The same thing will happen when switching to Aquabreathers and Aquatic Weapons while underwater e. Aquatic Fractal. Weapons should hold the lowest value infusions so that additional infusions will be cheaper to add if multiple weapon sets are used.
The recommended infusions to put into weapons have been bolded. The following widget will calculate the cheapest combinations to reach specific Agony Resistance totals using the specified parameters. Widget:Agony resistance optimizer table. For the story dungeon, see Aetherblade Retreat. Other methods Standard The simplest method that utilizes all possible infusion slots. It is the most efficient method when using only one weapon set e. It is equivalent in cost with the efficient method above if adding another 1-handed weapon, otherwise it is slightly more expensive per additional weapon.
Methods to do it for fewer slots follow the same principle, such as the setup for free accounts above. Used by players who do not want to upgrade or craft an infusion slot most commonly, infusing an ascended back item , saving some materials.
Players will need to take care and avoid going downed , else they will lose 5 AR until they reach the next available Mistlock Singularity. I am one of those psychos who actually like fractals, and as such am quite often getting questions about their main characteristic, Agony.
So to spare any of you, who are looking to get into higher scale fractals, the effort of researching and asking around about this, I have decided to make a guide on it. In this guide, I will be covering what agony is and how it is fought. I will also provide information on how to equip yourself with agony resistance as efficiently as possible. The cold, hard facts:. First off, this guide was created assuming you have the Heart of Thorns expansion.
What is Agony? Agony is an effect that we only encounter in Fractals of the Mists, scales 20 and higher. This debuff is applied through boss attacks, traps and sometimes even when simply entering an area. It is also not affected by condition removal and its effects can only be mitigated by agony resistance.
Agony Resistance. As mentioned before, agony resistance AR is the only way to combat Agony. But how does it work? Agony resistance is a stat that is found in Infusions. The way it works is that every point of agony resistance reduces the health loss caused by agony by 1.
However, the higher the scale of the fractal, the more damage one stack of agony does. Therefore you need more agony resistance the higher you go. A complete table of this can be found on the wiki. The useful stuff:. Now, an Infusion is an upgrade component much like runes and sigils that can only be put into ascended equipement, legendary weapons and some non-ascended back items e.
Elegant Armorsmith's Backpack. Not all infusions grant agony resistance, some provide a combination of it and something else, some provide completely different stats e. For any interested, here is a full list of existing infusions. For our fractal needs, we will only be focusing on two types of infuisons:. How to get these infusions?
Versatile Simple Infusions masterwork can only be acquired by doing the following:. He is located in FOTM. We will then to talk to this guy: requires HoT expansion. Agony Infusions are a completely different thing. Agony Infusions can be found in different versions, each telling us how much AR it holds. Each next infusion can be made by the artificer proffesion from two previous ones and a Thermocatalytic Reagent.
If you do not have the artificer profession leveled to , the forementioned merchant will exchange agony infusions at the same price as crafting. However all agony infusions are tradeable and can be bought from the Trading Post. Where to put the infusions? However, they cannot be put into agony infusion slots. Agony Infusions can only be put into Agony Infusion Slots. How to gear up for fractals:.
Each fractal scale has a recommended amount of agony resistance. At scale highest level , this amount is AR. This means that the maximum amount of agony resistance, you will need, is Doing this, we're up to 98 AR. We still need 52 AR. This we get through Agony Infusions. We put these into agony infusion slots in our backpack and two rings.
For this to work, the backpack must be infused, the rings must be infused AND attuned. Agony Resistance is counted for the items you are currently using! That means if you weapon swap to a weapon that does not have any AR in its slots, the AR in the other weapon will not count towards your total AR. This means that you will probably need to get infusions for the other set as well.
You can do fractals even with slightly less AR than suggested. For example, for fractal level 20, 8 AR are suggested, but you can do it just fine with 7 AR. Posted by: Astralporing. That suggested AR can be trusted. So, basically, the maximum requirement for that fractal level. Posted by: CptAurellian. Not exactly. Armor and weapons should probably be among the last items you infuse, because transfer to twinks is more difficult if you want to take those to fractals.
Weapons have the additional disadvantage that only the currently active weapon set contributes to your AR. Only rings and backpacks have that option. Posted by: Oldirtbeard. I just bought a bunch of 9 Agony Resistances and plugged them anywhere I could and brought my self up to 63; I assume that level should be good for lvl 1 to All assets, page layout, visual style belong to ArenaNet and are used solely to replicate the original design and preserve the original look and feel.
Guild Wars 2. Agony resistance for beginners? Old Forums Archive. Lots of good advice in here!
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