*I'm always open for questions, and tips are highly appreciated.*
Skills:
1. Protective Spirit
2. Healing Breeze
3. Shield of Judgement [Elite]
4. Sympathic Visage
5. Power Leak
6. Mending
7. Balthazar's Spirit/Essence Bond
8. Blessed Aura
Attributes:
Equipement:
Weapon set 1:
Fiery Flame Spitter (click here to see how to get to the collector that has this item) with X% Enchantments mod.
-50 Health Cesta.
Weapon set 2:
11-22 Wand. Meeting the damage requirements is a must (the Smiting Rod from the collector in Droknar's Forge is the one I got).
-50 Health Cesta.
Armor:
A Zealot's Scalp (+1 Smiting Prayers). Tattoo's are the only Armor set that give you a small advantage, but it's small enough to ignore, it's not needed at all. Also, getting the Tattoos from Lion's Arch for example, work just as fine. The Armor Level doesn't matter in this type of build. Make sure every armor has a Superior Monk Rune, and that you have every type of Superior Monk Rune at least once.
The Guide:
The basics.
This build is made for "Smite runs", runs that kills the Bladed Aaxtes near the starting point, does the quest of the Lost Soul, and enters the area filled with Smite Crawlers. Why just these? They don't tend to cast annoying spells that much, making it possible to complete this without having Spellbreaker on you non-stop.
Cast Balthazar's Spirit, Essence Bond and Mending when you just enter the Underworld, don't ever take them off. Protective Spirit (PS), Healing Breeze (HB) and Shield of Judgement (SoJ) should be recast during every single battle, one second before they end (when they start to flicker fast), recast them.
Dying Nigtmares.
Not all that hard to face. When you hear the sound these Dying Nightmares make when they pop up, select him immidiatly, and use Power Spike, followed by a Wand attack, that should kill him. Popping up 2 Dying Nightmares while you already aggro'd Bladed Aaxtes kills, if you haven't aggro'd any Bladed Aaxtes, get your Enchantments off as quick as you can and recast PS, so Rend Enchantment won't kill you.
Bladed Aaxtes.
The most annoying about these is their interupting skill Savage Slash, but with a little bit of timing, you'll be fine. Try casting HB during the time all or most Aaxtes are waiting untill they can hit you again. That way, they'll either be too late to interupt you, or don't even try. Luring bigger groups (4-8) is very possible. Most of the time, some of the Aaxtes won't be attacking, because they don't move because other Aaxtes are "blocking them" (*cough*improveAIplease*cough*), so even if you pull more Aaxtes, you'd most likely end up doing this in 2 times anyway, which makes it rather useless to aggro too much. If you're fighting 3 or more Aaxtes, use SV as soon as SoJ ends, to avoid getting interupted while you cast your next SoJ.
Grasping Darknesses.
Ai.. Distracting Blow AND "Fear Me!", two very annoying skills. You should be using SV non-stop, so the Grasping Darknesses won't be using these skills too much. They die rather fast, so that's a nice thing. If they get to use Skull Crack (which shouldn't happen), you're screwed, getting Dazed really sucks. If you get Dazed anyway, keep in mind that you have to cast HB and especially PS 2 seconds before it ends.
Smite Crawlers.
Not that strong, you shoulnd't have too much trouble with these. You can get a big group of these without dying, (~10). Look out for aggro'ing both Smite Crawlers and Colfire Nights, this can be quite tricky. Using SV while fighting these is pretty much a must, especially when gighting big groups, it makes it far easier.
Coldfire Nights.
These guys cast Maelstrom, which you should really look out for. You could try clicking on the Colfire Nights that you aggro'd, so you know when you're about to get a Maelstrom in your face. Try not to be stuck, if you're stuck and a Colfire Night casts a Maelstrom on you, you're defenceless, and you will most likely die. SV helps, but you might get into Energy problems using it, so look out.
Thanks for reading,
Max.
