Archive talk:Me/Mo Solo Underworld Farmer

I enjoy how strange the skill set is for this build. : )  ||   Ressmonkey 19:50, 11 June 2007 (EDT)

SB farming was nerfed long ago. The rune scheme is confusing; you either want low health for 55ing (which I originally thought the build was) or high health. You don't take two Sup runes and then a Sup Vigor. Your only damage comes from Retribution, which deals less and less with your 3 Monk enchants. I would be extremely surprised if this works; do you have a video you can send or link to? - Krowman    20:02, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
 * The way it is configured, you have just enough health to get max damage from retribution and the 2 superior runes are to have enough attributes for the build to run well. Also, it is not a Spirit Bond farmer.  It is a SoA farmer.  SB is just to regain the health lost from casting SoA.  And I am also sincerely sorry that I can't make a usage section that is easy to follow. || Ressmonkey 20:12, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Interesting... Readem (talk *pvxcontribs ) 21:58, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Hmm, crazy. How long does a run usually take (not counting the 6 min Aatxes)? - [[Image:Kowal.jpg|15px]] Krowman   23:03, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
 * A run takes between 15 and 20 minutes || Ressmonkey 20:58, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Also, forgot to mention this, SoA does not ever decrease the amount of damage taken from Retribution or Holy Wrath due to some strange compounding thing. This is also why Essence Bond still gives energy when you take 0 damage due to SoA, but not Shielding Hands. || Ressmonkey 17:24, 12 June 2007 (EDT)

This looks like it will work very well. Dark Morphon 09:25, 15 June 2007 (EDT)

Anyone tested this? Im looking forward to it, but I still have a lot of quests and missions to do till Hunted!. &mdash; Abedeus   22:10, 23 June 2007 (EDT)


 * I have tested it and have a screenshot of it now, which is just to make sure people know it works. || Ressmonkey 15:57, 4 July 2007 (CEST)

I'll try this out, would be nice to do some real farming with my mesmer. Seems like this would be really slow though. Solo is good, but dual monks must be about 5 times as fast (plus there is more room for error here), so I doubt I'd run this build often. Taeryn 16:25, 13 July 2007 (CEST)
 * Funny thing is, I deleted my mesmer after making and testing this build and made an assassin. So, I dont use it a lot either :) --- Ressmonkey 16:14, 14 July 2007 (CEST)

I think this build would be too slow to be worth while. But if all you like to use is a mesmer, for some unknown reason and you want to solo the underworld it definitely looks like it will work. But I sure as hell am not leveling up a mesmer just to try this boring build :P.--Raps4life 04:00, 20 July 2007 (CEST)

This build using only Retribution for farming, would take an amazingly long time. It wouldn't be worth to use for kill a few Blades in such a long time.

My new 330hp Rt/Mo uses VwK, Retribution, Vengeful Weapon, Reversal of Damage, and Spirit Bonding skills to solo UW in Hard Mode. It can do massive damage fairly quick combined together... Blade Aatxes go down amazingly fast, usually takes around 10-15 seconds to kill acouple off. You can also do a full Smite run with this build, and possible more. Hard Mode is better since enemies attack faster, giving you twice as much energy as NM. (ReZDoGG 15:46, 20 July 2007 (CEST))


 * That build you mentioned is my favorite one. That works. This not. Try that out. Your elite is a waste of space, with the lvl 15 Fast Casting. Gelei 10:16, 30 July 2007 (CEST)

i cant imagine this having enuf dmg.mizzouman 09:43, 31 July 2007 (CEST)

o ya and with the exception of shiro and kuunavang wat is the use of a mesmer in pve..who would want one.. they are practically useless.mizzouman 09:45, 31 July 2007 (CEST)

The build would probably works, but there are some "faster" builds out there. The 330hp Ritualist spirit bonder by ReZDoGG is nice. But still this build gives the mesmer a chance to solo smites and aaxtes. You could try take Illusionary Weaponry instead, for higher damage.TakzuTakzu
 * IW solo UW farmers only work as mo/me. || Ressmonkey 02:01, 6 August 2007 (CEST)
 * I have a mesmer IW solo build. I use it as my main money-making thingy. Basically a 55. I don't wanna reveal too much. RustyTheMesmer 11:47, 20 August 2007 (CEST)

Yay! Its favored. || Ressmonkey 19:41, 6 August 2007 (CEST)

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What was the nerf of mantra of recovery? Does this build still 'work' or was it a critical chance? Karasu (talk) 13:01, 13 January 2008 (EST)
 * It used to be that the recharge affectedness (I made a new word) was 50%, but it got nerfed to 33%. Because of this, the visage and SoA deosnt recharge fast enough to be effective, so the build was archived. --- [[Image:Monk-icon-Ressmonkey.JPG|15px]]  Ressmonkey (talk)  13:04, 13 January 2008 (EST)
 * Ah, too bad. I'm just looking for farming builds I can use as a Mesmer. Thx for the info. [[Image:SigKarasu.jpg|19px]] Karasu (talk) 13:06, 13 January 2008 (EST)

[build prof=me/monk illu=12+1+3 fast=12+3 insp=3+3][signet of illusion][protective spirit@16][shield of absorption@16][sympathetic visage][ancestor's visage][balthazar's spirit][Retribution@16][blessed aura@16][/build] I came up with this. I think it has energy problems. No, I KNOW it has energy problems. Meh, Mesmers will never be good at farming. Rickyvantof 23:12, 19 January 2008 (EST)
 * Just frag em with the old IW build tbh. – Ichigo 724 [[Image:Ichigo-signature.jpg]] 23:36, 19 January 2008 (EST)

This works pretty good. Not solo though. With the IW build I had energy problems; with balth spirit, against the last aatxe of a group. Wasn't recovering enough energy. But I suppose Grasping's and Smites could be done with invis IW build, with illusion of haste. Rickyvantof 02:58, 20 January 2008 (EST)


 * then run essence bond as well? – Ichigo 724 [[Image:Ichigo-signature.jpg]] 09:53, 20 January 2008 (EST)

MoR not nerfed anymore
meh unarchive idk?--GWPirate 14:16, May 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * The nerf was to make the recharge 33% from 50%. The change in recharge of the skill itself doesnt make it much better.  It might work now, but there are so many better options. ---  Ressmonkey  (talk) 14:44, May 22, 2010 (UTC)