New monk skills

Reapers Renewal looks nice and most of the others can't wait to see all of them. If it works the same as WoH it will be junk. WoH has 1 heal then if the target is still under 50% then it gives the additional healing.

If this skill gives the energy after the heal I dought you'll be gaining anything. 250-300 hp is half life for most. With your divine favor you'll easily heal over 200 hp. That means unless you cast it on a target that is nearly dead 30-50 hp then you won't get the energy return.

I haven't used it but the Heal comes before the energy triggers. That suggest the heal happens first then the <50% hp check is done just like WoH.

If it works the same as WoH it will be junk. WoH has 1 heal then if the target is still under 50% then it gives the additional healing.

If this skill gives the energy after the heal I dought you'll be gaining anything. 250-300 hp is half life for most. With your divine favor you'll easily heal over 200 hp. That means unless you cast it on a target that is nearly dead 30-50 hp then you won't get the energy return.

I haven't used it but the Heal comes before the energy triggers. That suggest the heal happens first then the <50% hp check is done just like WoH. I think you should read the skill

It says "If target WAS Below 50%" which IMO means that if the target was below 50% when you cast the spell, then you would gain the 10 energy.

So basically, its free (minus the recharge) if the alley is below 50% otherwise you pay for it at a pretty high cost.

Still a VERY nice elite. I haven't tried it so I really cannot say for certain this is how it works. But if not, it would be absolute trash so I can't see it being any other way.

I think you should read the skill

It says "If target WAS Below 50%" which IMO means that if the target was below 50% when you cast the spell, then you would gain the 10 energy.

So basically, its free (minus the recharge) if the alley is below 50% otherwise you pay for it at a pretty high cost.

Still a VERY nice elite. I haven't tried it so I really cannot say for certain this is how it works. But if not, it would be absolute trash so I can't see it being any other way. WoH does say if target IS below. So it should work different than WoH.

Should be good but would be better ran on a non-monk primary since its in the prot line. I expect that to be moved to divine. A heal that big and 10 energy return does not need to be usable by mes and necros.

If you want to do nothing but blind with an ele, Blinding Surge is excellent. If you want your character to do other things on occasion, emanagement is better. I think the skill is used best on a dom mesmer or something similarly robust that doesn't need his elite to function. After all, a Prodigy guy is a weaker blinder, but he can blind, or pump Parties, or chain snares. Blinding Surge guy can just blind.

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-CxE Yay, someone agrees with me.

Back on topic...looking at Mystic Mending, I have no idea how it's going to be played, even though it looks somewhat powerful for high-condition builds. I usually like heals to be ranged - no need for the monk to touch me to heal, making it look like a self-condition remover to me. Although, having absolutely nil experience (well, fine, some) as a Monk, I wouldn't know how they'd react to it.

EDIT: Were there excessive "me"'s?