Guild Wars Elementalist UW Shadow Form Farming

[dasonish]

That won't work anymore they nerfed shadowform

[txbloodlordxd]

you have to know what spells to cast and when to cast them and just cuz your a noob dont make the game gay rip blood

[johnnynoaze]

Guild wars is gay i want my money back

[IGNATlUS]

If a game requires some portion of mental activity It doesn't mean that it is gay.

[halomaster0007]

@IGNATlUS

....he has 4 'buffs' and casts 5 spells... I do not believe that can even be called mental activity.

[IGNATlUS]

@halomaster0007 Try to put things this way: maybe in it there is so much mental activity which is way too much for your capacity so you can't understand that it actually requires mental activity ;) jk

[Light4494]

Actually i think this build could still work, maybe replacing Glyph of Sacrifice with Intensity. With Shadow Form lasting longer, you could afford to have Meteor Shower's 5 sec casting time.

[Bendingwater]

how was it nerfed?

[Darkendar93]

hahah nerfata!!Rivoglio il permaform T_T

[plarc]

gratz for changing build not in outpost

[GemeosRA]

is this build still working?

[MLGxStrafe]

i think thats MSI.........yes

it is

[BusterBladerZx]

whats the song name?

[Hifeline]

This is awesome, with a capital.....  something.

Too bad its nerfed..

xxxxx <- 5 stars

[LAlaallalala]

this build was fucking nerfed now

[this1neguy]

And now this build is useless. Thanks a lot ArenaNet for ruining a whole section of farming when there were myriad other choices to nerf perma-Shadow Form ecto farmers!

[Dodgyasdf]

yet they leave us with the HOLY GRAIL: 130hp derv and 55monk. thanks. asses. lol.

[GremiJF]

Really nice video. This helped me a lot to make great factions only build so i can finally solo farm!!! Thx

[ingo007]

WOAW how many ecto did u got?

[this1neguy]

I wouldn't know (can't really tell due to quality) but what I CAN tell you is that this video came before loot scaling, so farming was a much more lucrative pursuit.

[this1neguy]

I didn't realize...this is two different runs? It looks as though the second group of Graspings are "Showered" using Glyph of Sacrifice instead of Concentration...is that just me?

[Alcamps]

ok thank ^^ sorry for my noob but i play all day in pvp ^^ adn in farm i'm big noob :P thank

[Alcamps]

why not kill the aaxte??

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Because you can't spike them to death, they have ~3 times the health of the Grasping Darknesses.

[zshadowdude]

What attributes do u have and what is the name of the skills. plz reply

[gameinator]

You must really have a lot of fun knowing you can do pretty much anything with your monk and ele. Is there anything you CAN'T do?

[ebon123]

i think beating chuck norris would be pretty hard

[ericfrankwille]

how many energy you minimun need?

[Zomgtexas]

how do you figure? Shadowform has a longer recharge than it lasts.... atleast with that build you can keep casting it...

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I am aware of that, but I didn't say that you are permanently shadow formed. I just said that if you don't screw up, you won't die. It's rather difficult to screw up, too. They can never run in time, and the bomb easily finishes before Shadow Form runs out.

[Zomgtexas]

but also....if the sandstorm ele times it right he can kill them before they run ...

let sandstorm tick 2 times then start casting Eruption then cast aftershock ASAP and they are dead....in my opinion its faster...no hastling w/ MS or anything...reliable...constant ability to keep up your enchants and stance...

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I agree with that the Sandstorm/Earthquake+Aftershoc­k build is fine. I just saw a lot more videos of that than I saw videos of this kind of build. While that has the advantages of lower recharge time and ability to keep going even if the bomb failed, this does have the advantage that the bomb is even less likely to fail. I'm not saying that build is bad at all, I'm just saying this is fine too.

[Light4494]

Yeah but Zomgtexas, with the Sandstorm build you're also screwed if a nightmare pops up. At least Shadowform disables the nightmares.

