AB and general PvE Ritualist Build

I have had a few requests for my rits build. It works very well in AB and can be usefull in most of PvE as well. It does have a few drawbacks that make it weak in high end PvP but can still function there with a few small changes.

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It starts with Protective was Kaolai, the extra armor combined with Herald's insignia's bring you up to 94armor.

Next you have Bloodsong, a nice strong spirit that deals some damage but is really there to power Sburn, Essence and MBS.

Spirit Rift is mainly for any NPC's and foes already engaged in combat with other members of your party.

Spirit burn is your first attack skill followed by Cartaker's Charge.

Essence is your energy management and Vengefull is your melee defence.

MBS is your alpurpose heal and condition removal.

The main weakness of this build is when your Bloodsong is destroyed and not yet recharged. You are also weak to interupts and hexes, but so are most caster builds. Having a monk in your party makes this char a very powerfull foe as you can stand and absorb damage, your monk backs up your self healing when needed and removed Dazed/Hexes. Most will focus on you when they spot you using MendBody and Soul.

A few small changes that improve this build in some cases are swaping Rift for [Channeled Strike] and Sburn for [Renewing Surge] and you can replace Bloodsong with either [Destruction] or [Empowerment] *note you need to redirect some points to Spawning Power for Empowerment so this will reduce your dmg or healing but increase your spaming of skills*

Your build is fine in PvE, though i'd strongly suggest fitting [Ancestors' Rage] and [Splinter Weapon] in there.

In AB, i'd suggest you have a speed boost. Perhaps replace VW for it?

Also, I'd only replace [Spirit Burn] for [Channeled Strike].

[Renewing Surge] is bad.

I'd scorn you for not using minors, but it doesn't particularly matter in PvE and AB.

I'd replace [Bloodsong] with [Life] too.

Edit: spirits aren't too useful in AB, so the recharge of Life helps for skirmishing. It serves a purpose in fueling your energy management and condition removal. The party heal is rather random, but you never know when it could save someone's life.

I've ran both and I must say life is way better than bloodsong, since it affects everyone and not just your party.

I'd take dash instead of Spirit burn.

I found that Spirit Burn is a great skill for dealing with foes that are near death and retreating, the degen is just enough to finish them as they move out of casting range. It also forces players to remove the condition since most never stop to look at its duration, they assume its [searing flames] and an Ele is about to hammer them.

As for adding in [life], I found that its energy cost was too high and players will seek out and attack it once spotted. Bloodsong is mostly ignored and lasts much longer + deals some extra damage. Remeber the spirit needs to be there to fuel your Emanagement and 2 other skills.

I really would like to add [dash] to the build, or any speed boost, however whenever I do make the swap its generally for Vengeful weapon and I often find I miss that more than I benifit from the speed boost.

[Mighty Was Vorizun][Spirit Rift][Caretakers Charge][Essence Strike][Spirit Burn][Ancestors Rage][Splinter Weapon][Spare]

I ran Factions and NF with a virtually identical build although I used MwV instead for the 30e though the 9 extra armour+party heal is something to consider aswell.

I normally ran with a guildie who was spirit spamming which meant I could run [Mend body and Soul] or [Pure Was Li Ming] as the spare skill and power everything via his spirits but when I went solo I changed it back to [Bloodsong]

4 replies and nobody cared to mention that Caretaker's is shit?

It's OK in AB, and you don't need WoR if you're decent

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Granted its not particularly great but it fits in pretty well. There's not alot of other elites that are more useful (that ive capped yet )

Of course other than just saying its shit you could suggest alternatives...

Caretaker's hits for 70 at 14. Gains 5 energy.
Essence 60. Gains 8.
The heal is 50. And you will prolly end up having 13 in resto. Which means - when you need a heal - you'll be using resto - if you aren't needing a heal - well ... you're still paying for it.

Heck - you could bring Offering - and that opens up a whole new slot since now you can dump Essence also.

Caretaker is basically a free damage spell that fits well on a support character (i.e. the gvg flag runners which work very well in AB). Offering works great also, but you end up depending totally on your melee. And I'm talking AB, so you see why you wouldn't want that.

On a pure channeler offering of spirit would work better yeah.
As upier said that frees up a slot, where dash would fit just perfect

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