55/SS N/Mo Solo Hydra Farming on Hard Mode

[tripleshock100000]

im new to the whole 55 monk thing what exactly do u get from hydras thats so valuble?

[petersonp715]

3k per half hour is horrible dude.....i make 100k an hour

[tripleshock100000]

@petersonp715 how?

[petersonp715]

its called i farm spots that arent over farmed, and that few people know about so ANET hasnt nerfed the drops or anything yet, but thats just one part. it took me olny a week to get the money for my ritualist Obsidia armor

[AntiFlagfan121]

why would u use ss instead of SoJ... they cant be knocked down. Anyways, 3k per half hour is HORRIBLE.

[ninjasofgriffindor]

wat drops?

[avenged7xismylife]

wow... a normal 55 monk build can kill them way faster!

[ReyThorn]

what can I do¿

[ReyThorn]

I remain without energy =S

[thia423]

were r u farming at

[listat666]

what were the three skills you used at the beginning? i know one was mending

[Napalmxxx2]

I know the first was mending, the second was balthazar's spirit I dunno about the 3rd one.

[rainbow474]

what cam you use???

[hewa10]

were is this?

[sheep2slaughter]

I farm Hydras as well, except not on hard mode. Does hard mode provide more frequent good drops?

[kevtheforsaken]

i want to know this too

[snrfrito]

It provides more gold and also elemtalist tomes

[SatelliteRox]

3rd skill is shielding hands. i do this farm with a standard 55 with zealots fire instead of blessed signet and it is easy money!

[jokazkiller]

hmmm, what runes would you need for this?, and.. do you just use a totem axe and a -55 cesta?

[quentinrichard]

all you need iss up runes on all your armor so twice the same rune and -50 grim cesta.

[TheVirusFromDA]

from what i can see, the build is

1protective spirit

2healing breeze

3?

4SS

5Suffering

6mending

7balthazars spirit

8essence bond

Whats the 3rd one? Spirit bond would only make any sense if you have very low armour.

[snrfrito]

A N/Mo does have very low armor. I haven't played in a long time, so, honestly, I can't remember what #3 is, lol! I posted the build code below if you want to check it out yourself.

[saitin66]

i use rotting flesh, it is very effective

[TheVirusFromDA]

nvm, if you pause on 2:01 you see it while it gets activated and then the icon is bigger.

There you can see its shielding hands ^^

[plainodd]

3 is Shielding hands, it makes the prot spirit damage 0. :)

[blowertje]

shielding hands

[quentinrichard]

but i like reversale of fortune better

[EliteMarksman117]

Wow...I farm without HM, because I haven't beat the game with my Necro yet...., but looks just as easy as Normal mode.

[snrfrito]

It really is. Plus, the loot is much better! =)

Lockpick

Elementalist Tome (non-elite)

Gold Weapons/ Shields

Desicrated Hydra Claws (which you can trade for weapons with a collector and then sell them to players)

+Lots of gold =)

[Pruney]

whats your 3rd skill?

[snrfrito]

I believe it's Spirit Bond. I haven't played in a while, so I could be wrong.

[snrfrito]

Nope, it's Shielding Hands, sorry.

[00Barra00]

what is the name of the song ?

and can you say your ingame name plz ?

[00Barra00]

what is the name of the first song ?

and can you say your ingame name plz ?

[snrfrito]

1st song: Symptom Finger by The Faint

In-Game SN: Lil Miss Knightly

I haven't been playing GW for about 3 months lately just b/c I've been involved with volunteering for a political campaign. I might jump on at some point, so if you'd like to meet for pointers I'm more than willing.

[sw170]

does anyone know what is his 5th skill?

[Arutima]

suffering

[BobWes251]

can u send me your build

[snrfrito]

OANGQSFmccnfG1DkrMPsRkyTfA

[YuBsh]

Farming is still okay u can get like 3-6k per 30 mins or something...nd its so easy :|

[blahspemmy]

the bots ruined this pretty much :S

[leeebron23]

very nice!

could you let me know the attr point distribution on ur char pls? =D

much appreciated!

[JADEDOG1]

can some1 tell me where to get Spiteful Spirit?

[snrfrito]

I haven't played in a while... so I don't remember off the top of my head.

Check gw . gamewikis . org (without spaces)

[leeebron23]

theres an azure shadow boss rite outside of camp rankor. kill him off and capture SS =)

[StoneColossus]

Why doesent it work to farm anymore? The monsters doesent drop much like before :((

[snrfrito]

Farming was nerfed by ANet a good while ago. It's not that they're against farming in general; just the people that farm gold to sell for real-world money.

