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Skills - Protective Bond
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cookiehoarder
Great skill if used right
Lasareth
With monk main, a superior protection, +1 prot headpiece, and the +1 protection prayers icon outside of (I think) bloodstone fen, this spell's requirements can be downed to just 1 mp per hit.
Coupled with balthazar's spirit and/or essence bond, the cost can be eliminated altogether
Coupled with balthazar's spirit and/or essence bond, the cost can be eliminated altogether
Gedscho
i guess there are forms of dmg that get reduced by the bond but NOT picked up by essence bond or life bond. ele dmg that is, i guess
so the trick with the no nrg loss might ONLY work on yourself.
still, a 1point loss bond is so.. so.. so.... :headbang:
so the trick with the no nrg loss might ONLY work on yourself.
still, a 1point loss bond is so.. so.. so.... :headbang:
Bry-Guy
is there a quest that gives this skill
ZD_kusanagi
no you buy it at maguuma stade
Dark Kanaye
ok, I'm confused. I just got this skill and cast it on myself, but it doesn't seem to be blocking any damage at all, and doesn't drain energy when I get hit. So what exactly does it do?
EmperorTippy
It does exactly what it is supposed to but if the damage delt to you is less than 5% your max life nothing happens. Only whe nyou would be hit for mor than 5% of your max life does Protective Bond kick in
JoDiamonds
Exactly what Emperor Tippy said. The reason it's useful is because it makes sure the target doesn't take a large hit, and it can block arbitrarily large amounts of damage. If someone has 300 health, 5% of that is 15. If that person gets hit for 5,000 damage while Protective Bond is on them, they'll only take 15 damage (and the monk will lose some energy).
Due to the energy requirements, if you want to run more than a couple of these you'll need some pretty commited ways to get back energy (i.e. Blessed Signet, Blood Offering, etc.)
Due to the energy requirements, if you want to run more than a couple of these you'll need some pretty commited ways to get back energy (i.e. Blessed Signet, Blood Offering, etc.)
Dark Kanaye
Ohhh, ok, thanks.
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MentalMidgit
would this skill be good for an ele/monk farmer with essence bod and ether renewal???
acidleak
question: does this reduce damage from sacrifice spells? because prot spirit doesnt, but it is worded differently from this. would like to know... trying to make a sac nuker build
wulf_18
now how do you get this down to 1 energy, i've seen it done before but i never asked how
JoDiamonds
12 attribute + 1 headpiece +3 rune +1 from an item
The item is the misleading part -- you need to get something that says, "+1 Protection Prayers (20%) chance", and keep casting it until you end up having a 17 attribute level, which you'll know because Protective Bond will say it only takes 1 energy.
The item is the misleading part -- you need to get something that says, "+1 Protection Prayers (20%) chance", and keep casting it until you end up having a 17 attribute level, which you'll know because Protective Bond will say it only takes 1 energy.
Yellow_lid
nice Jo! You are a Genius!!!
wulf_18
thx jo, now i can get my damn friends to help me tank in UW
wulf_18
do you know where i can find an item like that, (from a collector or weapons seller)
Eridor
i heard there was a boss somewhere in kryta with this skill so you don't have to go all the way to maguuma stade to get this. can any1 confirm this and say which mission?
XtrmEend
Yeah, ive searched the Divinity Coast for the boss like it is saying on the site, but i could not find this boss, is there any other bos?
Eridor
you can get it in the wilds from a monk boss
GW Ruined My Life
i've fought monks using this with my spiker and i did -2 damage to them no matter what...i tried it myself on my monk and got owned... what am i doing wrong?
Algren Cole
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Originally Posted by GW Ruined My Life
i've fought monks using this with my spiker and i did -2 damage to them no matter what...i tried it myself on my monk and got owned... what am i doing wrong?
you don't have your protection prayers high enough...or you aren't coupling it with another skill to keep your energy up. You need to use Essence Bond and Baltazar's Spirit with it so that you can keep your energy up. Once you hit 0 energy protective bond goes away and you get burned.
also the lower your HP the better protective bond works.
you don't have your protection prayers high enough...or you aren't coupling it with another skill to keep your energy up. You need to use Essence Bond and Baltazar's Spirit with it so that you can keep your energy up. Once you hit 0 energy protective bond goes away and you get burned.
also the lower your HP the better protective bond works.
Ristaron
You get it from Maguuma Stade, I believe.
elite elemtist
health at around 50 is good for those kind of monks cause u take 2 damage off, and they have mending on them, that has health regen of 3 which makes them heal really fast aswell.
kskdala
where can i find this skill????
ShadowWrath
You can find this skill at the Skill Trainer in Maguuma Stade.
Elyn
Is there any way for a monk to drop their max health (to improve performance of this spell) other than by using runes?
cobra22219
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Originally Posted by Elyn
Is there any way for a monk to drop their max health (to improve performance of this spell) other than by using runes?
The quest "cities of ascalon". Simon give you a focus -50health as reward for this quest.
Update... the energy lost per hit cannot drop below 3 (even with 17 in protective prayer) Too sad... :'(
Update... the energy lost per hit cannot drop below 3 (even with 17 in protective prayer) Too sad... :'(
JoDiamonds
Yup. This skill is pretty heavily nerfed, now. Not really useful for any situations, now. The energy drain is too high.
Orochim4ru
The skill was never useful apart from one build, but instead of dealing with the build, they nerfed an already useless skill.
prot bond ftl
prot bond ftl
Kage68
What level of protection prayers is necessary to get this down to 2 energy lost per hit?
Silmor
You'd need 18 protection prayers to get to 2 energy lost per hit. Good luck.
PURGATUS
Jo, just wanted to say that the SEARCH feature works! Thanks for breakin' it down for me, I may have never thought to actually look at the skill to see if the +1 kicked in. You rock!