[Light4494]

Hey Texas, there are multiple ways to farm things. Both have their ups and downs. For the Shadow Form Bomber, if you dont finish your nuke before Shadow Form runs out, you're screwed. For Sandstorm Terratank, if you forget to maintain an enchantment (like say SV), and the Graspings get enough adrenaline to interupt your Stoneflesh, then you're screwed too. At least Shadow Form is less complicated. Besides, with the new PvP/PvE skill updates, Shadow Form is a god in farming builds.

[Zomgtexas]

E/Me - Sandstorm Ele UW Solo Rapes this build...

Mantra of Earth

Stone Striker

Stoneflesh Aura

Storm Dijinns Haste

Glyph of Concentration

Sandstorm

Eruption/Dragon Stomp

Aftershock

Kills both Smites and Graspings in about 7 seconds....can clear smites in 9 mins if your decent...+ more reliable than Shadow Form which can go out in mid fight and leave you screwed if you messed up.

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Although it won't go out mid-fight if you didn't screw up -_-

[goldustV]

Can this run still be done with the nerf, You could use armour of mist for the 33% speed boost, but then you wouldnt have the extra dmg needed for the smites.

[Zanthin8]

Nice video...im just wondering if you can still successfully do the run to the smites now that they nerfed Flame Djinn's to only 25% faster run speed....have you tried it since then?

[dmilne798]

yeh it works

[trapshot53]

lol u edited 2 diffrent glyphs

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Yeah, I didn't really mean to do that. Glyph of Lesser Energy (which I accidentally used in some of the clips) is totally useless in this situation. Only use Glyph of Sacrifice.

[narutoseal51]

busted lol

[meteora333]

god vid

[thunder22700]

at 1:38 did u die from Shadow Form and being hit by the things chasing you?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Nope, they stopped following just before Shadow Form ran out. They always stop following there.

[Wartin92]

Hi SalamandraTheNinja i am a big fan of yours and i love your videos.

What do u think is the fastest farming to get money and could you give me some money perhaps plzzz :P tell me as soon as possible ( guild wars ) :p see ya ^^

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I don't really play anymore, and don't have any money anyway because although I make loads of farming videos, it's mostly for the purpose of making a build to farm the place, make a video, and then I stop.

I really don't know what would be the best for making money anymore.

[Wartin92]

HEHE lolz kk :p but hey i play alot and i love ure character , :P cant u help me or give me anything ( u have stoped playing anyway so :P? ) xD xD see ya ^^

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I have stopped playing, but I don't want to just throw everything away: I may play again at some point.

[Light4494]

Is there a replacement for Flame Djinn's Haste to make a Prophecies/Factions variant?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

You can just use Phoenix in place of both Flame Burst and Flame Djinn's Haste in terms of damage. For the speed boost... nothing without having to go into another attribute. Burning Speed sucks, and Armor of Mist (The only reasonable alternative) is in Water.

[Light4494]

Can Windborne Speed be a good alternative because of its quick recharge time? And can you use this build in HM?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

No, the Aatxes are too quick in HM. Windborne Speed is an awful skill, doesn't last long enough. You'd have to recast it mid-run.

[streetskater257]

what armour u got??

whats ur health ???

what moves u using???

plz ansewr (i subscribed)

ohh and whats the green bar????

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Armour: Doesn't matter, radiant insignias.

Health: Not at all important in any way ever with Shadow Form.

Skills: Fire Attunement, Shadow Form, Glyph of Sacrifice, Meteor Shower, Bed of Coals, Lava Font, Flame Burst, Flame Djinn's Haste.

Green bar is Experience.

[Quicky121]

gg!

