User:Lotrfish/necromancer

The Midnight Solo is one of a very few builds centered around the Mesmer elite skill Signet of Midnight. This solo build will work on all Warrior bosses located in the Jade Sea. It should be applicable to most Warrior and Assassin bosses in other areas, as long as you isolate them.

This build has been proven to work on:

This build focuses on blinding the target and uses failure hexes to get energy as well as deal some damage. With a high chance to miss with attacks (25%+25%+52% from hexes and 90% from blindness) the target will simply never hit you with an attack. Mixed with -9 Health degeneration this build is very effective and can kill almost any Jade Sea Boss in 60 seconds.

Attributes and Skills[ | ]

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Illusion Magic	10
Domination Magic	6
Inspiration Magic	6
Curses	12 + 1 + 3

Equipment[ | ]

+5 energy Wand or Sword and any collectors Curses offhand.
Wicked Scar Pattern (Curses +1).
Superior Curses Rune.

Usage[ | ]

The usage is very simple.

Find the boss, cast Mantra of Resolve and pull him out.
Try to cast Signet of Midnight before his first attack. Normally he will hit you once before you can blind him and you should survive it.
Now cast the 3 failure hexes, start with Spirit of Failure to start getting energy right away.
Follow with Price of Failure which will deal 32 damage on each attack attempt.
And finally finish with Reckless Haste to speed up killing. This hex will also keep us safe with 52% chance to miss.
The total hit rate, factoring in all miss rates, is 2.7% for any melee boss.
Now cast Ignorance to disable Healing Signet.
And now cast Conjure Nightmare to add some final fun with -8 Health degeneration.
Cast Parasitic Bond as soon as possible as it will heal you only after 20 seconds.
Recast Signet of Midnight, Ignorance and Reckless Haste as soon as they are ready to cast, they are the key skills in this build.
Recast Conjure Nightmare and Price of Failure with Spirit of Failure as soon as their effect ends.

Variants[ | ]

If you feel safe and don't need healing you can exchange Parasitic Bond for Empathy or Suffering.
If you feel you don't need protection against interrupts you can exchange Mantra of Resolve for Enfeebling Touch it will lower damage you receive from attacks and speed up killing. You can also exchange Mantra of Resolve with Mantra of Inscriptions to speed up recharge time of Signet of Midnight.
You can also replace Ignorance with a damage-dealing hex when the boss doesn't use Healing Signet.
Replace Parasitic Bond and Conjure Nightmare with Empathy and Vampiric Touch or Vampiric Bite. Move your attribute points from Illusion Magic to Blood Magic. You get a more immediate life steal skill in exchange for no degen on your target; but requires more careful energy use.
Chkkr Locust Lord farming: replace Mantra of Resolve and Ignorance for Spirit Shackles and Drain Enchantment (or Shatter Enchantment) to get rid of his Shadow Refuge or his Locust's Fury. Mind Wrack can also be used instead of Drain Enchantment.

Counters[ | ]

Even though the hit rate of the boss does become 2.7%, if you are really unlucky, you may still die if the boss get some hits through between the time your hexes has worn off and before you get to replace them (most notably Reckless Haste).

Notes[ | ]

Take a look at the video below if you are unsure about some of the steps.
After some practice it will take about 60 seconds to kill a boss like Sskai, Dragon's Birth.
Certain bosses, like Sskai, have wandering mobs around their spawn point. Make sure you observe the area carefully to avoid patrols, it is suggested that you bring a Longbow or a Flatbow to lure him away.
For Geoffer, pull him into the Resurrection Shrine area so that the NPCs there will support you, since Geoffer is always accompanied by at least 2 other Outcasts.
Remember, refreshing Parasitic Bond on the target before it has expired will cancel the first copy -- in other words, the healing effect will only occur once, 20 seconds after the second casting. It is very important that you do not reuse Parasitic Bond until the previous one has worn off.

Template[ | ]

Template Guide

The Skills Template for this build is:
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External Links[ | ]

Sskai solo farming part of this video are available on DailyMotion , Google Video and YouTube.

