Build:W/Me Hundred Blades UW Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached 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

The Hundred Blades Warrior uses the powerful AoE combo Hundred Blades and Whirlwind Attack to farm Smite Crawlers in the Underworld. Sympathetic Visage prevents Grasping Darknesses from interrupting you and Smite Crawlers from using Reversal of Fortune and Shield of Judgment. Physical Resistance allows you to tank damage effectively. The run can be as fast as 5-6 minutes with experience.

Attributes and Skills

Warrior / Mesmer 10 + 1 + 2 Swordsmanship 11 + 2 Strength 9 Illusion Magic 4 Inspiration Magic 2 Tactics Bonetti's Defense Prophecies Warrior. Tactics 2 Bonetti's Defense Stance For 6 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks. You gain 5 Energy for each successful melee attack blocked. Bonetti's Defense ends if you use a skill. 8 Sympathetic Visage Prophecies Mesmer. Illusion Magic 9 Sympathetic Visage Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, whenever target ally is hit by a melee attack, all adjacent foes lose all adrenaline and 3 Energy. 20 1 10 Physical Resistance Prophecies Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 4 Physical Resistance Stance For 46 seconds, You gain +40 armor against physical damage, but you lose 21 armor against elemental damage. 20 10 "For Great Justice!" Core Warrior. Unlinked "For Great Justice!" Shout For 20 seconds, whenever you gain adrenaline, you gain 100% more. 45 5 Hundred Blades Core Warrior. Swordsmanship 13 Hundred Blades Elite Skill For 15 seconds, whenever you attack with a sword, all adjacent foes take 23 slashing damage. 25 5 Whirlwind Attack Nightfall Warrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind Attack Melee Attack Attack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 1 6 Lion's Comfort Nightfall Warrior. Strength 13 Lion's Comfort Skill All of your signets are disabled for 12 seconds. You are healed for 102 Health, and gain 3 strike[s] of adrenaline. 1 1 4 Sprint Core Warrior. Strength 13 Sprint Stance For 13 seconds, you move 25% faster. 15 5 Template code

Equipment

• Full Knight's Insignias.
• Rune of Superior Absorption.
• Sword of Enchanting with "I have the power!" insc. (energy +5). Used to extend your enchantment and give +5 energy so you only need to wait for 5 energy to regen, instead of 10, after using Physical Resistance at the Smites.
• Zealous Sword of Defense/Shelter with Dance with Death insc. (15% stance).
• Furious Scythe for building adrenaline.
• Strength Shield of Fortitude (-2 damage while in Stance). Victo's Bulwark, Strongroot's Shelter and Destructive Shield can all be used.
• Longbow/Flatbow of Fortitude for pulling Smites.

Usage

The Chamber

• Take the Clear the Chamber quest from the Lost Soul.
• Use Sprint and pull 1-2 groups of Grasping Darkness at a time to the center shrine. Any other enemies should break aggro.
• Auto-attack to build up adrenaline with your scythe or simply auto-attack with your sword.
• Once charged, use Bonetti's Defense followed by Visage, Physical Resistance, Hundred Blades and "For Great Justice!". If you're interrupted when casting the Visage, just use Physical Resistance, re-build up adrenaline and start again.
• Use Whirlwind Attack followed by Lion's Comfort. Using one will recharge the other thanks to "For Great Justice!", so you can alternate between spamming the two.

The Run

• Once you have completed the quest, run along the right side to the open gate, being sure to break aggro with the three or four nearby Aatxes.
• During the 2 seconds when Sprint is recasting, you can use Bonetti to protect yourself if any Aatxes get too close.

The Smites

• Ball 2-3 groups of Smite Crawlers at a time.
• Use the same techniques used above on the Grasping Darkness.
• If a Smite Crawler casts Shield of Judgment, break aggro with Sprint, wait for "For Great Justice!" to recharge, and go again.
• Try to pull as many Smites as possible, as you can kill 6 or you can kill 50 in the same amount of time. Watch out for Coldfires and Skeletons of Dhuum as they can kill you.
• If a Dying Nightmare pops up, kill it so it doesn't strip Sympathetic Visage.
• You can easily break aggro with any Skeletons of Dhuum using Sprint. Try to avoid Bone Spike by strafing.

A map that shows the patrol routes of Coldfire Nights and Skeletons of Dhuum.

Counters

• Aggroing Coldfires.
• Getting stuck and aggroing Skeletons of Dhuum or Aatxes.
• Rubberbanding in narrow passages.

Variants

• Switch Sprint for Enraging Charge.
• Ancestors' Visage instead of Sympathetic Visage.

Notes

• Be patient and take your time to avoid patrols.