5 Mana Farm Team - How / Why?

*REMINDER* Our first Guild raid vs BOURGARD is this FRIDAY April 04/14 @ 1800 (6pm) EST Timezone.

Hello again Guildies!

I'm frequently asked in chat "what is a farm team"? And "why are they used"? I'm making this post to answer these questions.


WHAT IS A FARM TEAM?

A farm team is a team with a very low mana cost that allows you to "farm" (aka repeatedly battle for loot) a stage boss. Traditionally, that boss is Father Maleficent at the end of the Avalon questline. The lowest mana cost team you can put together to farm Father M is 5.


WHY USE A FARM TEAM?

The end bosses of each stage drop decent loot that you will need to help you in your quest and battles. Father M is of particular interest because he drops the following (approximate percentages):

1. Gold (66%)
2. Mystic Raven (25%)
3. Arena Ticket (6%)
4. Mana Potion (3%)

Obviously we don't want the gold, but Mystic Ravens are solid 2* feeder cards, Arena Tickets are important, and best of all... MANA POTIONS which you NEED for guild raids! So you could also look at farming Father M as a necessity to do well in guild raids since you need a lot of Mana Potions to continue battling him. (Save your mana potions exclusively for guild raids!!!)


HOW TO MAKE THE 5 MANA FARM TEAM

And now the meat of the issue... how do I make a 5 mana farm team? It's all about the QUILLBEAST, baby!

You can find the Quillbeast in Broceliande (3rd world) at Bleakmount (6th stage). You will need to MAX LEVEL 4x of them, then evolve them and MAX LEVEL the T2's (T2 = 2nd evolution stage), then make a 3rd evolution of your 2x MAXED T2 into a T3 (T3 = 3rd evolution stage)... then MAX the T3! It's a lot of work but well worth it.

When you're done you'll have a Quillbeast with 3257 attack and 10440 health. His special ability lets him do 50% of his health as damage and will ALWAYS activate if at least 1/2 of your team is druid. So now we need to fill the last 3 slots of the team with 2x druid characters and some other chump. The other cards you will need are:

1. Druid Initiate (Avalon - St David's Vale)
2. Druid Scout (Avalon - Kingswood)
3. Squire (Avalon - Plains of Camelot)

You will need 2x of each of the above. You need to MAX level their T1's, evolve them, then get their T2's to level 15.

Make a team with your "Leader" as the quillbeast and the other 3x guys in whatever order and *PRESTO* you've got a 5 mana farm team ready to provide hours of mind numbing repetitive Father M slaying.

I reccomend "multitasking" your life and farming when youre doing other things that don't require your full attention.

• Watching a movie? FARM FATHER M!
• Waiting for a bus? FARM FATHER M!
• Getting intimate with your significant other? ... PUT DOWN THE PHONE!! lol

NOW GET OUT THERE AND START FARMING!

I hope this explains why and how to make a farm team. When you see those people with 10,000 boss kills and you're thinking to yourself "man, those guys must be cheating!" odds are that they are not running some malevolent script, but are instead working their fingers to the bone farming Father M at every conceivable moment. Once your mana is high enough you will start to (possibly) find more than one mana potion per run... when you do you know you're safe to deplete your bar, use another potion and keep farming... yes it become an endless soulcrushing grind but you know you love it!

NOTE: In less than 3 months I accumulated > 10000 boss kills on my old server... time well spent! ;)

Please feel free to post if you require clarification!


'Till next time... RIDE HARD!

Carl Szalich (Psilence)
Realm: BORS-46