Death Farmer[ | ]

The Death Farmer is a Necromancer build specifically designed to take on large mobs of adversaries that primarily use melee attacks. It is especially efficient at defeating Mountain Trolls at Droknar's Forge, but also works on other mobs, and with variations, can be built to farm Minotaurs, Trolls, and even various Assassin creatures throughout Cantha.

Attributes and skills[ | ]

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Death Magic	11 + 1 + 3
Blood Magic	10 + 1
Inspiration Magic	10
Curses	1 + 1

Equipment[ | ]

Armor:
- Tormentor's Armor
Weapons:
- The Nightbringer or Ghial's Staff can work quite well.

Usage[ | ]

In order to properly use this build most effectively, you will need to learn how and when to properly cast. The basic principle is to cast Enfeeble on a target, followed by Virulence, and Epidemic to spread the -8 health degeneration to the surrounding creatures, all the while keeping your armor up with Physical Resistance, and occasionally leeching some life by using Oppressive Gaze. With this build you will be able to farm groupings of 10+ without triggering scatter, meaning that you will be able to farm large groups without getting some to pull off as with builds that use AoE to farm large groups of creatures. Oppressive Gaze will occasionally scatter these creatures, but in some cases it is necessary to do so in order to stay alive. Channeling will be used as a tool for energy-management, and Shadow of Fear is used to slow down enemy attacks so that Blood Renewal can keep your health increasing.

Counters[ | ]

Interrupts. Mountain Trolls especially slow down the process (and occasionally kill you) when they manage to interrupt you with Disrupting Chop. Putting time between Enfeeble and Virulence usually helps, and keeping Shadow of Fear on creatures will also decrease their disruption rate.

Variants[ | ]

For some creatures, Sympathetic Visage and Ancestor's Visage may be necessary to decrease skill usage.
For further Variants, consult [1] this thread

Notes[ | ]

This build has many variants for different areas of farming. The above build is just the most general version of it, used for the most basic purpose.
If virulence is interrupted you can always survive by recasting only Enfeelble and Epidemic.

Video[ | ]

A youtube video showing the build in action.[2]

N/Mo Boss Farmer[ | ]

This build is intended for quick and direct farming of bosses. It relies on the normal 55 standard and very high health regeneration for healing and damage reduction. Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit provide energy for the consistent spamming of regeneration skills. The main damage comes from Spoil Victor and possibly one Touch Attack. This build allows the user to charge directly for the boss monster and ignore the boss's mob.

Attributes and Skills[ | ]

Necromancer / Monk	Attribute Rank
Blood Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Protection Prayers	9
Healing Prayers	9

Equipment[ | ]

Each of your armor pieces need to have a superior attribute Rune. This will lower your base Health to 105. (The only required type is blood, but 5 are necessary to hit 105 health.)
It is a good idea to bring a second set of armor. This will allow you to adjust your health manually based on any Death Penalty you might accumulate.
Any +5 energy/20% longer enchanting sword/axe such as Rajazan's Fervor or Totem Axe.
The -50hp Grim Cesta from the Cities of Ascalon quest. (This is not required if you don't mind dying once and using a -20 offhand to hit 13hp. This will work better in most cases.)
For 13hp build, any -20hp offhand (preferably +12 energy). (Life is Pain Inscriptions help with this.)
If you have any +hp offhands they could also be useful if any DP is accumulated.

Usage[ | ]

Cast your four maintained enchantments when entering the explorable area. Try to allow full energy regeneration after each one until you're used to an area.
As you approach your target cast Protective Spirit and Healing Breeze.
Target the boss monster and cast Spoil Victor.
Get as much aggro as possible from the boss's mob of monsters.
Begin using Vampiric Touch on the boss
After any touch attempt refresh either Healing Breeze or Protective Spirit. Alternate the refresh between the two.
Having the touches interrupted is not an issue. They have a fast refresh time.
Refreshing Healing Breeze and Protective Spirit early is ideal when facing a boss whose mob has interrupt capability. If they are interrupted this is less problematic as they'll likely refresh before they expire.
To keep melee foes from fleeing, keep hitting them with your axe or sword.

