Build:Team - Rragar's Stormway

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.

Rragars Speed Clear with great survivability and insane target damage.

Overview

/ Main Tank

OR

/ Barbs

/ Spikers x7

Main Tank

Assassin / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Earth Magic 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 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 Armor of Earth CoreElementalist. Earth Magic 12Armor of EarthEnchantment SpellFor 30 seconds, you gain 53 armor, but move 21% slower.10¾15 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 Ward Against Foes CoreElementalist. Earth Magic 12Ward Against FoesWard SpellYou create a Ward Against Foes at your current location. For 18 seconds, non-Spirit foes in this area move 50% slower.15120   Template code

Equipment

• Infiltrator or Blessed Insignias
• Caster Spear and +10 vs Fire Damage or Piercing.
• Personal Speed Boost Consumable (Cupcakes or red rocks recommended)

Usage

• Maintain Shadow Form, Shroud Of Distress and Armor of Earth.
• Cast Ebon Battle Standard Of Honor right after ping a target for the spikers.

Priority Targets

Highest to lowest:

• Rragar
• Charr Mender
• Charr Prophet

Barbs

Assassin / Necromancer 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Curses 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 Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom EotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of WisdomWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area have a 44..60% chance to halve skill recharge of spells they cast. PvE only.10120 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 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

Equipment

• Infiltrator or Blessed Insignias
• Caster Spear and +10 vs Fire Damage or Piercing.

Usage

• Maintain Shadow Form and Shroud Of Distress.
• Cast Ebon Battle Standard Of Wisdom before casting on your called target.
• Ping your target.
  • Use Weaken Armor on Rragar, and Barbs on everything else.

Variant

• Take Mark of PainCoreNecromancer. Curses Mark of PainHex SpellFor 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 10..34..42 shadow damage to adjacent foes.10120 instead of Weaken Armor.

Spikers

Assassin / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 3 Shadow Arts 12 Domination Magic 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 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Chaos Storm PropheciesMesmer. Domination Magic 12Chaos StormSpellCreate a Chaos Storm at target foe's location that lasts for 10 seconds. Each second, foes adjacent to this location take 21 damage and lose 2 Energy5230 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 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional.   Template code

Optional 1

• Arcane EchoCoreMesmer. UnlinkedArcane EchoEnchantment SpellIf you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill.15220 - default.
• Ebon Battle Standard of HonorEotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank 10Ebon Battle Standard of HonorWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +15 damage and an additional +10 vs. Charr.
  PvE only.10120 - more damage for EVAS and spears.
• Ebon Battle Standard of WisdomEotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank 10Ebon Battle Standard of WisdomWard SpellYou plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom at your current location. For 20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area have a 60% chance to halve skill recharge of spells they cast.
  PvE only.10120 - if no A/N.
• Wastrel's DemiseNightfallMesmer. Domination Magic 12Wastrel's DemiseHex SpellFor 5 seconds, target foe is hexed with Wastrel's Demise. Each second while hexed, target foe and all foes adjacent to that foe take 8 damage and an additional 8 damage for each second this spell is in effect. This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill. 5¼3 - more damage, but don't annoy A/N by getting Barbs shattered.

Optional 2

• Ebon EscapeEotNNo Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank 10Ebon EscapeSpellShadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 110 health.
  PvE only.5¼10 - default.
• Death's RetreatNightfallAssassin. Shadow Arts 16Death's RetreatSpellShadow Step to target ally. If you have less Health than that ally, you gain 136 Health.5¼20 - if you brought a pve skill in the first optional.

Equipment

• Infiltrator or Blessed Insignias
• Caster Spear and +10 Vs Fire Damage or Piercing.

Usage

• Once the MT/Barbs pings a target hit "T" and blow the target up.
• If you are the player with a standard, use it before you spike. At Rragar put the standard in range of him so that the summons get buffs too.

