Eyeless of the North - Dungeon Blind-Fest

I've had very little to think about with my Ele in Dungeons, ... That's because there are several tiers of players in this game, with varying skill levels.

Most of us don't need to think too hard to beat certain areas, because we have common knowledge about the game and what each skill does, and the counter to it.

Others... like the OP, are uneducated about certain skills (and even their skill line--Deadly Arts, for example). That's where sharing knowledge comes into play. However, if they are unable to listen and shoot down every idea that's thrown out to help them, then I would think that they deserve to fail.

Enchantment Spell.

With all the shatter enchantments (and their variations) you encounter.. Spotless Mind/Spotless Soul can be a horrible option for most of the game. It would be more harmful than helpful.

Any monk that finds themself running a superior headpiece is just.. laughable.

Or a 55 monk.

The standard two monk backline should always have one condition removal and one hex removal each (being Remove Hex, or Cure Hex -- purely preference).

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Say your warrior is blind, or in this case, an assassin.

You cast Spotless Soul on them. It takes 3 seconds for the first condition to be removed.

Spotless Soul gets stripped within 2 seconds.

Blind condition remains on the assassin, and you're throwing the 5 mana out the window

Even if Spotless Soul caught the blindness on the first 3 seconds before it was stripped, and the assassin is blind again -- either from Blinding Flash or Eruption -- then you're still out 5 mana and you're waiting the 12 seconds for the recharge to take that gamble yet again.

Me personally... I'd rather have [skill]Dismiss Condition[/skill]. 5 mana. 3 second recharge. Or even good ole' [skill]Mend Ailment[/skill].

It's more viable to just remove it and ask your assassin to kite if blinded again until removed. First, you're thinking in terms of PvP only when refering to If you have a monk with a sup rune on...you're not using your brain fully yet. He is talking PvE, first, and secondly, I was making reference to someone saying the skill is useless- so please be aware of the stuff you're walking into before commenting.

In a place where enchantment stripping is heavy, dismiss condition or Reverse Hex would be my choice of spells(Not being the one who condones stripping enchantments). Yet, consider the scenario in question. He is being constantly and consistently blinded and doesn't want to change his build in the least. 3 monks with basic blind removals as you and others have pointed out have not been able to keep him clean, so what do you do to make things better?

You find something that will repeatedly clean the blinds while not causing multiple casts or the fewest casts possible. This is E management 101. You should know this stuff already. Casting Spotless soul one time compared to casting DC 3 times to achieve the same goal, which is taking off the blind, is poor energy management. If he and talon are both under a scenario of constant/near constant blindness, then they bodyblock while the casters do the killing, and when the monks clean them off eventually catch a hit in to help the cause.

If he is 'always' blind during battle, no amount of mend ailment/dismiss condition/Restore Condition/Blessed Light or any other removal will keep him clean. He might as well wear a blindfold the whole dungeon/mission if that is truely the case. Spotless is an option if enchantment stripping isn't heavy and if he is being stripped down to the bone, then Crit Agility is comprimised and his ability to be an effective melee attacker is very much in question on a whole.

To clearify, sup runes are not the enemy, nor is the use of enchantments, but the lack of knowledge of proper application.

Also, if he was blind in the first place, the monk cast Spotless Soul, and he is using hench monks who have mend or dismiss, wouldn't he have a better chance of being cleaned by not overlapping spells? Think about that for abit...