[gensisdestroyer]

ty for the atribute :)mi mage is rage of phoenix ucan add me if u want so we can farm in UW some times as far as i heard now is almost imposible farm solo atleast 2 people can farm (team)

[gensisdestroyer]

can u tell me u atribute point?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Fire Magic: 16 (12+3+1)

Shadow Arts: 10

Energy Storage: 11 (8+3)

[gensisdestroyer]

wy dont u use inferno and quit the 7 sloth skill

[earthdervish]

even if u unlock with factions, u cant buy it with a pve char. u g2 cap it w/ cap signet

[SalamandraTheNinja]

You can use an elite tome to get it without physically capturing it. The only thing is that Shadow Form isn't difficult at all to capture, not like Feast of Corruption or something.

[guildpwnage]

any 1 know were i can buy shadowform after i bought off bhaltazarr guy

[SalamandraTheNinja]

You'd need to get a Elite Assassin Tome if you don't want to capture it. Not that it's a difficult elite to capture.

[Light4494]

The Elite Sin Tome are the cheapest, about 4-5k.

[guildpwnage]

could u meet up wit me on game and take me there

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I didn't buy it from Maguuma Jungle, just buy it from a person in a city. I don't really play anymore anyway.

[guildpwnage]

how do u get a totem axe

[SalamandraTheNinja]

It drops off Root Behemoths in southwestern Maguuma Jungle. I just bought it from someone for 5k.

[7896541230jj]

it was pretty good i liked it atleast last vid i watched tried to nuke bad attempt too lol well overall pretty good

[this1neguy]

/me laughs at how many people ask what song it is.

I like this build - I, however, cannot find the +27 offhand to which you refer on GuildWiki or Guild Wars Wiki (there is a difference there). I looked at every collector offhand and none had more than +8 energy. Any ideas?

[this1neguy]

I found it finally, but how do you get the +27 energy when it has a req of 9 Soul Reaping, Healing Prayers, or Inspiration Magi?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

You haven't looked hard enough. Outside Maatu Keep in exchange for 5 Jade Bracelets you can get a +27 energy Flame Artifact.

[this1neguy]

ohh...i guess not.

i looked in the right place and found it.

gee, what a surprise.

[shadowdeath528]

+27?or u mean +12?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

+27. It's +12 and +15 energy/-1 energy regeneration.

[shadowdeath528]

o ok ty

[LaysSuperchips]

is it possible to kill the smites to ??

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Of course it is, the second half of this video shows me killing them.

[LaysSuperchips]

didnt watched the whole video cause i wanted to try the build out myself ^^

[Tubarao92]

Hey guys what is harder to play, GW or WoW? I was playing wow for about an year and i stopped recently, so i now want to begin with Guild Wars, bud it seemes more difficult to control than Wow? How is it???

[LaysSuperchips]

gw is easier to play cause it has less skills in one time than wow, im sure u will get used to wow and all the skills, but still, gw is easire to manage

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Although GW does force you to actually make decisions on what to bring and how to put your attribute points... while in WoW you have all of your skills always at your disposal and you can't exactly respec your talents every time you decide to do something different. I'm not too sure if number of skills is at all a factor in what's easier to play.

[AllwissenderFisch]

what is the name from the song?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)

[AllwissenderFisch]

thank you

[Layra666]

That's a problem^^I have Exuro Flatus..and that's my only good weapon..Where can I get these Totem Axe and +27 Energie..I don't know anything xD

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Totem Axe: Buy it from someone, it's a green, and quite a common one.

+27 Energy Offhand: Collectors. Look on guildwiki, since I don't remember any information myself.

[helljumper566]

what are the stats for the build like 16 fire 12 or 10 shadow and the rest energy? or do you have 72 energy or 77 energy

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Fire Magic: 16 (12+3+1)

Shadow Arts: 10

Energy Storage: 11 (8+3)

(You probably can reduce energy storage significantly and put more in Shadow Arts... you can see I don't use much of the energy)

Weapons: Totem Axe and +27 energy -1 energy degen fire offhand.

