So, Ritualists in RA...

Caretakers' Charge
Channeled Strike
Weapon of Warding
Weapon of Shadow
Blind Was Mingson
Soothing Memories
-Whatever-
-Whatever- throw in spirit light and rez, and i'd say your all set

Did you consider 12 Channeling; 12 Restoration and 3 Inspiration with Inspired Hex as hex removal and extra energy managment? I can't say I've tried any skills that belong to an attribute, yet.

The main problem for being a resto rit in RA/TA is ene management. I'd like to run a simple Wor weapon build with channeling. I know its not HA, but if the enemy team balls, and there are spirits or pets (very popular recently) in enemy's team, you can easyli get over 5 energy each spell (wor is 5 ene). Also, Wor weapon spell is maybe the only build that doesnt requie a spirit to be good. But its VERY spammable (srsly, you need to spam it for win) and it need to be used properly. The only energy management skill on a Fortress Monk is Signet of Rejuvenation, and I myself don't really consider it energy management, although I agree that energy can get a bit painful when it comes to strong usage of Weapon of Warding.

Oh, and a good upside to Revealed Hex is that it also counters Diversion. On use, it doesn't get diverted at all.

The only energy management skill on a Fortress Monk is Signet of Rejuvenation, and I myself don't really consider it energy management, although I agree that energy can get a bit painful when it comes to strong usage of Weapon of Warding.

Oh, and a good upside to Revealed Hex is that it also counters Diversion. On use, it doesn't get diverted at all. I suppose I'm just a tad weary of using a hex removal skills that I can only use about every twenty seconds. I mean, I know that Inspired/Revealed Hex is a great skill, but, I'm just not certain if it's the proper choice for the RA environment. I typically stick to Remove Hex since it can be used relatively often, and it doesn't have the maintenance cost Veil has.

Veil can be used pre-game as an upside. For example, You'd want to have it against a VoR Mesmer, or a Mesmer in general for yourself. For melee, it counters crap like Faintheartedness. The upkeep cost is worth it at times, trust me on that. I think my hesitance to use Holy Veil on Ritualists stems from my previous RA Ritualist builds, which were generally energy inefficient, and thus, I needed every pip of energy regen I could get. I can't say I've played with Holy Veil on this build yet, but I suppose now's as good a time as ever to try it, since this build has considerably better energy management.

Add Essence Strike also? Considering there's no spirit in the build, that would be a negative.

I think that Preservation might be a good option when it comes to resto rit-ing at RA. Why?
Most of you think that Prsv is for healing, and it sux for healing, cuz its hard to get whole team near spirit. You are wrong. Prsv is spirit for you, for healing rt. Its auto prot against all, because you get free heal each 3 seconds just by standing next to spirit. This spirit is hard to get down, it has nice hp. Also, its spirit, so MBAS and SL works very well. For SL and MBaS power up, bloodsong > prsrv its non elite and lives much longer, prsv sux really I would rather take XW.

bloodsong=you need to put spec into channeling, but w/e. If you put all points into resto n spawning powah prsv would have srs bgzor healthzor. And as i said, its defence spirit that heals you, its your /auto heal, you need to use use less ene in order to survive, as long as enemy team will know wtf and kill prsv (srsly, many players think 'olol its prsv, it doesnt matter', but they rush to kill life or bloodsong) Cuz channeling wuz gud I herd, it givs u enrgiz and spuwingz aint rly gewd too. Prsc has really small range and gives really bad heal thats why people dont worry about it much, but honetly, they usually keel off all possible spirits to make rit's life hardr. XW and WOR are better because the are fast cast and recharge spells that act ike rof and prevent you from being pwned by kds and stuff.

Why on earth would you take Preservation over Remedy, Caretakers' or Xinraes'?

Preservation is bad for the following reasons:

- It's a spirit. It dies extremely quickly, and the effect (which I'll get onto) is pretty poor considering this is a spirit which requires the right range.

- The effect is completely random. For all you know it could heal someone who needs the healing least, whereas with Xinraes' or Remedy you're giving the possibility of keeping someone alive as long as you know how to preprot.

- 3 seconds of you doing nothing. 3 seconds is a lot of time to be standing around for the skill to be interrupted, or someone to die where you could've popped up a WoW to prevent that and watch them carefully.

Now, if it healed people who weren't at full health that'd be one reason crossed off the list, but keep in mind Xinraes', Remedy and Caretakers' all do damage, one being a bit more... selfish. You're certainly nicer than I am, Tyla. Once I saw the suggestion of using Preservation, I was checking off my mental checklist of whose advice to never, ever trust. >_>

Oh, and dear God, people (excluding Tyla), can't you at least try to spell and punctuate properly? I'm getting a massive headache trying to read your posts. >_>

Oh, and dear God, people (excluding Tyla), can't you at least try to spell and punctuate properly? I'm getting a massive headache trying to read your posts. >_> Thank god someone said it.

