Build:W/any Fissure Shore and Cave Farmer

This build is in the testing phase. Please join the discussion and rate this build if you have experience with this or closely related builds. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

This Warrior build uses Defy Pain combined with AoE physical attacks to farm the Fissure Shore and Spider Cave in the Fissure of Woe, in Normal Mode. Two different variations exist, the Hammer variant capable of the fastest times, but difficult to pilot and riskier while the more defensive Axe variant is easier and safer but slower.
Loot includes items such as Obsidian Shards, Gloom Seeds (salvages into plenty Plant Fibers), Corrosive Spider Legs (salvages into plenty Chitin Fragments), Piles of Glittering Dust and oldschool weapons.

Attributes and Skills

Warrior / Any Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Whirlwind Attack NightfallWarrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind AttackMelee AttackAttack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. PvE only.61 Defy Pain PropheciesWarrior. Strength Defy PainElite SkillFor 20 seconds you have an additional 90..258..314 Health, an additional 20 armor, and you take -1..8..11 less damage.5 Flail NightfallWarrior. Strength FlailStanceFor 1..12..16 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Sprint CoreWarrior. Strength SprintStanceFor 8..13..14 seconds, you move 25% faster.515   Template code

Main Variants

Variant: W/Any Fissure Shore and Cave Farmer Hammer

Warrior / Any 12 + 1 + 3 Hammer Mastery 10 + 3 Strength 8 + 2 Tactics Your attack skills gain 13% armor penetration. Crude Swing PropheciesWarrior. Hammer Mastery 16Crude SwingHammer AttackAttack all adjacent foes. Each foe you hit is struck for +21 damage. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration.55 Whirlwind Attack NightfallWarrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind AttackMelee AttackAttack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. PvE only.61 Yeti Smash FactionsWarrior. Hammer Mastery 16Yeti SmashHammer AttackLose all adrenaline. Attack all adjacent foes. If this attack strikes a foe suffering from a condition, that foe is knocked down. (50% failure chance with Hammer Mastery 4 or less.) This attack skill has 13% armor penetration.6 Defy Pain PropheciesWarrior. Strength 13Defy PainElite SkillFor 20 seconds you have an additional 272 Health, an additional 20 armor, and you take -9 less damage.5 Flail NightfallWarrior. Strength 13FlailStanceFor 13 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Healing Signet CoreWarrior. Tactics 10Healing SignetSignetYou gain 142 Health. You have -40 armor while using this skill.24 "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 Sprint CoreWarrior. Strength 13SprintStanceFor 13 seconds, you move 25% faster.515   Template code Optional skills : Feel No PainEotNNo Profession. Norn rank Feel No PainSkillFor 30 seconds you have +2..3 Health regeneration. If you are drunk when activating this Skill you also have +200..300 maximum Health. PvE only.520 - over "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 Cyclone AxeCoreWarrior. Axe Mastery Cyclone AxeAxe AttackPerform a spinning axe attack striking for +4..10..13 damage to all adjacent opponents.54 – over Yeti SmashFactionsWarrior. Hammer Mastery Yeti SmashHammer AttackLose all adrenaline. Attack all adjacent foes. If this attack strikes a foe suffering from a condition, that foe is knocked down. (50% failure chance with Hammer Mastery 4 or less.)6 . Use a zealous axe and drop "You Are All Weaklings!" for Feel No Pain.

