UW Solo Mo/W Build and Tutorial

I've been working on this too - I like Divine Boon because with 105 hp it basically does a full heal every time, and with only 1/4 second casting time I can even get one off in a malestrom!! Also it means I don't need to spend anything in Healing Prayers. The Dryders are a bit too much to handle though - they take too long between casts so I have no energy regen. I also added Shield of Judgement - it's awesome for creating time windows to cast Balthazar's without interruption, and it does massive Holy damage (50 plus knockdown every time they attack) that ignores armor. What skill set are you using? I see the OP build, but it would be cool to have a summarized Divine Boon / Shield of Judgement Build.

Actually, 18 is possible. Some shields (I've only seen one or two) that have a chance for +1 when using skills. Although I guess the real question is whether or not they would be able to stack.

And as for my warrior being able to solo with Jelly, our skillsets somewhat conflict. Balthazar's would be mighty expensive to cast if it required 30% more energy.

Edit: Coincidently, I have a shield with +1 to protection prayers in my bag. afaik sword/rods don't come with a +1 modifier? (I could be completely wrong).. i think this is the same case for enchantments last 20% longer (I could be compeltely wrong there too)

but saying that they did exist, the best you could get would be 20% chance and 20% chance so the odds of them going at the same time would be 4%?

its definately a cool idea to take advantage of the large amounts of XP and respec a bunch.. does lvl 17 mending give 5 pips of regen?

also some changes ive been thinking about-- maybe bringing in spell breaker somehow?

also peace and harmony:
Elite Enchantment spell. For 62 seconds, target ally gains +1 Energy rengeneration. Peace and harmony ends if player attacks or casts a spell that does not target an ally.
Cost: 5 At: 1 Cooldown:45

Shield of Judgement just owns. Massive damage at 50 holy every time they attack (including ranged attacks) and it lasts 20 seconds. Can kill most things just by itself. Add a Balthazar's every 15 seconds and everything dies.
That build is interesting.. I have 2 problems with it though:

1. No Bonetti's. Bonetti's has saved my ass so many times against those damnable squids... I love it.

2. Knockdowns. Knockdowns for this are bad. Yes, they take 50 damage, but they aren't hitting you as often which kinda blows.

The Divine Boon version of Jelly's (AMAZING) build is much better IMO. Aataxes are easy either way, but popping on Bonetti's for a few seconds then spamming the hell out of Divine Boon kills those Grasping Darknesses EXTREMELY fast. With 16 smiting prayers they're taking 40 damage every 1/4-1/2 second... 80-160 DPS is a lot better than 50 and a knockdown, plus by the time you need energy they're either dead or bonetti's is ready for a quick tap.

Another note on fighting squids (Grasping Darknesses)... NEVER use Bal's Aura. ALWAYS put Zealot's fire up and cast Blessed Signet before going in. Until they're dead, keep spamming that divine boon. With their energy drain, you'll lose energy anyways. Might as well go towards hurting them. Even when energy is at 1-4, spam DB. Countless times I've been at 20 health and managed to squeak a DB through at the last second. Use bonetti's as often as possible.

afaik sword/rods don't come with a +1 modifier? (I could be completely wrong).. i think this is the same case for enchantments last 20% longer (I could be compeltely wrong there too) Oh well that just ruins everything now doesn't it.

The Divine Boon version of Jelly's (AMAZING) build is much better IMO. Aataxes are easy either way, but popping on Bonetti's for a few seconds then spamming the hell out of Divine Boon kills those Grasping Darknesses EXTREMELY fast. With 16 smiting prayers they're taking 40 damage every 1/4-1/2 second... 80-160 DPS is a lot better than 50 and a knockdown, plus by the time you need energy they're either dead or bonetti's is ready for a quick tap. You forget (or never knew) that there is a .75 second after cast so you can only use Divine Boon every second, not every 1/4 of a second.

its +3 at 8 healing prayers i believe (my skill calc agrees w/ you but ingame is what matters).. 13 gives the +4 regen... im going to try and track down a +1 healing prayers 20% and see if it works.. If Mending was enough to keep you alive and Balthazar's Spirit alone could counter the energy loss from Protective Bond you would be able to build a godly character (against melee-heavy, non-disenchanting opponents, at least) that ANet would nerf the day it appears.

That build is interesting.. I have 2 problems with it though:

1. No Bonetti's. Bonetti's has saved my ass so many times against those damnable squids... I love it.

2. Knockdowns. Knockdowns for this are bad. Yes, they take 50 damage, but they aren't hitting you as often which kinda blows.

The Divine Boon version of Jelly's (AMAZING) build is much better IMO. Aataxes are easy either way, but popping on Bonetti's for a few seconds then spamming the hell out of Divine Boon kills those Grasping Darknesses EXTREMELY fast. With 16 smiting prayers they're taking 40 damage every 1/4-1/2 second... 80-160 DPS is a lot better than 50 and a knockdown, plus by the time you need energy they're either dead or bonetti's is ready for a quick tap.

