Build:Any/Rt Spirit Farmer

This build is part of the current metagame. The community has decided this build is in the current metagame and deserves to be stored. The frequency section describes how often the build is used. This build has also received an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

Uses spirits to solo farm small mobs in many areas.

Attributes & Skills

No profession / Ritualist 10 Channeling Magic 10 Restoration Magic 8 Communing Signet of Spirits Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 10 Signet of Spirits Elite Signet Create three level 8 spirits. These spirits deal 15 damage with attacks. These spirits die after 60 seconds. 30 1 Vampirism Nightfall Ritualist. Sunspear rank Vampirism Binding Ritual Create a level 4..14 Spirit that dies after 30..150 seconds. Attacks by this Spirit steal up to 10..20 Health, and you are healed for 10..20 Health. 30 ¾ 10 Bloodsong Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 10 Bloodsong Binding Ritual Create a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor who dies after 110 seconds. Attacks by that Spirit steal up to 18 Health. 30 ¾ 5 Pain Factions Ritualist. Communing 8 Pain Binding Ritual Create a level 7 Spirit with 140 Health and 44 armor. This Spirit's attacks deal 18 damage. This Spirit dies after 94 seconds. 30 ¾ 5 Shadowsong Factions Ritualist. Communing 8 Shadowsong Binding Ritual Create a level 6 Spirit with 120 Health and 38 armor. The Spirit's attacks cause Blindness for 4 seconds. This Spirit dies after 30 seconds. 30 1 15 Armor of Unfeeling Factions Ritualist. Communing 8 Armor of Unfeeling Skill For 23 seconds, your spirits within earshot take 50% less damage and are immune to critical attacks. 20 1 5 Spiritleech Aura EotN Ritualist. Restoration Magic 10 Spiritleech Aura Skill Skill. For 15 seconds, all of your spirits within earshot deal 15 less damage and steal 15 Health when they attack. 20 ¼ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

• Rangers, Elementalists, and Necromancers should invest 8+1+1 points into their primary attribute. This bar already has attributes modified to reflect this.
• Other professions should dump the extra points into Channeling, or into an attribute line which they can use skills that may have use to them.

Template Codes:

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• Ranger OggkchgYoKq01kPY5030ZD00mIAA
• Monk OwgjAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Necromancer OAhjAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Mesmer OQhjAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Elementalist OghjAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Assassin OwhjAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Dervish OgijAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA
• Paragon OQijAihqoSXT+glTfTnNQTbiAAA

Ritualist primary

Ritualist / No profession 12 + 1 + 3 Channeling Magic 9 + 1 Restoration Magic 9 + 1 Communing 3 Spawning Power Signet of Spirits Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Signet of Spirits Elite Signet Create three level 13 spirits. These spirits deal 21 damage with attacks. These spirits die after 60 seconds. 30 1 Vampirism Nightfall Ritualist. Sunspear rank Vampirism Binding Ritual Create a level 4..14 Spirit that dies after 30..150 seconds. Attacks by this Spirit steal up to 10..20 Health, and you are healed for 10..20 Health. 30 ¾ 10 Bloodsong Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 16 Bloodsong Binding Ritual Create a level 13 Spirit with 260 (+31) Health and 79 armor who dies after 158 seconds. Attacks by that Spirit steal up to 26 Health. 30 ¾ 5 Pain Factions Ritualist. Communing 10 Pain Binding Ritual Create a level 8 Spirit with 160 (+19) Health and 50 armor. This Spirit's attacks deal 22 damage. This Spirit dies after 110 seconds. 30 ¾ 5 Shadowsong Factions Ritualist. Communing 10 Shadowsong Binding Ritual Create a level 7 Spirit with 140 (+17) Health and 44 armor. The Spirit's attacks cause Blindness for 4 seconds. This Spirit dies after 30 seconds. 30 1 15 Armor of Unfeeling Factions Ritualist. Communing 10 Armor of Unfeeling Skill For 27 seconds, your spirits within earshot take 50% less damage and are immune to critical attacks. 20 1 5 Spiritleech Aura EotN Ritualist. Restoration Magic 10 Spiritleech Aura Skill Skill. For 15 seconds, all of your spirits within earshot deal 15 less damage and steal 15 Health when they attack. 20 ¼ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

Equipment

• +20 energy staff (Example: Staff of the Forgotten).
• Defensive caster weapon and shield sets.
• Flatbow/Longbow for pulling.

Usage

• Spread your spirits out in a line or an arc. Set Bloodsong and Vampirism near the front to take the brunt of damage. Set Shadowsong behind the other spirits if there is melee.
• Use Armor of Unfeeling and Spiritleech Aura before pulling mobs.
• Reproduce spirits as they die, try to keep a wall between yourself and enemies.
• Try renewing Armor of Unfeeling and Spiritleech Aura after you reproduce your spirits.

Variants

Whatever you find useful depending on the primary and secondary profession used.

• Signet of Ghostly Might
  Nightfall

  Ritualist. Communing

  Signet of Ghostly Might

  Elite Signet

  For 5..17..21 seconds, all spirits you control within earshot attack 33% faster and deal 5..9..10 additional damage.