[helljumper566]

alright ty but what about the armor what runes you use and other stuff like mostly the runes and ty for helping me out

[helljumper566]

is that glyph of lesser energy or another move? like Glyph of Concentration its hard to tell in the video but i believe the symbol is glyph of lesser energy

[SalamandraTheNinja]

It's Glyph of Sacrifice. I accidentally used Glyph of Lesser Energy for some of this (since the footage is from two separate runs for some reason), but it's quite useless, because I've got Fire Attunement. Use Glyph of Sacrifice.

[Layra666]

What can I use for Flame Djinn's Haste?I always said in the other video that I haven't got Nightfall..

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Flame Djinn's Haste could probably be replaced with something like Armor of Mist (putting 3 points into Water), however, that would be cutting it close, as they will barely be killed by that. Alternatively you could just replace Fire Attunement with Armor of Mist and swap Flame Djinn's Haste for Inferno. To do that, make sure you have a Totem Axe and +27 energy offhand.

[mizzouman2002]

STOP THE MAD MUSIC!!!!!! cool video though

[DucklingShakespeare]

i got prophecies only (old player ^^ )and i hate new spells and duplicates :D but it's good :) i'll try to do it when i get a comptr at home .i play at net cafe :(

[fattyproductions]

Awesome vid, 5 stars

Are ur attributes similar to the firebomb?

[pimpc1125]

Very cool video, I can never solo UW with a 55, i think i'll give this build a try, thanx for post 5/5 stars!!!

[ilovechubbi101]

farming is hard

[7896541230jj]

no its not -.-

[N1kdanbro]

Well I had already beat it with a previous toon that was deleted prior to the release of Hardmode... oh well :]

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Not really, too many casters.

[N1kdanbro]

This video is fantastic... do you reckon it would work in Tombs UW?

ps: You have a godly taste in music :]

[SalamandraTheNinja]

A Dying Nightmare using Rend Enchantment (a spell) is rather difficult when Shadow Form makes all spells fail.

So, no, it's not a mistake.

[24Leonard24]

nice video but u do a mistake at can cost u 1k dont use shadow form when running to the smites from the chamber. theres a dying nightmare with the grasps rend enchantment and your hp is down and then aaxte will get u for sure shadow form isnt needed u can run by without them getting u ;D just try it

[SalamandraTheNinja]

"MSI - You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)"

[MrKotte]

Mindless Self Indulgence is leet, forgot the name of the song though

[serpentear]

I love this song...what is the name?

[SalamandraTheNinja]

It's not *quite* a guildwiki build.

[chaosinvolved]

lol guildwiki build :p ;) good though but pls make your own builds: D

[Knightoftheblacksky]

this is my favourite vid ever 5 stars!

[Knightoftheblacksky]

that is simply crazy!

[josjeenl1]

NICE!

[xgottadollax4242]

alright, thanks for the info

[SalamandraTheNinja]

No. In Hard Mode, Aatxes are impossible to outrun (they're impossible to bomb in normal mode, so level 31 Aatxes doesn't seem easier), and even succeeding in the bomb of the Graspings would probably be risky.

Also, the drop of ectos are exactly the same... so unless you're going to UW for golds, which is an absolutely horrible idea, there's no reason to... and you'll die.

[xgottadollax4242]

so can this be done in HM?

[AlaiaSkyhawk]

Nice build... Since HM came out I haven't been solo farming in the UW cos I didn't want to risk wasting cash on dud runs using my Terra Tank... Those Smites better start running because by the time I'm done with them now they'll be concidered an endagered spicies. :)

[7896541230jj]

species

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Yeah, but you take Glyph of Elemental Power.

[KhyberAino]

Think this is possible on A/E? gonna try it out :)

[SalamandraTheNinja]

18 seconds, since it'll be 15 x 1.2.

[lulzimi]

one more question, how many seconds does your shadow form last?

[lulzimi]

btw 5 stars ;D

[lulzimi]

kk thnx :D

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Fire Magic: 16 (12+3+1)

Shadow Arts: 10

Energy Storage: 11 (8+3)

(You probably can reduce energy storage significantly and put more in Shadow Arts... you can see I don't use much of the energy)

Weapons: Totem Axe and +27 energy -1 energy degen fire offhand.

