Very Best Farmer?

Hey All,

I know that some people look down on farming, or think it's boring. I however have come to enjoy some of the AE farms. My Arch/MM blaster loads of fun but is more of a second farmer and not the main attraction.

So, I've come to look for the Main Attraction. Returning from a year long hiatus, Brutes and Fire/Kin trollers used to be top dog. I can afford the most expensive builds, so no holds barred, what is my best bet?

I assume it's a Brute, but I'll go with whatever AT necessary.

SS/fire/mu. will be a GOD in fire ambush mishs.

im inclined to agree. ss/fire is he most dmg and mu gets you 2 more aoe attacks. a close second is soul but only cuz its neg energy and darkest night makes life so much easier

I thought that might be the case. Last night, while playing in game somebody suggest Elec/Fire/Mu and also a FireX3 Tank. How do those builds compare to the so-called God of the fire ambush?

Elec/Fire is meh. Cones arent my thing. It's decent, but not more epic farmer than SS/Fire

Fire/Fire is good as well, but the KD proc in Footstomp is pretty damn sweet. That and double rage (regardless of the crash) will have you pumping out amazing damage while stacked.

What about a SS/Sheild Brute or Tank? Do they suffer to much from the lack of a damage aura?

Definitely leaning towards SS/Fire, just wanted to do my due diligence.

Burn supercharges all of your damage. That alone makes /Fire the best farmer.

Fiery Embrace supercharges your damage*

Burn is supercharged all in it's own now.

Ive got a fire/fire brute, and i got to say HE FRICKEN ROCKS!, Burn alone is awesome, bu and fe just makes it insane!, i have no idea if a fire/kin troller could beat the speed he kills enemys, well fire dealing enemys anyways. I vote fire/fire brute for president!!

Lyger has no clue about farming. What "cone's" are you talking about Lyger? There is one attack classified cone "Jacob's ladder" which no one takes for farming which means that there are no cones in an elec/fire build for farming.

I have both SS/Fire and Elec/Fire.. I only farm with the Elec/Fire.

SS/Fire is pretty boring stuff as you just wait for your one button(FS) to come up every 5 seconds. You can't use Rage either because the end drain slows you down to much. Elec/Fire is busy all the way killing non stop and LR has a bigger radius than FS. SS/Fire people have never tried anything but that build. I have both and SS/Fire is far more boring and I don't like managing the end if I don't have to. So what fun is it if you don't even use Rage?? You just have to rely on Red Insps of course.. and that means any AT is just as good if not better.

Perhaps lyger

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Originally Posted by LygerZero Elec/Fire is meh. Cones arent my thing. It's decent, but not more epic farmer than SS/Fire Fire/Fire is good as well, but the KD proc in Footstomp is pretty damn sweet. That and double rage (regardless of the crash) will have you pumping out amazing damage while stacked.

As an owner of a pretty sick AOE machine that is electric\fire, I can say that once I'm completely surrounded, FE+Lightning Rod+Burn while running blazing aura pretty much kills the entire spawn in one fluid motion. I don't know that it's better then SS\Fire, but I agree that it is not boring (and lets face it, if you're farming...it can get BORING as hell).

Yes and you just made my point SS/fire is not a great awesome farmer because you have to support it with the same stuff any other toon could grab. So ya the whole reason you grab SS is for FS+Rage.. which turns out to be a lousy combo in a farm. Many people who praise the SS/Fire also don't bother using Rage in the farm to avoid the crash.

What makes a good farmer? Lots of AOE that does good dmg and there are other sets that give you more AOE options than what SS can offer you.

Build up an elec/fire then come talk to me about who knows what.

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Originally Posted by ultrawatt Ok, I for one DO NOT recommend farming on JUST SS/fire, SS/fire would SUCK ***. It’s also the /Mu (or /pyre if you want) that is also very very important. My SS/fire/mu ALWAYS has an AoE up...so yeah 0 waiting for anything AT ALL. So you obviously have no idea what you’re talking about. Havent we been over this before? Did i mention i always have an AoE up?

So which one do you run with no issues? SS/Fire/Pyre or SS/Fire/Body?

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Originally Posted by Gypsy_of_Paradox I have a SS/Fire/Pyre, no endurance issues. I have the +end in stamina and the T2 Cardiac end/resist slotted. Back before i18, he was a SS/Fire/Mu, after i18 he became a SS/Fire/Body. The two +end procs in Conditioning and Phys Perfection. The Alpha allowed for more damage in build, which I'm quite happy with. But to answer the question of very best farmer. Any toon you can stand to play for longer then 3 hours straight doing the same thing. Some builds are just more efficient then others, anything can farm.

There's a reason he's on my ignore list

Oooo here's on my Psy/Plant Dominator is very effective for almost all Farms. Seeds of Confusion FTW!

Farming?

Plant/Storm 'troller, or you're doing it wrong.


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