Mo/A
The skills:
Reversal of Forturtune
Gift of Health
Mend Aliment/Condition
Blessed Light
Spirit Bond/Protective Spirit
Signet of Devotion
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Return
Dark Escape
(Or)
Shadow of Haste
Dash
1-Reversal of Fortune
A very good fast cast skill for saving an ally from spikes, also an cheap self heal when you need a bit more time to cast your selfheals (Signet of Devotion/Blessed light), but more of that later. Unlike the BoonProt build, this skill will only heal for 51 health, triggering the effect will grat a bit more healing or at least negate the loss, but don't expect this skill alone to save someone below 50% health
2-Gift of Health
This spell should always be recharging when your in a battle, simply because it's your primary heal. It's cheap, has a very nice casting time and can heal your ally for about 1/3 of his health. Due to it's low energy cost (5 energy), it makes this skill very spammable. The 5 second recharge is quite a big drawback, that's why you need to have a +40% recharge set, but we'll get to that later. The casting time is a very important asset, it's a wonderful skill for saving spikes right after you use Reversal of Fortune, while making it very hard to interupt, but always remember you cannot cast on yourself, but that's where Blessed Light comes in.
3=Mend Aliment/Mend Condition (Primary condition removal)
Due to the high cost of Blessed Light, and the effectiveness of most conditions in this game, a condition removal is a must have in almost every monk build. This skill is very spammable, but it still costs energy and it's effectiveness is very limited, so only use it to remove certain major condtions like Desease (if it hasn't already spread), Blind, Deep Wounds (situational), Crippled and Dazed.
4-Blessed Light [Elite]
Your major self heal, only hex removal and a wonderful spike saver. You'll normally find yourself saving this skill only to heal yourself when you've suffered high damage and have a bunch of god knows what hexes/conditions on you while using Gift of Health for your other party members. Due to it's high energy cost (10 energy), it's not something you would want to spam, I would only suggest using this on an other party member if your Gift of Health is recharging and you need something to save your ally from death other than a situational Reversal of Fortune and the slow Signet of Devotion. If you have a major hex on yourself and you have to have it removed without any delay (Migraine, Backfire etc), try to wait until you take some damage so you don't overheal yourself and waste energy, or sometimes it's simply best to call it over on Vent/TS if your party member has a hex removal. Don't bother if you got a shock Warrior coming at you or an Assassin trying to get in range for a spike, and this situation is very common, since a major hex is normally the signal of a spike, beware however it might be another party member that's about to get spiked. Sometimes it's just best to click Dark Escape or Return when your unsure, but more of that when we get to those skills.
5-Protective Spirit/Spirit Bond
This could almost be called an energy management skill, since either of these can prevent very heavy damage that's about to come, it's best to cast them beforehand when someone is about to get spiked, Frenzy (flame him if he HealSigs) or in HA when your trying to save the Ghostly from getting killed. Due to both of their high energy costs (10 energy), their the last thing you would want to spam, and to use them effectively takes a lot of pratice, and it's quite hard to explain when to use these, but some thinking and playing around should help you benifit a lot from these skills. *Note: if you have 2 monks, make sure you don't both take the same enchantment or one of you might end up wasting 10 energy.
6-Signet of Devotion
A excellent energy management skill, should always be recharging, unless your up against a team of casters. Because it's a signet, the only cost is 2 seconds of leaving yourself exposed to certain interuptions (exceptions:Rust, Primal Echos etc). It your using this properly, it should provide a 106 health bonus for your party every 7 seconds, depending in the exprince of the user. However, due to it's long casting time (2 seconds), it's not a skill you want to be completely rely on to keep your party members alive, nor is it a skill your going to be using to save a spike (unless your freakishly out of energy). It's just there to give an ally 106 health to prevent him from being killed too easily. Don't bother using this however, when you got 2 Iway Warriors or something with a interupt like Distracting Blow to heal yourself or someone else, unless your trying to get them to use their interupt or you know pretty well what your trying to do.
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7-Return
This is 1 of the skills that makes the Blessed Light superior to the BoonProt, it's amazing ability to get away from those pissed off Warriors whacking away at you like there's no tomorrow, it's not something you would want to use on yourself after a spike has already been started (exceptions: Bspike, Airspike and other caster spikes), since it's very likely to get interupted by Shock and Punishing Blow from Ranger spikes. This skill also makes kiting easier, since it has an awesome Cripple effect, and it's a simple sign to say: I'm not an easy target. Use this as soon as a Warrior get's in range and keep kiting, eventually he will give up on you and move on to something else.
8-Dark Escape
Another skill that makes the Blessed Light more favorable than the BoonProt. It's amazing ability is that it gives you a nice speed boost, helping you get away from whatever that's trying to kill you, and it's anti-spike bonus of reducing damage by 50% (this does not work on Vampiric/Life Stealing damage...sadly). Don't use this for no reason, sure it's fun to zoom around the battle field and and know those Warriors on the other end are getting ready to smash their monitors, but the main reason of thise skill is to reduce damage on you when your getting spiked, and the last thing you want is to die due to minor mistakes.
The Attrabutes:
Divine Favor: 12+1+3
Healing Prayers: 9+1
Protection Prayers: 9+1
Shadow Arts: 3
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Remaining attrabute points: 1
The Equipment:
Armors:
Divine Favor Scalp of Superior Divine Favor (Should give you +4 Divine Favor)
Shepherds Chest Armor of Superior Vigor
Shepherds Hand Armor of Minor Protection Prayers
Shepherds Leg Armor of Minor Healing Prayers
Shepherds Foot Armor
If you have a PvE monk and you want to run this build on it, I would suggest taking another Divine Favor Scalp of Minor Divine Favor. Swap to this Scalp when you die so you can get a 75 Health back, so you won't get spiked down too easily, or better, not get killed at all. Swap back when you've lost your DP.