[lulzimi]

what are your attributes, weapon and runes?!?

[RyukoT]

Nice video, I've seen a similar build being used before in the DoA.

Do you think UW farming is still worth it with the recent nerf? Also, how many points do you have in Shadow Arts? I was thinking 9.

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Fire Attunement

Shadow Form

Glyph of Sacrifice

Meteor Shower

Bed of Coals

Lava Font

Flame Burst

Flame Djinn's Haste

And you've got to be Assassin, as Shadow Form's in Shadow Arts.

[SalamandraTheNinja]

During the video? One, during the first smite pull shown. You get one-ish on average.

Ever using this build? Quite a lot.

[SgtSalamis]

what skills were you using and whats your secondary class?

[xtimxfatex]

so..how many ectos did you get??

lol..sorry. I cant help but keep watching this :]

its so well done.I play guild wars too :D

[xtimxfatex]

thanks :]

hehe, funny song :D

myspace/yourdeath777

[8eMoe8]

Nice Video

I love the music... saw them live 1 month ago

[SalamandraTheNinja]

The song is "Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)".

Yeah, long name.

[xtimxfatex]

btw..5 stars for me :D!

[xtimxfatex]

song?

nice vid btw

so is this after the 27th nerf in the series??

I sware, ANet is never gonna stop these nerfs!!

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Okay... the phrase is "pissed me off", by the way.

[lieblingsrabba]

build & music really pissed me on...there are builds which are 1000 times faster,nothing speacial 1 star from me.

[rodriguesorejuela]

I used this built too, I am an ele (assa primary is possible too) but I think it's slower than savannah's heat and sandstorm because shadowform and meteor shower have 60 secs recharge. only think I am wondering is if you can still survive the smites in hard mode, zealots fire triggers and they cause alot of damage with it. in hard mode they cast it even before battle. Btw, i dont do UW alot anymore. I love to chestrun in hard mode and with your 600 you can farm almost everywere nowadays.

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Whenever I aggro anything, regardless of there being a nightmare, I use Shadow Form slightly before the aggro. The only exception to this is when you run past the first couple of Aatxe's in the run to the smites. Using Shadow Form just for two easily shaken Aatxe's would be a waste of 60 seconds. Although there is occasionally a nightmare popup there. If there is, yeah, use Shadow Form.

[jak526]

i have one question when u run into the 1st chamber do u use shadow form incase a nightmare shows up or just hope one doesnt and if it does hit shadow form then sprint? thanx :)

[LegendaryManiacs]

He will use SF after all 3 groups slayed and run the way to the smites without stopping all enchantment removals fails

[Nugge]

awesome, had almost given up hope on ele solo farm! nice movie

[SalamandraTheNinja]

I use this instead of the Savannah Heat solo because the run's safer on this one. Also, a couple of these show a long cast time for the Meteor Shower, as in the videos I accidentally used Glyph of Lesser Energy rather than Glyph of Sacrifice. With GoS, you've easily got enough Shadow Form time to kill them all.

And I use a Totem Axe and a +27 energy -1 energy regen flame artifact. Galigord's Stone Staff would work too. Anything with energy and a enchantment mod.

[TeamEmericaSkata]

wut weapon u suggest?

[TeamEmericaSkata]

that's pretty good, is it faster than earth e/me build?

[lillaoaznboi1515]

why not use the savvanah heat uw solo? it seems if you time shadow form wrong you end up dying...

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Well, Graspings and Smites. That's all most people farm anyway, since they're the most efficient.

[trinityxkenny]

so you can only farm smites with this build

[SalamandraTheNinja]

Fire Magic: 16 (12+3+1)

Shadow Arts: 12

Energy Storage: 4 (3+1)

[darakansminion]

how did you have do it the attributes?