best Rune of Vigor you can afford (but at least a major)
  • Any staff with 15 or 20 energy bonus with + 7 armor against physical damage
  • For extra protection when pulling you could take a replacement armor piece for one of those with a superior rune in it and a staff with +60hp. This will allow you to survive two hits from a Bladed Aatxe.

[edit] Usage

This build is for experienced trappers who want more challenge and get all the loot for themselves. It is hard at first but with practice, becomes pretty easy to handle. The idea of the build is to keep the mobs on the Dust Traps for their full activation time. This is difficult as AoE damage causes the enemy mobs to flee.

  • First, choose your trapping spot near an angle or any small confined space (e.g. in the Chamber, just under the stairs, close to the walls). You will want the mobs to be blocked by the walls when they try to flee the AoE damages. Once you've got the trapping spot, put down Energizing Wind and Quickening Zephyr just around the corner/angle, not too close to the wall (about the distance of activation of a trap).
  • Start Arcane Echo and during its activation use Serpent's Quickness so that you have the stance before the casting of Arcane Echo finishes. Then use Echo, Dust Trap, Echo (copied with Arcane Echo), Dust Trap (copied with Echo), and Dust Trap (copied with Echo copied with Arcane Echo).
  • Walk backwards a couple of steps, keeping clear from the wall(always about the distance of activation of a trap) and put down Barbed Trap. As soon as the Dust Traps have recharged, lay them down and keep SQ up (usually wears off at the end of the 5th Dust Trap, so recast) and spam Barbed Trap when possible.
  • After the 7th Dust Trap, the spirits will end. Wait a couple of seconds for EW to recharge, put down EW and renew SQ. Then use Echo, Dust Trap, and the echoed Dust Trap. Keep the Barbed Trap that has recharged unused for your own safety.
  • Now you can go pull the mobs. Hit Whirling Defense during aggro and run towards the spirit and stay put behind it. Usually Aaxtes will focus on it instead of you. Meanwhile they will take all the damage waves from the 9 Dust Traps as they try to flee through the walls.
  • The usage of the build can be summed up with the following sequences (skills numbered from 1 to 8 from left to right):
Laying down the spirits, the 3 Dust Traps and 1 Barbed Trap: 1, 2, 7, 4 + 3, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4 (3 is to be cast during activation time of 4)
Laying down 4 other Dust Traps and 2 Barbed Traps: 7, 6, 5, 4 + 3, 7, 6 (with good timing you can renew SQ when 4 starts)
Laying down a spirit and 2 Dust Traps and Barbed before pulling: 1 + 3, 7, 5, 6, 5

[edit] Counters

  • The main flaw of the build is lack of self healing. Surviving in emergency situations and during pulling is possible with Whirling Defense, Barbed Trap, and clever movement.
  • Whirling Defense will prevent most of the hits from foes. However Aatxes hit hard, so don't try to pull them from too far away or you'll have a greater risk to get hit and the traps set might start to go off on their own.
  • When the enemy mob survives the initial traps, run away, put down Barbed Trap, lure the surviving enemies into it, and run far away from them. They should lose aggro.
  • When Smites or Coldfire Nights survive, just run away from them until they break aggro.
  • Coldfire Nights are the hardest mob to kill with this build. Avoiding them is the best tactic. If you can't, lay down your spirits far behind the trapping spot, and trap in multiple spots. 3 Dust Traps, step back a bit, Barbed Trap, step back, Dust Traps, etc... This is to ensure that when the Coldfires run after you they will activate all the traps on the way. To keep them in the traps, you can hit Whirling Defense and come into aggro distance so that the survivors focus on you and stay in the traps.

[edit] Variants

  • You could replace Serpent's Quickness with Trapper's Speed. However, it seems that the benefit of SQ is much better as it can also be maintained during the whole trapping process.
  • Replacing Whirling Defense with Flame Trap allows for quicker takedowns, and results in health degeneration on the Aatxes. The only drawback is its harder to pull, so use this variant at your own risk.
  • Replacing Whirling Defense with Dryder's Defenses helps a lot when going against Terrorweb Dryders and Coldfire Nights. You can also echo it if you want to make a big pull.

[edit] Notes

  • This build is for experienced trappers and is hard to use.
  • Once you've got the trick, you can clear out the chamber, take out most of the smites, and come back and clear the mobs in the southern part of the chamber within 1 hour. It usually takes an average 2 minutes per mob. Once you've finished a group, your skills and energy should have fully recharged while moving to the next trapping place.
  • This is the most efficient trapping build for farming considering the fact that there are no other players getting drops.
  • You can replace Whirling Defense with Tripwire to farm the Stygian Veil.
  • watch out for corners because you sometimes will get blocked in and will almost surely die.

[edit] See also

[edit] External Links

  • Video of the build in action on a group of Aatxes can be found here.
  • Video of the build in action on a Terrorweb Dryder here.
  • Video of the build in action on Aatxes, Grasping Darknesses, Smite Crawlers, and Coldfire Nights. here
  • Picture of a good and safe trapping spot: Image:Trapping spots.jpg
  • You can even clear the Forgotten Village: Image:Soloing village.jpg

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