Variant: W/Any Fissure Shore and Cave Farmer Axe

Warrior / Any 11 + 1 + 3 Strength 10 + 1 Axe Mastery Your attack skills gain 15% armor penetration. Cyclone Axe CoreWarrior. Axe Mastery 11Cyclone AxeAxe AttackPerform a spinning axe attack striking for +10 damage to all adjacent opponents. This attack skill has 15% armor penetration.54 Whirlwind Attack NightfallWarrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind AttackMelee AttackAttack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 15% armor penetration. PvE only.61 Defy Pain PropheciesWarrior. Strength 15Defy PainElite SkillFor 20 seconds you have an additional 300 Health, an additional 20 armor, and you take -10 less damage.5 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Flail NightfallWarrior. Strength 15FlailStanceFor 15 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Feel No Pain EotNNo Profession. Norn rank Feel No PainSkillFor 30 seconds you have +2..3 Health regeneration. If you are drunk when activating this Skill you also have +200..300 maximum Health. PvE only.520 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Sprint CoreWarrior. Strength 15SprintStanceFor 14 seconds, you move 25% faster.515   Template code OptionalCoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. 1 : Dolyak SignetPropheciesWarrior. Strength Dolyak SignetSignetFor 8..18..21 seconds, you have +10..34..42 armor and cannot be knocked down, but your movement is slowed by 75%.20 - Highest defensive power. Be mindful of the movement speed penalty. "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 - Easier balling without Dolyak Signet's movement speed penalty, also counters cripple but less armor overall. OptionalCoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. 2 : Healing SignetCoreWarrior. Tactics Healing SignetSignetYou gain 82..154..178 Health. You have -40 armor while using this skill.24 - Put Tactics to 10. - High health gain with low cooldown. Beware of the armor penalty, better used with Dolyak Signet. "Never Surrender!"NightfallParagon. Command "Never Surrender!"ShoutFor 15 seconds, all party members within earshot and below 75% Health gain +1..4..5 Health regeneration.515 - Put Command to 10. - No direct healing but no armor penalty, counters degen and can be cast on the fly.

Equipment

Armour

• Hammer Variant
  • 1 Stonefist Insignia. Use on either headpiece, hands or feet.
  • 4 Knight's Insignias.
  • Rune of superior Absorption.
  • Rune of superior Vigor.
• Axe Variant
  • Full Knight's Insignias.
  • Rune of superior Absorption.
  • Rune of superior Vigor.

Weapons

• Hammer Variant
  • Customized vampiric hammer of defense with "Strength and Honor".
  • Customized zealous hammer of defense with "Strength and Honor".
  • Furious Spear of Defense and a Strength Shield of Fortitude with a "Through Thick and Thin" inscription.
  • Any longbow, to be used for pulling.
• Axe Variant
  • Zealous Axe of Fortitude
  • Strength Shield of Fortitude with a "Through Thick and Thin" inscription.
  • Any longbow, to be used for pulling.

Usage

Build

• Use SprintCoreWarrior. Strength 13SprintStanceFor 13 seconds, you move 25% faster.515 to move faster to the next group of foes. Moving forwards while this stance is active will cause foes to lose aggro. Use this to your advantage to shake off the Shadow Army or Ancient Skales. When Sprint is active while you ball foes, move sidewards to avoid losing their aggro.
• Maintain FlailNightfallWarrior. Strength 13FlailStanceFor 13 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 to attack 50% faster.
• Maintain Defy PainPropheciesWarrior. Strength 13Defy PainElite SkillFor 20 seconds you have an additional 272 Health, an additional 20 armor, and you take -9 less damage.5 to survive.

Hammer Variant

• Use the Vampiric Hammer as your main attack weapon and switch to the Zealous hammer when needed.
• When running to the next group of foes or balling large groups of spiders, stay in your spear + shield set.
• Heal yourself with Healing SignetCoreWarrior. Tactics 8Healing SignetSignetYou gain 130 Health. You have -40 armor while using this skill.24 when needed. Switch to your spear + shield set to reduce the damage you take while not attacking.
• Ball foes so your area attacks Crude SwingPropheciesWarrior. Hammer Mastery 16Crude SwingHammer AttackAttack all adjacent foes. Each foe you hit is struck for +21 damage.55, Whirlwind AttackNightfallWarrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind AttackMelee AttackAttack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage.
  PvE only.61 and Yeti SmashFactionsWarrior. Hammer Mastery Yeti SmashHammer AttackLose all adrenaline. Attack all adjacent foes. If this attack strikes a foe suffering from a condition, that foe is knocked down. (50% failure chance with Hammer Mastery 4 or less.)6 hit all of them.
  • For killing Armoured Cave Spiders perform one standard attack inbetween your area attacks. This will give you the adrenaline to renew Flail or Defy Pain. It will also ensure that your area attacks interrupt all Healing SpringPropheciesRanger. Wilderness Survival Healing SpringTrapFor 10 seconds, all adjacent allies are healed for 15..51..63 every 2 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted.10220s they try to create.
  • Charge it before killing the last foe of a group so it's already fueled for the next group or foes you aggro on your way there.

