Rayway (Monk Team Build) [Merged]

The only problem I see with monk smiters is the lack of adequate healing. It is not that bad. Bring Mhenlo and Lina along and that should be more than enough heals/protect for most places.

You can do SoO HM easily by replacing the MM with another RoJ monk since minions are not as effective in SoO. And I always bring at least 2 copies of [[balthazar's aura] for HM SoO because I like that skill. Zero deaths.

So I am using a simple
[build=Owgj4wQooOVf8K1367S8ZeTMGA]
times 3.

Now, the problem seems to be that my guys refuse to use RoD. They don't even use it as a heal. It just sits there.
Anyone else having the same issue? They dont use it as a heal but as a prot. During combat you want them to use it as a prot anyway. Outside of combat, just bring Mhenlo for heals.

I think you misunderstood the problem.
He said that they didn't use it at all. Then I never had this problem with my Monks, maybe I should log on and see because I remember they spammed RoD like crazy in battle.

I think you misunderstood the problem.
He said that they didn't use it at all. They use RoD alot during combat for me.

My main is an elementalist, i was just wondering would a Obsidian Tank with some warrior stances be able to hold the agro well enough to get the full effect of the ROJ's? In one word?

YES!

My main is an elementalist, i was just wondering would a Obsidian Tank with some warrior stances be able to hold the agro well enough to get the full effect of the ROJ's? Why not just hit them with Deep Freeze?
It's kinda a waste to run a tank when you could be doing sweet damage instead!

Why not just hit them with Deep Freeze?
It's kinda a waste to run a tank when you could be doing sweet damage instead! I suppose i could.

I've been mainly using Discord necros in hard mode vanquishing and missions and thought i would use ROJ heroes for some of the undead areas plus i thought i would try something different. From reading this thread and looking at pvxwiki i've noticed a few of people talking about using a tank type build to hold aggro, but i guess you don't need to though probably doing so makes it more effective.

I guess i'll give it a go and see.

The 3 smiter monks in Rayway usually account for 1 healer. In all of NM and most of HM, I run a 2 healer backline, one of which is a henchman, and the other being my 3 heroes.

For elite areas, I run 2 healers + the 3 smiters.

I also see your profession as P/W... Running an imbagon with this team is absolutely fantastic since the monks have very low natural armor. (Yes, I realize imbagons make any team win PvE)

Imbagon RoJway (this will fail without the paragon, no prots =3):

[build prof=Mo/E hea=8+1 smi=12+1+3 div=10+2][ray of judgment][reversal of damage][smite hex][smite condition][healing seed][smiter's boon][castigation signet][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

[build prof=Mo/E hea=8+1 smi=12+1+3 div=10+2][ray of judgment][reversal of damage][smite hex][smite condition][healing seed][smiter's boon][castigation signet][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

[build prof=Mo/E prot=8+1 smi=12+1+3 div=10+2][ray of judgment][smite hex][smite condition][shield of absorption][aegis][smiter's boon][castigation signet][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

I run healing seed on there mostly if the aggro focuses on the paragon (almost never happens, but better safe than sorry). If you feel it is unnecessary, you can throw aegises on there instead. And yes, I'm using a superior + a major rune, but who cares, you have an imbagon. Full Survivor's + vitaes and a 40/40 set puts you at 470 health, 42 energy.

I find this works better than the racway posted on this forum, and is slightly faster than sabway at vanquishing. However, you have to be careful to not go over double aggro, since there is no minion wall and a healer henchman + your monks will only heal so much. I don't primarily play P/W, I play pretty much every class. the only classes I don't have are Mesmer, necro, and Rit, but I've played them all before. At the time I was running this on a spear Warrior.

Still, I like Racway better for imbagon because of the synergy of the builds. RoJway doesn't synergize with anything, it just blows crap up :P

At any rate, now I know why I was dieing so much then :P