Build:A/E Rragar's Menagerie Runner

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a great build. This build has received an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE running

This is part of the Dungeon Build series, see Dungeon Guide for all Dungeon builds.

This build requires Consumables to operate properly.   Essence of Celerity

Solo Rragar's Menagerie in HM.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Elementalist 12 Earth Magic 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 62 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 22 seconds, you cannot be the target of enemy Spells, and you gain 5 damage reduction for each Assassin enchantment on you. You cannot deal more than 26 damage with a single skill or attack.5130 Dwarven Stability EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Dwarven StabilityEnchantment SpellFor 24..30 seconds, your Stances last 55..100% longer. If you activated this Skill while drunk, you cannot be knocked down. PvE only.5¼30 Dark Escape FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Dark EscapeStanceFor 16 seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack.530 Armor of Earth CoreElementalist. Earth Magic 12Armor of EarthEnchantment SpellFor 30 seconds, you gain 53 armor, but move 21% slower.10¾15 Ebon Battle Standard of Honor EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of HonorWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr. PvE only.10120 Sliver Armor FactionsElementalist. Earth Magic 12Sliver ArmorEnchantment SpellFor 10 seconds, you have 45% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 29 earth damage.10130 Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Vanguard Sniper SupportSpellTarget foe is struck for 54..90 piercing damage and begins Bleeding for 5..25 seconds. This attack has a 10% chance of doing an additional +540..900 piercing damage. If this attack hits a Charr it has a 25% chance of doing an additional +540..900 piercing damage. PvE only.10115   Template code

Variant: R/A Rragar's Menagerie Runner

Ranger / Assassin 12 + 1 + 3 Expertise 12 Shadow Arts The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 64%. Shroud of Distress FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 54 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 7 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145 Shadow Form FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Shadow FormElite Enchantment SpellFor 18 seconds, you cannot be the target of enemy Spells, and you gain 5 damage reduction for each Assassin enchantment on you. You cannot deal more than 21 damage with a single skill or attack.5130 Dwarven Stability EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Dwarven StabilityEnchantment SpellFor 24..30 seconds, your Stances last 55..100% longer. If you activated this Skill while drunk, you cannot be knocked down. PvE only.5¼30 Whirling Defense CoreRanger. Expertise 16Whirling DefenseStanceFor 21 seconds, you have 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block a projectile in this way, adjacent foes take 11 damage.460 Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Vanguard Sniper SupportSpellTarget foe is struck for 54..90 piercing damage and begins Bleeding for 5..25 seconds. This attack has a 10% chance of doing an additional +540..900 piercing damage. If this attack hits a Charr it has a 25% chance of doing an additional +540..900 piercing damage. PvE only.10115 "Finish Him!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "Finish Him!"ShoutIf target foe has less than 50% Health, that foe takes 44..80 damage and suffers from Cracked Armor and a Deep Wound for 12..20 seconds. PvE only.1015 Heart of Shadow FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 126, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15 Death's Charge FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Death's ChargeSpellShadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 173.5¼30   Template code Note The Ranger variant also requires a grail and egg+corn at all levels.

Equipment

• Armor Full Blessed or Full Vanguard
• Martial Weapon of Enchanting
• Shield of Fortitude (+10ar vs. Fire)
• Staff of enchanting +20e

Usage

• Start from Doomlore with quest Veiled Threat. Run south through Dalada, Grothmar & Sacnoth to dungeon. Alcohol helps at Sacnoth for KD prevention.
• Maintain Shadow Form, Shroud of Distress, Dwarven Stability and Dark Escape while running.

Level 1

• Pop BU and other cons (cupcake or armor of salvation), cast shroud, sf, ds and de grab a keg and run it wall down the hill.
• After the wall crumbles run to the Keg Station and keg spam the melee char.
• After the melee are dead run into next room. Silver the melee with all enchants up then loose aggro. Snipe w/o sf the Prophet->Necro->Flameshielders. Then kill the Warden. A summon stone will help.
• Aggro the melee in Rragars chamber and sliver them down. Sliver Rragar down and grab the key.
• Run back to where wall crumbled and take a right then stay left until u get to another keg station.
• Keg spam melee then take a keg to the cracked wall and drop it.
• Once wall crumbles stay right until the last chamber then stay left til zone.

