Atra's Lonely Ssyn Farm...

IMPORTANT
I've added a GuildWiki build page for this build: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/N/Mo_Boss_Farmer
The wiki page details how to make the build and also gives a list of bosses known to be farmable with this build.
For specific instructions on how to kill each boss please continue reading through this Guru thread.



Well I was neglecting my poor necro, Atra Lucia, because I was on my monk so much farming Shiro'ken. So I decided to see what PS/SB could do for Atra.

The Bad News:

You can't solo Shiro.

The Good News:

Ssyn Coiled Grasp can be farmed much more easily on a PS/SB Necro than a 55hp iNecro. Of course it all comes down to Blood and Protection.

Here's what you'll need:

1. +5e/20% longer enchant weapon. I prefer using Rajazan's Fervor because it's nice looking, but a Totem Axe will get the job done.
2. 20/20 Offhand for Blood or Prot. Honestly it doesn't matter. You just want the extra energy. I have a blood offhand that I use even though the build doesn't use any blood spells. If you have a 20/20 prot offhand then by all means use it. It won't matter though, because both Prot spells are 1/4 cast and reasonablly fast recharge. Still, I'd go prot if you're new to farming.
3. 15AL chest, arms, pants and shoes from Shing Jae.
4. 60AL head scar with Superior Blood Rune and intrinsic +1 to Blood Magic.


The build (no elite!)

Spirit Bond
Protective Spirit
Touch of Agony
Wallow's Bite
Vampiric Bite / Vampiric Touch (can leave open if you want)
Plauge Touch
Essence Bond
Balthazar's Spirit

Attributes:
16 (12 + 1 + 3) Blood
12 Protection



The Farm:

1. Leave from Jade Flats to the Archipelagos.
2. Pre-cast Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit
3. Get a blessing from the Priest at the shrine. (optional)
4. As you run up the stairs to the first mob (2 Kappas and a Naga Rit) cast PS/SB.
5. Run through to the next group which are typically 2 Naga warriors, a Naga archer and a Naga Rit.
6. Run through this group as well and head over the bridge. Be careful to renew PS/SB as needed.
7. Past the bridge you should see Ssyn. Run to Ssyn while renewing PS/SB.
8. As you aggro the other Naga in Ssyn's mob make sure to get right next to Ssyn. Keep renweing PS/SB.
9. Now... start your touching. You will get your touches interrupted a lot. This is normal and expected. In fact it's desirable. The Naga Warriors will use their energy to interrupt your touch skills which recharge pretty quickly. After you see a touch interrupted refresh either PS/SB. Always follow an interrupted touch skill with a refresh of PS/SB. I refresh PS/SB earlier than needed because I don't want to be at the end of either and have my refresh interrupted. Energy is not an issue. You are holding aggro of at least 8-12 Nagas plus Ssyn.
9. Keep touching/refreshing until Ssyn is dead.
10. Claim loot if any.

NOTE: If you get Dazed by Concussion Shot (which hasn't happened to me yet) then Plague Touch it onto Ssyn and keep going.



This farming method is likely to trigger anti-farming code because you are only killing one foe near a map transition. Do not post here asking me why you never got the drop when you farmed Ssyn 150+ times. Farm Ssyn 10 times and move on to something else if you don't get the drop. Rotate your crops people!

Regards,

MelechRic

seems effective.....u should post a picture of u getting the green, or make a video. but if u make a video, please dont put it on file front, cause for me, filefront hardly ever works

Nice build, I've tried it like 3 or 4 times, and I'm wondering what weapon does he drop?

EDIT: What does his staff sell for? I just got one ^_^

Quote: Originally Posted by Ima Hob0

Quote: Originally Posted by Mistermagoo

He drops *surprise surprise* Ssyn's Staff. Too many greens....But here's a link if you wanna check the stats:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Ssyn%27s_Staff

Nice build, I'll have to try it out sometime.

Do you know of anything else I could farm this with???


Perhaps Chkkr Thousand tail? I could see that working :-D
That's a negative on Chkkr -_-

Quote: Originally Posted by Mistermagoo

Quote: Originally Posted by Mistermagoo

After killing Sessk I proceeded to kill the rest of the Naga. Rangers, then Ritualists, and finally the Warriors.

I will admit the last Warrior was slow because I had to be careful with my energy.

EDIT: As a bonus if you can touch off the disease from Rotting Flesh you will start to degen the warriors.

Now I wanna get my necro in Cantha GG on the build btw

I'm unsure if he drops a green, but he is soloable. He's very slow because he uses Aura of Restoration and spams a lot of air spells.

EDIT: No green drop. Don't bother unless ANet adds something in a patch.

Quote: Originally Posted by Arkantos

i have a necro and a monk yet i forgot about my necro because ive been using the visage build alot i think im going to try this ??? anyone know how much they go for ?

Add "Orosen, Tranquil Acolyte" to the list of easy to kill targets he heals himself a lot, but your doing more damage than he can heal. He's outside of Senji's corner across the bridge, usually his group is about 5 - 6 Jade brotherhood knights, and He spams Soothing Memories.

Edit: Sometimes his little mob has quite a few mesmers, and their damage is too low to trigger SB, so if you encounter more than 2 mesmers, I would just rezone.

Do you think its possible for a Mo/N to do this? 15 prot, 12 blood and rest into DF. I'm working on my monk tonight, gonna try to beat factions with him so I guess I could make some stops if it works

Quote: Originally Posted by Arkantos

Quote: Originally Posted by Mistermagoo

Just killed Foalcrest Darkwish. I'd rate it as a medium farm because you need to be careful with your energy. His mob is small and being too agressive with Vampiric Touch can get you into trouble. You also have to navigate past another warden mob. If you aggro them and get crippled by traps you're going to have it tough.

Well, Jayne is out... too much enchantment removal in his mob. Also, the Kirin with their Barbs spam destroys this build. That low damage just isn't enough to trigger SB, but it's enough to whittle you down to zero health.

Wardens are very tough. With the healing from Ritualist Wardens and enchantment removal from the mesmer ones, you have some serious problems.

EDIT:

Found out that it won't work for Wing Three Blade and probably not for any other Jade bosses. The problem is the Jade Elementalists with Conjure Flame. It's the same type of damage as Barbs... tiny and not enough to trigger SB. So it's death by a thousand paper cuts.