Counters

• Not maintaining Shadow Form - especially near to Charr Shadowblades, whose Daze and Savage Slash can prove problematic.
• Fail tanks letting Fleshreaver Hounds walk over the team/Not killing the Fleshreaver Hound fast enough.
• EVAS getting AoE cast on it while standing near to the team
• No target communication
• Getting lost

Walkthrough

• Get the quest Veiled Threat from Gron Fierceclaw (merchant) in Doomlore Shrine.
• Exit into Dalada Uplands, taking the shortest route to Grothmar Wardowns.
• Hug the left wall to get past the Mantid and proceed South to Sacnoth Valley.
• Get the entire team to run South to the entrance to Rragar's Menagerie. Consider using alcohol to grant immunity to knock downs from the Earth Elementals and Grawl.
• Use a BU on each level of the dungeon.

Level 1

Level 1

• Someone grabs a keg from the Powder Keg Station & the team runs to the first cracked wall and destroys it using the keg.
• Run through to the next Powder Keg Station and "keg farm" the Shadow Blades (this is recommended to stop Charr following) by standing at the Powder Keg Station and quickly picking up and dropping kegs. Continue into the next room and go to the left wall + use Arcane Echo
  • Teleport in, place both Wards in the middle of the Charr group, team spikes.
  • Place Wisdom, then ping barbs on the Prophet, team spikes.
• Once the Warden's group is down run through the now open gate to Rragar, stand at the bottom of the cliff face to the right of Rragar.
  • Pull the melee Charr away from Rragar, group spikes Rragar with EVAS.
  • Place Wisdom below the cliff, ping Weaken Armor on Rragar, team spikes with EVAS.
• Retrieve the key then run to the gate.

Level 2

Level 2

• Run to Rragar, and attempt to lose the aggro of Charr Shadow Blades by using Ebon Escape on the furthest ahead ally.
• Go to the left-hand cliff face and use Arcane Echo.
  • Teleport in, placing the melee Charr on top of Rragar, then team spikes Rragar with EVAS.
  • Place Wisdom at the cliff face, ping Weaken Armor on Rragar, team spikes with EVAS.
• Retrieve the key then run to the gate.

Level 3

Level 3

• Follow the left path until the cracked wall
• Pull the melee foes coming from behind the wall (which crumbles as you approach) to the Powder Keg Station, and blow them up.
• The team now runs past the remaining enemies into the cave where Fleshreaver resides. Go left and stand behind the protruding wall so that they won't get hit by the powerful paragons.
  (You will need to kill the Fleshreaver Hound first, don't let him anywhere near main team, He does massive amounts of holy AoE Damage and when he dies the Fleshreaver will blow his corpse up for 100-300 damage!)
  The Spikers should heal the Barbs if their health gets really low.
  • Main tank will run into the chamber and pull all of the foes back towards main team, team spikes with Chaos Storm only.
  • Pull group with Charr in it, team spikes them. Then pull the Fleshreaver mob, kill the Hound first then everything else.
• When they're all dead retrieve the key from the back room where Fleshreaver was and make your way North to Rragar.
• Team waits behind the pillar.
  • Run in and place both wards, then the team spikes Rragar (do not stand close to Rragar as if he uses either Energy Surge on the Ebon summons, or Shatter Hex, then it will hit for about 200).
  • Place Wisdom and pull Rragar and hide behind the pillar. Ping Weaken Armor on Rragar, team spikes with EVAS.
• After killing Rragar, body-block Hidesplitter and spike him with Chaos Storm, EVAS and dagger attacks.

Notes

• You can beat the 3rd level of Rragars in 5-10 minutes or 15-20 minutes depending on the experience of your MT/Barbs.
• Since Rragar's Shatter Hex deals 300 damage, without a reasonably high Ebon Vanguard title rank, the EVAS will die very quickly.

Videos

• Team with A/E Tank (Spanish but shows route to gate on Level 1)
• Team with A/N (Uses a runner for the gate on Level 1)

Both videos show the correct route for the dungeon.