Build:Team - Bogroots Sinway

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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 permas to get a chance for a Frog Scepter.

Team Layout

• 1x / Barbs
• 7x / Spear Chuckers

Barbs

Assassin / Necromancer 12 Curses 12 + 3 + 1 Shadow Arts 3 + 1 Critical Strikes You have an additional 4% 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 "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 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 Barbs CoreNecromancer. Curses 12BarbsHex SpellFor 30 seconds, target foe takes 12 more damage when hit by physical damage.1025 Weaken Armor CoreNecromancer. Curses 12Weaken ArmorSpellTarget foe and foes adjacent to your target have Cracked Armor for 17 seconds.515 Heart of Shadow FactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Heart of ShadowSpellYou are healed for 158, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target.5¼15 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.
• A +20 Energy staff (preferably curses) to switch to if energy gets low.

Usage

• Hold CTRL whenever using Barbs 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, and ping Barbs. The team will spike it.
  • If the spike fails, it may be necessary for an A/P 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, there are two mobs you need to kill: the closest frogmen, and the group of 3 with Khabuus in it.
  • Kill the other frogmen before Khabuus.
• Collect the rewards from the Chest.

Variant

• Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support instead of Heart of Shadow or Weaken Armor.

Spearer

Assassin / Paragon 12 + 3 + 1 Shadow Arts 3 + 1 Critical Strikes 9 Spear Mastery 9 Command You have an additional 4% 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 "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 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 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 "Fall Back!" NightfallParagon. Command 9"Fall Back!"ShoutFor 8 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 11 Health per second while moving and move 33% faster. "Fall Back!" ends on an ally affected by this Shout when that ally successfully hits with an attack.1020 Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Vanguard Assassin SupportSpellSummon a level 14..20 Ebon Vanguard Assassin that has Iron Palm, Fox Fangs and Nine Tail Strike. This summoned Assassin Shadow Steps to target foe. If that foe is a Charr, the Assassin lives for 24..30 seconds. If target foe is not a Charr, the Assassin lives for 12..15 seconds. PvE only.10130 Death's Retreat NightfallAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Death's RetreatSpellShadow Step to target ally. If you have less Health than that ally, you gain 136 Health.5¼20   Template code

Equipment

• A req 9 Spear of Enchanting without an Elemental Mod & a req 9 Command Shield with +10 vs. Slashing.
• A +20 Energy staff to switch to if energy gets low.

Usage

• Run to Bogroot Growths, chaining "Fall Back!" with the others, 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.
• Take the Northern path and stick with the others to share the benefits of "Fall Back!"
• Wait before the last ritualist boss on level 1 so that the team can group up.
• Run through the poison passage, using EVAS as a diversion for the frogmen if necessary.
• 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.
  • If there is an unavoidable mob of Incubi, use EVAS on them as a distraction, then run through.
• 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 EVAS and attack the Ophil Patriarch (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.
• Follow the calls of the A/N and maintain GDW on each other, slowly killing the pulled foes.
  • Be careful of following retreating foes, thus aggroing a lot more frogmen.
• Collect the rewards from the Chest.

Counters

• Interrupts via Power Drain, Distracting Blow or Disrupting Chop
• Enchantment removal via Disenchantment & Soulrending Shriek (and then being dazed in the later case)
• Having a bad A/N.

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 A/N. A good pug can achieve level 2 in 9 minutes. It could be as much as 20 mins with inexperienced A/N.