User:AV/Sliver Defense

This build is made to farm any ranged-heavy mobs such as the Nephilia in the Plains of Jarin in Hard Mode. Can be altered to accommodate caster mobs.

Guess what the douchebags vetted this one. 1 overall to the MoP version that got 4.8s.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=R/E Expertise=12+1+3 EarthMagic=12 Wilderness=3+3][Troll Unguent][Escape][Whirling Defense][Sliver Armor][Zojun's Haste][Dodge][Armor of Earth][Stone Striker][/build]

Dodge or Zojun's Haste can be replaced with another evasion skill, like Lightning Reflexes.

Equipment

 * Armor: Max AL armor with Earthbound or Radiant Insignias. Ranger armor gives and inherent +30 armor vs. elemental damage which is really helpful.
 * Weapons: Galigord's Stone Staff or the likes (HCT 20%, HSR 20%, +5e, enchants +20%). Really any high-energy staff will do, but thats nice.

Usage

 * Right before aggroing, cast Stone Striker and Troll Unguent.
 * Then cast Armor of Earth and use Escape to run in.
 * Position yourself well in the 8 seconds of Escape's duration and once it is about to end, cast Sliver Armor and use Whirling Defense
 * Maintain Troll Unguent and cycle through your evasion stances. Re-cast Sliver Armor when it recharges.
 * Also maintain Stone Striker and Armor of Earth.


 * Enemies drop much faster than a regular Sliver build and you can stay alive quite easily.

Variants

 * Non-caster mob variants explained above.

[build prof=R/E Expertise=12+1+3 EarthMagic=12 Wilderness=3+3][Glyph of Swiftness][Obsidian Flesh][Whirling Defense][Sliver Armor][Zojun's Haste][Dodge][Troll Unguent][Stone Striker][/build]
 * Caster mob variant:
 * Same evasion variants as above.
 * Harder, but doable.
 * Easier with caster-heavy mobs.