User:DrSilas

Dr Silas is an established member of the Guild Wars community. The prefix "Dr" was added when monking was him main profession. Although Silas' activity within Guild Wars and the community surrounding it has somewhat diminished, he is still actively bending the laws of Guild Wars through various Guild vs Guild and Hero's Ascent builds.

Guild History
Silas began his Guild Wars career like many as a W/Mo in early 2005. He created a Guild with a group of local friends known as Iron Curtain [IC]. For its time Iron Curtain was quite skilled, winning the Hall of Heroes was almost a daily victory. The guild consisted of many notable players such as Rm Illidan, Silly Dilly, and Morty Seinfeld. These listed players were the core of the legendary guild Bring Back the Rifts. Other established players such as Party Animal often joined Iron Curtain for battles in the Hall of Heroes.

After a few weeks of active play in Guild Wars, the guild leader, Silas attended a summer internship for three weeks leaving the Morty Seinfeld in charge of the guild for the time being. After returning to Guild Wars it appeared Iron Curtain had split and was nothing more than an empty guild hall. The loyal members went on to created a new guild, Bring Back the Rifts, with Morty as the leader. Silas followed his fellow Guild Wars companions and too joined Bring Back the Rifts. Given the nature of unlocking skills in the early days, Silas only had the unlocked skills to play warrior or monk. Time apart from Guild Wars had set him behind the warrior. Seeing as the metagame had significantly changed in just a few weeks, Silas was forced to continue on with Rifts as a monk.

Monking
Dr Silas spent the majority of his time with Bring Back the Rifts as a monk. Through all this time and experience he quickly progressed as one of the most skilled monks in the Guild Wars community. With a solid back line, Bring Back the Rifts was able to run such innovative and offensive builds that had never before been seen in the community. With the help of Divine Muse, another monk of Bring Back the Rifts, the guild was the first to run only two monks of any American guild.

One of the more famous builds Silas was known for was most well known for was the Mo/ no secondary build. For the majority of 2005 and 2006 it was very common for monks to bring some elite form of energy management (ie. Offering of Blood, Mantra of Recall, Energy Drain) or even channeling. Given his typically unconventional nature, Silas found Word of Healing alone was enough energy management in itself. When used properly it can keep an entire party alive while barely tapping into the monks energy pool.

As Korean guilds such as War Machine and The Last Pride pushed the metagame to a whole new level, "boon prots" were becoming the new standard for monking. Given Silas' experience with monking was only with healing monks, mainly Word of Healing (which Silas considers undoubtedly the greatest monk elite), he was no longer regarded with the skill and innovation he once had.

Notable Builds
Silas has been known for many unconventional yet innovative builds through his days playing Guild Wars. Here are a few examples of his most famous and surprisingly effective builds he has created.

Hex Pressure
In the later days of Guild Wars Silas wrote this build for his current guild, Number One America [one]. Lead by the infamous Famous Big Stick, the core was solid and ready for battle. With this new powerful weapon at hand, Number One America quickly climbed the ladder while demolishing opposing teams in its path.

[build prof=R/Ne name="My Character123"][Touch of Agony][Vampiric Touch][Wallows Bite][Offering of Blood][Dodge][Zojuns Haste][Whirling Defense][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=R/Ne name="My Character123"][Touch of Agony][Vampiric Touch][Wallows Bite][Offering of Blood][Dodge][Zojuns Haste][Whirling Defense][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ne/E name="My Character122" Sou=10+4 Dea=12+1 Wat=8][Reapers Mark][Animate Shambling Horror][Animate Bone Minions][Rising Bile][Dark Aura][Rust][Freezing Gust][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ne/Me name="My Character121" Cur=12][Wither][Shadow of Fear][Faintheartedness][Parasitic Bond][Ether Lord][Signet of Humility][Mantra of Inscriptions][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ne/Me name="My Character124"][Spoil Victor][Life Siphon][Malaise][Spirit Shackles][Ether Lord][Signet of Humility][Mantra of Inscriptions][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ri/D name="My Character119"][Wanderlust][Pain][Shadowsong][Anguish][Displacement][Union][Pious Haste][Flesh of my Flesh][/build]

Pet Madness
One of Silas' favorite builds, Pet Madness bring hell to monks and makes teams crumble within seconds. However with the addition of the pet bar came a very strong nerf to Disrupting Lunge which doubled its recharge. This single skill change rendered the build obsolete and left Silas back at the drawing board.

