Rayway (Monk Team Build) [Merged]

RoJ is a nuke - a very good one, but a nuke all the same, and with the same limitations that all nukes have: if you can't ball the enemies up and get them to stand still, you're not doing much damage with it.

Overall, the DPS potential of RoJ is much higher than Discord, but it's a much less flexible skill both in usage and in building bars. Having to spec max smite is a steep price to pay when smiting is such a weak attribute line.

And before anyone invests too much time into it, remember that there's a better-than-even chance that the lack of AoE scatter is a bug. If that ever gets fixed, this becomes a useless skill.

Not going to argue about the animation; it's the only reason I even care about this skill to begin with.

quick question about these builds. smiter's boon only heals the caster right? i never use this skill on my monk.

and yeah, best animation EVER.

Made some fews updates, full build above:

Paragon Player:
[build prof=P/W lea=11 mot=8 spe=11][save yourselves (luxon)][theres nothing to fear][lyric of zeal][ebon battle standard of wisdom][focused anger][for great justice][no skill][aggressive refrain][/build]

You can use [spear of lightning] for DPS, [wild throw] to remove stances or ["They're on Fire!"] for really no necessary damage reduction

Shaker:
[build prof=W/Rt str=12 ham=12 res=3][earth shaker][whirlwind attack][crude swing][for great justice][drunken master][enraging charge][crushing blow][death pact signet][/build]

Shaker is the best parter for Ray monks but the second player can run any profession.

Monk Heros:

Smite I
[build prof=Mo/Rt smi=12 div=12][ray of judgment][castigation signet][reversal of damage][smite hex][heavens delight][divine healing][smiters boon][death pact signet][/build]

Smite II
[build prof=Mo/Rt smi=12 div=12][ray of judgment][castigation signet][reversal of damage][smite hex][heavens delight][divine healing][smiters boon][death pact signet][/build]

Prot I
[build prof=Mo/E pro=10 smi=12 div=8][ray of judgment][castigation signet][reversal of damage][smite hex][smiters boon][protective spirit][aegis][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

Prot II
[build prof=Mo/E pro=10 smi=12 div=8][ray of judgment][castigation signet][reversal of damage][smite hex][smiters boon][shield of absorption][aegis][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

Heal I
[build prof=Mo/Rt hea=10 smi=12 div=8][ray of judgment][castigation signet][divine intervention][smite condition][healing whisper][signet of rejuvenation][patient spirit][death pact signet][/build]

Heal II
[build prof=Mo/Rt hea=10 smi=12 div=8][ray of judgment][castigation signet][judges intervention][smite condition][healing whisper][signet of rejuvenation][patient spirit][death pact signet][/build]

You can swap skill number 4 for all monks for something better depends the area you will explore. And you can change the ress too

Im doing about everthing with this builds, even DoA

edit: change deny hexes for smite hex, they are much better

The 4 condition removals are there not because the build is to remove them, but so the build can do extra damage. Conditions are much more plentiful than hexes and with 4 Smite Conditions, enemies blow up rather quickly given how common they are.

A team built around RoJ will need all the damage it can get to possibly compete with Discordway.

[smite hex] is vastly better than [deny hexes].

After some testing in RoT, I do have to agree that when damage matters, Smite is better.

But Judge's Insight is still bugging me and poking with a nasty, rusted screwdriver...

what kind of henschmen are to choose?

so as I said but mods removed it cuz they r stoopit, [smite hex] > [deny hexes] and I said it first. huge aoe holy damage explosions go very well with roj and deny only occasionally removes more than one hex and thats aint a big deal at all...

Kind of henchies? Pair of hench healers because they still heal better than smiters otherwise you would feel the need in additional heal...blood henchie for BR extra energy is never bad for monks and any henchie of choice would it be melee or caster, I usually take rits or mezzes or rangers but dont take eles cuz they scatter stuff and it sucks.

i would go with one healer hench, since the healing is somewhat still poor in smiteway...

just go with a friend RoJ friend monk who takes another set of smiters

me(monk) + 2 roj heros + mm
friend(monk) + 2 roj heros + healer/another roj hero depending on area (if there are big groups, go with the healer if there are small groups go with the roj hero)

6 rays should be enough with ebon wisdom ward and a fast cast smiting set

You have plenty of heal in this build. You got some heal party (divine healing, heaven delight), healing whisper heals an good amount of health, and smiter boon with reversal/smite hex/condition provides an nice heal too. Im using Healing Ribbons in one of the heal monks instead Patient Spirit since he has two signet, then he gets more benefit from Lyric of zeal, and it is working fine.

Btw, still doing everthing with this build, DoA, Urgoz, dungeons, vanks...

For my Vq'ing i find smite monks have a hard time healing when facing larger groups and aoe dmg

seeing you are a paragon, you have more defence than i as a monk since i only carey prot spirt and aegis. and prot spirit can't be cast fast enough on all monks when they are being whiped by aoe dmg. sy and tinotf can because its party based
save yourselves and there is nothing to fear outrun a squishie monk with just prot spirit and aegis.

might be just me rushing from one group to another though

I was asked about the monks equips and runes.

I use only vitae/ survivor/ minor atributes, for equip i use the scar eater, +60hp is nice since the monks usualy have +100 armor from SY

Ok, so If I wanted to run these on my monk, or my assassin. What weapons should I be running for each of the heroes? My first thought was to try to get 40/40 for each hero. It's so expensive though! Are there any alternatives to these, preferable an alternative that is cheap-ish.

What do you mean, expensive? It's hero gear, it doesn't need to look good.

40/40 is good, but the best option is probably 20/20/shield.

Yes, but I went looking for collector gear, and there is next to none of it. There is one offhand 20/20 and I need 5 azure crests to get it, this x 3 is not very fun.. plus getting 3 20/20 wands/scepters is also hard. Unless anyone has any suggestions of where I could easily get these, I'll probably stick to discordway.

Hmm, not sure why I didn't find that. So that is a great main weapon, but what would you suggest for offhand? 20/20 or a shield, and if a shield, what mods would you put on it.

A guy posted a smiting team build for Shards of Orr here
http://adw.altervista.org/modules.ph...ic&p=1159#1159
on 10th of September, before the RoJ buff, but it seemed pretty efficient then, back when RoJ did 90dmg (180dmg to undeads) in a single hit.
I don't know if this guy was the first, I don't think so, since a 3 heroes smiting build is nothing exceptional.

I copied it when I had to do SoO... not all builds are on PvX, searching in google may get nice results.

On another side: do you need to be "first" for a normal smite team build?
Come on.

one of his builds has [resurrect] in it
why?

Even worse is that one of the builds has [Rebirth] and [Kirin's Wrath]. Heroes will rush in to use touch-range skills, so someone could end up getting rezzed right into the middle of a mob. Seems like that is contrary to the purpose of bringing [Rebirth], which is to pull the rezzee away from the combat zone.