The underrated skill thread.

Yup. Post skills that you think are underrated but still have a use in YOUR party. (Post whether its PvP or PvE)

For me, I have to start out with [Hex Eater Signet]. Granted its a nasty down time for a hex removal skill, but in hex heavy areas in PvE, I find my Mesmer taking this skill quite often. With H/H tendancy to ball up, this is a great hex removal for backliners, along with giving energy! I put this on my Monk also when I spec in inspiration for utility.

Only problem is I put it on a Mo/Me, Me/X, P/Me hero's to test how they use it. Sadly if the melee has one hex they will run up to remove it.

In any case, I love this skill after using it and after 3 years of saying "ugh whta a nasty skill"

What are you underrated skills?

Glimmer of Light.
5e c0.25 r1

Elite Spell. Heal target ally for 10...94...115 Health.
Highlight's Pvxwiki nub teams who don't know why they are asking for Word of Healing or Healer's Boon.
75% chance to cause Crying if ally is already suffering from the Pvxwiki condition. If Crying occurs you gain 10 satisfaction.
75% chance to cause RageQuit is ally is already suffering the Crying condition. If RageQuit occurs you gain 50 satisfaction.
While Glimmer of Light is on your skillbar, you are immune to the Ovis condition.



Amongst all the amazing reasons to bring this skill, not least the fascinating graphic that leaves people asking what that is, but the QQ from preprogrammed "can u bring woh?" and "bring hb?" nublets is worth it on it's own.

Absolutely comedy gold from the moment you say "If you can explain why WoH is better for the task we're about to undertake, then yes" to the moment you say "gg, thanks everybody, somebody PM that QQ ragequitter and tell him we made it without him and how quickly too!".

When I go vqing and use General Morgahn I give him Anthem Of Fury so I can spam more adrenal skills and shouts like those hex removal ones which I forget the name.All of my necro monks use Glimmer Of Light because i <3 the little animation and I think the healing is quick and efficent.
And if I am going imbagon I try to give Xandra Weapon Of Fury for more spam and energy for expensive shouts like We Shall Return!





Ah the guy above me beat me to the punch of how epic Glimmer Of Light is....

They're on Fire!

30% damage reduction (when the condition is met), no downtime, great for keeping up AR outside of battles.
I approve.

Virulence

Always loved condition heavy builds, and this one fits in wonderfully.

Counterattack Melee Attack. Deals +5...29...35 damage. You gain 2...5...6 Energy if target foe is attacking.

Illusion of Pain
Spirit Shackles
Weaken Armor
Enfeeble

[Strength of Honor] Honestly it has turned my Sin into a nasty nasty nasty In tandem with my build this will spike kill level 30 in hard mode in a few seconds And my hero monk still has room for ROJ on the bar.

sympathetic visage

my favorite thing to run in ha, you have no idea.

I don't think anyone thinks SoH is bad

WoH is more energy efficient because it provides a larger heal for the energy investement, meaning you spend less energy spamming one heal and can cast more prots without rapidly running yourself out of energy trying to save me from one stupid burning arrow ranger.

Whenever I see a glimmer of light monk on the enemy team, I give an evil grin because I know we're about to teamwipe them due to their monk's poor choice in elite skills.

You pressure them hard for a bit, their healer runs out of energy, and they just drop in a "more Balthazar faction for me" kind of way.

Even after being nerfed several times WoH is still better.

/kick bad monk

[Needling Shot]

Fits in beautifully with my turret build. Even on HM, between Expert's Focus, Asuran Scan, and IatS!, 90% of stuff is < 50% after prepshot and sundering. Plink them to death with this spammy spikey goodness. Hit them with Technobabble first for more lulz.

FEAST OF CORRUPTIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNn

Needling shot is widely used in gvg. I was watching Zed to learn what it's for.

I can't play Aspenwood without either Mistrust or Power Leech. I seriously think Luxons don't even have effect windows to know if they're under hexes

Oh, and next time you're in the mood for some fun in RA, run Panic+Ether Lord.

I want the glimmer of light monk to post again so I can tell him why it sucks so much.

also

Battlerage: I want to make this skill work but it ends up being worse than rush.

Enraged smash: This skill throws down hard, it's fun to use but energy intensive.

Mending touch: On a devastating hammer bar. You can save people from sins with it by removing their deep wound, also it kept me alive when I got hit with pindown in front of a 10 person mob in ab so I <3

Glimmer of heal is fine, 1/4 cast time win, it basically bypasses daze etc. although it can be energy intensive if you're not careful. It's better at preventing a players health getting below 50% than woh.

Exactly, this is PvE. Why do you need to let players go below 50 or even have energy problems. Just fire selfless spirit when you're low and spam away. And stop whining about it's condition, there is no reason you need to take or keep aggro as a monk - or if you actually like tanking, just run channeling and prot yourself.

Still, it's sad that patient heals for more than glimmer. It could use a tiny buff (or really, patient a nerf)

Apparently 90% of monks are complete idiots because none of them seem to carry the single best monk skill in the game... protective spirit.

I don't care if you are a smiter monk, this skill belongs on your bar. Any monk without PS needs to stop playing a monk.

Lion's Comfort

Seriously a great healing skill that gives you more adrenaline and is spammable.