Mad Shepherd
A tamer description.
Overview
This is a general-purpose Tamer build designed for PvM and farming. It combines a strong tamed creature with melee damage and utility skills to provide a flexible and relatively inexpensive farming setup.
The build is intended to be easy to get started with while still providing enough room to improve as better equipment, aspects, and chain links become available.
Aspect Options
There are several viable aspect choices depending on how you want to play the build.
- Aspect Option 1 — Placeholder description for a more offensive setup.
- Aspect Option 2 — Placeholder description for a defensive setup.
- Aspect Option 3 — Placeholder description for a balanced setup.
Prioritize aspects that improve your damage, survivability, or ability to keep your tamed creature effective during longer farming sessions.
Link Options
Chain links are not strictly required for the build, but they can provide useful improvements.
- Link Option 1 — Placeholder.
- Link Option 2 — Placeholder.
- Link Option 3 — Placeholder.
Focus on links that complement your preferred farming location and playstyle.
Codex Use
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Macing
- You will mostly sit in Dragon Stance when farming. Chi-Strike is a good finisher. Brawl and Haymaker are both viable specials to run.
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Potion
- You will sit in Testudo most of the time and run Last Stand as a finisher.
Additional Codex info is in the build card
Equipment
The build does not require extremely expensive equipment to get started.
Farming/Gameplay
This build is designed for general PvM farming and performs well against groups of standard enemies.
Your tamed creature should handle a large portion of the incoming pressure while you contribute melee damage and provide additional utility. Keep your pet positioned properly and avoid allowing multiple high-damage enemies to focus you at once.
The build can be used for a variety of farming locations, with the best choice depending on your equipment, pet, and available content.
Expected income: Placeholder — update this section with the expected gold-per-hour range for the intended farming locations.
Additional Notes
This build is intended to be approachable for players who want to get into Tamer farming without making a large initial investment.
The build can be upgraded over time as additional aspects, links, codex abilities, and equipment become available.
Pet selection will also have a significant impact on overall performance, so experiment with different pets to find what works best for your preferred farming content.
Stats
STR: 100, INT: 25, DEX: 100
Mad Shepherd
- Alchemy 80
- Animal Lore 120
- Animal Taming 120
- Herding 120
- Mace Fighting 80
- Tactics 80
- Veterinary 120
- Arcane 7
- Fowling 7
- Incendiary 7
- Longshot 7
- Maiming 7
- Pincushion 1
- Repeater 1
- Aggressive 7
- Blackguard 7
- Cleave 7
- Defensive 7
- Fang 7
- Flurry 1
- Swiftstrikes 1
- Aggressive 7
- Cleave 7
- Defensive 7
- Sunder 7
- Wild Swing 7
- Shatter 1
- Smash 1
- Combat Medic 2
- Immunize 1
- Overheal 2
- Specialist 3
- Triage 2
- Without Borders 3
- Bandolier 3
- Elixir 2
- Freedom 1
- Mixed Results 2
- Panacea 3
- Refinement 2