[build prof=R/W name="Thumper" Exp=10+3 Bea=8+1 Ham=12][Rampage as One][Irresistible Blow][Hammer Bash][Crushing Blow][Bestial Mauling][Comfort Animal][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=R/W name="Thumper" Exp=10+3 Bea=8+1 Ham=12][Rampage as One][Irresistible Blow][Hammer Bash][Crushing Blow][Bestial Mauling][Comfort Animal][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Me/R name="Migraine Pet" Fas=6 Ill=12+2 Ins=11+1 Bea=2][Power Drain][Disrupting Lunge][Migraine][Frustration][Conjure Phantasm][Comfort Animal][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Me/R name="Migraine Pet" Fas=6 Ill=12+2 Ins=11+1 Bea=2][Power Drain][Disrupting Lunge][Migraine][Frustration][Conjure Phantasm][Comfort Animal][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ne/E name="Tainted"][Putrid Explosion][Rotting Flesh][Tainted Flesh][Well of the Profane][Faintheartedness][Shadow of Fear][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=E/Ri name="Water Ele" Ene=10+1 Wat=12+2 Res=8][Water Trident][Blurred Vision][Ice Spikes][Freezing Gust][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Water Attunement][Weapon of Warding][Death Pact Signet][/build]

Silasway
The most famous build conjured by Silas. This build functioned best before the nerf to spiritway which coincidentally affected Silasway. The main reason was due to the health and armor reduction to Fertile Seasons and the reduced duration to Energizing Winds. While many at first glance criticize the build of lack of defense and healing, it is actually quite durable and has been seen winning halls on multiple occasions.

THOMAS RULZ

[build prof=Me/R name="Nightmare" Fas=4 Ill=12+4 Ins=11+1 Bea=5][Ether Feast][Arcane Echo][Conjure Nightmare][Mantra of Recall][Mantra of Persistence][Energizing Wind][Illusion of Weakness][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=R/W name="Spirit Spammer" Exp=8 Bea=12 Wil=10][Oath Shot][Fertile Season][Edge of Extinction][Energizing Wind][Predatory Season][Natures Renewal][Tranquility][Whirling Defense][/build] [build prof=Ri/E name="Rit Spammer" Spa=11+1 Com=12+2 Res=6][Wanderlust][Pain][Shadowsong][Dissonance][Displacement][Union][Shelter][Lively Was Naomei][/build] Long recharges[build prof=E/Mo name="Glyph Fire" Ene=9+1 Fir=12+4 Hea=9][Glyph of Sacrifice][Meteor Shower][Rodgorts Invocation][Searing Flames][Searing Heat][Fire Attunement][Heal Party][Resurrection Chant][/build] [build prof=E/Mo name="Glyph Fire" Ene=9+1 Fir=12+4 Hea=9][Glyph of Sacrifice][Meteor Shower][Rodgorts Invocation][Searing Flames][Searing Heat][Fire Attunement][Heal Party][Resurrection Chant][/build] [build prof=R/W name="My Character128"][Rampage as One][Hammer Bash][Crushing Blow][Bestial Mauling][Irresistible Blow][Comfort Animal][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Me/R name="My Character129"][Cry of Frustration][Power Leak][Energy Surge][Energy Burn][Power Drain][Shatter Enchantment][Drain Enchantment][Resurrection Signet][/build] [build prof=Ne/Ri name="Resto Rit" Sou=12+4 Res=12][Mend Body and Soul][Spirit Light][Spirit Light Weapon][Weapon of Warding][Spirit Transfer][Vengeful Weapon][Protective Was Kaolai][Recuperation][/build]