Build:A/any Flashing Blades Farmer

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Multi purpose Assassin build that can be used to farm mobs in PvE through redirected damage from Flashing Blades while spamming attack chains.

Attributes and Skills

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Shadow Arts: [[Shroud of Distress@11] [[Dark Escape@11] [[Death's Charge@11] [[Way of Perfection@11] [[Shadow Refuge@11] Critical Strikes: [[Critical Eye@9] [[Critical Defenses@9] Dagger Mastery: [[Wild Strike@15]

Healing Prayers: (set to 10) [[Vigorous Spirit@10] [[Live Vicariously@10] Earth Prayers: (set to 8) [[Mystic Regeneration@8]

PvE-Only: [["I Am Unstoppable!"] [[Brawling Headbutt] [[Ebon Battle Standard of Honor] [["Finish Him!"] [[Radiation Field]

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Equipment

• Zealous Daggers of Defense with +5 Energy inscription.
• Spear of Defense and Shield of Fortitude defensive set for grabbing agro.
• Radiant or your choice of +Armor Insignias (optimal choice will depend on farm)
• Runes of Attunement

Usage

• Equip defensive weapon set.
• Grab aggro (under Dark Escape if taken).
• Activate and maintain your defensive skills, switch to your daggers, and auto attack for a few seconds to regain any health/energy if necessary.
• Spam Dagger attacks until everything is dead.

Farming Locations

Boss farms are noted with their profession icon.

Prophecies

• Trolls (HM)
• Hulking Stone Elementals (HM)

Factions

• Shiro's (NM) Use Wild Strike instead of Fox Fangs

Nightfall

• Termites (HM)
• Harpies (NM)
• Jishol Darksong in Resplendent Makuun. (HM)

Eye of the North

• Fenrir's Cave (HM)
• Johon the Oxfinger in Ice Cliff Chasms. Pull and kill the wolves separately. (HM)

Counters

• Blind
• Anti-Melee hexes
• Enchantment interruption or stripping
• Stance removal