Build:Team - 600 Famine/Smite Farm

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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 4.5 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 PvE team

This build is designed to farm areas such as The Underworld and The Foundry of Failed Creations for rare items. While the 600 monk uses protective spirit, spirit bond, and shield of absorption to keep himself alive, the enemies take damage from famine, sympathetic visage, holy wrath, and retribution.

This team Contains:

• Mo/Me 600 Monk Tank - To absorb damage and act as a focusing lense to deal damage.
• R/Mo The Famine Ranger - To keep up Quickening Zephyr so the monk can keep a constant Spell Breaker and to deal damage with Famine.
• Mo/E The Smiter - To kill caster only mobs and speed up the run.

[edit] Team Composition

[edit] General Usage

• The ranger and the smiter should cast all maintained enchantments on the tank.
  • Make sure the ranger has 30 energy, enough to cast Serpent's Quickness and Quickening Zephyr.
• The tank should cast Spell Breaker, Protective Spirit, Spirit Bond, and Shield of Absorption and then aggro.
  • Make sure to stay in bond and QZ range at all times.
• Ball up any casters in the group by pulling back, then run into the center of the ball.
• Maintain all enchantments as energy allows.
• Due to the energy drain from Sympathetic Visage and the damage from the smiter, the mob should die quickly and easily.
• If there are any monks remaining after the meleers in the mob have died, cast Spirit Shackles on them, eventually they will wand themselves to death.

[edit] 600 Monk Tank

Monk / Mesmer 11 + 1 Protection Prayers 11 + 1 + 3 Divine Favor 7 Illusion Magic 5 Inspiration Magic Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 19 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. Target ally gets healed for 48 Health. 5 ¼ 10 Shield of Absorption Nightfall Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Shield of Absorption Enchantment Spell For 6 seconds, damage received by target ally is reduced by 5 each time that ally is hit while under the effects of this Enchantment. Target ally gets healed for 48 Health. 10 1 5 Spirit Bond Factions Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Spirit Bond Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, whenever target ally takes more than 60 damage from the next 10 attacks or Spells, that ally is healed for 88 Health. Target ally gets healed for 48 Health. 2 ¼ 10 Sympathetic Visage Prophecies Mesmer. Illusion Magic 7 Sympathetic Visage Enchantment Spell For 7 seconds, whenever target ally is hit by a melee attack, all adjacent foes lose all adrenaline and 3 Energy. 20 1 10 Spirit Shackles Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 5 Spirit Shackles Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe loses 5 Energy whenever that foe attacks. 5 3 10 Spell Breaker Core Monk. Divine Favor 15 Spell Breaker Elite Enchantment Spell For 17 seconds, enemy Spells targeted against target ally fail. Target ally gets healed for 48 Health. 45 1 15 Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. Target ally gets healed for 48 Health. 2 10 -1 Blessed Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 15 Blessed Aura Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, Monk Enchantments you cast last 35% longer. You get healed for 48 Health. 2 2 10 -1 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Any weapon with lengthening 20% enchantment time.
• Armor with Survivor insignia.

