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Delehov89

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30 Sep 2009 at 23:20 - 1

I am making a monk for 600 farming and I have no idea how to get a 20/20 Smiting Staff. Can anyone help me out?

MisterB

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30 Sep 2009 at 23:28 - 2

Collectors:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_...apons#Staffs_4

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Luven_Underwood
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Uderit_Ignis
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ohtah
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kristoffir_Roi
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Dmitri_Scharkoff
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Nord_Stonegrimm

"Greens:"

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_...items#Staves_4

Crafted items:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_...apons#Staves_4

Delehov89

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30 Sep 2009 at 23:35 - 3

Thank you MisterB

MagmaRed

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01 Oct 2009 at 00:11 - 4

Why do you want a 20/20 Smiting Staff for a 600 Monk? The smiter for that setup isn't casting spells, but maintaining enchantments. Since these don't need cast time or recharge time adjustments, the 20/20 wouldn't help any. And if you meant one of those 20's as a 20% enchanting, again, the enchantments are maintained, so won't benefit from a 20%.

If you want a staff for a 600 rather than a Smiter, then you'd want Protection, not Smiting.

Is there some new form of 600 farming that is using Smite spells often that would warrant a 20/20 staff over a sword/axe/apear + offhand?

Delehov89

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01 Oct 2009 at 20:42 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Why do you want a 20/20 Smiting Staff for a 600 Monk? The smiter for that setup isn't casting spells, but maintaining enchantments. Since these don't need cast time or recharge time adjustments, the 20/20 wouldn't help any. And if you meant one of those 20's as a 20% enchanting, again, the enchantments are maintained, so won't benefit from a 20%.

If you want a staff for a 600 rather than a Smiter, then you'd want Protection, not Smiting.

Is there some new form of 600 farming that is using Smite spells often that would warrant a 20/20 staff over a sword/axe/apear + offhand?

To be more specific I want a Max Insightful Staff of Enchanting with 20/20 on Smiting Prayers because Shield of Judgment is my main damage dealer and it is an enchantment in smiting prayers with a 45 second recharge and I want to be able to cast it more often. And my Protection Prayers are good enough with runes and Blessed Aura extending them. And I don't know what setup you are referring to but a staff is good for my setup.

Dzjudz

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01 Oct 2009 at 22:04 - 6

55 farming perhaps?

Edit: strike that, you'd need the offhand available making a staff impossible.

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02 Oct 2009 at 00:17 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Is there some new form of 600 farming that is using Smite spells often that would warrant a 20/20 staff over a sword/axe/apear + offhand?

every now and then i run a solo 600 as opposed to 55. you can use shield of judgement and add retribution to the build to speed things up a bit. it's safer than a 55 as it can handle moderate life stealing and miscasts. a staff is my preferred weapon here although i use a 40/20/20.

Dzjudz

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02 Oct 2009 at 01:07 - 8

I guess it is this build, which indeed suggests a 20/20 insightful smiting staff of enchanting. You can farm Nifling's Staff for the perfect green.

Delehov89

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02 Oct 2009 at 04:47 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dzjudz

I guess it is this build, which indeed suggests a 20/20 insightful smiting staff of enchanting. You can farm Nifling's Staff for the perfect green.

Indeed that is the build and Nifling's Staff is the perfect green.

Quaker

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02 Oct 2009 at 16:33 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delehov89

I am making a monk for 600 farming and I have no idea how to get a 20/20 Smiting Staff. Can anyone help me out?

If you follow the link to Nifling's Staff, you'll also see how to replicate the staff using a staff from a [weapons] crafter.
If you want to use some other skin, rather than that one, you can get any Smiting staff with an inherent HSR20% and add an Insightful staff head (+5e), a staff Wrapping of Fortitude (+30) (or whatever wrapping you prefer) and an Aptitude Not Attitude (20%) inscription.
Alternately, you could use an Adept staff head and a Hale & Hearty (+5e^50) inscription.