Archive:A/E Perma Sliver Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. If you disagree with this rating, please discuss it on the build's talk page. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

This build uses the power of Sliver Armor combined with perma Shadow Form to farm foes while being almost invulnerable. Shadow form lasts so long now that having 16 Shadow Arts is not necessary because at 15 shadow arts, shadow form lasts 30 seconds so with a 20% enchantment mod it will last 36 seconds, leaving plenty of time to recast it.

Attributes and Skills

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Equipment

• Radiant Insignia and Runes of Attunement.
• Any 20% of Enchanting, preferably with extra energy. A Totem Axe or Rajazan's Fervor is ideal.
• 20/20 Earth focus. Droknar's Focus or Joffs' Focus is ideal.

Usage

• Cast Glyph of Swiftness followed by Deadly Paradox and Shadow Form. This will reduce Shadow Form's recharge to 30 seconds, which allow you to keep it up all the time.
• Cast Sliver Armor while you're still under Glyph of Swiftness to reduce recharge.
• Intensity and Ebon Battle Standard of Honor is used to buff Sliver Armor with additional damage.
• Air of Superiority should be kept up as much as your Asura rank allows.
• Death's Charge can both be used to jump to a groups boss, in order to kill him first, and it can also be used to heal up damage you might experience from non-targeting sources eg. Giant Stomp

Variants

• "I Am Unstoppable!" instead of Air of Superiority if you are farming in an area with non-targeting knockdowns.
• Feigned Neutrality.
• Shadow Refuge.
• Shock.
• Glyph of Lesser Energy

Counters

• Non-targeting enchantment removal.
• Signet of Disenchantment
• Non-targeting damage.
• Non-targeting knockdown.

See also

• Build:E/A Shadow Raptor

• See Discussion for Videos.

Note about Air of Superiority

The benefits gained are recognized by the different dialogue bubbles above the characters head:

• "You're No Match for My Brains!" Gain 5 energy 20% chance.
• "Knowledge is Power!" Healed for 50 health 20% chance.
• "Kneel Before Your Master" Double XP gained 20% chance.
• "Is There Anything I Can't Do?" Recharge all skills 10% chance.
• "Buwahahaha!" All conditions removed from self 30% chance.

List of Farming Locations

Please add any you know of with special tips on how to complete them if needed. Assume Hard Mode unless otherwise stated

• Riven Earth : Raptor Cave + Rekoff Broodmother
  • Run in with the Shadow Form combo up and aggro everything, including the boss. You need at least 300 health for this run, since the boss can still hit you with twisting jaws. Air of Superiority will remove the conditions and damage done and the boss will be dead before it can hit you with twisting jaws again.
• Sulfurous Wastes : Monolith Temple + Dupek the Mighty, Hauseh the Defiler, and Tanmahk the Arcane
  • Take a full group of henchmen, take the bounty and get in a Junudu. You can either go on the south route and run by only one mob to where Alem the Unclean is (South West corner of the map) or you can follow the normal SS/LB Farm Route to get points from this as well. Once you are in front of the temple and you killed the popups, send your heros, which should be out of the wurms, into the wastes north of you. Once they are all dead, go inside the temple with shadow form up and start activating all the shrines (Leave one off so you can repeat this quest easier). If you are being blocked, put up sliver armor early, as it will also remove all of your DP quickly. Then simple maintain sliver armor and kill them all.
• Depths of Madness : Ravager of Dreams
  • Leave from Abaddon's Gate and head to where the end of Gate of Madness was completed. Take Shadow Refuge instead of Intensity to reduce the risk of the Necromancers there killing you with Well of Silence.
• The Eternal Grove (explorable) : Jayne Forestlight, The Scar Eater The Time Eater Wiseroot Shatterstone Bramble Everthorn
  • Take Shadow Refuge instead of Intensity. This whole list of bosses can be completed in one straight run. Start with The Scar Eater, which is very easy (Aggro three mobs). Then head east to Wiseroot Shatterstone (Aggro all mobs possible). Head back west towards The Time Eater and don't aggro the Warden (As few as possible from the mob you run by). The Ritualists put Splinter Weapon on them, and if you kill the Minion masters, they start to attack the masterless minions and you will take about 60 damage each hit. Jayne Forestlight is the hardest of this, so if you want to skip her, head up to Bramble Everthorn. If you don't, make sure you don't have too many Wardens of the Tree on you (Melee Hammer) because sliver armor will target them over anything else, and Jayne will protect them, causing you to take lots of damage from Zealot's Fire. If only she is targeted, shadow refuge can keep you alive through it. For Bramble Everthorn, simply use the sliver combo and kill him. If you want The Ugly Stick, head west until you see Tembarr Treefall. Run to him and after 1 or 2 sliver uses against him he will die.
    • Note: Flower Spiritgarden and Spiritroot Mossbeard are not possible. Spirit garden heals over all of your damage and Spiritroot kills you with explosive growth after sliver armor targets the spirits and kills them (Spiritroot may still be possible with Dark escape or some pulling away from the spirits).
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