[edit] The Famine Ranger

Ranger / Monk 8 + 3 Expertise 12 + 1 + 3 Wilderness Survival 10 + 3 Beast Mastery Famine Factions Ranger. Wilderness Survival 16 Famine Elite Nature Ritual Create a level 11 Spirit with 220 Health and 68 armor. Whenever a non-Spirit creature in its range reaches 0 Energy, that creature takes 37 damage. This Spirit dies after 94 seconds. 15 3 6 Quickening Zephyr Core Ranger. Wilderness Survival 16 Quickening Zephyr Nature Ritual Create a level 11 Spirit with 220 Health and 68 armor. For non-Spirit creatures within its range, all skills recharge twice as fast and cost 30% more of the base Energy to cast. This Spirit dies after 47 seconds. 60 5 14 Edge of Extinction Prophecies Ranger. Beast Mastery 13 Edge of Extinction Nature Ritual Create a level 9 Spirit with 180 Health and 56 armor. If a non-Spirit creature within range dies, Edge of Extinction deals 45 damage to all creatures of the same type that are below 90% Health and within range of the Spirit. This Spirit dies after 134 seconds. 60 5 3 Serpent's Quickness Prophecies Ranger. Wilderness Survival 16 Serpent's Quickness Stance For 31 seconds, recharge times for your skills are reduced by 33%. Serpent's Quickness ends if your Health drops below 50%. 45 3 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers Balthazar's Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.) 2 10 -1 Succor Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Succor Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target other ally gains +1 Health and +1 Energy regeneration, but you lose 1 Energy each time that ally casts a Spell. 10 1 5 -1 Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. 2 10 -1 Distracting Shot Core Ranger. Expertise 11 Distracting Shot Bow Attack If Distracting Shot hits, it interrupts target foe's action but deals only 12 damage. If the interrupted action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds. 10 ½ 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Radiant Armor with Superior Wilderness Survival rune and runes of attunement for any other slots available is recommended.
• A Staff with 15 or more energy.
• Any type of Bow (Longbow or Flatbow is recommended).

[edit] The Smiter

Monk / Elementalist 12 + 3 Protection Prayers 12 + 1 + 3 Smiting Prayers Holy Wrath Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Holy Wrath Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 66% of the damage back to the source (maximum of 53 damage), and you lose 10 Energy. 2 10 -1 Retribution Core Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Retribution Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 21 damage). 2 10 -1 Vital Blessing Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Vital Blessing Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally has +200 maximum Health. 2 ¾ 10 -1 Life Attunement Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Life Attunement Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 30% less damage in combat, but gains 50% more Health when healed. 2 10 -1 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Glyph of Essence Factions Elementalist. Unlinked Glyph of Essence Glyph For 15 seconds, your next Spell casts instantly but causes you to lose all Energy. 20 1 5 Rebirth Core Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Rebirth Spell Resurrect target party member. Target party member is returned to life with 25% Health and zero Energy, and is teleported to your current location. All of target's skills are disabled for 3 seconds. This Spell consumes all of your remaining Energy. 5 10 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Does not matter.

[edit] Variants

• The elite skill can be changed depending on location
  • Power Block can be used to kill leftover monks
  • Cautery Signet can be used for places with dazed
  • Life Barrier makes the tank's job easier (drop Life Attunement)
  • Peace and Harmony (with Blessed Signet) makes the famine better energy management.

This build can also be used by a mesmer/monk with Signet of Illusions and a rune of superior illusion.

Mesmer / Monk 12 + 1 + 3 Illusion Magic 12 Fast Casting Signet of Illusions Nightfall Mesmer. Illusion Magic 16 Signet of Illusions Elite Signet Your next 3 Spell uses your Illusion attribute instead of its normal attribute. 5 1.3 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Holy Wrath Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Holy Wrath Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 66% of the damage back to the source (maximum of 53 damage), and you lose 10 Energy. 1.1 10 -1 Retribution Core Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Retribution Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 21 damage). 1.1 10 -1 Vital Blessing Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 16 Vital Blessing Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally has +211 maximum Health. 2 0.4 10 -1 Life Attunement Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 16 Life Attunement Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 30% less damage in combat, but gains 52% more Health when healed. 1.1 10 -1 Rebirth Core Monk. Protection Prayers 16 Rebirth Spell Resurrect target party member. Target party member is returned to life with 25% Health and zero Energy, and is teleported to your current location. All of target's skills are disabled for 3 seconds. This Spell consumes all of your remaining Energy. 2.9 10 Template code

[edit] Counters

• Nature's Renewal.
• Non-spell or PbAoE enchantment removal (see notes).

[edit] Notes

• In areas like Foundry, where mass enemies are encountered, tanking is extremely difficult, but with practice it becomes easier.
• Although skills that can go through Spell Breaker are listed as a counter, mobs tend not to use those skills if you have Spell Breaker on.