Axe Variant

• The build is very straightforward, but know that in the cave you should always kill dryders before spiders.
• Once a dryder dies, ball the spiders into little groups of three or six then spam your AoE attacks.
• Proceed to the next dryder, triggering the next spiders' spawn.
• When aggroing with no adrenaline, under your defensive skill cast Cyclone Axe then Defy Pain to tank.

Route

En Route to the Shore

• Use SprintCoreWarrior. Strength 13SprintStanceFor 13 seconds, you move 25% faster.515, run south through the first group of foes and use your defensive skills in the safe spot (see picture 2) once.
• Move further. You will see three groups of foes running towards you.
• You can either dodge them all by positioning yourself at a safe distance in front of the shore path, waiting for them all to pass or attack the Shadow Beast spawning near you to cast Defy Pain then directly move on the shore path (avoid the Elementalists' group).
• Use Sprint to lose aggro.
• You are now approaching the first farming area, the Fissure Shore.
  • If the first three Snarling Driftwoods are fighting the Shadow Army, ignore them (you wouldn't receive loot from them) and continue the farm with the next group of Snarling Driftwoods.

Farm: Fissure Shore

• You will now see the first few Snarling Driftwoods and a Doubter's Dryder.
• Run past them, lure a second group of Snarling Driftwoods with your Longbow.
• Ball the six Snarling Driftwoods and kill all of them.
  • You may still be hexed with 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, which will cause foes to scatter a bit. Simply continue hitting the targets that stay with you.
• Push on downhill and continue your farm to the east. If possible, avoid aggroing Ancient Skales.
• Lure and kill 6 more Snarling Driftwoods.
• Push further to the east. If you need to aggro Ancient skales, make sure to shake them off quickly with Sprint.
• Attack the last 3 Snarling Driftwoods. Keep enough adrenaline to use Defy Pain again.
• You have now killed all relevant foes on the Fissure Shore. Continue to the east where you find the Spider Cave.

Farm: Spider Cave

Hammer Variant

• Sprint through the cave and trigger all Armoured Cave Spiders spawns by walking near the Dryders. Maintain Defy Pain, heal yourself when necessary.
• Create a first ball of armoured cave spiders at the corner leading towards the last Doubter's Dryder. Kill them.
• Create a second ball of armoured cave spiders with all which currently remain in your compass range.
• Create a third ball in the area of the waterfall, killing all remaining armoured cave spiders.

Axe Variant

• In front of the Cave's entrance with the waterfall, you'll face three Dryders. Aggro the one in the middle with your longbow. Do not move, you'll see two Dryders coming for you, balling themselves on top of each other.
• Once those two Dryders are in position to be both hit by your AoE attacks, go in and quickly kill them. Then, as the spiders start pouring out of the cave, kill the third Dryder then retreat on the beach from where you came from.
• Wait for the 18 Spiders to appear near the waterfall.
• Go in, quickly attack the nearest spiders to cast Defy Pain then ball every one of them by walking back and hugging the cliff to your right.
• When ready, move in, aggro under your defensive skill then kill them all at the same time with your AoE attacks. Boom !
• Move inside the cave, kill the first Dryder you see, then the spiders spawning with him (always ball them into little groups so you hit them all with your AoE attacks, denying them the possibility to use Healing Spring).
• Repeat for each Dryder/Spiders group in the cave.

Click to enlarge. Rough farming route. You will have to adjust depending on Skale spawns. Safe spot inbetween shadow army groups.

Notes

• Doubter's Dryders do not drop Obsidian Shards. Cancel Wastrel's Worry with Flail, Defy Pain or other skills and outheal any damage coming through.
• The Hammer build is capable of ending the run in ~20 minutes, the Axe one in ~25 minutes.

See also

• A/D FoW Farmer