CoF Self-Sustaining Smiter?

Somewhat related to the Cathedral of Fools thread in the Campfire. Everybody there is whining or arguing, and there aren't any who offer alternatives that will satisfy both sides (e.g. give a smiter build that requires as little brainpower as the pvxwiki one and doesn't get the smiter killed).

So... how do you keep your hero smiter alive? Here are a couple of builds, some tested some not, but they SHOULD work.

[retribution][holy wrath][life attunement][vital blessing][signet of devotion][blood is power][blessed signet][purge signet]/[rebirth]

Tested and works great as long as you're careful with your aggro or attack one of the banshees when going against 4 or more.

[retribution][holy wrath][life attunement][vital blessing][healing signet][blessed signet][purge signet][rebirth]

Also tested, and works better than the above build, but requires a little more thought on the part of the 600. Button mashing doesn't work unless you're very patient, since you'll run out of energy and have to wait after each fight.

Something I haven't tested yet, but shouldn't be too hard to achieve.

[retribution][holy wrath][life attunement][vital blessing][ether signet][restful breeze][blessed signet] OR [signet of devotion][rebirth] OR [signet of rejuvenation]

I haven't tested it, but if you micro it, pre-casting restful before aggroing, it should work. Add a Sup Healing rune and at 6 healing prayers it should be enough. Ether Sig is also a good way of making enough energy to cast right after a battle.

A variation on the above would be to drop [life attunement] for [mending], and drop Protection Prayers to 14 (11+3), which should give enough points to get a +3 mending without having a negative impact on the 600 tank. Then you have no need for most of the signets and can go /N for [blood is power] in case of emergency, as well as bring some other random stuff.

I still think ReZDoGG's /Me version with Illusion of Weakness and Signet of Devotion is superior.

Me/Mo
[signet of illusions][retribution][holy wrath][vital blessing][balthazar's spirit][Illusion of weakness][signet of rejuvenation][rebirth]

16 illusion
12 healing

Maxed my dwarven track in CoF using this on gwen. U lose life attunement but the smiter has an extra slot. Life att is overkill anyways.

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I used to bond for guildies using my mesmer, although it was back before the change to RoD, it works great and mesmer runes are cheaper than monk runes.

Here are some builds I posted for Smiting to use with a 600hp Monk:

Smiter Builds for 600hp Monk:


Mesmer/Mo for Smiter

[build prof=me/mo ill=12+3+1 heal=12 ins=3+1 box][Signet of Illusions][Signet of Rejuvenation][Ether Signet][Vital Blessing][Life Attunement][Retribution][Holy Wrath][Illusion of Weakness][/build]

Mo/Me Smiter: Cast Life Sheath just before you aggro a group with Banshees to help keep him alive easier, this should be the safest to go with.

[build prof=mo/me Smi=11+3 Pro=11+1 Div=6+1 ill=8 box][Life Sheath][signet of devotion][blessed signet][vital blessing][life attunement][retribution][holy wrath][illusion of weakness][/build]

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Life Attunement can be replaced with anything useful such as [Succor] or [Purifying Veil]. If you need to, you can also put in [rebirth]. Some people like to drop out Life Attunement as it may not always be needed, depending on the enemies you are going against.

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These builds do sacrific Rebirth, but there will be no need for anyone in the party to take heals for the Smiter. People would rather take Rebirth and chill out during the run instead of Healing, not to meantion alot of people take Rebirth anyways during Dungeon runs. You can also switch out Life Attunement for something else, such as Rebirth if you need to, or anything else that can useful.

This was also posted in the Cathedral of Fools Thread. Thing is, not many will see them there and I don't think I should make a new thread just for these builds, so I just kinda let the idea float around. I also have a Mo/Me CoF Smiter Alternative build for using 600hp Rt/Mo Vengeful Spirit Bonder. So depending if you use Rit or Monk, they will all work good to keep Smiter alive. I personally like using Rt/Mo with Pain Inverter and LoD, it is alot faster than 600hp Monk, and can kill those pesky warriors and monks no problem. Only problem with Rt/Mo is taking on the Spiders, which is possible to do without dying, once you learn how to deal with them, but always a chance of being interrupted.