Build:R/any Together As One Farmer

This build is provisionally vetted great pending more votes. This build has received a provisional 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 farming

This build utilizes strong survivability from "Together As One" and "Never Rampage Alone" as well as strong single target damage with "Brutal Strike" to farm Quansong Spiritspeak in Hard Mode for celestial weapons and elite ritualist tomes.

Attributes and Skills

Ranger / Any 12 + 1 + 3 Beast Mastery 12 + 3 Expertise The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 60%. "Together as One!" CoreRanger. Expertise 15"Together as One!"Elite ShoutFor 15 seconds, all party members near you or near your pet deal +15 additional damage with attacks and gain +7 Health regeneration. PvE only.415 Brutal Strike PropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery 16Brutal StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Brutal Strike that deals +37 damage. If that attack strikes a foe whose Health is below 50%, that foe takes an additional +37 damage.45 Scavenger Strike CoreRanger. Beast Mastery 16Scavenger StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Scavenger Strike that deals +26 damage. If the attack strikes a foe who is suffering a condition, you gain 16 Energy.210 "You Are All Weaklings!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Are All Weaklings!"ShoutTarget foe and foes adjacent to target are Weakened for 8..12 seconds. PvE only.512 Great Dwarf Weapon EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf WeaponWeapon SpellFor 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down. PvE only.1015 Call of Haste CoreRanger. Beast Mastery 16Call of HasteShoutFor 30 seconds, your animal companion has a 33% faster attack speed and moves 33% faster.425 Call of Protection PropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery 16Call of ProtectionShoutFor 120 seconds, your animal companion has a 21 base damage reduction.290 Comfort Animal CoreRanger. Beast Mastery 16Comfort AnimalSkillYou heal your animal companion for 110 Health. If your companion is dead, it is resurrected with 61% Health. If you have Comfort Animal equipped, your animal companion will travel with you.211   Template code

Equipment

Armor

• Full Beastmaster's Insignia (+10 armor while pet is alive.)

Weapons

• A staff for higher energy and ranged damage.
• A bow for pulling.

Pet

• A Racing Beetle is highly recommended.

Usage

• Maintain "Together as One!"CoreRanger. Expertise "Together as One!"Elite ShoutFor 3..13..16 seconds, all party members near you or near your pet deal +5..13..16 additional damage with attacks and gain +1..6..7 Health regeneration.
  PvE only.1015 , Call of HasteCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Call of HasteShoutFor 30 seconds, your animal companion has a 33% faster attack speed and moves 33% faster.1025 , Call of ProtectionPropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery Call of ProtectionShoutFor 120 seconds, your animal companion has a 5..17..21 base damage reduction.590 and Great Dwarf WeaponEotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf WeaponWeapon SpellFor 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down.
  PvE only.1015 on your pet at all times.
  • Make sure that you're in range of the pet when refreshing TaO.
• Use "You Are All Weaklings!"EotNNo Profession. Norn rank 5"You Are All Weaklings!"ShoutTarget foe and foes adjacent to target are Weakened for 12 seconds.
  PvE only.512 before Scavenger StrikeCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Scavenger StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Scavenger Strike that deals +10..22..26 damage. If the attack strikes a foe who is suffering a condition, you gain 3..13..16 Energy.510 to regain energy.
• Use Brutal StrikePropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery Brutal StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Brutal Strike that deals +5..29..37 damage. If that attack strikes a foe whose Health is below 50%, that foe takes an additional +5..29..37 damage.105 on targets under half health, or on CD if your energy allows for it.
• Send the pet in first so it can grab aggro. Occasionally you might have to pull with a bow if there are too many mobs - in this case start running away the moment your arrow hits, and send the pet in before mobs could get to you.
  • Try to get the pet to tank and maintain aggro by moving around in order to deprioritize yourself to enemy AI. Alternatively use the pet for bodyblocking at a corner or a wall.
• TaO's healing + all the mitigation should be enough to keep the pet alive, but against the boss you might have to occasionally throw in a few Comfort AnimalCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Comfort AnimalSkillYou heal your animal companion for 20..87..110 Health. If your companion is dead, it is resurrected with 10..48..61% Health. If you have Comfort Animal equipped, your animal companion will travel with you.511 casts.
• Run away and let the pet die if things get fishy.

Route

Temple Guardian route

• Start from Zin Ku Corridor and enter Tahnnakai Temple on Hard Mode then head north. An average runs takes ~12 minutes.
  • Optional: take a speed boost hero with you. Maintain Call of HasteCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Call of HasteShoutFor 30 seconds, your animal companion has a 33% faster attack speed and moves 33% faster.1025 else your Rollerbeetle will fall behind as it has a low base speed and can't keep up. Flag the hero south when you are about to exit the temple area.
• Camp your staff and stay in range. Set the pet to heel, select targets manually. Let the pet grab aggro.
• Spot 1 on the map is optional, if you are mainly here for the boss you can skip this. There are 2 Temple Guardians there and a Locked Chest could also spawn nearby. Chests and mobs in this zone have a chance to drop Celestial weapons!
• Try not to aggro more than 2 Temple Guardians at once. While 3-4 is still manageable as long as the pet holds aggro, it's risky.
  • Pull with a bow if necessary and walk back before sending in your pet, as you don't want the pet to accidentally aggro more than you want.

Quansong Spiritspeak

• Spot 2 is the boss. Killing the ritualist boss is the only hard part. Make sure to clear every nearby Teample Guardian first.
  • Sometimes pulling Temple Guardians also pulls the boss. Quansong will start summoning spirits when that happens - if you run away from him while he is summoning, he won't chase. Focus on clearing the Temple Guardians.
• Initiate the fight with a bow and let him summon his 3 spirits. Walk slightly out of range, and once he starts following keep running.
  • You want to block line of sight of his elite spirit, WanderlustFactionsRitualist. Communing WanderlustElite Binding RitualCreate a level 1..10..13 Spirit. Whenever this Spirit's attack hits a stationary foe, that foe is knocked down and the Spirit loses 70..54..49 Health. This Spirit dies after 30..54..62 seconds.10145 . It doesn't matter if he is in range of spirits, the pet will kill the boss as long as Wanderlust isn't knocking the pet down.
  • Staying in range of the spirits should prevent the boss from resummoning them. If he somehow still manages to resummon Wanderlust, start running and LoS it again.
• Before pulling the boss apply Call of HasteCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Call of HasteShoutFor 30 seconds, your animal companion has a 33% faster attack speed and moves 33% faster.1025 and Great Dwarf WeaponEotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf WeaponWeapon SpellFor 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down.
  PvE only.1015 to your pet. You want the pet to KD the boss as soon as possible, and he moves fast. Quansong could kill you in 2-3 casts or melee hits.
  • Try to use the bridges and the corners to your advantage. Your goal is to make the pet bodyblock the boss before he reaches you, and the pet can only do it near corners or walls. Bodyblocking helps the pet score some hits and stop the boss, starting the KD chain with GDW.
• Once your pet took aggro, you should be good to go. Stay out of range, don't try to attack the boss. Spam pet skills at a safe distance, move in only to reapply GDW and YAAW.
  • Great Dwarf WeaponEotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Great Dwarf WeaponWeapon SpellFor 20 seconds, target other ally's weapon strikes for +15..20 damage and has a 28..40% chance to cause knock down.
    PvE only.1015 is absolutely crucial here. Without the knockdown spam from this skill, the boss can do enough damage to kill the pet! With GDW active, your pet is safe. It can also prevent the boss from healing, ending the run faster.

See also

• Build:R/D Escape Farmer
• Build:R/any PvE Beast Master