Level 2

• Pop BU and run right.
• Run down towards the water and take right followed by immediate left. Avoid the sewer and continue straight towards chamber with 2 bridges.
• Take left bridge then stay right to Rragars' chamber.
• Sliver melee in Rragars' chamber then sliver Rragar. Grab the Key.
• Follow Rragar to the gate, making sure not to get body blocked.
• Open gate and proceed to lvl 3.

Level 3

• Pop BU and run to the left.
• In the chamber of the second rez shrine there is a Keg Station. Next to this station is a breakable wall.
• Cast enchantments and dark escape and near the wall to the char pop. Then keg spam the melee.
• After the melee are dead run past the wall to the Flesheater boss group.
• Sliver the boss group hound 1st->harrows->bosses using the 1st group you come across as sliver fuel.

• Make sure to avoid standing near corpses as Bosses will use putrid explosion.

• Once boss group is dead, grab the key and run back past the keg station and north east through the firefly rooms.
• Head north until you see the gate lock. Proceed through it and take a right into the boss chamber.
• Kill Rragar 1st using sniper and sliver. (a summon stone speeds up the process.. ghastly is a good choice)
• After Rragar is dead use alcohol with dwarven stability to avoid KD and kill Hidesplitter.

Ranger Usage

• Start from Doomlore with quest Veiled Threat. Run south through Dalada, Grothmar & Sacnoth to dungeon. Alcohol helps at Sacnoth for KD prevention.
• Maintain Shadow Form, Shroud of Distress and Dwarven Stability (with alcohol) while running.

Level 1

• Pop cons, cast shroud, sf, ds and de grab a keg and run it to the wall down the hill.
• After the wall crumbles run to Keg Station and keg spam the melee char.
• After the melee are dead run into next room. Sniper the monk and the necromancer without SF. If you have a low ebon rank you might need FH to finish them off. After that whirl everything down and finish off the boss with EVSS.
• Jump to Rragar and whirl him down.
• Run back to where wall crumbled and take a right then stay left until you get to another keg station.
• Keg spam the melee then take a keg to the wall and drop it.
• Once wall crumbles stay right until the last chamber then stay left til zone.

Level 2

• Pop cons and run right.
• Run down towards water and take right followed by immediate left. Avoid the sewer and continue straight towards chamber with 2 bridges.
• Take left bridge then stay right to Rragars' chamber.
• Whirl Rragar.
• Follow Rragar making sure not to get body blocked to the gate.
• Open gate and proceed to lvl 3.

Level 3

• Pop Cons and run to the left.
• In the chamber of the second rez shrine there is a Keg Station. Next to this station is a breakable wall.
• A group breaks the wall, run past them.
• Run to the Flesheater boss group.
• Whirl the boss group hound 1st->harrows->bosses using the 1st group you come across as sliver fuel, make sure to HoS when health drops.

• Make sure to avoid standing near corpses as Bosses will use putrid explosion.

• Once boss group is dead, grab the key and run back past the keg station and north east through the firefly rooms.
• Head north until you see the gate lock. Proceed through it and take a right into the boss chamber.
• Kill Rragar 1st using sniper.
• After Rragar is dead use alcohol with dwarven stability to avoid KD and kill Hidesplitter, (a summon stone speeds up the process.. ghastly is a good choice)

Counters

• Body blocking
• KD
• Interrupts

Variants

Ranger build

• Heart of ShadowFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 15Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 150, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15 and "Finish Him!"EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "Finish Him!"ShoutIf target foe has less than 50% Health, that foe takes 44..80 damage and suffers from Cracked Armor and a Deep Wound for 12..20 seconds.
  PvE only.1015 can be replaced with Feigned NeutralityNightfallAssassin. Shadow Arts 15Feigned NeutralityEnchantment SpellFor 10 seconds, you have +7 Health regeneration and +80 armor. This Enchantment ends if you successfully hit with an attack or use a Skill.5¼25 and Shadow Sanctuary (Kurzick)FactionsAssassin. Kurzick rank Shadow Sanctuary (Kurzick)Enchantment SpellYou are Blinded for 10 seconds. For 10 seconds, you gain +5..10 Health regeneration and +40 armor.
  PvE only.5¼30/Shadow Sanctuary (Luxon)FactionsAssassin. Luxon rank Shadow Sanctuary (Luxon)Enchantment SpellYou are Blinded for 5 seconds. For 10 seconds, you gain +7..10 Health regeneration and +40 armor.
  PvE only.5¼30.

External links

• Guildguru thread containing dungeon