26 Oct 2009 at 23:07 - 4
The best monks use both healing AND protection prayers. You won't be able to outheal the damage if you can't mitigate the damage taken.
Skills like Guardian, Prot spirit, spirit bond, etc can be quite effective when used together with skills like word of healing. Monks aren't about making red bars go up. You should also be proactive with your monking. If you see a warrior running straight at your team's mesmer, throw on a prot spell on him. That way, you won't have to heal him for as much later.