Build:Team - Bogroots Auraway

This build is provisionally vetted good pending more votes. This build has received a provisional rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the lower category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE SC PvE team

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

Clear Bogroot Growths with Aura's to get a chance for a Frog Scepter.

Team Layout

• 1x / Tank
• 7x / Auras

Tank

Assassin / Necromancer 12 Curses 12 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 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 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 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 Unseen Fury FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Unseen FuryStanceAll adjacent foes are Blinded for 9 seconds. For 26 seconds, you cannot be blocked by Blinded foes. 520 Mark of Pain CoreNecromancer. Curses 12Mark of PainHex SpellFor 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 34 shadow damage to adjacent foes.10120 Barbs CoreNecromancer. Curses 12BarbsHex SpellFor 30 seconds, target foe takes 12 more damage when hit by physical damage.1025 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10   Template code

Equpiment

• A Spear of Enchanting with no Elemental Mod and a Shield with +10 vs. Slashing/Lightning.
• A Zealous Scythe of Enchanting
• A +20 Energy staff (preferably curses) to switch to if energy gets low.

Usage

• Hold CTRL whenever using Barbs or MoP on a target so that everyone will follow you. Choose Ritualists, then Mesmers or Paragons then Warriors.

Level 1

• Cast Barbs on one of the two frogmen.
• Run to level 2.

Level 2

• Drop 500g for the person with the BU.
• Once the BU is used, proceed across the cavern to the chamber of Incubi.
• Looking carefully for any immediately incoming patrols, move clockwise around the room towards the Beacon of Droknar.
• Avoiding the cripple from Aura of Thorns and the spirits of Disenchantment, run through the beetles to the next Beacon.
• Tuck into the North-East side of this room.
• Once the rest of the team has used GDW on each other, move around the edge of the room towards the Ophil Patriarch boss.
• Use Unseen fury to blind them so you not get interrupted, wait casting it until al frogmen touching you.(so they are al blind and not just one of them)
• Ping your MoP target and set up your honor ward. The team will spike it.
  • If the spike fails, it may be necessary to pull everything except the boss away, and just distract the frogmen long enough to kill the boss.
• Collect the key, and then run to the Boss Lock, and activate the next shrine.
• Sneak around the Boss room to the opposite side that you entered from, without aggroing any frogmen.
• Carefully pull frogmen towards the group (can us that boulder to body block), there are two mobs you need to kill: the closest frogmen, and the group of 3 with Khabuus in it.
• Ping your mark of pain on one of the frogmen, and use your honor ward to buffer the damage from the aura's together with GDW above the 21 life steal.
  • Kill the other frogmen before Khabuus.
• Collect the rewards from the Chest.

Variant

• Some survival skill instead of Ebon battle Standard of Honor. (Coordinate with one of the Aura that he bring Honor)

Videos

• tank tutorial

Aura

Assassin / Dervish 12 Shadow Arts 3 Critical Strikes 12 Wind Prayers You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy. 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 Signet of Mystic Speed EotNDervish. Wind Prayers 12Signet of Mystic SpeedSignetFor 30 seconds, your next 3 self-targeting enchantments cast instantly. Flash enchantments do not consume uses of this skill.120 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 Unseen Fury FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 12Unseen FuryStanceAll adjacent foes are Blinded for 9 seconds. For 26 seconds, you cannot be blocked by Blinded foes. 520 Grenth's Aura EotNDervish. Wind Prayers 12Grenth's AuraFlash Enchantment SpellFor 20 seconds, you deal 21 less damage and steal 21 Health whenever you hit with a scythe attack. When you cast this enchantment you steal 21 Health from all adjacent foes.1010 Ebon Escape EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health. PvE only.5¼10 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   Template code

Equipment

• A req 9 Spear of Enchanting without an Elemental Mod & a req 9 Command Shield with +10 vs. Slashing/Lightning. (during running)
• A Zealous Scythe of Enchanting (for spike)
• A +20 Energy staff to switch to if energy gets low.

Usage

• Run to Bogroot Growths, getting the quest from Griff. (The quest is automatically received level two as long as you have Griff inside the dungeon)

Level 1

• Kill one of the two fighting frogmen.
• Cast Shadow Form before you pass the shrine, so that it will have recharged by the time you reach the Plant area.
• Keep up Signet of Mystic Speed, so you can not get interrupted wile casting SF or SoD.
• Wait before the last ritualist boss on level 1 so that the team can group up.
• Run through the poison passage.
• Zone to level 2.

Level 2

• Drop 500g for the person with the BU.
• Once the BU is used, proceed across the cavern to the chamber of Incubi.
• Looking carefully for any immediately incoming patrols, move clockwise around the room towards the Beacon of Droknar - and activate it.
• Keep up and run as team in one green dot.
• Spam your Ebon Escape to keep up and heal yourself and others.
• Avoiding the cripple from Aura of Thorns and the spirits of Disenchantment, run through the beetles to the next Beacon.
• Tuck into the North-East side of this room and group up.
• Use GDW on each other & then, following the call of the A/N, use your scythe and spam Aura on Ophil Patriarch (the boss).
• Keep them blind with unseen fury.
• Collect the key, and then run to the Boss Lock, and activate the next shrine.
• Sneak around the Boss room to the opposite side that you entered from, without aggroing any frogmen.
• Make sure that you not agro some frogmen in the time the tank is pulling them in to a ball.
• Ebon Escape to the tank when he ping his MoP target. Control + T and spike that target, maintain GDW on each other.
  • Be careful of following retreating foes, thus aggroing a lot more frogmen.
• Collect the rewards from the Chest.

Variant

• Dark Escape instead Signet of Mystic Speed.(Reg experience be sure you can make it till the end without dying cause interrupt.

Counters

• Interrupts via Power Drain, Distracting Blow or Disrupting Chop
• If use Signet of Mystic Speed you can`t get interrupted.
• Enchantment removal via Disenchantment & Soulrending Shriek (and then being dazed in the later case)
• Having a bad team.
• Not al running as team in one green dot.

Notes

• Only one Essence of Celerity is used, the first level is run without.
• Times for level two vary widely based on the experience of the team. A good pug can achieve level 2 in 5 minutes. It could be as much as 20 mins with an inexperienced team.