Counters[ | ]

Enchantment stripping spells such as Chilblains, Lingering Curse, Well of the Profane, Gaze of Contempt, Rend Enchantments, Strip Enchantment, Inspired Enchantment, Dark Apostasy, Shatter Enchantment, or Expunge Enchantments.
Life Steal attacks will bypass the protection offered from Protective Spirit. This will usually kill you.

Variants[ | ]

Consider using Blood of the Aggressor instead of Vampiric Touch for lesser energy use and damage from a distance (safer against interrupts from warriors or rangers). Vampiric Touch is sometimes impossible to use in areas where there's a lot of energy degeneration such as Domain of Secrets.
Some groups apply more degen than you can handle, in this case replace Vampiric Touch with either Life Siphon or Blood Renewal. Life Siphon is better for groups without a lot of interrupts, while Blood Renewal has a faster cast time, and the sacrifice will be healed before you notice it most of the time.
Another skill you may consider in replacing Vampiric Touch is Wallow's Bite or Touch of Agony. With only 5 energy cost and 3 sec recharge time, you can definitely spam this skill to speed up killing. The 10% life sacrifice is hardly noticeable. A good example would be the case of farming Wing's Axe. If you encounter a mesmer with two ritualists, it's almost impossible to kill her with just Spoil Victor as she strips off hexes the moment you put it on her. Not to mention she strips off hexes from the her party too.
Replacing Watchful Spirit with Vigorous Spirit and Vampiric Touch with Plague Touch opens up a lot of possibilities. Vigorous Spirit maybe be used as a cover enchantment versus enchantment removal or a cheaper heal than Healing Breeze when down to one or two attackers. When using Vigorous Spirit as a cover, it's usually best to cast Protective Spirit, then Vigorous Spirit, then Healing Breeze immediately before attacking the target mesmer or necro (Kournan Seers are one example of where this works very well). Plague Touch is useful to remove conditions such as Dazed from the Grasping Darknesses in the Underworld, or Deep Wound when fighting Stoneaxe Hekets while farming greens like the Eye of Argon and Balthazar's Fury though removing Deep Wound isn't always a good idea, since you end up taking less damage which makes you harder to kill.

Notes[ | ]

The ideal hp for this build is 19, although 55 and under should work in most cases. Also, Spoil Victor is more effective the lower your HP is as it is less likely a target will lower himself to below your hp. Going under 13 hp is not advised.
See the [Build:N/Mo_Boss_Farmer/Boss strategies|boss strategies] for notes, videos, and tips for specific bosses.

The [Build:N/Mo Boss Farmer|Boss Farmer build] has been proven to successfully farm the following bosses:

Prophecies Campaign[ | ]

(none so far)

Factions Campaign[ | ]

Warrior bosses[ | ]

Arrahhsh Mountainclub - Normal build. Beware of the poison traps that will leave you with only +1 health regen.
Geoffer Pain Bringer - Normal build; run his group into the Naga group approaching from the North-West, then pull him alone away from the fight with a long bow, only maintain Balthazar's Spirit and Mending.
Jacqui The Reaver - Normal build; be wary of the many other mobs in the area. Kill any Outcast Deathhands and Outcast Assassins in his party.
Reefclaw Ragebound - Normal build; be wary of the many other mobs in the area.
Sskai, Dragon's Birth - Normal build; bring Awaken the blood. Alternatively pull him away from the group with a longbow and kill him much the same as Geoffer Pain Bringer.
Wing, Three Blade - Normal build. Kill off all Mesmers and Ritualists first; to prevent hex removal and healing respectively.

Ranger bosses[ | ]

Chehbaba Roottripper - Stay away from poison traps and bring Blood of the Aggressor for ranged damage. OR alternatively, 13HP and bring Plague Touch
Chkkr Thousand Tail - Normal build. Bring Blood of the Aggressor instead of Vampiric Touch and only maintain Balthazar's Spirit and Mending.
Ryver Mossplanter - Normal build. Consider Blood of the Aggressor to get Craw Stonereap on the same run. Avoid the groups outside the Shrine, and take on the groups in the room one at a time until you get to Ryver.