  

  15

  1
   if dual farming with another Ritualist.
• Ritual Lord
  Factions

  Ritualist. Spawning Power

  Ritual Lord

  Elite Skill

  For 5..29..37 seconds, your Ritualist attributes are boosted by 2..4..4 for your next skill. If that skill is a Binding Ritual, it recharges 10..50..63% faster and Ritual Lord recharges instantly.

  

  45
   if dual farming with another Ritualist.
• Soul Twisting
  Factions

  Ritualist. Spawning Power

  Soul Twisting

  Elite Skill

  For 5..37..48 seconds, your Binding Rituals cost 15 less Energy (minimum 10) and recharge instantly. Soul Twisting ends after 1..3..3 Binding Rituals.

  

  15

  5
   if dual farming with another Ritualist.

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• Symbolic Celerity
  Nightfall

  Mesmer. Fast Casting

  Symbolic Celerity

  Enchantment Spell

  For 36..55..62 seconds, all of your signets use your Fast Casting attribute instead of their normal attributes.

  

  30

  1

  15
   with Fast Casting for mesmer and ritualist signets.
• Painful Bond
  Factions

  Ritualist. Channeling Magic

  Painful Bond

  Hex Spell

  For 10..18..21 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes are Hexed with Painful Bond and take 8..18..21 damage whenever hit by a Spirit's attack.

  

  12

  1

  15
   for more damage from spirits
• Dulled Weapon
  Factions

  Ritualist. Communing

  Dulled Weapon

  Hex Spell

  For 5..13..16 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes cannot achieve a critical hit and deal 1..12..16 less damage.

  

  20

  1

  15
   for added defense for spirits
• Anguish
  Nightfall

  Ritualist. Communing

  Anguish

  Binding Ritual

  Create a level 1..9..12 Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal 5..17..21 damage and deal double damage to Hexed foes. This Spirit dies after 15..39..47 seconds.

  

  45

  ¾

  15
   can replace Spiritleech Aura if you are taking Painful Bond and Signet of Ghostly Might
• Summon Spirits (Kurzick)
  Factions

  Ritualist. Kurzick rank

  Summon Spirits (Kurzick)

  Spell

  All Spirits you control shadow step to your location, and gain 60..100 Health.

  

  5

  ¼

  5
   can replace Spiritleech Aura and Ritual Lord in areas where you have room to move (not recommended in areas with high amounts of AoE).
• Spirit Siphon
  Factions

  Ritualist. Channeling Magic

  Spirit Siphon

  Spell

  Target Spirit loses all Energy. You gain 15..43..52% of that Energy.

  

  3

  ¼

  5
   for reliable energy management
• Drunken Master
  EotN

  No Profession. Deldrimor rank

  Drunken Master

  Stance

  For 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead.

  

  60

  5
   for quick movement over long distances.
• Ebon Escape
  EotN

  No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank

  Ebon Escape

  Spell

  Shadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health.

  

  10

  ¼

  5
   for reliable panic button
• Pain Inverter
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Pain Inverter

  Hex Spell

  For 6..10 seconds, every time target foe deals damage that foe takes 100..140% of the damage it causes (maximum 80 damage).

  

  20

  1

  10
   to swiftly farm any boss that has AoE attacks/spells.

Farmable Areas

Normal Mode

• Fissure of Woe
• Underworld
• Defend Droknar's Forge
• Lornar's Pass
• Twin Serpent Lakes
• Fog Nightmares outside of the Temple of Ages
• Mineral Springs
• Breaker Hollow
• Raisu Palace
• Rhea's Crater
• Marga Coast
• Nahpui Quarter (full mission clearance)
• Tomb of the Primeval Kings
• Sorrow's Furnace

Hard Mode

• Hulking Stone Elementals in Old Ascalon
• Grawls in Witman's Folly
• Minister Cho's Estate
• Piken Square
• Mantids/Kappas in Sunqua Vale
• Mantids/Kappas in Kinya Province
• Norn Fighting Tournament
• North Kryta Province
• Griffon's Mouth
• Scoundrel's Rise
• Caromi Tengu in North Kryta Province

Videos

NOTE: In some of the videos consumables are used. They are not required for the build to function correctly.

• Rangers Wanna Have Fun 4 A compilation of clips with this build at work with the epic Guild Wars remix by ytcracker
• RRt UW Clear The Chamber NM
• RRt UW Smite Run NM
• RRt UW Twin Serpent Mountains NM
• RRt UW Chaos Planes NM
• RRt UW Spawning Pools NM
• R/Rt UW Forgotten Vale NM
• R/Rt FoW Forest of The Wailing Lord NM
• R/Rt Nahpui Feather Farming NM
• R/Rt Defend North Kryta Titan Farm HM
• R/Rt North Kryta Tengu Feather Farm HM
• R/Rt Scoundrels Rise Vanquish HM
• R/Rt Prophecies Boss Farming HM
• R/Rt Factions Boss Farming HM
• A/Rt Naiphui Quarter with Narration NM
• Rt Geoffer Pain Bringer NM
• Rt Sskai, Dragon's Birth NM

See Also

• Build:Any/Rt Norn Tournament Spirit Farmer
• Build:Team - 2 Man Spirit Farmer
• Build:Rt/any Spirit Spammer

External Links

• Guildguru thread on spirit spammer in Underworld