So don't get mad at ANet, report obvious gold-bots to ANet.

[CcruzP]

they nerfed solo farming, its actualy best to farm w/ 8 people and split the loot in a civilised wway. Bu still, geting a descent farming party together is such a pain that solo is still common

[ThomKiller]

how many cash are u doing in 1 run

[snrfrito]

About 1.5k in gold + regular white and blue items, and then you have a decent chance of getting one or more of the following per run:

Lockpick

Elementalist Tome (non-elite)

Gold Weapons/ Shields

Desicrated Hydra Claws (which you can trade for weapons with a collector and then sell them to players)

[snrfrito]

Once you get good at fighting, pulling, and get to know the patrol routes you can take out all hydra on the run in about 15 mins.

So after an hour, I average 6k plus 4-5k depending on gold/lockpick/etc drops.

[Wallistism]

If you use insidious parasite and Spiteful spirit, you can handle up to 10 hydra's at once.

[snrfrito]

Possibly... but I doubt it. The healing you get from IP happens only AFTER you take a hit. With ten hydras, that's an instant 50 hp drop. I don't really feel like taking that chance when you can't monitor at ALL how the interrupts are going to unfold with that many foes.

[snrfrito]

Beyond that, it has been generally proven that killing more of one type of foe at the same time usually yields less loot.

This was discovered when recording statistics in the UW on smite runs. Ectos drops were MUCH higher when groups of 3-5 were killed at the same time versus several groups at once (9-15 smites).

[snrfrito]

Well okay, I don't doubt that you can do it... just that it's not as efficient as tackling several smaller groups at a faster pace.

[techart532]

Side note.. Turn off all sound on GW before starting music...

[snrfrito]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. =)

[KingPetee]

Cool video but anyways its better to use Spirit Bond; and Insidious Parasite cause of more healing.. Try that cause I've tried this:)

[snrfrito]

Possibly, but the thing is, you don't need the extra healing if you time your spells correctly (between interrupts). Plus, SS only takes their health down to a certain point, without actually killing them; 1 single cast of Suffering handles that problem once.

[snrfrito]

So it boils down to only 1 set cast of SS and Suffering to bring down any group of Hydras. With your suggestion, either two SS's would need to be cast or Insidious Parasite would need to be cast on each Hydra in addition to SS. So, really, your method isn't really as efficient, and would take longer for your energy to refresh in between mobs.

[snrfrito]

Also, the real problem I have with using Spirit Bond is that if you refresh the enchant before it starts to blink, the actual time it is effective does not reset to 8 seconds, but rather the time you had left before your recast the enchantment. This can lead to a false sense of security and so can cause real problems.

[snrfrito]

So, if you're in a bind and Healing Breeze was interrupted (b/c you weren't paying attention to the interrupts) a quick cast of Shielding Hands works wonders. You'll take ZERO damage and have it in effect long enough to get Healing Breeze back on you.

I know there are different variations of this build for different circumstances, but when it comes to Hydra Farming, there is no better build for a N/Mo than I have here.

[snrfrito]

This is the actual spell make-up:

Protective Spirit

Healing Breeze

Shielding Hands

Spiteful Spirit

Suffering

Mending

Essence Bond

Balthazar's Spirit

If anyone needs the att points distribution, let me know. =)

[DyTToX]

can you post the code and the equipment you have? Thanks... i want to test this.

[DyTToX]

this is my actual build OANVQEjc4W+ypeAS0i5h9gIReoPA

[snrfrito]

This is my build template code: OANGQSFmccnfG1DkrMPsRkyTfA I am wielding a Wailing Wand of Memory 11-22 (Q9 Curses) HSR of Curses Spells (20%) Inscription: Eng+5 (while health is >50%) [You can sub this for a Totem Axe if you choose, and a weapon that provides +5 eng indefinitely is even better] I am also wielding Villnar's Glove: Eng+12 (Q9 Curses) Curses+1 (20%) HSR Curses Spells (20%)

[snrfrito]

Also note, the doubling-up of HSR does not actually add to a 40% chance. I'm not sure how GW has this work, but it comes out to greater than 20%, but less than 40%.

[snrfrito]

GW Character: Lil Miss Knightly [GotC]

Music by:

-The Faint

-Nightwish

-Dire Straits

Notes: Taking on 2-4 hydras at one time is best. Facing one at a time will make energy management hard, and fighting 5+ will cause too much damage for Healing Breeze and Shielding hands to negate. (Not to mention all the extra interrupts...)

If you have questions about this build, post them here. I'm more than willing to help you out! =)

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