looking for pvp heal monk advice

Quoted for being complete and utter bullshit. The 20% enchanting upgrade part makes all enchantments *you cast* last 20% longer, regardless of target. It's that simple. Go test it yourself - I did.

Peace,
-CxE I did test it awhile back. I had an enchant grip on a staff and got a friend to test it with aegis. Aegis wore off my friend before it wore off me. I then had him put on a weapon with an enchant grip and took mine off, casted Aegis and guess what....it actually lasted longer on my friend than it did on me. Unless it was changed, grips only effect enchantments that are cast on you, not enchants you cast on other people.

If it did work the way you stated why would they have enchant grips for things such as axes, swords, hammers, bows if those classes have 0 enchantments to cast?

If it did work the way you stated why would they have enchant grips for things such as axes, swords, hammers, bows if those classes have 0 enchantments to cast? Perhaps because the combination of caster and warrior/ranger classes (e.g., W/E, Mo/W, E/R, etc.) is not only possible but plentiful? Think before you post next time.

That looks pretty good to me... anyone got any complaints? Oh, I'd make DF the highest attribute for Healer or Protector...



Don't know if I like the idea of Orison and RoF in the same build... Maybe I'd keep Orison because although RoF can heal more, it only heals based on the damage its stopping, whereas Orison is a guarateed heal. Think I'd replace it with Aegis, but that's because I'm an Aegis freak! I love that spell! With a minor prot rune (plus minor heal and superior divine favor), Aegis would last 10 seconds I think, and heals would add 42 from DF.

Some people would say use Divine Boon in the build if you're a hybrid, to get that extra healing punch, in which case you could insert it instead of RoF (or Aegis). I'm not a huge fan of Divine Boon for PvP (in PvE I take it always), because fights last a long time and that exta pip of energy regen really can come into play over 1, 2, 3 minutes... I think it's down to personal preference there. If the majority of time you are using 5 energy heals, with the occasional 10 energy protection, then the most efficient energy user has the exact amount of energy right when he wants to cast the spell (i.e. anything over is being unused/wasted), and so you would think you could work Divine Boon in there...




I've been messing with an E/Mo prot/smiter tonight, but I wasn't happy with the damage output so I either need to work it some more or move back to my monk. I don't like the "mash the keyboard doing Divine Boon or Draw Conditions" smiter FOTM that is going round... only idiots stand there and let themselve be smited to death by Zealots Fire (still, there are plenty of those! ). So bearing that in mind I'd choose between ranged smite skills like:

Bane Signet/Holy Strike (Bane Signet to help you get away if need be, stop runners, or with Holy Strike combo for the ones that run in close)
Smite
Smite Hex
Signet of Judgement..? (Problem with the signets is the recharge time...)

mixed with RoF, Protective Spirit... tough call... Mend Ailment would be nice, and we haven't talked about energy management. Perhaps go Necro and take Offering of Blood (which means no SoJ).

I find the role of a prot/smiter to be quite demanding... you are both offensive and defensive which requires a lot of situational awareness and constant checking life bars or chat window for called targets (although not a problem if using TS/VENT). Still, it beats staring at the life bars all day long!!! Its actually more challenging and fun. Last night I played a decoy fake monk in arenas. With Self Heals, Divine Boon Balthzar's Spirit and Aura and Zealot's Fire. I was very surprised at the amount of wins we garnered I even went after mesmer's seeing as the majority put Backfire first (and I was packing isnpired hex then Id return the favor) so I guess "only idiots stand there and let themselve be smited to death by Zealots Fire" its completely true, since I was using Fire AND Aura. There was one occasion we fought and all warrior build and they all targetted me (if the warrior isnt packing Stun Effects, Knockdown Effects or those of the kind to disrupt you) AND they all stayed there not realizeing they where getting hit with aura and fire until it was too late.

On occassions the enemy would know my role (the ones who where on my team or lost to my team) and would try to stay away and attack my teammates. Well since I had boon I could double as a mini boon healer and keep the energy pretty well with blessed signet and mantra of inscriptions (If I was packing it) I could also throw Aura on my allies too. I had a lot of fun sure was wierd though using a monk so offensively.

After a while when an hour had passed by and the majority thought I was a smiter I switched to all healing and won some more times because no one tagged me... strange world indeed... reverse psychology works... I guess you are right though offense/defense offense/healing is very demanding now we all know how Mhenlo feels lol :P

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Ah yes I added Orison with Reversal because they are soooo cheap and spammable when you know what you are doing.

You could go for

Healing Seed
Signet of Devotion
Mend Ailment
Reversal of Fortune
Aegis
Protective Spirit
Hex Breaker
Energy Drain