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This farming build is a a variation of the Invincible Monk - Build:Mo/any Spirit Bonder build, its purpose is to farm the Mighty Grawl in the northernmost portion of Talus Chute, with the hopes of getting the unique Ice Breaker hammer.

Attributes and Skills

Monk / Warrior	Attribute Rank
Smiting Prayers	12 + 1
Protection Prayers	12 + 1
Divine Favor	3

Protective Spirit

Spirit Bond

Shield of Judgment

Smite Hex

Balthazar's Spirit

Retribution

Sprint

Rush

Equipment

• A sword or axe with +20% enchantment duration, and +5 energy, a Totem Axe works nicely
• An offhand with +30 health, the Hallowed Idol from either Yohei or Jefri Whylir is recommended
• A Special Event headpiece, with the highest vigor rune you can afford
  • If this is not available, use a smiting +1 headpiece from Shing Jea Monastery
• Use the pants and sandals from the Shepherd's Armor line from Shing Jea Monastery
  • Wear no chest or hand armor

With the above equipment you should have approximately 566 health, varying depending on the vigor rune used.

Usage

The path to the Ice Breaker

• Start in Droknar's Forge and exit to Talus Chute
• Cast Balthazar's Spirit on yourself
• Follow the path on the map to the first group of Barbed Grawl/Mighty Grawl
  • You will run into several groups of Avicara and possibly Mountain Troll's along this path, the trolls are not a problem, but for each Avicara group you encounter, cast Protective Spirit and Spirit Bond, run into the group, and sprint ahead of them when you are about in the middle of the group, if they are still following, use Rush to completely lose aggro.
  • If there are many Avicara groups blocking the main path, take the alternate path as noted on the Image.
    • Rarely there will be an Avicara Guile that will harass you by stripping spirit bond, when you notice this simply recast it and sprint/rush out.
• Before you engage the grawl cast Retribution on yourself, then wait for your energy to regen and cast Protective Spirit and Spirit Bond
• Aggro as much as you are comfortable with, then cast/recast Shield of Judgment and Smite Hex whenever they recharge to deal damage, while constantly maintaining Spirit Bond and Protective Spirit.

Variants

If you are comfortable with running past the Avicara with only Sprint, it can be helpful to change Rush to Balanced Stance, to ensure you do not get knocked down while casting Shield of Judgment.

Notes

• The most difficult part of this is the run to the grawl, it is relatively easy when you have passed the Avicara, most of the groups will drop very quickly (one cast of SoJ) with one exception, if you happen to run into a group with the boss Kaia Wupwup, he will heal and resurrect making the battle take much longer with this group. If you run into him it is advisable to check the grawl to see if any are holding the Ice Breaker, and if not just sprint/rush away.
• You will encounter several bosses in the grawl groups you will be fighting, it is recommended to simply sprint/rush away from these bosses when the normal grawl are killed.
• If you are using the recommended smiting offhand, you may wish to recast-cancel retribution until you receive the +1 smiting benefit to deal another point of damage whenever you are hit.
• Do not stand near the Barbed Grawl or Grawl Crones, they will use Chilblains to remove your enchantments.
• There can sometimes be a problem with being knocked down while casting Shield of Judgment, see the variants section if you run into this often.
• You can also have the chance to get a Frozen Fan from this run by killing the Barbed Grawls in the same manner (this takes longer and is tougher when the warriors are not hitting on you, as they will generally not attack until the Mighty Grawl are already dead).

See Also

• Build:Mo/any Spirit Bonder