Heroes for a Monk?

Undead Cheese

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2009

Mo/

27 Aug 2010 at 06:08 - 1

What are the best options to use for my three heroes? I am a healer/WoH Monk. I see suggestions for Physical/Melee classes alot and Smiters but never healers. =[

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

27 Aug 2010 at 06:39 - 2

You could use Discord Necros but I mostly use smiting when playing with heros as I can call targets better.

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

27 Aug 2010 at 07:35 - 3

Spiritway.

More damage and defense than Discord. Best option would probably be this. It's written for an Ele primary but it translates perfectly to any other offensive based caster.

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

27 Aug 2010 at 14:16 - 4

Not to disrespect Marty, but that spiritway guide is mediocre. Does it work? Yes, but not really any better than discordway or sabway or SF eles, etc. BTW, the guide author doesn't have Mark of Pain on his MM. That alone should tell you not to stick strictly to his builds. Also, he claims the AI doesn't do melees well. So I guess Orion dropping AoE on an almost dead last target is better?

Just Sai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2009

aotearoa

Mo/

27 Aug 2010 at 14:35 - 5

smite koss
bond it up an hw ftw

Vallen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2010

27 Aug 2010 at 14:58 - 6

Agreed on spiritway. These are generally what I run if im too lazy to change them to suit the area.

Xandra
Chanelling 12+1+1
Restoration 12+1
Spawning 3+1

SoS
Bloodsong
Painful Bond
Splinter Weapon
Ancestors Rage
Life
Protective Was Kaolai
Flesh of my Flesh

Razah
Communing 12+1+1
Chanelling 9+1
Spawning 9+1
Restoration 3

Reclaim Essence
Pain
Shadowsong
Disenchantment
Agony
Spirit Siphon
Spirit Boon Strike
Flesh of my Flesh

Olias
Death Magic 12+1+1
Curses 11+1
Soul Reaping 8+1

Masochism
Jagged Bones
Animate Bone Minions
Death Nova
Enfeebling Blood
Weaken Armour
Mark of Pain
Flesh of my Flesh / Barbs

Im sure some people will like, some will dislike, some have something better but I have found over countless vanquishes and HM missions that these are very solid and most importantly suit my playstyle.

If you like feel free to copy, if you have improvements feel free to suggest em, always happy to improve my heros

PS: I dont care about comments on MY build, I am oldschool and I run oldschool builds

Only reason Xandra has some AoE heals is cause I dont run the boring HB GOLE HP crap.

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

27 Aug 2010 at 18:51 - 7

I have really never liked that Necro build for heros. I tried it an all it did was use minions none of those protection spells.

I know a friend who uses discord all the time and this is in HM.

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

28 Aug 2010 at 05:45 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheodenKing View Post

Not to disrespect Marty, but that spiritway guide is mediocre. Does it work? Yes, but not really any better than discordway or sabway or SF eles, etc.

How is Discord better then that? Discord gives you maybe 100DPS total from all 3 slots. I've seen screenies of Forge HM, Slavers HM, and similar areas being completed in pretty good time with setups similar to this, and without cons of any kind. Discord cannot do that, at least not to any remote degree of efficiency. Show me screenies of Discord/Sab/SF doing that and I'll change my mind.

In Normal Mode it really doesn't make a difference, but that isn't a worthwhile method of judgment.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheodenKing View Post

BTW, the guide author doesn't have Mark of Pain on his MM. That alone should tell you not to stick strictly to his builds. Not necessarily. When you make builds you make sacrifices. Yes, MoP is good, but the only thing that will be triggering it is minions, which are unreliable. Prots are much more effective on the end of the bar because it allows you to use the core of all 3 slots on offense. If you didn't have them there, you'd really struggle.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheodenKing

Also, he claims the AI doesn't do melees well. So I guess Orion dropping AoE on an almost dead last target is better? Meh. I don't think it makes much difference either way. It's irrelevant to that version of Spiritway anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Age

I know a friend who uses discord all the time and this is in HM. That doesn't mean anything other than PvE just keeps getting easier. Discord is meh.