Sooooooooooo, until I got Nightfall and EotN, and event which occurred about three weeks ago, I was running a fun little Spirit Light Weapon build in RA. Despite it obviously being inferior to any Monk build, it still worked out decently since RA is filled with idiots. However, now I actually have some decent Ritualist elites to play around with; namely Xinrae's Weapon, Weapon of Remedy, and Offering of Spirits. Of course, I could also run something else, like Empathic Removal or Expel Hexes. So, I'm wondering what I should put on my RA Ritualist, now. Obviously, I'm going to have to invest in either Mesmer or Monk for hex removal thanks to every other person I come up against these days being a VoR Mesmer, and I'm pretty sure that Ancestor's Rage and Splinter Weapon are Ritualist staples at this point in both PvE and PvP. Beyond that, I've no idea. I'm thinking of something like:

(Insert Spirit Here)
(Insert Hex Removal Here)
(Insert Resurrection Skill Here)
(Optional)
(Optional)
Mend Body and Soul
Spirit Light
Splinter Weapon

Obviously, for an optional skill Weapon of Warding is always good, but, I'm not sure I can run it without taking Offering of Spirits due to the energy cost. If I do that, though, I'm fairly certain I'll need to cut out either Ancestor's Rage or my hex removal. There's also always Blind Was Mingson, Protective Was Kaolai, or Ancestor's Rage; not to mention the possibility of taking a second spirit along. Regardless, one of my optionals is almost guaranteed to be an Elite, unless I decide to take an Elite hex removal skill. Anyhoo, any help with my bar would be greatly appreciated. Remove splinter weapon, add in nightmare if you want something as melee support or even better warmonger +ancestor.
Kaolai or mingson ashes (I prefer mingson) weapon of shadow and weapon of warding, as elite either careteker or Xinrae/Remedy, You have two spirit choice at this point (life or bloodsong, I prefer life). Mend body and soul, an energy management (like essence strike or GoLE) and a ress if you really want to.
I rarely run hex removal in 4vs4 while playing rit, If I get hexed with vor I just spam xinrae on myself, usually the mesmer learns to not hex me again

Remove splinter weapon, add in nightmare if you want something as melee support or even better warmonger +ancestor.
Kaolai or mingson ashes (I prefer mingson) weapon of shadow and weapon of warding, as elite either careteker or Xinrae/Remedy, You have two spirit choice at this point (life or bloodsong, I prefer life). Mend body and soul, an energy management (like essence strike or GoLE) and a ress if you really want to.
I rarely run hex removal in 4vs4 while playing rit, If I get hexed with vor I just spam xinrae on myself, usually the mesmer learns to not hex me again Yeah, er, if you'd read past the first post, you'd have noticed I'm currently experimenting with this build:

Attributes:

Restoration: 12+1+1
Channeling: 12+1
Spawning Power: 3

Skills:

Caretaker's Charge
Channeled Strike
Weapon of Warding
Weapon of Shadow
Blind Was Mingson
Soothing Memories
Holy Veil
Resurrection Signet

Well, at least you would have noticed the skills. I didn't mention my attribute spread until now. >_>

Yeah, er, if you'd read past the first post, you'd have noticed I'm currently experimenting with this build:

Attributes:

Restoration: 12+1+1
Channeling: 12+1
Spawning Power: 3

Skills:

Caretaker's Charge
Channeled Strike
Weapon of Warding
Weapon of Shadow
Blind Was Mingson
Soothing Memories
Holy Veil
Resurrection Signet

Well, at least you would have noticed the skills. I didn't mention my attribute spread until now. >_> swap soothing for gole, eitehr remove ress or swap for an hard ress, remove holy veil for mend body, u will be fine

swap soothing for gole, eitehr remove ress or swap for an hard ress, remove holy veil for mend body, u will be fine I can't run Mend Body and Soul without a spirit in the build, and I'm not going to get rid of a resurrection skill and hex removal just so I can remove conditions in an inefficient manner. Plus, going into RA without hex removal is akin to suicide these days, as half of the players are SS Necros and VoR Mesmers. With regards to a hard rez, I've tried both Death Pact Signet and Flesh of My Flesh, and I can safely say that neither is optimal for RA. Death Pact Signet just doesn't work in RA the majority of people there are idiots who rush in. Flesh of My Flesh doesn't work either, since if I need to rez someone, and people are focusing one me, which is highly likely mind you, then someone else has to use their rez signet. Not to mention my being the only healer on my team is highly likely, and as such, it is necessary that I stay alive.