Ritualist Lowdown

Alright, so give me the low down on how to play an effective Ritualist?

What sort of things are a Ritualist good at? I've heard of such thigns like Ritual Lord, but, not playing Palienth yet, I haven't a clue what that whole build is really about. Have you got any thoughts abotu builds I should take into consideration?

What weapons are best for the Ritualist? Health, +1's, etc?

And finally, how effective is it getting into a group for you?

In Canthas, Ritualists are well liked by PUGs. They are almost as sought after as monks. In Tyria, many don't know what a Ritualist is, let alone what they can do. So people may be hesitant to get you if you don't tell them what you can do (ie: heal).

The way to play a Ritualist is to choose:

Channeller, Spirit Master, Healer, Protector, or MM bomber (obviously Rit/N).

You can choose either one depending on mission, secondary profession, and preference.

Ritualists are great at healing parties, not that great on healing individuals, at least not as good as a monk.

Depending on what you are looking for. Faster spellcasting and quicker recharge for Spirit casters, health for Restoration casters, +1 for channellers.

I've looked at the builds that have been posted, and I've tried a few. I've been a healer for all of Canthas, but now that I've beaten the game, I'm testing other builds. I go capping and testing other spells and abilities that allow me to see what works and what doesn't. I'm still in the testing stage, but my Rit/N is fun to play.

Have fun and good luck.

Effective Rit = Spirit Spammer.

Great Guide To Spirit Spammer (Ritual Lord)

The Ritual Lord build guide there is helpful and alot of insight into that build, thank you much.

You also might look into the Vengeful Rit builds there are many. A Vengeful Rit can farm almost any area in the game including solo FOW and solo UW runs. The interesting thing with Vengeful Rits is the fact you don't have to have 55hp to do it.

Well thats if I want to solo, but I'm more concerned about getting him played about in the game with people and what not.

So, any certain weapons I should consider? I'm about to buy his things and start playing him, so more suggestionst he better lads.

As helpful as a good spirit spammer is, you'll find yourself immensely bored if you do it over a long period of time, too bad that this is really the only build that will get you into groups unless there are already two monks.

Alright, so what weaponry for a Spirit Spamer/Rit Lord then?

Quote: Originally Posted by Neriandal Freit

Quote: Originally Posted by Neriandal Freit

I dont find Ritual Lord spam boring at all. ANY build is boring if that's all you do. I play prot spirits, i play dmg spirits. I do Khanei farm a tiny bit. For fun in low lvl areas i go with Channeling because that's the best there, while in high lvl areas dmg spirits are #1. I did not play much with Restoration, but i do it sometimes for fun in low lvl areas, just for variety.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pick Me

Yeah, a lot of people still don't know what a Rit can do. I have to admit, I was one of them until I saw a good one in action in Raisu. I've been playing a Rt for about two or three weeks, and it's prolly the most versatile interesting profession there is.

The thing I find so weird is a couple times, I've been in a group with a really terrible monk, when some1 in the group would say "Great healing, <Insert Name of Terrible Monk>", not realizing that I've been doing almost all of the healing, protecting, etc.

A lot of people just don't understand what it is a Rit does, and so they don't get much credit. Kinda like mesmer were in Prophesies....

Quote: A lot of people just don't understand what it is a Rit does, and so they don't get much credit. Kinda like mesmer were in Prophesies.... yeah...thank...god...that's...over *pouts in the corner*

I think both specialist classes just got split up from the mesmer class. The assassin class is mostly unliked, but everyone knows what they are capable of, while the ritualist is good to take along, but not many know the full potential of a good rit. This class got off easy, (1) everyone disliked taking a Mesmer because (2) they didn't know what they could do.

NPC dude at the end of a mission: "wow, you guys made it without a monk. But how?"

Warrior: "Some rit girl I think... couldn't see her... but I had life sheath so I was keeping the party alive"