Weapons sets:
#1- Standard -energy damage reducing set:
1st: Crippling Sword/Axe/Spear of Fortitude
-5 Energy
Increases Crippling duration by 33% percent
+30 Health
Shield
2nd: Armor: 16
Reduces physical damage -5 (20% Chance)
+30 Health
*Note: If you don't meet the req of something (shield here, for instance), you get half that item's native bonus. For instance, if you have a 12 energy offhand and you don't meet the requirement, you get 3energy from it. Therefore, if you have a 12 energy focus of a req you don't meet that does -5 energy, it actually gives you one energy (making a shield better for the -energy set by 1 pt). However, there's a quest in Ascalon that gives a -5 energy Earth Scroll with a req6 Earth magic: if you used that, you'd actually lose 2 energy (6/2 = 3, minus 5) - cerb
*This is what your going to be using at the beginning of the game, try to keep on this set as often as possble, this set will provide you with efficient armor, a nice +30 health bonus and will hide your energy effectively from Eburn/Esurge etc. Feel free to change to a different set accordingly as the metagame shifts. Also, you don't get the half armor bonus as you do from Collectors/Greens/PvP/Pre Order/Crafters from drops. Tactics Exalted Aegis is your best friend here. (Strength is ok aswell, but their more expensive)
2# Gift of Health support set
1st: 20% Halves Casting/Recharge time of Healing Prayers
or
10% Halves Casting/Recharge time of Spells
2nd: +12 Energy Req. (Something your attrabutes would meet)
+30Health (Unconditional)
20% Halves Recharge time
or
+12 Energy Req. (Something your attrabutes would meet)
+30Health (Unconditional)
10% Halves Recharge time
Note: Byzzr's Benediction would work well also
*This is what your going to be using when your -energy set can't provide you with enough energy and your team is going down fast, don't play on this set too much.
3# -Anti Wither/Malaise
1st: -5 Energy Sword
2nd: Ascalon Earth Scroll/Tattered/Frozen/Forgotten Fan (Or a -5 offhand with a Req. you don't meet)
*This is what your going to be using to remove Wither/Malaise, since their the most deadly annoying hexes in the game. What you should do is, swap to your 2# set, cast until you have less than 23 Energy, swap to this set, and than swap back to whatever set you were using before you were hexed.
4# -Emergency Energy Set
1st: Halves Recharge time of Healing Prayer Spells 20%
+15 Energy
-1 Energy Regeneration
2nd: +12 Energy Req.(Anything your attrabutes meet)
+15 Energy
-1 Energy Regeneration
+30 Health
*This set should provide you with about 72 energy in total. This is the last set in your arsenal, and the last set you would want to resort to, due to it's heavy energy bonus, swapping back to any other set will leave you with 0 energy for quite some time, the -2 Regeneration makes it very dangerous, so don't ever run out of energy on this set, unless your sure the battle is about to end then and there. It's useful for saving someone when you just need that tiny bit of energy to pull a Gift of Health, but just don't stay on it too long.
Also click here's a thread by Savio about Modifier Stacking, take a look
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10040956
Basic Playstyle:
Kiting: (-Maxiemonster)
Kiting means running away, trying to avoid taking damage, or reducing the damage taken. Kiting close ranged melee characters is simple, just run in circles (preferably small ones, as you shouldn't run away from your allies). Kiting Area of Effect is easy as well, just move out of spells like Fire Storm or Mealstrom as soon as you can. Kiting Point Blank Area of Effect is a bit harder. When you see someone cast something like Earthquake, try to move away from him, as he can't chase you while casting. Of course, this'll require you to watch the spells enemies are casting.
Also, don't forget to switch to your kiting set. And in case you wonder why you need a kiting set that badly, it's quite simple. As you're not as easy to heal as your teammates (no Mend Condition, and possibly lower armor, and the risk of your heals to get interupted), you can need every armor you can get. The more armor you have, the more Energy you save when someone is attacking you, which makes up for not being able to use Mend Condition.
*Note: This technique is very important if your team is running 2 Blessed Light monks.
Energy Management: If you've played a Monk before, you can clearly see there's not a lot of energy management skills in the bar. However, your playstyle should be enough energy manangement to keep your party alive. For instance, do NOT overheal, using a Blessed Light on someone that only lost 1/4 health without any hexes or condtions, and that's not getting spiked it's a total waste. Know you much every skill heals, memorize their effects, and use them like I suggested, and you should be fine.
*NoteSometimes it might be the players that's causing the problems, but as long as your doing your job to the best of your ability, it's not your problem.
Hex/Condition removal:
They were very described in all the the hex/condition removal skills avalable in this build, but as you can clearly see, 2 Blessed Monks cannot handle too many conditions/hexes to the point where the team can go full offence/no support. If you have 2 Blessed Monks in your build, bring a few wards like Ward Against Foes/Melee, a Remove Hex on a Mesmer and a Draw Condtions. Give your Flagrunner an Extinguish if possible, it's very useful when Desease breaks out amoung the party.
Interface:
Customize it to your liking, mine's the default one, although an interface is very important for a Monk, make sure yours suits you the best.
Credits:
Everyone who contributed
Maxiemonster (His Bprot thread gave me a nice reference, also I copied his kiting section
Myself
And that's about it
I will add a Blessed Light Mo/Me section later, and possibly improve this thread in any way I can, also these "builds are not in stone"-sno, but the builds on here have been tested and work farily well conpared to any other Monk build. Also, please contribute your creativity and knowledge, this thread is dependant on it.
This is the first guide I've ever actually made that's not my homework, so don't be too harsh on my poor soul
.I hope this will help you in any way, thanks for reading.
~Ivy
