Monk/Mes Build for FOW or UW

I'm a Monk/Mesmer and I've just gotten into FOW and the UW. I have noticed the urgent need for good healing spells since the monsters down there are very powerful to say the least.

I am after a good build to suit this profession.

Note: The stickies dont cover FOW.

Actually, I usually run a regular Boon Prot for FoW (I don't do UW with groups, since it's more profitable to do duo runs). Boon prot has powerful, fast heals and also mitigates a lot of damage.

Guardian helps teammates dodge those nasty melee attacks. Reversal cancels damage and turns it into healing. If someone has conditions on them, you can practically heal them using Mend Condition alone. MoR/EDrain and Inspired Hex are also very effective in FoW.

Blessed Light might be effective too, but I don't know if it can compete with the raw healing power of Boon in FoW.

i my self 55 duo UW, but when it comes to team FOW or eaven 5 man FOW ( i take the same build) i love to heal, not to keen on bond my self

WoH {E}
Heal other ( in desperat times)
Kiss
orsiron
Healing tuch ( slef heal mainly, or if standig next to caster)
inspire hex ( removes hex + energy )
Healing Seed, best move possible againds big aggros
res chant/rebirth

Healing: max + 3+1
divine max +1

I generally monk in uw and fow if i just can't find or put together a uw group.

99.9% of the time I go w/ pugs so you never know what you're gonna get. the build I run is pretty much self sufficient and can run as the sole monk in most areas if the other monk drops or d/c's. Although keeping a party of 7 from dying at all can be tough if you don't have some half decent teamwork and players. Luckily though often when another monk drops, the party is down to 5 or so, and I can keep a party of 5 alive w/o much trouble.

16 heal/13 div/9 prot
prot spirit - a must against aatxes, webs, chargeds, etc (very fast cast)
word - medium cast spd, spike heal
rof - fast cast for negating damage on both self and others
breeze - good vs degen or backline taking light damage, or good self-buffing tanks, or that suicidal battery
seed -
rebirth
essence bond (or whatever other energy management you prefer)
sprint (or whatever evasion skill you like) - good for losing aggro especially if your entire party overaggro's and dies on you. Only thing I can't outrun are the darknesses in uw, or if I get hit w/ multiple water hex snares + lightning spikes in fow. Also good for kiting/losing aggro and running in to heal overextended wars.

If you prefer to spam self heals on yourself instead of evading, sprint could be replaced w/ hex removal (good for fow, not so good against mesmesr in uw), condition removal or heal party (good for mass hex degen/poison)

in uw your reaction and decision time has to be very fast, fow not so much so. if you get a bond monk along, that makes things easier but sometimes more boring. you'll have to pay attention to when and off who bonds get stripped (look for the little green arrow disappearing), and if the bond monk doesn't know how to stay out of trouble, you'll be constantly throwing PS and heals to keep your "keystone" alive.

Anyway, in most parties, you'll have less than a second to react after that first aatxe hit on a caster takes their hp down by 80-90%. In fow, you have about 3-4 hits of reaction time before an abysmal or hydra rips a caster apart.

good luck and may ectos rain on you

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Here's what I usually run as Boon Prot:

Mo/Me

DF: 16
Prot: 10
Insp: 9

Reversal of Fortune
Mend Condition
Spirit Bond
Signet of Devotion
Inspired Hex (or Rebirth, depending on who I'm going with)
Holy Veil
Mantra of Recall
Divine Boon

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I tend to run a WoH Mo/Me in UW just out of preference-

16 Heal
12 Divine
rest in Inspiration

WoH {e}
Heal Other
Dwayna's Kiss (usually my main heal b/c it tends to heal better than WoH)
Heal Party/Healing Seed (depends on team)
Healing Touch
Rebirth
Inspired Hex
Inspired Enchantment

Boon/prot also tends to work well.

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