Monk bosses[ | ]

Byzzr Wingmender - easiest run you'll ever do, bring Vampiric Gaze instead of bite/touch, avoid aggro while going to it, stand by the wall outside its cave; it can't do any damage to you. You can avoid the spawns this way too. The boss will damage himself quickly, and you can finish it off with Vampiric Gaze.
Hukhrah Earthslove - Normal build. Bring Vampiric Touch instead of Watchful and alternate as in usage.
Meril Stoneweaver - Normal build. Bring Parasitic Bond as a cover hex for Spoil Victor as Meril has Smite Hex. Maintain only Balthazar's Spirit and use Blood Renewal for health regeneration. Good timing for the hexes is required.
Miella Lightwing - Normal build.

Necromancer bosses[ | ]

Craw Stonereap - Normal build; consider Blood of the Aggressor for additional ranged damage. Hide behind the door to avoid getting killed by the enchantment removal. Run past the Wardens until they break aggro. If you acquire the blessing from the Kurzick Priest, it will make this even easier since Craw relies mainly on health degeneration and ranged damage.
Foalcrest Darkwish - Normal build. Cast your enchantments and use the Wardens to build up energy. Do not engage them - just run past them. They should break aggro before you reach Foalcrest.
Konrru, Tainted Stone - 13 hp, best way to get to him.. is get more Luxon Faction than Kurzick and die, you'll spawn in his area.
Sourbeak Rotshell - Normal build.
Sessk, Woe Spreader - Replace Vampiric Touch with Blood Renewal, just lure Sessk out of his group with someother foe's

Mesmer bosses[ | ]

Kenrii Sea Sorrow - Normal build, preferred life siphon instead of vamp touch/bite.Kill miella lightwind then lose aggro come back around, avoid all aggro/groups, go between sourbeak and the oncomeing outcasts as soon as u can go around the cove where he is to the back, pull only him pretty far back(as to avoid the oncoming leviathan) keep regen up always, time for knockdowns, and he's yours.

Elementalist bosses[ | ]

Arbor Earthcall - Normal build; the run is very fast and easy and boss is not healed by mobs.
Lian, Dragon's Petal - Normal build; kill the ritualists first using only Vampiric Touch followed by the mesmers in the same way, then kill Lian using the normal technique.
Zarnas Stonewrath - Bring Blood of the Aggressor instead of Vampiric Touch ranged damage. Getting too close to him risks getting hit by his knockdown.
Snapjaw Windshell - 13 build is a must, run past Ssyn to the right from Jade Flats (Luxon), run until you lost aggro (just before the group of Snapjaw), you also might encouter a Oni group you can easily run past them when they spawn but if you die and you need to get passed them again then you can have slight problems, wait until the Naga's are gone and pull Snapjaw away from the midst, or you will be slayed by the carps.

Assassin bosses[ | ]

Chkkr Locust Lord - Normal build. Look at [Build:A/any Chkkr Locust Lord Farmer] to see directions on how to get to him and isolate him. Beware of the degeneration that Mantis Dreamweavers can cause.
Xuekao, the Deceptive - Normal build. Beware of Necromancers as they will not do damage but steal life.

Ritualist bosses[ | ]

Tomton Spiriteater - Blood Renewal variation.
Whispering Ritual Lord-normal build or life siphon instead of vamp touch/bite.Kill Miella Lightwind, lose aggro, follow the rit lord out of aggro until you find an opening leading to the back little un-patrolled part of the jade valley cove, avoid aggro, he will come away from groups here. pull him towards you or he attracts monks, stay behind the rock nearby as to avoid disenchanting spirit attacks, he dies slowly but steadily.
Quansong Spiritspeak-13 hp is highly advisable and have lots of patience. Run out of Zin Ku Corridor and run to the Rez Shrine. From there take out the 2 Temple Guardians. Be sure to move around when you are hit with Smoldering Embers. To quickly recharge energy while fighting stand in Breath of Fire. Take out the Temple Guardians 1 by 1. then when you can reach the boss let her have it. She is easy by herself.