Another note on fighting squids (Grasping Darknesses)... NEVER use Bal's Aura. ALWAYS put Zealot's fire up and cast Blessed Signet before going in. Until they're dead, keep spamming that divine boon. With their energy drain, you'll lose energy anyways. Might as well go towards hurting them. Even when energy is at 1-4, spam DB. Countless times I've been at 20 health and managed to squeak a DB through at the last second. Use bonetti's as often as possible. I've been testing and Shield can still work with Bonettis. Since Divine Boon is really only 1 time per second you are looking at 40 dps instead of 160. Shield of Judgement has some things going for it:

1. Holy damage penetrates armor. Zealot's only does 1/3 damage on a highly armored character while Shield does full
2. Knockdown = window of opportunity. I don't know how many times my Balthazar's Aura has been interrupted against a mob of 6, and Shield of Judgement can give you the chance to cast 2 of them, which is 500 points of area damage plus the Shield itelf, which would be about 300-400 depending on how fast they attack.
3. Even with Shield on , Bonettis charges up to full bar just fine.
4. Ranged - Shield hurts those annoying ranged attackers just the same as melee, and knocks them down as well.

Some things Divine Boon has going for it:

1. Don't need to spend anything on healing, put it all in Divine Favor
2. 1/4 second cast means I can heal inside a malestrom
3. Once it's in effect, ANYTHING I cast also fully heals me from an almost empty bar. This means shield/Balthazar's/Zealots will all do a full heal when I cast them

I have to say after switching to Bonettis I never have any energy problems. I hadn't considered it for my testing because I didn't have the W secondary, but it only took a few minutes to get switched over.

For pure killing speed, however, I still prefer the 2-man team. Although I can run in front now, freeing up my nuker to cast anything he wants without fear of interruption. All I can say is Spiteful Spirit owns underworld like no other.

why don't you just email ANET and tell them about this? if you find a great a build, don't tell it to anyone... keep it to yourself - this is just gonna get nerfed... soon enough you'll have enchantment removers everywhere They post it to try and claim a build that was long used by other people. It's more about fame and attention, they probably don't care if it gets nerfed whereas most of the people who have been running this in secret do and kept it that way.

And yes, the smites will probably be bringing along a dream rider friend in the next patch.

why don't you just email ANET and tell them about this? if you find a great a build, don't tell it to anyone... keep it to yourself - this is just gonna get nerfed... soon enough you'll have enchantment removers everywhere Take spell breaker => problem solved?

Take spell breaker => problem solved? No, Chilblains is close range area effect enchantment remover. Spell Breaker blocks only target spells. You must wipe them out from the distance to prevent Chilblains.

Although if ArenaNET puts Chilblains or Nature's Renewal to all good farming spots, well it means all those enemies have to be necromancers or rangers. And it would make a lot of those enchantments useless because for example protective bond would be gone instantly. They knew that this kind of builds will come. Although this build unbalances the game but it is quite difficult situation to solve reasonable way and nerf all potential farming spots.

AFAIK, enemies have same two professions or one profession setups and can only use skills from them. Everyone can't be N or R.

why don't you just email ANET and tell them about this? if you find a great a build, don't tell it to anyone... keep it to yourself - this is just gonna get nerfed... soon enough you'll have enchantment removers everywhere
So...big deal they posted it...don't be so lazy. Come up with a new build. What were you planning on doing...this build every day for the rest of your life....that would get awefull boring.

And as far as being over powered...yeah it is, but so is the whole monk class.

No other class can heal so well and harm multiple opponents at the same time like a monk can. If you aren't a primary monk then you better be a secondary. If you don't have monk in either then you are just wrong right now the way the game is setup. At least for PVE....PVP that doesn't really hold true. But as everyone should know by now. It's almost impossible to balance a game for both PVP and PVE.

They post it to try and claim a build that was long used by other people. It's more about fame and attention, they probably don't care if it gets nerfed whereas most of the people who have been running this in secret do and kept it that way.

And yes, the smites will probably be bringing along a dream rider friend in the next patch. too true! why bring attention to this in a forum? help out close friends yes, guildies, yes, but the whole world and you're just looking for attention.

too true! why bring attention to this in a forum? help out close friends yes, guildies, yes, but the whole world and you're just looking for attention. Sharing ideas is what the forum is about. I had a build that worked well, but then someone pointed out the energy bonus at lvl 17 and that totally changed my ideas for a protection build. Now after further discussions I've switched my secondary to Warrior for Bonettis instead of using the Blessed Signet.

Besides, this build is not invulnerable by any means. Heavy drain or enchant stripping will destroy it in seconds, so I hardly think it's nerf worthy. Just because it works very well in one situation doesn't mean it can't be stopped any number of other ways. It's also pretty useless for PvP. So maybe it will be spared the Nerf Bat.

How much money do you really need? I've got more money than I know what to do with. The only purpose to Fissure armor and 15K armor is to remove excess money from your stash, and that's the only thing there is to buy. I have yet to find any Godly type gold weapons that serve me better than a simple 20/20 from a collector. So really, who cares?

Besides, how can Jelly be claiming fame for a build that all of these other people have supposedly known about in secret for months if none of them will ever tell because of their stingy selfish ways?

In the meantime, it sure is cool tanking as a Monk with 105 Hp!!

I have yet to find any Godly type gold weapons that serve me better than a simple 20/20 from a collector. So really, who cares? What primary and off-hand are you using for this build?

What primary and off-hand are you using for this build? When casting, use a Protection +1 (20% chance) I found from a collector outside of Bloodstone Fen (or maybe wilds?) one of those two. Then I switch to a 20/20 staff I got in the desert from another collector, with a +1 smiting (10%) wrapping I salvaged a long time ago from another staff. It also has a Hale head on it which works against me a bit but it's only 20hp so no big deal.