NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 16Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 62 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 90 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 16Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 132 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 17 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 16Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 101 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 37 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 13Generous Was TsungraiItem SpellHold Tsungrai's ashes for up to 54 seconds and gain +128 maximum Health. When you drop his ashes, you gain 256 Health.10%5115
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. PvE only.560
NightfallMonk. Healing Prayers 14Restful BreezeEnchantment SpellFor 17 seconds, target ally has +10 Health regeneration. This Enchantment ends if that ally attacks or uses a Skill. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health.518
EotNMonk. Healing Prayers 14Patient SpiritEnchantment SpellFor 2 seconds, target ally is Enchanted with Patient Spirit. Unless this enchantment ends prematurely, that ally is healed for 114 Health when the enchantment ends. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health.5¼4
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Signet of DevotionCoreMonk. Divine Favor 4Signet of DevotionSignetHeal target ally for 37 Health.25 can replace one of the healing skills to reduce energy demand.
You activate Spells and Signets 37% faster. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with a cast time less than 2 seconds.) In PvE, the recharge time of your Mesmer Spells is reduced by 30%.
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 101.35
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.101.34
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. PvE only.560
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. PvE only.560
PropheciesNecromancer. Death Magic 10Consume CorpseSpellExploit a random target. You teleport to that corpse's location and gain 75 Health and 15 Energy.101
PropheciesNecromancer. Blood Magic 10Blood RenewalEnchantment SpellFor 7 seconds, you gain +5 Health regeneration. When Blood Renewal ends, you gain 140 Health.15%117
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Hexer's VigorEotNNecromancer. Soul Reaping 10Hexer's VigorEnchantment SpellFor 10 seconds, you have +6 Health regeneration. Hexer's Vigor ends if you cast a non-Hex Skill.5¼10 for regen that does not require a sacrifice. Shift attributes from the skill you replace.
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. PvE only.560
NightfallElementalist. Energy Storage 14Glyph of RestorationGlyphFor 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells heal you for 100 Health, and you are healed for 383% of the Energy cost of each Spell.518
CoreElementalist. Energy Storage 14Aura of RestorationEnchantment SpellFor 60 seconds, you gain 1 Energy and are healed for 480% of the Energy cost each time you cast a spell.5¼20
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
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
FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 14Shadow RefugeEnchantment SpellFor 6 seconds, you gain 10 Health regeneration. When Shadow Refuge ends, you gain 96 Health if you are attacking.518
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Either of these can replace Shadow Refuge:
Shroud of DistressFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 14Shroud of DistressEnchantment SpellFor 58 seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have 8 health regeneration and a 75% chance to block attacks.10145
Heart of ShadowFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 14Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 142, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15
NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Destructive Was GlaiveElite SpellHold Glaive's ashes for up to 54 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 71 lightning damage.5¾5
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Spirit RiftSpellOpen a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 105 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 13 seconds. 1025
FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 12Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 77 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 29 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024
EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!"ShoutTarget foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. PvE only.1010
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
EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. PvE only.560
NightfallDervish. Earth Prayers 14Signet of Pious LightSignetLose 1 Dervish enchantment. Target ally is healed for 142 Health. If an Enchantment was removed in this way, this signet recharges 75% faster.120
NightfallDervish. Earth Prayers 14Vital BoonEnchantment SpellFor 20 seconds, you have +96 maximum Health. When this Enchantment ends, you are healed for 192 Health.518
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Equipment
Radiant insignias are a MUST!
Any weapon set will do but a shield is best for running.
Usage
Locations where Root Behemoths can be found in The Falls are marked yellow.
Start at Ventari's Refuge and run to The Falls using Drunken Master and any heals as needed.
Once in The Falls, follow the map on the right to get to where the root behemoths are.
Get to an area where there are no foes attacking you and you are near but not aggroing a Root Behemoth, wait until you have full energy, and activate DwG.
Move close to the Root Behemoth (within "in the area"). This is so that DwG can affect it. Make sure not to be adjacent to it because they have Wild Blow which will end Drunken Master which will take a while to recharge.
Activate Spirit Rift and Channeled Strike.
While Channeled Strike is activating, hit the "Drop Ashes" button which will drop DwG as soon as it finishes casting.
Right after Spirit Rift hits, use "YMLAD!" and "Finish Him!" as fast as you can.
DwG has about a half second delay between when it is dropped and when it does damage. This causes it to do damage 1/4 of a second after Spirit Rift hits, just in time to trigger the Deep Wound from "Finish Him!".
Run away to a safe spot and find a new Behemoth. Wait until you energy comes back. Repeat.
Counters
Interrupts from wind riders.
Lag.
Variants
Drunken Master can be replaced with any running skill desired, but be warned that Wind Riders and Jungle Skales can remove enchantments, so any enchantment running skill or running skill that needs an enchantment is highly unadvised.
Notes
This build has only been tested with r10 norn and r10 dwarven, but it should function with any dwarven rank and r5 norn or higher.
A full run takes about 20-25 minutes, including running through the first two zones.
Never try to kill any Behemoths that will have Wind Riders attacking you at the same time since you will get interrupted and possibly die.
Life Pods are not dangerous at all except for the 4 damage wandings. The number of them has no bearing on whether the Behemoth will die or not since the Behemoth dies .5 seconds after it first takes damage and the healing skills take at least .75 seconds to activate.
Do not forget to wait for Channeled Strike to finish casting before using YMLaD and Finish Him, otherwise Finish him will not work and the lifepods will heal the Behemoth
Necros are probably the best at using this build because one of the large limiting factors in speed is energy regen, but necros have Soul Reaping which can generate 14 energy every time a root behemoth is killed and they can kill Warthogs to trigger Soul Reaping. This reduces the time in between Behemoths by about 10 seconds.
Not advisable for warriors, rangers, or paragons.
When running through Fryn Rageflame (wind rider ele boss), use "YMLaD!" to interrupt Ice Spikes and also to cripple him to make him break aggro.
It will increase the speed of the run if alcohol is used to increase the IMS on Drunken Master, although alcohol costs money.
