Build:E/A Shadow Raptor

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This build has been archived as of July 2, 2008, for the following reason: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Game_updates/20080702 This build had been designed for the following use: PvE farming

This build is used to clear the entire raptor cave (including the boss) in hard mode extremely fast(45 sec to 2 min).

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Assassin 12 + 1 + 3 Earth Magic 12 Shadow Arts 3 Energy Storage Stoneflesh Aura Nightfall Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Stoneflesh Aura Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 33, and you are immune to critical attacks. 15 2 10 Glyph of Concentration Prophecies Elementalist. Unlinked Glyph of Concentration Glyph For 15 seconds, your next two Spells cannot be interrupted and ignore the effects of being Dazed. 10 1 5 Shadow Form Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 12 Shadow Form Elite Enchantment Spell For 17 seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but 41 Health. 60 1 10 Death's Charge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 12 Death's Charge Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 173. 30 ¼ 5 Sliver Armor Factions Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Sliver Armor Enchantment Spell For 11 seconds, you have 52% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 37 earth damage. 30 1 10 Intensity Nightfall Elementalist. Sunspear rank Intensity Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, your spells deal 15..25% more damage. 45 1 5 Ebon Battle Standard of Honor EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of Honor Ward Spell You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 10..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +5..15 damage and an additional +5..10 vs. Charr. 20 1 10 Air of Superiority EotN No Profession. Asura rank Air of Superiority Skill For 10..30 seconds you gain a random Asura benefit every time you earn experience from killing an enemy. 20 5 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Max Armor blessed or radiant insignias are suggested
• 20% enchant mod

[edit] Usage

• Enter Riven Earth from Rata Sum
• Take the blessing and go to the cave
• Enter the cave as far as possible without taking aggro
• Cast Stoneflesh Aura and then cast Glyph of Concentration when the first raptor starts rushing you
• Quickly grab the raptors and rush to the boss group
• Before concentration runs out cast Shadow Form then click on the boss and cast 4>5>6>7>8 for massive damage to her to kill her quickly

• Note: If boss flees before she is dead chase her down quickly, if she does not die, you do
• Note: Make sure to auto-attack the boss once you Death's Charge to her to prevent her from running.

• After boss is dead watch Shadow Form and cast it after it starts blinking
• Recast 5>6>7 immediatly after Sliver Armor wears out the first time
• Before Shadow Form dies cast Stoneflesh Aura

• Note: you should now only have 3-4 raptors (if any) left to kill

• After Shadow Form dies use Death's Charge to gain health back quickly
• Keep up Stoneflesh through the Glyph and use Sliver Armor on recharge, along with the buffs, to kill the few remaining raptors
• Pick up loot and rezone

• Note: with Air of Superiority up there is a good chance you will be able to keep Shadow Form and Sliver Armor up with no downtime
• Final Note: This seems like a long series but it all goes through very quickly

[edit] Counters

• Getting trapped
• Not watching your enchantments
• Not killing Broodmother before shadow form dies

[edit] Variants

• This build is hard to change as you need all of these to survive, however you can change out 1 of the buffs for a running skill or a hard damage dealer
• Also, Elemental Lord can be swapped in, in place of EBSoH, if you do not have the skill, however EBSoH has 100%-700% extra damage over elemental lord
• If you dont care about the 2-4 raptors left after the second shadow form/sliver armor you can switch out stoneflesh for Dark escape, and Deaths Charge for Air of superiority, for a faster, but less reliable run

[edit] Notes

This build can wipe the entire cave in less than a minute if you know what you are doing, if you dont it will still only take a minute or 2

• I am using this build at rank 2 vanguard and rank 6 sunspear, so this works basically with whatever rank you have.
• Any Asuran over 5 is suggested for this build, as you can keep air up the entire time you are in combat, however, any rank will be good enough as you really only need it up for 1 recharge.

Also, if you are running low on energy near end, you can grab and drop the jar of invigoration for a nice boost to finish off remaining raptors.

• Walk outside rata sum and back in before you start so when you resign you start at the door instead of on the other side this will save alot of time even if you do use sweets

[edit] See also

Build:E/Me Raptor Farm

1 minute run - http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg193/joshthor/gw005-1.jpg

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5kIVfvJzY

Video using Air of Superiority - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tngrwb9Qelc